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  • Mattioli Woods resumes bonus payments
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    Half of UK deskless workers live pay cheque to pay cheque

    2023-11-22T13:12:05Z

    Half (50%) of UK deskless workers live pay cheque to pay cheque and are without spare cash once monthly bills are paid, according to research by OC Tanner.The employee recognition firm’s 2024 Global culture report gathered insights from more than 42,000 employees, leaders, HR practitioners and executives from 27 countries, ...

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    Tribunal rules stress can be disability without mental health diagnosis

    2023-11-22T09:47:43Z

    An employment tribunal has ruled that stress can be considered disability without a formal mental health diagnosis from a doctor.At a preliminary hearing to discuss a case brought against Aneurin Bevan University Local Health Board, the tribunal panel in Cardiff found that claimant Mrs Phillips could be considered disabled under ...

  • Central Co-op financial support
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    Exclusive: Central Co-op launches financial support benefit for staff

    2023-11-22T09:00:00Z

    Retailer Central Co-op has launched a financial support benefit across its support centre, food and funeral operations teams.The Co-op Credit Union benefit will form part of Central Co-op’s overall wellbeing offer. It will enable employees to access a range of tools, services and resources to support their mental health, money ...

  • reduce flexibility employees
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    42% of employers plan to reduce flexibility for staff in 2024

    2023-11-21T12:15:18Z

    Approximately two-fifths (42%) of employers plan to reduce flexibility or offer less of this to their employees in 2024, according to research by Barnett Waddingham.The independent consultancy, which surveyed 302 HR directors and C-suite professionals, found that this could see as many as 588,000 employers planning to offer reduced flexibility ...

  • Supreme Court Deliveroo
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    UK Supreme Court rules Deliveroo riders are not workers

    2023-11-21T12:11:04Z

    The UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Deliveroo riders do not have the right to be classed as workers and cannot unionise following a seven-year legal battle.In the case of The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and another, Deliveroo riders have been seeking to ...

  • Avison Young financial wellbeing
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    Exclusive: Avison Young launches financial wellbeing platform

    2023-11-21T11:02:41Z

    Global commercial real estate firm Avison Young has introduced a financial wellbeing platform for its 1,500 employees in the UK and Ireland.The platform, which is provided by Bippit, gives Avison Young's employees access to professional coaches with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)-recognised qualifications for one-to-one financial coaching, targeted learning resources, and ...

  • Bank of Ireland diversity
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    Bank of Ireland receives Gold Investors in Diversity EDI Mark

    2023-11-20T12:12:55Z

    Bank of Ireland has been awarded the Gold Investors in Diversity EDI Mark accreditation by the Irish Centre for Diversity due to its equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) commitments.To achieve the Gold Investors in Diversity EDI Mark, employers must conduct an in-depth assessment of EDI practices, including diverse and inclusive ...

  • menstruation symptoms
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    69% of women had negative experience at work due to menstruation symptoms

    2023-11-20T11:37:38Z

    More than two thirds (69%) of women have had a negative experience at work due to menstruation symptoms, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The professional body for HR and people development’s report Menstruation and support at work, which surveyed more than 2,000 women, found ...

  • Unum UK wellbeing benefit
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    Exclusive: Unum UK introduces exercise and wellbeing benefit for staff

    2023-11-20T11:11:51Z

    Employee benefits provider Unum UK has implemented an exercise and wellbeing benefit to its more than 850 UK-based employees.All Unum employees can now access discounted gym membership at more than 3,700 health clubs through Incorpore's GymFlex and MyGymDiscounts schemes, virtual fitness platforms, health assessments and clinics through the HealthiFlex and ...

  • Deltatre chief people officer
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    Deltatre recruits Neda Scrini as chief people officer

    2023-11-20T09:00:38Z

    Digital and data technology firm for sport and media Deltatre has hired Neda Scrini as its chief people officer.Reporting to Deltatre’s chief executive officer, Andrea Marini, Scrini will be based in the firm’s London hub and will lead a global people team spanning talent, reward, culture and organisational development.With more ...

