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ArticleCostain extends employee assistance programme to supply chain staff
Construction organisation Costain has extended access to its employee assistance programme (EAP) to staff working in its supply chain.The EAP provision forms part of the organisation’s overall business strategy, which includes a focus on improving employee health and wellbeing under its Costain Cares initiative. This includes encouraging other organisations to ...
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ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission recommends measures to reduce pay gaps
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has recommended that employers in the UK, Scotland and Wales offer all jobs, including the most senior positions, on a flexible and part-time basis to help employees retain skilled positions in the workplace.The recommendation forms part of the Commission’s Fair opportunities for all: ...
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ArticleGlasgow City Council agrees 6% annual pay increase for school janitors
Janitors who work for Glasgow City Council in primary, nursery and additional support for learning (ASL) schools and are members of the trade union Unison have agreed a 6% annual pay increase following a long-running pay dispute.The pay deal, which came into effect on 14 August 2017, will increase the ...
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Article77% of manufacturing organisations are aware of the Fit for Work service
More than three-quarters (77%) of employer respondents in the manufacturing sector are aware of the government’s Fit for Work service, and 7% of these respondents have used it, according to research by manufacturers' organisation, EEF.Its Employee health: making industrial strategy work for Britain report, which surveyed 264 manufacturing organisations that ...
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ArticleSSE hedges £1.2bn of longevity risk for two defined benefit pension schemes
Energy organisation SSE has hedged pension longevity risks of £1.2 billion across two of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes through the completion on one longevity insurance and two buy-in transactions.The two buy-in transactions, conducted with Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), totalled £350 million. This included a buy-in for SSE’s Scottish ...
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Case StudiesSovereign sees pension contributions rise after education sessions for contact centre staff
Housing association Sovereign has seen its employer pension contributions, which are provided on a matching basis to reflect employees’ contributions, increase by £3,500 each month after introducing a new pensions education initiative for its 130 customer contact centre staff.The pensions education programme, provided by Better with Money in March and ...
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AnalysisHow is pensions education changing?
Need to know:Pensions education should explore how all of an employee’s savings options can be optimised to allow for the greatest retirement income over the longest timeframe.The shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) schemes, as well as the introduction of the pension freedoms in 2015, has changed ...
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ArticleRehabWorks acquires Crystal Palace Physio Group
Healthcare organisation RehabWorks has acquired musculoskeletal service provider Crystal Palace Physio Group.The acquisition has been formally completed by Archimed SAS, a health-focused private equity fund that owns injury management and rehabilitation business RehabWorks as well as workplace wellbeing organisation Right Corecare.The new combined business will have 334 staff across 20 ...
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ArticleTata Steel gains initial approval for pension scheme restructure
Tata Steel UK and trustees of the British Steel pension scheme (BSPS) have agreed a restructuring deal, which has been granted initial approval by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Under the agreement, Tata Steel UK will pay £550 million to the British Steel pension scheme (BSPS) to meet conditions of a regulated ...
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ArticleEmployers expect median basic pay to rise by 1%
Median basic pay is expected to increase by 1% over the 12 months to June 2018, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Adecco Group.Its Labour market outlook: summer 2017 report, which surveyed 1,139 HR professionals and senior decision makers, also found that ...
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ArticleNorthern gains living wage accreditation
Rail operation organisation Northern, which employs 5,600 staff, has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has increased pay for 185 employees, including train presentation operatives, to raise wages from £7.83 an hour to the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour. The ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator names schemes that fail to meet basic auto-enrolment duties
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published the names of workplace pension schemes whose trustees have been fined for not providing legally required documentation.Fines were issued to pension trustees for failure to submit scheme returns after receiving a warning from TPR, and for failure to prepare a chair's statement.Pension schemes that ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: MJ Mapp recognises staff with personalised treat boxes
EXCLUSIVE: Property management organisation MJ Mapp has awarded more than 250 personalised treat boxes to its employees as part of its values-based recognition scheme.The treat boxes, provided by Treat by Child.org, were first piloted in August 2016 for the organisation’s 250 employees across five regional offices. The one-month pilot trialled ...
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ArticleEAT ruling on voluntary overtime's inclusion in holiday pay raises practical considerations
In July 2017, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed an appeal by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, ruling that voluntary overtime should be included in calculations for holiday pay.The case, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mr G. Willetts and others, was originally brought to the Employment Tribunal (ET) by 56 council ...
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ArticleChilman joins National Grid
John Chilman has joined electricity and gas utility organisation National Grid as group head of pensions.Chilman specialises in pensions, share plan design, executive reward, and total reward statements. He also has experience as a pension scheme trustee, as well as across the pensions and reward sector.Previously, Chilman worked as group ...
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ArticleHutchinson takes on interim role at Sainsbury’s Argos
Retail organisation Sainsbury’s Argos has appointed Bridget Hutchinson as interim head of HR shared services.Hutchinson has experience in general HR services, employee relations, reward, talent acquisition, internal communications, and engagement.Hutchinson's previous roles include talent director and head of HR shared services at Whitbread, as well as head of resourcing and ...
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Russell provides maternity cover at Travelport
Michele Russell has joined travel software organisation Travelport as its new interim director, compensation and benefits.In her new position, Russell, who has 20 years of global employee benefits experience, will be responsible for designing, evolving and implementing Travelport’s compensation and benefit programmes and activities, ensuring that they align with the ...
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ArticleChinese firm plans to sell cars through a vending machine
Something for the weekend: Employers looking to procure company cars for their workforce have a range of options available to them. And organisations in China may soon have a n additional one to add to that list. Chinese online shopping organisation Tmall has come up with an innovative car shopping ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 and 9 August 2017 were: Court of Appeal rules in favour of IBM in pensions caseGDPR to be brought into UK law under new Data Protection BillEmployment tribunal rules against Addison Lee in employment status caseHMRC advisory panel rules that ...
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ArticleGoogle and Expedia among 2017's best employers for work-life balance
American Express, Expedia, Google and Rolls Royce are among the top 20 organisations for work-life balance, according to research by recruitment website Glassdoor.Its 20 highest rated companies for work-life balance 2017 report is based on the overall work-life balance ratings submitted by UK-based employees to Glassdoor between 18 July 2016 ...