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ArticleBarrhead Travel introduces menopause champions
Barrhead Travel has launcheda dedicated team of menopause champions to support its 500 employees.The team comprises five volunteer employees that represent departments across the business. It includes staff who have experienced menopause, are currently going through menopause and passionate advocates.The team’s priorities will focus on education and advice for all ...
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ArticleTrue Fostering becomes employee-owned
Fostering, social work and adoption agency True Fostering has become an employee owned after setting up an employee ownership trust (EOT) for its workforce.True Fostering, which operates under the Centre of Excellence in Child Trauma umbrella, made the decision to transition to an EOT structure to position it as a ...
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ArticleMedian monthly pay for October up 5.9% year-on-year
Median monthly pay for October 2023 has increased by 5.9% compared to the same period last year, to an estimated at £2,276, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its labour market figures published on 14 November revealed that regular pay growth fell to 7.7% year-on-year in the ...
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ArticleStandard Chartered receives Great Place to Work accreditation
Credit: MOZCO Mateusz Szymanski / Shutterstock.comBanking organisation Standard Chartered has been accredited as a Great Place to Work organisation in the UK.Great Place to Work recognises employers which have created an outstanding employee experience. In order to decide who receives certification, the organisation gathers employee feedback using its data-driven methodology, ...
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ArticleDisabled staff earn 15% less than non-disabled peers
Disabled workers earn 15% less than non-disabled staff, according to research by Trades Union Congress (TUC).Its findings, which were published on Disability Pay Gap Day (14 November), from which disabled people effectively work for free for the rest of the year, also revealed that the pay gap for disabled workers ...
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Article45% of employers think the new living wage rate is enough
Employee Benefits poll: Almost half (45%) of organisations think the new real living wage rates of at least £12 per hour go far enough to support employees, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers.One-third (35%) said they did not think the new real living wage rates go far enough ...
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Poll: Does the living pension go far enough to meet basic retirement needs?
Take part in our latest readers’ poll on a current topical issue. Last week, Employee Benefits reported that Scottish energy firm SSE was accredited as a living pension employer to enable its workers to build a pension pot that will provide enough income to meet basic everyday needs in retirement.In ...
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ArticleDeutsche Bank completes £500 million pensions buy-in
Deutsche Bank has completed a £500 million buy-in for its UK pension scheme, its first to include deferred members.The transaction with Legal and General will secure the benefits of around 2,000 retirees and deferred members. Due to an existing umbrella contract with Legal and General, the buy-in was able to ...
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ArticleWHSmith commits to becoming fertility-friendly employer
Alex Stoneman Advertising Photography - www.alexstoneman.comWHSmith has committed to becoming a fertility-friendly employer by signing up for membership with Fertility Matters at Work.The retailer decided to gain the accreditation after several employees talked about their own fertility journeys and reached out to their line managers for support, as well as ...
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ArticleBasic pay for private and public sector staff to rise by 5%
Basic pay for public sector workers is expected to increase by 5%, the same rate as private sector staff for the first time since early 2021, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The professional body for HR and people development’s Labour market outlook, which is ...
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ArticleAioi Nissay Dowa Europe promotes Gemma Robinson to people and culture director
Insurer Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe (AND-E UK) has promoted Gemma Robinson to the role of people and culture director.As a HR leader with more than two decades of experience, Robinson was appointed to her new role just before her seven-month maternity leave in 2022. She will assist with the firm’s ...
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ArticleSSE accredited as living pension employer
Credit: Alasdair Jones / Shutterstock.comScottish energy firm SSE has been accredited as a living pension employer to provide financial stability and security.The living pension, which launched in March 2023, is a voluntary savings target for employers that want to help workers, particularly low-paid ones, to build a pension pot that ...
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ArticleUK employers could spend up to £15bn on benefits staff do not want
UK employers could be spending up to £15 billion a year on employee benefits that do not resonate with their staff, according to research by Isio and YouGov.The organisations, which surveyed more than 7,000 private sector employees, found that 23% felt their current benefits package meets all their needs, with ...
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ArticleCity Building signs Dying to Work charter
Glasgow-based building contractor City Building has signed up to the Dying to Work charter to help support employees who become terminally ill.The voluntary charter is part of the Trade Union Congress’ wider Dying to Work campaign, which seeks greater security for terminally ill workers to prevent them losing their jobs ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 3 - 9 November 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 - 9 November 2023 were: Lancashire County Council ordered to pay £800,000 in discrimination caseNon-NHS health staff win one-off bonusLyft and Uber agree to $328m settlement after pay and benefits were withheld35% of staff want financial support through personalised reward and ...
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ArticlePost Malone leaves restaurant employee a $3,000 tip
Credit: Delmiro Junior / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: A waitress based in America has posted online praise of rapper and singer Post Malone, who left her a $3,000 (£2,426) tip at the end of his meal.Sharing her surprise at the tip on Reddit, the waitress explained that the US musician ...
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ArticleAmazon, Barclays and BT named most sought-after workplaces in 2023
Credit: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.comAmazon, Barclays and BT have been named among the most sought-after workplaces in 2023.In order to establish the rankings, BusinessNameGenerator.com took a seed list of more than 40 jobs in demand in 2023 from Glassdoor, LinkedIn and Edmissions. These were evaluated and ranked by the average ...
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ArticleGovernment to legislate to retain rolled-up holiday pay
The government is to legislate to retain rolled-up holiday pay for irregular hours, zero hours and part-year workers and set out that it must be calculated based on total earnings in the pay period.Its announcement follows a consultation earlier this year that sought views on reforms to the Working Time ...
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ArticleGripple and Loadhog become living wage employers
Gripple, a South Yorkshire-based manufacturer of wire joiners, tensioners and suspension solutions, and its sister returnable packaging solutions firm Loadhog, have received living wage employer accreditation.Accredited employers are required to increase wages in line with new living wage rates within six months of them being announced, after which employees and ...
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ArticlePRS for Music promotes Janeace Thompson to director of talent, culture and experience
PRS for Music has promoted Janeace Thompson (Jay-T) to director of talent, culture and experience.Reporting into chief people and transformation officer, Suzanne Hughes, the newly created role is pivotal to the organisation’s plans to support and deliver its strategic imperatives and continue its journey of change.In addition to Thompson’s current ...