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    EY to allow consultants to take time away from roles

    2024-01-12T12:30:36Z

    Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comProfessional services and accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) is to allow its UK consultant employees to take time away from their roles.Through the employer’s Employee TimeOut initiative, employees without an assignment from March to August 2024 can leave their role for between four and 12 weeks. ...

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    36% will work past state pension age to cover daily expenses

    2024-01-12T11:58:23Z

    More than a third (36%) of British employees will continue working past state pension age because they do not think their pension will cover their day-to-day expenses, according to research by Canada Life.The retirement, investment and protection provider, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults, found that 52% of respondents who said ...

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    Tribunal rules in favour of Arjowiggins Scotland staff in redundancy case

    2024-01-12T11:53:39Z

    An employment tribunal has ruled that 300 former Arjowiggins Scotland employees will each receive around £4,000 in compensation after the employer went into administration in 2022.The former paper mill workers based in Stoneywood, Aberdeen were members of trade union Unite. Through Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, they made protective award claims against ...

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    Bensons for Beds looks for chief sleep officer

    2024-01-12T09:00:39Z

    Credit: Joe Pepler/PinPepSomething for the weekend: Bedroom furniture retailer Bensons for Beds has opened applications for its new chief sleep officer position, where sleeping on the job is actively encouraged.The fully remote role will pay £10,000 for a six-month part-time contract, which covers 874 hours of training, napping and shopping. ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 5 - 11 January 2024

    2024-01-12T09:00:02Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 5 - 11 January 2024 were: Sainsbury’s increases pay for hourly paid staffNovo Nordisk and AstraZeneca named top 30 best places to work for 2023 Exclusive: Unum UK enhances carer’s leave policyTribunal finds Association of Chartered Certified Accountants employee was discriminated againstAnglian ...

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    Half of hybrid workers took time off due to anxiety in the past year

    2024-01-11T12:01:23Z

    Half (51%) of hybrid workers have taken time off work as a result of stress or anxiety in the past year, missing an average of 6.1 days each, according to research by London workspace provider Fora.Its report, which surveyed 1,030 UK hybrid workers, found that this equates to 28.6 million ...

  • Brewdog pay rise
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    Brewdog increases pay but moves away from paying real living wage

    2024-01-11T11:53:11Z

    Craft beer business Brewdog has announced that its lower-paid employees over the age of 23 will receive a pay rise to £11.44 per hour from £10.90.Staff located outside London will receive a 4.95% rise in base pay, however, those working in London will not see an increase from their current ...

  • First Bus living wage
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    First Bus to become living wage employer

    2024-01-11T11:24:43Z

    UK bus operator First Bus is to become a living wage employer from 1 April 2024.The accreditation will see its 1,300 employees across the UK, and workers employed through third party contractors, benefit from a pay rise to at least £12 per hour.The living wage is a voluntary rate of ...

  • Mediaocean chief human resources officer
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    Mediaocean promotes Nicole Brown to chief human resources officer

    2024-01-11T09:00:50Z

    Advertising software firm Mediaocean has promoted Nicole Brown to chief human resources officer.In her new role, Brown will work as a member of the senior executive team to ensure global alignment, streamline processes, and further foster a culture of inclusion and engagement for Mediaocean’s workforce. She will also lead the ...

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    Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate staff accept 10.4% pay rise

    2024-01-10T12:07:29Z

    Credit: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.comCargill Cocoa and Chocolate employees based at its Worksop, Nottinghamshire site have accepted a 10.4% pay rise, ending a long-running dispute over pay.The more than a dozen workers, who are members of trade union GMB, voted to back strike action last year in a ballot, with ...

  • Novo Nordisk best places
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    Novo Nordisk and AstraZeneca named in top 30 best places to work for 2023

    2024-01-10T11:35:12Z

    Global healthcare firms Novo Nordisk, Takeda and AstraZeneca have been named among the top 30 best places to work for 2023 across the world by Best Places to Work.The international certification programme recognises employers across the world through a workplace culture assessment on their employee engagement and organisational effectiveness. Each ...

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    Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group rolls out benefits for working families

    2024-01-10T11:12:50Z

    Credit: Ned Snowman / Shutterstock.comMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has enhanced its benefits for its working parents and those with caring responsibilities in the UK to drive diversity and inclusion within the organisation.The benefits package includes an increase from six to 10 free dependent care sessions, which provide working parents ...

  • north east England strike
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    Staff at five north east England colleges strike over pay

    2024-01-09T12:27:36Z

    Employees at five colleges in Cleveland, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees in north east England have begun strike action in a long-running dispute over pay.Staff employed by Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training Group, Stockton Riverside College, The Skills Academy, and Redcar and Cleveland College will be on picket lines today (9 ...

  • Gamban platinum accreditation
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    Gamban receives accreditation for investing in employees

    2024-01-09T12:06:28Z

    Software firm Gamban has received platinum accreditation from Investors in People.It received the accreditation due to the passionate influence, purpose and ambition of its senior leadership, who staff stated that they find motivating, inspirational and trustworthy.Its organisational values were found to be well embedded, it embraced change in all aspects ...

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    Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust offers free period products to staff

    2024-01-09T11:26:25Z

    Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has installed free period product dispensers across all of its sites as part of an initiative to combat period poverty for employees.Known as ‘We’re by your Side. Period’, the initiative has seen 50 dispensers with tampons and pads installed and boxes of supplies ...

  • Poll: Would your organisation publish disability pay gap data?
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    83% of employers think reporting disability pay gaps should be mandatory

    2024-01-09T09:00:49Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Four-fifths (83%) of organisations think reporting disability pay gaps should be mandatory, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers.A tenth said they do not think that reporting disability pay gaps should be mandatory, whereas 7% were unsure.It is not currently mandatory for employers with more than ...

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    Poll: Do you have a dedicated carer’s leave policy?

    2024-01-08T12:07:02Z

    Take part in our latest readers’ poll on a current topical issue. Last week, Employee Benefits reported that employee benefits provider Unum UK enhanced its carer’s leave policy by offering up to five days of paid leave per year, in order to further support its employees with caring responsibilities.In light ...

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    19% regret not taking out a financial protection policy while caring for ill child

    2024-01-08T11:40:01Z

    One in five (19%) UK parents admitted regretting not taking out a protection policy for financial support if they needed to take time off work to care for an ill child or children, according to new research from MetLife UK.The provider of protection, employee benefits and retirement solutions found that ...

  • Anglian Water pay gap
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    Anglian Water reports 6.5% mean gender pay gap for 2023

    2024-01-08T11:25:36Z

    Water supplier Anglian Water has reported a 6.5% mean gender pay gap for 2023, down 3% from 2022.Its median gender pay gap was 14%, down 3% from the prior year. A total of 66.3% of the workforce is male and 33.5% is female. Its lower pay quartile is made up ...

  • Association Chartered Certified Accountants
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    Tribunal finds Association of Chartered Certified Accountants employee was discriminated against

    2024-01-08T10:58:17Z

    A social media marketer who was told she “had a baby at the wrong time” and was not transferred into a role that matched her responsibilities in a restructuring exercise has won a maternity discrimination claim at an employment tribunal.Ms Yongo, had been working at the Association of Chartered Certified ...