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ArticleImpression launches table tennis coaching programme
Digital marketing agency Impression has launched a table tennis coaching programme for its 30 Nottingham-based employees.The table tennis coaching programme, which was introduced in October 2017, forms part of the organisation’s employee wellbeing strategy, which emphasises that sustaining a healthy work-life balance and taking regular breaks during the day is ...
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ArticleAsda adds e-vouchers to recognition scheme
Retail organisation Asda has added e-vouchers to its employee reward and recognition programme for 150,000 UK employees.Employees can earn e-vouchers, which were introduced on 13 October 2017 as part of the organisation’s Asda Stars recognition programme, by receiving star points from line managers or by taking part in ad-hoc incentives. ...
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ArticleMitie Cleaning and Environmental Services agrees pay deal for 200 staff
Cleaners who are working for Mitie Cleaning and Environmental Services at Manchester Airport and who are members of the trade union Unite, are to receive an annual £850 pay rise and increased rates of pay for the festive season.The pay deal, which was announced on 1 November 2017, will ensure ...
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ArticleMichael Jackson is named 2017’s highest-paid dead celebrity
Something for the weekend: With Halloween this week, many employees may be on the lookout for signs from beyond the grave. However, it appears that those in the underworld can not only receive messages from the land of living, but also their wages as Michael Jackson is named as 2017’s ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 26 October-1 November 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 October and 1 November 2017 were: Mears Group to face legal action over holiday payIndependent review recommends mental health standards for employersArriva North West employees strike over payEDF Energy agrees pay deal for 1,000 employeesPolice staff and community support officers ...
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ArticlePoll: 66% think there should be a clearer link between pay and performance for all staff
Employee Benefits poll: Two-thirds (66%) of respondents think that there should be a clearer link between pay and performance across all staff.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 70 responses, also found that 26% of respondents believe that a clearer link between pay and performance should be demonstrated for ...
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ArticleGoogle and Nokia recognised for employee share schemes
Google, Nokia, Telefonica and Valero Energy were among the organisations recognised for best practice in employee share schemes at the Employee Share Ownership Centre’s (Esop) Employee Ownership Awards 2017 on Tuesday 31 October 2017.Now in its 16th year, the awards were held at the Reform Club in London and were ...
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ArticleDeliveroo set to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage
Online food ordering organisation Deliveroo is to face legal action over the status of its riders and their entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought by law firm Leigh Day on behalf of 45 Deliveroo riders.The claim argues that ...
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ArticlePiala introduces paid leave for non-smokers
Tokyo-based marketing support organisation Piala has introduced up to six days of paid leave for non-smoking employees in order to counterbalance the time spent by staff who take smoking breaks.The organisation, which has approximately 120 employees, launched the benefit to staff in September, and to date it has been taken ...
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ArticleDuggan takes on reward at 02
Mobile services organisation 02 has hired Jill Duggan as its head of reward and performance.Before joining 02, part of Telefonica UK, Duggan was head of reward and people operations at Auto Trader UK, where she had also worked as head of HR policy and reward. Duggan's career has also seen ...
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Article15% have access to a return-to-work programme at their organisation
More than one in 10 (15%) of respondents state that their organisation currently has a return-to-work programme in place, according to research by Hays.Its Hays UK gender diversity report 2017, which surveyed 5,400 UK respondents, also found that 70% of respondents believe that there would be greater gender equality if ...
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ArticleMEPC holds wellbeing month for 4,000 staff
Landlord and development organisation MEPC is holding a wellbeing month for 4,000 employees based at its Wellington Place business community.Organisations based at Wellington Place, including include Allianz, Equifax, Irwin Mitchell, Shulmans, Sky Betting and Gaming, Squire Patton Boggs, and Willis Towers Watson, will take part in the wellbeing month, which ...
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Article24% of divorced women are unable to save into a pension
Under a quarter (24%) of respondents who are divorced women are unable to save into a pension, compared with 12% of divorced men who are not able to save in their pension pot, according to research by Scottish Widows.Its Women and retirement report, which surveyed 5,314 UK adults in April ...
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ArticleVelux launches employee-led mental health counselling
Roof window manufacturing organisation Velux has launched an employee-led mental health counselling service for its 250 UK and Ireland-based employees.Its Mental Wellbeing Support Team (MWST), which was launched on 26 October 2017, is run by a team of employees on a voluntary basis to provide counselling support to employees who ...
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Article23% of millennials do not know how much their employer pays into their workplace pension
Under a quarter (23%) of respondents aged between 18 and 34 with a workplace pension do not know how much their employer is paying into their occupational pension, according to research by Aegon.Its survey of 685 adults, including 380 employees who have a workplace pension, also found that 58% of ...
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ArticleEDF Energy agrees pay deal for 1,000 employees
Members of the trade unions Unite and GMB who are working on the construction of Hinkley Point, an EDF Energy-led nuclear power station, have voted in favour of a new pay deal.The new pay offer, which will be applicable for over 1,000 construction employees, will see Hinkley Point staff receive ...
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ArticleArriva North West employees strike over pay
Arriva North West bus drivers and engineering employees are taking part in a 24-hour strike in a dispute over pay.More than 2,000 members of trade unions Unite and GMB who work across 11 depots will take part in industrial action today (30 October 2017), forming picket lines outside all of ...
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ArticleGovernment consults on draft regulations for bulk DC pension transfers without member consent
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on draft regulations to simplify procedures around the bulk transfer of defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements without member consent.The consultation, which was launched on 26 October 2017 and will run until 30 November 2017, seeks views on the draft ...
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ArticlePolice staff and community support officers to receive additional pay rise
Police staff and community support officers (PCSOs) across England and Wales are to receive a total 2% pay increase.The pay award for PCSOs and police staff, which has been agreed by the Police Staff Council, will provide an additional 1% pay rise on top of a planned 1% pay increase.The ...