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  • Burges Salmon
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    Burges Salmon names new chief people officer

    2023-10-26T08:00:29Z

    UK law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Alice Bretherton chief people officer as of this month.With responsibility for all aspects of Burges Salmon’s people-first agenda, Bretherton will lead the firm’s people strategy for its workforce of more than 1,000 people based across its offices in Bristol, Edinburgh and London.She will ...

  • Centralcoop
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    Exclusive: Central Co-op launches flexible working pilot

    2023-10-25T10:42:48Z

    Central Co-op has launched a flexible working trial for 7,700 employees across its support centre and food and funeral operations teams.Named WorkFlex, the trial will see the introduction of a four-day week and nine-day fortnight model on a compressed hour basis. It began this month and will run until the ...

  • Jerba Campervans living hours
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    Jerba Campervans accredited as living hours employer

    2023-10-25T10:39:14Z

    Scottish campervan converter business Jerba Campervans has received living hours employer accreditation as part of its commitment to demonstrate fair work practices.Its employees will now receive a contract reflecting actual hours worked, as per the living hours standard, and will be able to work a minimum of 16 contracted hours ...

  • British Red Cross pensions
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    British Red Cross completes £30 million pensions buy-out

    2023-10-25T10:34:19Z

    Credit: Tony Baggett / Shutterstock.comBritish Red Cross has completed a £30 million buy-out deal for its pension fund and the British Red Cross Society’s Scottish branch retirement benefits scheme.The transaction with Aviva will insure the defined benefit liabilities for around 360 members across both schemes, and removes the investment and ...

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    59% of British workers feel unhappy with their benefits packages

    2023-10-24T10:43:06Z

    Almost six in 10 (59%) British workers feel unhappy, dissatisfied, highly dissatisfied or neutral with their benefits packages, according to new research.Conducted by global talent services firm Morgan McKinley as part of its 2024 Salary guide, the survey found that the top five desired benefits respondents look for in a ...

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    Living wage rates rise to at least £12 an hour

    2023-10-24T10:21:10Z

    The Living Wage Foundation has announced new living wage rates for London and across the UK in order to provide a cost-of-living pay boost.The foundation independently calculates the rates based on what people need to live on and applies to everyone over 18. This year the rate increased by 10% ...

  • Triton Construction salary sacrifice
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    Triton Construction implements EV salary sacrifice scheme

    2023-10-24T10:06:39Z

    West Yorkshire-based building contractor Triton Construction has implemented an electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme for its 70 employees.Through a partnership with Carmyke Leasing, an appointed representative of Fleet Alliance, Triton employees will be able to choose a brand new EV with low benefit-in-kind rates, zero emissions, all service, maintenance ...

  • White Lake Cheese tribunal
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    Tribunal awards former White Lake Cheese employee £20k for pregnancy discrimination

    2023-10-24T08:00:29Z

    A former office worker, who was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on pregnancy grounds by White Lake Cheese, has been awarded £19,700 by an employment tribunal.Storm Botha started working at White Lake Cheese as a cheese-making assistant in September 2020. After two months, she occasionally worked in the office doing ...

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    Buyer's guide to health cash plans

    2023-10-24T05:00:08Z

    What are health cash plans?The origins of health cash plans can be traced back to the 19th century when they were originally provided by charitable or non-profit organisations. As a support system that pre-dates the creation of the NHS in 1948, cash plans helped employees pay for their various healthcare ...

  • Rare Restaurants discounted childcare
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    Rare Restaurants introduces discounted childcare for employees

    2023-10-23T10:58:16Z

    Rare Restaurants, the hospitality group that owns Gaucho and M Restaurants, has provided discounted childcare for its employees as part of its benefits package.Rare Restaurants has 14 restaurants in London and eight across the UK, located in Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.Through a partnership with nursery ...

