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    Walmart to increase store managers' salaries

    2024-01-19T12:18:00Z

    US supermarket chain Walmart is to increase the salaries of its store managers and invest in a redesigned bonus programme from next month.As a result of its investment and upcoming annual increases, store managers’ average salary will rise from $117,000 (£92,283) to $128,000 (£100,960) a year. This is alongside the ...

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    33% of UK employers plan on increasing salaries and bonuses in 2024

    2024-01-19T12:12:00Z

    One-third (33%) of UK employers are planning on increasing salaries and bonuses at the start of this year, according to research by job website Totaljobs. Its Hiring trends index, which surveyed over 1,000 UK HR decision markers, also revealed that 29% of respondents cited securing another job ...

  • BSI menopause support
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    BSI introduces global menopause support for staff

    2024-01-19T12:03:38Z

    Business improvement and standards organisation British Standards Institution (BSI) has rolled out a menopause support and ongoing care programme for its employees worldwide.Through a partnership with virtual clinic Maven Clinic, BSI's employees and their partners across 37 countries, including the UK, India, China and Indonesia, will have free 24/7 unlimited ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 12 - 18 January 2024

    2024-01-19T09:00:52Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 12 - 18 January 2024 were: EY to allow consultant employees to take time away from rolesThe Gym Group receives menopause-friendly accreditationWest Midlands Fire Service increases maternity, paternity and adoption leaveAlmost two working weeks are lost every year due to presenteeismTribunal rules ...

  • UKG staff communication styles
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    Study identifies employees' celebrity personality types

    2024-01-19T09:00:17Z

    Something for the weekend: A new study from HR, payroll, workforce management and culture solutions provider UKG has identified the five personality types of UK employees and their favoured communication methods. If you have ever wanted to know if you’re a Nelson Mandela or a Steve Jobs at work, then ...

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    Employees consider work-life balance more important than career ambition

    2024-01-18T11:54:00Z

    Employees admitted they are more likely to consider work-life balance (93%) as important in a job than career ambition (70%), according to new Randstad research.The talent organisation’s latest Workmonitor report, which surveyed 27,000 workers in 34 markets across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas, found that staff thought flexibility of ...

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    Optagon Group becomes employee owned

    2024-01-18T11:15:16Z

    Credit: The Optagon GroupOptagon Group has become employee owned through an employee ownership trust model.Based in Coventry, Optagon owns and operates brands such as flat roofing materials specialist Rubber4Roofs, Roof Depot, SkyGuard and Kitbuildr. Its 50 employees now own the majority of the firm and have a meaningful stake in ...

  • Capita real living wage
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    Capita withdraws from real living wage rate

    2024-01-18T10:37:46Z

    Capita has become the latest employer to withdraw from the real living wage scheme after the recommended rate increased by 10% two years in a row.The outsourcing firm said that employees currently paid the real living wage, which is recommended by the Living Wage Foundation and takes the cost of ...

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    Mondelez International names new chief people officer

    2024-01-18T09:00:21Z

    Mondelez International has appointed Stephanie Lilak executive vice president and chief people officer.Lilak will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s human resources function worldwide, which includes talent management, leadership and capability development, compensation and benefits, change management, employee relations, and diversity, equity and inclusion.She will report directly to Dirk Van ...

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    43% of employers do not offer bereavement support beyond time off

    2024-01-17T12:05:00Z

    More than two-fifths (43%) of employers offer no additional support beyond time off for bereavement, according to research by bereavement support firm Empathy. Its 2024 report The cost of dying, which surveyed 2,000 respondents who have experienced the loss of an immediate family member in the last ...

  • West Midlands Fire Service
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    West Midlands Fire Service increases maternity, paternity and adoption leave

    2024-01-17T11:57:16Z

    Credit: dagma / Shutterstock.comWest Midlands Fire Service is to increase its employee maternity, paternity and adoption leave provisions as of this month.Employees at the fire service will be eligible for 52 weeks of fully paid leave for maternity and adoption pay, with two weeks of paternity pay for fathers. This ...

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    Ards and North Down Borough Council becomes age-friendly employer

    2024-01-17T11:47:45Z

    Councillor Jennifer Gilmour, Mayor of Ards and North Down, with chief executive Stephen Reid. Image credit: Ian PedlowArds and North Down Borough Council in Northern Ireland has become an age-friendly employer as part of its continued commitment to being an age-friendly borough.The age-friendly employer pledge, which was established by the ...

  • The Gym Group
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    The Gym Group receives menopause-friendly employer accreditation

    2024-01-16T12:06:36Z

    Nationwide gym chain The Gym Group has achieved menopause-friendly employer accreditation as part of its commitment to comprehensive wellbeing and care for its 2,040 employees.Set up by Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, the menopause-friendly accreditation offers standards for employers on best practices and support around menopause in UK workplaces.To become ...

  • Five million employees work £35 billion worth of unpaid overtime a year
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    80% of Gen Z staff would rather work overtime than see pay decrease

    2024-01-16T11:56:35Z

    Four-fifths of Gen Z employees would rather work overtime than reduce their workload and see their pay decrease, according to research by Resource Solutions.The workforce and advisory solutions provider, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults aged 18-65 who have been employed in the past year, also found that the youngest generation ...

  • Office Depot UK
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    Office Depot UK completes £140 million pensions buy-in

    2024-01-16T11:23:56Z

    Office supplies firm Office Depot UK has completed a £140 million bulk purchase annuity buy-in transaction with the trustee of the Guilbert UK Retirement Benefits Plan, of which it is the sponsor.Aviva insured the plan liabilities to remove the investment and longevity risk for around 1,500 plan members, who will ...

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    Kerry Hudson: Change in flexible working arrangements for 2024

    2024-01-15T16:36:09Z

    Employees will have more rights to ask for flexible working arrangements under new legislation coming in this year.Workers with 26 weeks of employment can ask for flexibility on how, where and when they work. Where employers previously did not need to consult with workers before giving their decision, they will ...

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    Bain and Company and Nvidia named best places to work in the US for 2024

    2024-01-15T12:06:27Z

    Credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.comManagement consulting firm Bain and Company, technology business Nvidia and software employer ServiceNow have been named as some of the best places to work in the US for 2024 by job website Glassdoor.The annual Glassdoor list is based on reviews and feedback from employees on their ...

  • presenteeism lost
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    Almost two working weeks are lost every year due to presenteeism

    2024-01-15T11:27:49Z

    Almost two working weeks are lost each year due to presenteeism, costing the economy £11 billion per year in lost productivity, according to new research by economic consultancy WPI Economics.Commissioned by employee benefits provider Unum UK, the survey of more than 4,000 UK employees revealed that unhappy employees on average ...

  • Junior doctors in Wales
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    Junior doctors in Wales strike over pay

    2024-01-15T11:04:01Z

    Junior doctors in Wales have begun 72-hour strike action today (Monday 15 January) in a dispute over pay.The walkout from 7am today to 7am on 18 January could see more than 3,000 doctors at picket lines outside all of Wales’ main hospital sites. A mass demonstration outside the Welsh parliament ...

  • Compass Group UK Ireland
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    Compass Group UK and Ireland names new chief people officer

    2024-01-15T09:00:25Z

    Compass Group UK and Ireland has appointed Carol Sommerville as its new chief people officer with immediate effect.Sommerville will be responsible for delivering the business’ ‘Our Social Promise’, which is its commitment to support a million people with opportunities and change their lives through job creation, education, training, community and ...