All articles by Julie Gilbert (1) – Page 6
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ArticleGoogle, Hiscox and Microsoft named best places to work in UK
Google, Microsoft and insurance provider Hiscox are among the top 10 employers named in Glassdoor’s 50 UK Best Places to Work in 2020.Its annual Employees’ Choice Awards, which is in its sixth year in the UK, is compiled using data from employees' anonymous reviews on Glassdoor’s website.Employee reviews about their ...
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Article90% of employees are engaged in their current roles
Nine in 10 (90%) employees identify themselves as engaged in the workplace in their current roles, according to research by Wrike.Its Employee engagement survey: The productivity gap, which surveyed more than 5,000 full-time employees in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Australia, also found that just under half (45%) of ...
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ArticleEight in 10 Dorset police employees feel underpaid for stress of the job
More than four-fifths (86%) of Dorset police do not feel fairly paid for the stresses and strains of their job, according to the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) Pay and morale survey.The survey, which received 1,296 responses, 362 from Dorset Police and 934 who declined to state their ...
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ArticleLinklaters enhances parental leave for UK employees
Law firm Linklaters is to enhance parental leave for its 2,500 UK employees, with plans to assess the suitability of an enhanced parental support package for its other offices and regions in 2020. The policy, which will come into effect from 1 January 2020, will see paid leave increase to ...
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ArticleAbsolute Plumbing ordered to pay $145,297 for wage violations
Florida-based plumbing organisation Absolute Plumbing has been ordered to pay $145,297 (£110,385) in back wages and damages to 46 employees for overtime violations after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation found that the residential and commercial ...
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ArticleEight in ten employees face financial difficulty in January due to early December payday
Eight in ten (82%) UK employees find that getting paid early in December has a negative financial impact in January, according to research by Hastee.Its Christmas research report which canvassed 1,000 employees across the UK and Ireland in November 2019, found that 78% have to use some form of credit ...
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ArticleLincolnshire health visitors end strike action over pay dispute
Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to pay Lincolnshire health visitors between £2,000 and £6,000 in a one-off transitional payment after upgrading their pay grade from a grade 9 to a grade 10.The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, called off strike action on 5 December 2019 after their ...
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ArticleEmployer investment in corporate gifting schemes has increased by 44%
The proportion of employers investing in employee gift schemes has increased by 44%, according to research by CR Worldwide.Its Rise of corporate wellness 2.0 report, which studied data from 120 large enterprises and 287,000 employees compiled in November 2019 and spanning three years, also found that UK companies spent an ...
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ArticlePure Planet gifts trees to 80 employees as Christmas reward
Renewable energy organisation Pure Planet has gifted all of its 80 employees a tree for Christmas this year, as part of its strategy to reduce waste and CO2 levels and increase sustainability.The Bath-based employer is offering staff the opportunity to plant their tree at either home, in a local community ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters provide online access to employee benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters (75%) of employers are now offering employees access to their benefits online, according to research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.The research, which surveyed 500 HR decision makers and heads of businesses, also found that 44% of respondents administer all benefits online, with a further third (32%) hosting some benefits ...
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ArticlePoll: 36% of employers use EAPs to support mental health in winter
Employee Benefits poll: More than a third of Employee Benefits readers support staff mental health during the winter months by offering access to an employee assistance programme (EAP).A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 28 responses, also found that 32% of employers were offering flexible or remote working to ...
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ArticleMorrisons offers employers a £7.50 per head Christmas party venue
Something for the weekend: Supermarket chain Morrisons is opening its doors to employers that, though lacking in budget, want to offer employees a Christmas party with all the trimmings this year. Morrisons cafes will give cash-strapped employers the opportunity to treat staff to a traditional Christmas dinner for £6.50 per ...
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ArticleXPS Pensions Group and Enterprise Holdings pledge commitment to disability inclusion
Image credit: Eric GlennCorporate pensions consultancy XPS Pensions Group (XPS) and vehicle rental organisation Enterprise Holdings have signed the Valuable 500 pledge this week, marking their commitment to supporting diverse and inclusive workplaces.The Valuable 500, which launched in January 2019, is a year-long, global campaign that is asking 500 ...
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ArticleIntu signs Time to Change pledge to support mental health of 2,500 employees
British real estate investment firm Intu has signed the Time to Change pledge, committing to better support the mental health issues faced by its 2,500 employees.The Time to Change employer pledge is run by mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and aims to educate and change how an ...
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ArticleOne third of UK employees have never received a Christmas bonus
One third (33%) of employees in the UK have never received a Christmas bonus, according to research by Hawk Incentives.The online poll, which canvassed the views of 1,500 respondents in November 2019, also found that nearly three-quarters (73%) are not expecting any form of financial benefit from their employers this ...
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ArticleUCL academics and outsourced domestic staff unite in strike over pay and conditions
University College London (UCL) academic, support and domestic staff have joined together for the first ever combined strike of direct and outsourced university staff today (4 December 2019).Represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), staff including outsourced cleaners, porters and security officers who are currently employed by ...
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ArticleSavills signs Race at Work charter to promote equality
Real estate adviser Savills has signed the Race at Work charter, making a commitment to address the issues ethnic minority staff face in the workplace.The voluntary Race at Work pledge, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), is ...
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Morrisons offers employers a £7.50 per head Christmas party venue
Something for the weekend: Supermarket Morrisons is opening its doors to employers who are lacking in budget but want to offer its employees all the trimmings at this year’s Christmas party. Morrisons cafes will give cash-strapped organisations the opportunity to treat its employees to a traditional Christmas dinner for £6.50 ...
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ArticleReckitt Benckiser enhances parental leave for 40,000 employees globally
Global health organisation Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced that it will be enhancing parental leave for its 40,000 employees.The new leave policy, which was announced on 3 December 2019, will be available to all staff except those based in the US, regardless of the number of hours an employee works, ...
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ArticlePaycare employees donate £17,000 via charity fundraising benefit
Not-for-profit health cash plan Paycare’s 32 employees have donated £17,171.41 to various charities since the organisation launched its MyGiving benefit in April 2019. Through the MyGiving initiative, the Wolverhampton-based employer provides all staff with £250 to use as a one-off charity donation, or to add to an existing fundraising activity, ...