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ArticleIs pet pampering coming to a workplace near you?
Something for the weekend: Much has been said about how animals can help to reduce stress and enhance levels of wellbeing. Indeed, firms such as Uber have been directly applying this to the office environment by enabling employees in North America to pet kittens for 15 minutes, and offering a ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 24 and 30 March 2016: EXCLUSIVE: Mercer and Thomsons Online Benefits partner on global benefits.Ikea to increase pay for 7,300 employees.Infographic: What will motivate employees in 2016?Asda moves to segment motivation.Can a one-size-fits-all motivation strategy work?Kingfisher agrees £230 million pension buy-in.A ...
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ArticleGolin introduces unlimited leave and enhances benefits package
Communications agency Golin is to introduce an enhanced benefits programme, including unlimited leave, extended family-friendly benefits and new health and wellbeing initiatives.The benefits programme, Life Time, will launch on 4 April 2016. It will run across Golin’s global locations but has been tailored to suit local requirements.The new suite of ...
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ArticleFacebook, Google and Nasa among America’s Best Employers
Costco, Facebook, Google, Nasa, SAS and Southwest Airlines are among those named on Forbes’ America’s Best Employers 2016 list.The ranking is based on a survey of 30,000 US employees that work for organisations employing more than 5,000 staff.The listing recognises organisations’ whose employees would recommend them to others as a ...
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Article64% of retailers to extend national living wage to under 25s
Almost two-thirds (64%) of retail chain respondents are set to implement the national living wage for all employees, regardless of age, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its survey of 24 UK retail chains with fewer than 5,000 employees to more than 100,000 staff, also found that 45% of respondents ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to car salary sacrifice schemes 2016
What are salary sacrifice company car schemes?Salary sacrifice car schemes have become a popular benefit, allowing employees to sacrifice a portion of their monthly salary in return for a new car.Employees benefit from having a safe, maintenance-free car, while employers go some way to demonstrating compliance with their duty-of-care requirements ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement is fundamental to a wide range of organisational objectives
Strong employee engagement is the lynchpin for numerous organisational objectives.An engaged workforce is known to be more productive, demonstrate higher levels of performance and, often, its members act as ambassadors for their employer. Organisations that have achieved a successful engagement strategy have invariably noticed links between employee engagement, customer satisfaction ...
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ArticleIkea to increase pay for 7,300 employees
Ikea UK is to increase the rates of pay for 7,300 employees through the introduction of the living wage and proportionate pay rises for team leaders.The retailer is to implement the Living Wage Foundation’s voluntary living wage rate of £8.25 an hour and £9.40 in London. The pay increase will ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mercer and Thomsons Online Benefits partner on global benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Talent, health and wealth consulting firm Mercer has partnered benefits software provider Thomsons Online Benefits to offer global benefits management solutions for multi-national organisations.The partnership will see Mercer provide employee benefits brokerage and consulting services, while Thomsons will offer streamlined administration, automation and communication of benefit programmes through its ...
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ArticleCalifornia commits to $15 an hour minimum wage
The US state of California is to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.The minimum wage will rise from the current $10 an hour to $10.50 an hour in January 2017, and $11 an hour in January 2018. It will then rise by $1 a year until ...
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ArticleHow can holidays form part of a staff motivation strategy?
In January 2016, travel firm the Group Company rewarded its 32 members of staff with a three-day trip to Barbados to celebrate the organisation’s 10th anniversary. The five-star, all-inclusive break aimed to recognise the part that employees played in the firm’s growth trajectory.Helen Bilton, founder of the Group Company, said: ...
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ArticleThe month in numbers: February 2016
A look at some of the key facts and figures from February 2016: 88% of UK respondents regularly experience stress at work (Source: ADP) bit.ly/1KS9tyJ100% gender pay parity has been achieved at Intel US (Source: Intel) bit.ly/1nXAagc31% of employers say the reduction in pensions tax relief and complexities of the ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories online in January-February 2016
The most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 January and 14 February:Asda, Roche and Vauxhall Motors among the UK’s Top Employers 2016Asda, Bentley Motors, HCL Technologies, KFC, Roche and Vauxhall Motors were among the winners at the Top Employers UK 2016 Awards, which took place on 10 February at London’s ...
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ArticleDay moves up at Jack Wills
Clothing retailer Jack Wills has promoted Sarah Day to HR director.Day joined Jack Wills as head of HR in June 2013. Her previous experience includes group HR director at Ben Sherman, head of human resources at Sage UK, head of HR at the Barclays Bank Retail Network, and head of ...
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ArticleDavies moves to NHBC
The National House Building Council (NHBC) has appointed Carol Davies head of human resources.She joins NHBC from personal lines insurance firm BGL group, where she was associate director, group HR between June 2008 and December 2015.Prior to that, Davies held the role of senior HR business partner at Nationwide Building ...
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ArticleRBS hires Choudhury as global inclusion manager
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Fatima Choudhury global inclusion manager.Prior to taking on the role, Choudhury worked as head of inclusion and social responsibility at the Financial Ombudsman Service, as engagement manager at the Equality Change Unit, and as development manager for professional football equality campaign Kick ...
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ArticleBAE Systems promotes Gilroy
BAE Systems has promoted Fiona Gilroy to employee value proposition and recognition manager.Gilroy’s responsibilities now include articulating, developing and embedding the employee value proposition (EVP) for staff and the businesses that are part of BAE Systems, and designing and implementing a cultural change programme across the business to support its ...
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ArticleLancaster University appoints Ben Dobson
Ben Dobson has been appointed reward and resourcing manager at Lancaster University.He joins from the University of Sheffield, where he held the roles of HR adviser, reward and recognition, HR departmental manager, and HR adviser, reward and benefits.
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ArticleDell appoints Angela Harris
Dell has appointed Angela Harris benefits consultant. She joins from DX Network Services, where she was compensation and benefits manager.Harris specialises in human resources systems implementation, compensation and benefits and general employee relations. She previously worked at oil and energy firm Baker Hughes as total rewards manager, Europe, and as ...
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ArticleOmbudsman upholds pensions tax complaint against police
The Pensions Ombudsman has upheld a police officer, Mr Cherry's complaint that his employer had a duty of care to inform him of the tax implications of re-employment on his retirement benefits.He was employed as a police officer with the Police and Crime Commissioner of South Wales from February 1982, ...