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ArticleAdidas, Gartner and Royal Mail to share insights at Employee Benefits Live 2017
Adidas, Gartner, Royal College of Nursing, Royal Mail, and Santander are among the organisations to share insights at Employee Benefits Live 2017.Employee Benefits Live, Europe’s largest employee reward and benefits event, will return to Olympia National on 10-11 October 2017, in association with Conduent HR Services.The extensive conference programme features ...
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ArticleCity of Vancouver becomes a living wage employer
The City of Vancouver, Park Board, and Vancouver Police Department in Canada have been certified as living wage employers, paying all employees and external contractors a minimum of $20.62 (£12.23) an hour.The living wage rate, which includes direct wages and the value of non-mandatory benefits, will apply to staff and ...
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ArticlePinterest to introduce adoption and surrogacy benefits
Social media organisation Pinterest is to launch new family-focused benefits to help support employees with the financial costs associated with adoption and surrogacy.The adoption assistance benefit will allow employees going through the adoption process to receive a reimbursement of up to $5,000 (£3,935) in net benefits.Employees who are working with ...
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ArticleAA to move final salary pension scheme members to Care arrangement
Motoring association AA will proceed with proposed changes to its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme, moving all members of its final salary pension plan to a career average revalued earnings (Care) arrangement.At present, the AA operates both a final salary section and a Care section within its DB pension scheme.The ...
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ArticleHinkley Point C staff to receive interim bonus payments
Members of the trade union Unite who are working on the construction of Hinkley Point C, the EDF Energy-led nuclear power station project, are to receive bonus payments as part of an interim agreement while the facility is under construction.The interim bonus arrangements are effective from 1 June 2017 under ...
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ArticleEuropean court hands down opinion on unpaid and untaken leave for workers
The advocate general at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a UK worker is entitled to holiday pay and that untaken leave may be carried over until it can be used.In the case of C King v The Sash Window Workshop, King, a self-employed salesperson who was ...
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ArticleIkea explores the work environment for astronauts in space
Something for the weekend: Office surroundings and a good quality working environment are vital in helping employees stay distraction-free and productive during the course of the working day. Furniture retail organisation Ikea plans to push the boundaries of workplace and home design to new frontiers by exploring spacecraft-centric furniture for ...
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ArticleAustralian minimum wage to rise to $18.29 an hour
The national minimum wage in Australia is to increase by 3.3% to $18.29 (£10.65) an hour from 1 July 2017.The increase, which forms part of the Fair Work Commission's Annual wage review 2016-17 decision, will see the hourly minimum wage rise by $0.59 (£0.34) from $17.70 ($10.33). Minimum earnings for ...
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ArticleWho will win an Employee Benefits Award 2017?
The winners of the 15th annual Employee Benefits Awards will be unveiled on Friday 9 June 2017.Asda, BNP Paribas, Hays, Oracle, Plusnet, SAS Software, and Warner Music are among the employers shortlisted.There are 22 awards in total, including the coveted Grand Prix and employee benefits professional of the year title.The ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week 1-7 June
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 1 and 7 June 2017 were: Tribunal rules in favour of father in paid paternity leave discrimination caseBuzzfeed and JustEat named on UK's Top Quirky Employee Perks and Benefits list for 2017Google plans luxury London office with roof garden and running ...
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ArticleVirgin Money sees mean gender pay gap narrow to 32.5%
Virgin Money has a mean gender pay gap of 32.5% for hourly fixed pay at April 2017, compared to 36% in April 2016.The organisation has reported snapshot data for 5 April 2017 in compliance with the government's gender pay gap reporting regulations. The data has been published on the government's ...
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ArticleCanadian construction union branch to introduce medical marijuana coverage
A local branch of the Canadian construction union Labourers’ International Union of North America (Liuna) is introducing medicinal marijuana coverage into its benefits plan.The benefit is being introduced by Liuna!625, the union's Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent branch, which represents 1,500 members and their families.The new benefit, which has been designed to ...
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ArticleBuzzfeed and JustEat named on UK’s Top Quirky Employee Perks and Benefits list for 2017
Website analytics organisation Hotjar, takeaway delivery service JustEat, and media organisation Buzzfeed UK are among the 20 organisations on the UK’s Top Quirky Employee Perks and Benefits 2017 list, compiled by Glassdoor.Hotjar gives employees €4,000 (£3,492) to build their own office space at home, while Buzzfeed UK employees can enjoy ...
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Article47% believe one-off perks are used to compensate for long working hours
Almost half (47%) of respondents believe their employer uses one-off perks to compensate staff for working long hours, according to research by bikes-for-work organisation Cyclescheme.Its survey of 1,000 UK employees also found that 34% of respondents would prefer to be given more opportunities to exercise rather than one-off perks.The research ...
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ArticleArthur J Gallagher acquires Total Reward Group
International insurance brokerage and risk management organisation Arthur J Gallagher has acquired UK consultancy Total Reward Group.Total Reward Group will continue to be based at its current office site in Kent, with managing director Mark Childs and his team staying within the business to work under Leslie Lemenager, head of ...
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ArticleStaff contribute an average of £158.18 a month into sharesave schemes
The average employee contribution to sharesave (SAYE) schemes was £158.18 a month in 2016, according to research by employee share ownership membership organisation Proshare.Its annual SAYE and Sip survey, which is based on analysis of share plan data from 426 organisations who run Sip schemes and 423 organisations who run ...
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ArticleMiddletonMurray launches employee steps challenge
Recruitment and training organisation MiddletonMurray has launched a steps challenge for its 100 UK-based employees.The 30 Million Steps Challenge, which is taking place across the organisation’s five UK sites, will encourage employees across the business to walk 10,000 steps every day in June to collectively complete 30 million steps.Staff members ...
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ArticleTribunal rules in favour of father in paid paternity leave discrimination case
An employment tribunal has ruled that a male employee was subjected to sex discrimination when his employer did not allow him to take additional paternity leave at full pay.In the case Mr M Ali v Capita Customer Management, Madasar Ali joined Capita Customer Management via a transfer of undertaking (protection ...
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ArticleHigginson takes on interim role at Pentland Brands
Richard Higginson has joined global brand management organisation Pentland Brands as interim head of reward.Higginson specialises in reward strategy and design, gender pay gap reporting, pension scheme design and auto-enrolment, and benefits implementation and management.Previously, he worked as interim group compensation and benefits director at Cape, interim reward director at ...
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ArticleSky hires Dhonsi
Telecommunications organisation Sky has hired Sushma Dhonsi as head of pensions and benefits, UK and ROI.Previously, Dhonsi worked as senior benefits and pension manager at technology organisation Dell EMC, interim HR manager at the London Borough of Hillingdon, HR manager at Gate Gourmet, and HR manager at CA Technologies.