All Benefits for carers articles – Page 39
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ArticlePaul Hastings enhances parental leave for UK employees
Image credit: Jer123 / Shutterstock.comUS-owned law firm Paul Hastings has announced that it will be enhancing parental leave provisions for its 170 UK employees, to match the US policy that it launched in July 2019.The new leave offering, which was announced on 26 November 2019, will be effective from 1 ...
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ArticleBW enhances parental leave policies for 250 employees
Commercial fitting and refurbishing organisation BW: Workplace Experts has introduced enhanced parental leave arrangements for its 250 employees.Previously, the organisation offered maternity leave of six weeks at 90% of pay, followed by 33 weeks at a rate of £148.68 per week. Under the new policy, which launched on 18 November ...
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ArticleCushman and Wakefield triples paternity leave for around 1,160 UK employees
Image credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comCommercial real estate organisation Cushman and Wakefield, which has 51,000 employees globally and 2,000 in the UK, has announced it will be trebling paternity leave for UK staff, from two to six weeks.The new 3+3 paternity leave package, which will come in to effect from 1 ...
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ArticleNine in 10 fathers feel uncomfortable taking leave for family emergencies
Nearly nine in 10 (89%) working fathers do not think their employers are comfortable with them taking unexpected leave for family emergencies such as a sick child, according to research by Utopia and The Hobbs Consultancy.The study, which canvassed the views of 2,001 UK respondents between October and November 2019, ...
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Case StudiesPolice Scotland harmonises pay and benefits for 6,000 staff
Three years ago, national police force Police Scotland embarked on a project to harmonise its employee benefits, as well as its employment terms and conditions, for its 6,000 non-officer staff.Known internally as the Staff Pay and Reward Modernisation Programme (SPRM), the project aimed to introduce equality and fairness to the ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Police Scotland
The benefits offered by Police Scotland:PensionsThe Local Government Pension Scheme, a career average revalued earning (Care) scheme, is available for all staff; employee contributions vary dependent on salary and Police Scotland contributes around 19% of an employee’s salary.PayOvertime pay of time and a half, and double time for working on ...
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OpinionPhilomena Price: Employment law changes to watch out for from April 2020
April 2020 sees some key changes coming into force that employers need to be aware of. As with any employment law matter, it is beneficial if employers start thinking about how these changes may affect their businesses now, and plan accordingly, rather than waiting.First, all workers, including employees starting work ...
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ArticleGoldman Sachs offers financial help for fertility treatment to 36,000 employees globally
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced a number of enhancements to its benefits programme, including stipends for egg retrieval and egg donation, available to all of its 36,000 global employees effective from 1 November 2019.With this new benefit, employees will be able to access a stipend to recoup the ...
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OpinionDaniel Parker: The commuting gap - a long way from equality
Research from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) titled The commuting gap: Men account for 65% of commutes lasting more than an hour, published in November 2018, provides an important insight for employers entering what may be their fourth annual round of gender pay gap reporting.The ONS looked at the ...
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ArticleVodafone to equalise parental leave benefit across all 24 locations globally
Telecommunications provider Vodafone is to roll out an update to its global parental leave policy, offering all employees 16 weeks of fully paid leave.The new leave offering, which was announced on 31 October 2019, will be available to all of Vodafone’s employees, of which it has approximately 99,000, across 24 ...
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ArticleRate of mothers returning to work has risen by 9.1% since 2000
The rate at which women in the UK are returning to work once becoming mothers has risen by 9.1% since 2000, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The report, Families and the labour market, UK: 2019, released on 24 October 2019, also found that three-quarters (75%) of ...
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ArticleHSBC India introduces enhanced childcare allowance benefit for 4,000 employees
Financial organisation HSBC India has introduced enhanced childcare benefits for employees returning to work after having a baby, as a part of its approach to supporting and improving staff work-life balance.The organisation, which employs more than 4,000 staff in India, introduced the policy in September 2019. The new initiative will ...
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ArticleStandard Life Aberdeen to launch enhanced parental leave for 4,500 UK employees
Global investment organisation Standard Life Aberdeen has announced that it will be launching an enhanced parental leave policy for its 4,500 UK-based employees.The policy includes 40 weeks of fully-paid leave when an employee becomes a parent, effective from 1 January 2020. This will be available to staff regardless of gender, ...
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ArticleAllens announces enhanced parental support for Australia-based staff
Asia-Pacific law firm Allens, which has 1,498 employees, has announced that it will be rolling out enhanced parental support in 2020, to improve the work-life balance of staff in its Australia office.The package of enhancements, which will come into effect on 1 January 2020, includes 18 weeks of paid parental ...
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ArticleJM Smucker Company enhances paid leave benefits for 7,000 staff
US-based food manufacturing business The JM Smucker Company, also known as Smucker’s, has enhanced its paid leave benefits for more than 7,000 employees, effective 1 January 2020.The package of enhancements includes providing all new parents, whether by birth, adoption or fostering, with up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave; ...
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AnalysisHow to create an employer brand fit for the modern workforce
Need to know:As both competition and transparency increase, employers would do well to look at their brand values and how these fit with the expectations of the modern workforce.Flexbility, sustainability and opportunities to learn and grow are all increasingly important, particularly as employees continue to blend work and life.The positioning ...
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Case StudiesDotty about Paper reinforces employer brand through social media
Having a strong employer brand is important to Bridgnorth-based stationery organisation Dotty About Paper, which was originally called Card Gallery when it was launched in 2004.Lisa Forde, owner of Dotty About Paper, explains: “We were struggling to reach out to potential employees and customers, so we decided to rebrand in ...
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ArticleAn Post reports a 3.71% mean gender pay gap across 9,290 employees
State-owned postal organisation An Post, based in Dublin, Ireland, has reported a 3.71% mean gender pay gap as at October 2019.Currently, it is not a legal requirement for employers in Ireland to report on gender pay gaps within their businesses. However, the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 was published ...
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ArticleFDIC introduces paid leave benefit for birth, adoptive and foster parents
US government agency the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has introduced a new paid parental leave policy, offering up to six weeks of paid leave for male and female employees.The new policy, which was announced in October 2019, enables both male and female employees to take up to six weeks ...
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ArticleQueen’s Speech confirms Pension Schemes Bill and CDC pensions
The Queen has confirmed that the implementation of the Pensions Schemes Bill will be brought forward, legislating for the introduction of pensions dashboards as well as collective defined contribution (CDC) pension schemes.The Bill was one of the measures announced in the Queen’s Speech, delivered on Monday 14 October 2019 to ...