  • sixth form colleges pay
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    Sixth form college staff accept pay rise

    2023-10-23T10:50:12Z

    The National Joint Council for Sixth Form Colleges, which represents teachers working in sixth form colleges, has accepted a pay rise of 6.5% for the majority of staff.Following a consultation on the offer earlier this year with members of teaching union NASUWT, 92% of respondents stated they were in favour ...

  • Oxford PharmaGenesis menopause-friendly
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    Oxford PharmaGenesis accredited as menopause-friendly employer

    2023-10-23T10:14:39Z

    Global healthscience consultancy Oxford PharmaGenesis has received menopause-friendly employer accreditation as part of its commitment to support its employees as their lives evolve.Established by Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, the accreditation recognises high standards and proven practices that embrace menopause in the workplace. To achieve it, employers are assessed by ...

  • AmandaKillick
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    ATPI Group hires new UK HR manager

    2023-10-23T08:00:50Z

    Global travel management and events firm ATPI Group has appointed Amanda Killick as its new UK HR manager as part of its ongoing commitment to foster a diverse and talented workforce.In her new role, Killick will implement the group’s global, people-first strategy and tailor it for the UK region. This ...

  • Frank-Creighton-Love2Shop
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    Frank Creighton: Solving employee value challenge is key to improving UK productivity

    2023-10-23T05:00:27Z

    Improving productivity has been highlighted as critical to driving growth in the UK economy. But with millions of employees still feeling undervalued at work, reward and recognition offers a cost-effective way to motivate teams to bridge that gap.Love2shop's second UK-wide survey of UK workers, Employee value report, found that ...

  • KPMG pay freezes
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    KPMG implements pay freeze for some employees

    2023-10-20T11:13:16Z

    Financial services and auditing firm KPMG has implemented pay freezes across its UK deal advisory business due to economic difficulties.As well as the pay freezes, the firm has launched a consultation process with proposals to reduce the number of client-facing roles in its deal advisory business, as a result of ...

  • Sky Wave Gin
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    Sky Wave Gin accredited as living wage employer

    2023-10-20T11:01:22Z

    Oxfordshire-based Sky Wave Gin has received living wage accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.As a result of this commitment, all Sky Wave Gin employees will now receive a minimum hourly wage of £10.90, which is higher than the government minimum rate for those aged 23 and over, currently standing at ...

  • pay cut better job
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    65% of UK staff would take pay cut for better job

    2023-10-20T10:19:59Z

    Two-thirds (65%) of UK employees would be prepared to take a pay cut for a better job, according to research by Indeed.The global hiring platform's Better work 2023 report, which surveyed more than 5,000 workers, also found that the mean pay cut respondents would be willing to take is 9.2%, ...

  • top10news13-19Oct
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 13 - 19 October 2023

    2023-10-20T08:00:55Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 13 - 19 October 2023 were: Tribunal rules Starling Bank must pay £1.1m following health-related dismissalGo North East bus workers continue strike over pay rowThe Co-Operative Bank introduces free period products for staffEmployee Benefits Live 2023 speaker slidesExclusive: Vertas Group introduces staff ...

  • Cottesmore School AI headteacher
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    Cottesmore School appoints AI principal headteacher

    2023-10-20T08:00:49Z

    Something for the weekend: West Sussex private boarding school Cottesmore School has appointed an artificial intelligence (AI) bot principal headteacher.Don’t worry, you haven’t stepped into an episode of Black Mirror! The school worked with an AI developer to create Abigail Bailey, a bot to assist its human headteacher, Tom Rogerson.Abigail ...

  • Sainsbury’s workplace menopause policy
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    Sainsbury’s commits to workplace menopause policy

    2023-10-19T10:58:04Z

    Credit: Alex Yeung / Shutterstock.comSupermarket Sainsbury’s has committed to establishing a workplace menopause policy.The retailer has partnered with GenM, which was created to encourage businesses to recognise and respond to perimenopausal and menopausal womens' needs by co-founders Heather Jackson and Sam Simister. Its aim is to unite brands and organisations ...