  • employee engagement levels
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    64% of HR professionals feel engagement has fallen or remained static in past year

    2023-11-17T11:59:31Z

    Two-thirds (64%) of UK HR professionals feel employee engagement levels in their organisations have either remained static or worsened over the past 12 months, according to research by WorkBuzz.The employee engagement firm's State of employee engagement report 2023/24, which is based on insights from more than 400 UK HR professionals, ...

  • Hilton Insight Enterprises
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    Hilton and Insight Enterprises named world’s best workplaces

    2023-11-17T11:40:17Z

    Hotel chain Hilton and global solutions integrator Insight Enterprises have been named as two of the world’s best workplaces in 2023 by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work.To determine the world’s best workplaces and offer certification status, each year Great Place to Work uses feedback from surveys and data ...

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority period
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    Nuclear Decommissioning Authority introduces free period products for staff

    2023-11-17T11:36:01Z

    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has introduced complimentary period products in its Cumbria and Warrington offices to help tackle period poverty.Through a partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls, period products will be available to any NDA employee who needs them. It is part of a drive to ensure its workspaces ...

  • top10news10-16Nov
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 10 - 16 November 2023

    2023-11-17T09:00:25Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 10 - 16 November 2023 were: Deutsche Bank completes £500 million pensions buy-inRSA Insurance to launch equal parental leave policySSE accredited as living pension employerUK employers could spend up to £15b on benefits staff do not wantBasic pay for private and public ...

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    Virgin Voyages founder Richard Branson gifts flight staff free cruise

    2023-11-17T09:00:06Z

    Credit: Stefano Tammaro / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: More than 150 passengers and crew members on a Virgin flight from Melbourne to Hobart in Australia have been gifted a free cruise by founder Sir Richard Branson.Everyone on board the flight, including cabin crew, baggage handlers and pilots, on Thursday (16 ...

  • Royal Mail incentive scheme
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    Royal Mail implements Christmas incentive scheme

    2023-11-16T11:53:23Z

    Royal Mail has launched a bonus scheme in order to incentivise staff to meet its Christmas delivery targets.As part of the scheme, employees will be able to earn up to £500 extra if they hit local and national quality targets.Royal Mail’s renamed parent organisation, International Distributions Services, decided to implement ...

  • PaulMaynard
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    Paul Maynard named new pensions minister

    2023-11-16T11:28:48Z

    Paul Maynard, Conservative MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, has been appointed pensions minister at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).His appointment as the fourth MP in just over a year to hold this position in government was announced following a cabinet reshuffle this week by Prime Minister Rishi ...

  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
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    AAT reports increasing ethnicity and gender pay gaps

    2023-11-16T11:27:08Z

    The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 25.3% in 2023, up from 24% in 2022.Its median ethnicity pay gap rose to 25.6% in 2023 from 23.6% in 2022. The report, which is based on hourly rates of pay on 5 April 2023, also ...

  • Zendesk Caroline Jessen
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    Zendesk appoints new chief people and diversity officer

    2023-11-16T09:00:23Z

    Software-as-a-service firm Zendesk has appointed Caroline Jessen chief people and diversity officer as of this month.Based in San Francisco, Jessen will oversee diversity, equity and inclusion, people operations, total reward, talent and organisational development, workforce and workplace strategy, and talent acquisition.Jessen has more than 20 years of experience leading people ...

  • RSA Insurance parental leave
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    RSA Insurance to introduce equal parental leave

    2023-11-15T11:54:04Z

    RSA Insurance is to introduce equal parental leave from January 2024 in order to add to its family-friendly provision.The new policy will offer all parents up to 52 weeks of equal leave, 26 of which will be fully paid.?It will apply to any employee with six months’ service, whose child ...