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ArticleWSH appoints Stanford
Food services and hospitality group WSH has appointed Maria Stanford as people and talent director.Stanford will join the organisation in January 2019, leading HR teams across the WSH portfolio, which includes BaxterStorey, Benugo, Searcys and Caterlink.Stanford has held senior HR positions at Selfridges Group, Marks and Spencer and Pret A ...
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ArticleGovernment announces DC pensions investment drive for business growth
Autumn Budget 2018: The government will support defined contribution (DC) pension funds to invest in growing UK organisations and start-ups through the British Business Bank, according to the Autumn Budget 2018 statement.The British Business Bank is the government’s UK-wide economic development bank aimed at making finance markets work more effectively ...
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ArticleEmployment allowance access restricted to smaller employers
Autumn Budget 2018: Access to the employment allowance (EA) will be restricted to employers with a national insurance contributions (NICs) bill below £100,000 in the previous tax year, chancellor Philip Hammond revealed in the Autumn Budget 2018.The EA allows employers to claim back class 1 NICs of up to £3,000 ...
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ArticleCo-investment rate for apprenticeship training to be halved for small employers
Autumn Budget 2018: Small employers' co-investment rate for apprenticeship training is to be cut from 10% to 5%, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in the Autumn Budget 2018.The government is providing up to £240 million of funding to allow for the halving of the rate.Stephen Martin, director general of the Institute ...
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ArticleGovernment to introduce 2% digital services tax in 2020
Autumn Budget 2018: From April 2020, the government will introduce a new 2% digital services tax on large organisations, Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced in his 2018 budget.The tax will apply to revenues generated from search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces where activities are linked to the participation ...
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ArticleOff-payroll working reforms to be extended to private sector
Read more updates on the Autumn Budget 2018 in Tuesday’s Daily News emailAutumn Budget 2018: The government is to extend reforms to the taxation of off-payroll working to the private sector, Chancellor Philip Hammond (pictured) has announced in his 2018 budget.The changes to the rules, known as IR35, have already ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group ordered to equalise pensions for men and women
The High Court has ruled that Lloyds Banking Group must equalise its guaranteed minimum pensions (GMP) for men and women, in a landmark judgment that could cost major pension schemes £15 billion.The case relates to GMP schemes that ran between 1990 and 1997 for members who contracted out of the ...
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ArticleWorkchain staff fined and sentenced for illegal pension opt-outs
Directors and senior staff at Derby-based recruitment organisation Workchain have received suspended prison sentences, and have been ordered to pay more than £280,000 in fines for plotting to illegally opt workers out of their pension scheme.Owners and directors Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley encouraged five senior Workchain staff members to ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society achieves Leaders in Diversity accreditation
Leeds Building Society has received a Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity.The accreditation process acknowledged progress in establishing colleague forums to promote gender equality and mental health awareness, the training of mental health first aiders, the launch of a colleague social media map, sharing good practice ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 18-24 October 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 and 24 October 2018 were: Morrisons loses High Court appeal over breach of payroll dataGlasgow City Council workers strike over equal pay claimsBain and Company tops workplace rankings for culture and leadershipApple takes top spot in Indeed rankings of Britain’s ...
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ArticlePoll: 35% do not incorporate the needs of transgender employees in HR policies
Employee Benefits poll: Over a third (35%) of respondents’ employers don not have HR policies in place that incorporate the needs of transgender employees.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 31 responses, also found that the workplaces of 23% of respondents do have HR policies in place to cater ...
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ArticleAnxiety sufferer seeks babysitter to take kids trick or treating
Something for the weekend: A mother of three in Wirral, Merseyside, who suffers from social anxiety is offering to pay a babysitter up to £50 an hour to take her children trick or treating on Halloween.In an advert placed on Childcare.co.uk, she explained: “I get very scared at Halloween because ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of employees feel benefits package is not applicable to them
HR professionals in large UK organisations tend overestimate employee satisfaction with rewards and benefits programmes, according to a report by Hawk Incentives.Surveys in September 2018 by Sapio Research, which canvassed 500 employees and 103 HR professionals, revealed that around half of employees (52%) said they are happy with the benefits ...
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ArticleJust 12% of UK SMEs prioritise employee engagement strategies
While 87% of UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) claim they are taking active steps to improve employee engagement, only 12% list it as a business priority, according to research by marketing organisation Propellernet.The September 2018 survey of 250 senior managers and 250 employees at UK SMEs also revealed an ...
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ArticleEnterprise Rent-A-Car announces new benefits for working parents
UK employees of Enterprise Rent-A-Car are to receive a new family support benefits package through a partnership with childcare search organisation Parental Choice.The range of benefits, available to Enterprise Rent-A-Car's 5,000 UK-based employees from the end of November 2018, includes an interactive nursery search. Designed and implemented by Parental Choice, ...
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Case StudiesCamden Town Brewery offers flexibility around pay to support employee financial wellbeing
Camden Town Brewery Company is a London-based drinks and hospitality organisation with a total of 160 employees. With bars as well as a brewery in operation in the North London area it has a diverse workforce, ranging from marketing and sales teams, to engineers and warehouse staff.The organisation became aware ...
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AnalysisBeyond the money: Using creative means to address financial stress
Need to know:Employers may offer more financial wellbeing support in their benefits provisions than they realise, such as through employee assistance programmes (EAPs).Flexibility is vital in supporting employees' financial health; for example, facilitating off-peak travel, or allowing staff to complete errands during the working day.Apps, such as those that allow ...
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ArticleCIPHR appoints Williams
UK HR software provider CIPHR has appointed Claire Williams as head of people.In her new role, Williams will oversee the development of the organisation’s HR function, with a specific focus on organisational culture, talent management and learning and development.Williams joined CIPHR in March 2018 as a senior HR systems consultant, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 73% of workers want employers to do more to motivate them
EXCLUSIVE: More than seven in 10 (73%) UK workers want their employers to make more effort to motivate them, according to research commissioned by benefits provider Reward Gateway.The survey of more than 2,000 UK employees, carried out by Censuswide in October 2018, also found that those who are not strongly ...
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ArticleMorrisons loses High Court appeal over breach of payroll data
Supermarket chain Morrisons has lost a challenge to a High Court ruling that found it partly liable for a data breach leading to payroll data of around 10,000 staff being posted online.Andrew Skelton, who was senior auditor at the organisation's Bradford headquarters, posted the workers' names, addresses, bank account details ...