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ArticleMore than 1.4 million employers have completed auto-enrolment duties
More than 1.4 million (1,448,774) UK employers have completed their pensions auto-enrolment duties, as at January 2019, according to research by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Its Declaration of compliance report: July 2012-end January 2019, which is based on information submitted by employers when they complete their declaration of compliance documentation, also ...
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ArticleTwo-fifths want health insurance as an employee benefit
Two-fifths (40%) of staff want health insurance added to their benefits package, according to research by employee services business Personal Group.Its survey of 1,007 UK employees also found that 34% of respondents would like access to discounted gym memberships, while 28% would appreciate rewards linked to physical activity. A quarter ...
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ArticleGemma Bullivant: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
For a long time, mental health has been a taboo topic in the workplace, despite the fact that suicide is the leading cause of death for men aged 20 to 49 in England and Wales, according to Suicides in the UK: 2013 registrations, published by the Office for National Statistics ...
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ArticleNick Barnes: How can benefits support a suicide prevention campaign?
Any employee death is a tragedy, affecting everyone around that person. When the cause of death is established as suicide, when someone takes their own life, this can cause grave emotional injury to anyone attached to that individual. With that injury comes vulnerability. Vulnerability for both employees and employers.There are ...
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ArticleBristol Waste employees vote to accept two-year pay deal
Employees at refuse collection, street cleaning and recycling organisation Bristol Waste, who are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The agreed package, which will be backdated to November 2018, equates to a 6.2% pay increase over a two-year period. This means that the ...
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ArticleGlasgow City Council ratifies £548m worth of payments for equal pay compensation
Glasgow City Council has ratified a package of payments worth £548 million to compensate approximately 16,000 equal pay claims.The formal approval, agreed by the Council's administration committee on Thursday 7 February 2019, follows on from an agreement in principle made with trade unions Unison, Unite and GMB, as well as ...
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ArticleBright Horizons acquires My Family Care
Global childcare and education organisation Bright Horizons has acquired My Family Care, a UK-based business that provides back-up and emergency childcare.Bright Horizons, which operates across Canada, India, the Netherlands, the UK and the US, provides back-up child and eldercare, tuition programme management, education advising and student loan repayment schemes. It ...
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ArticleBureau Veritas promotes White
Global health and safety organisation Bureau Veritas has promoted Katie White from head of centres of expertise for Northwest Europe to HR director.In her new role, White will be responsible for ensuring that HR effectively supports wider business objectives, using a people-first approach.Her main focus will centre around developing management ...
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ArticleOpenwork appoints Morris
UK-based financial advice network Openwork has appointed Carrie Morris as chief people officer.In her new role, Morris, who has worked in HR for 30 years, will be responsible for all staff-related activity.Morris has worked across a range of different sized organisations, in sectors such as telecoms, manufacturing, music and IT.Previously, ...
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Moore moves to Universities UK
[Have asked for pic]Sharon Moore has joined higher education representative organisation Universities UK as its pensions policies and engagement manager.Previously, Moore worked as manager, pensions and benefits at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), pensions manager at the University of Hertfordshire and as senior pensions administrator at ...
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ArticleHalf of managers have never been trained in workplace mental health
Approximately half (49%) of managers have never received training on mental health in the workplace, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).Its survey of 940 UK managers also found that only 30% have received this training in the last year, while a further 20% did so more than ...
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ArticleAccounts manager fined £5,000 for auto-enrolment non-compliance
Image credit: Akbar'sA Bradford-based accounts manager has been fined £5,000 for failing to automatically enrol 103 employees into a workplace pension.An investigation by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) found that Mansoor Nasir, who was acting as the payroll adviser for nine restaurants based across Birmingham, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East, ...
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ArticleSearch Laboratory invests in mental health first aid training for 50% of staff
Digital marketing agency Search Laboratory has provided mental health first aid training for 50% of its 130 employees, in order to align with an ongoing commitment to support positive mental health in the workplace.The training was initially promoted to staff during a wellbeing week in November 2018. At this point, ...
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ArticleHush Hush seeks luxury product tester to review £47m superyachts
Something for the weekend: London-based luxury goods marketplace Hush Hush is hiring for a luxury product tester to review opulent items such as a £47 million superyacht.Applicants with an eye for the finer things in life will love the gold-plated opportunities this unique job offers. Not only will the chosen ...
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ArticlePoll: Almost two-fifths do not offer a return-to-work programme
Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (37%) of respondents do not offer a return-to-work or recruitment programme.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 27 responses, found that 19% of employers do provide a return-to-work or recruitment programme specifically tailored towards supporting carers and parents upon their entry back into the ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 31 January-6 February 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 31 January and 6 February 2019 were: Harrods, QVC and Travis Perkins recognised as 2019's top employersCourt of Appeal upholds that Asda store and distribution staff are comparableHermes offers 15,000 self-employed couriers holiday pay and guaranteed ratesAlmost two-fifths of working parents ...
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Poll: Is your organisation planning on reporting its ethnicity pay gap?
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ArticleCamden Town Brewery sees 30% take up of flexible pay benefit
London-based Camden Town Brewery has seen 30% of its 160-strong workforce utilise a benefit that enables them to access a percentage of their monthly wages prior to payday.The benefit, provided by Wagestream, was introduced in September 2018 to help reduce employees’ financial stress and assist with monthly budgeting challenges, addressing ...
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ArticleNottingham Trent University launches engagement and sustainability programme
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has launched a new engagement and sustainability programme for the 4,000 employees based across its four campuses.The new programme, Green Rewards, was implemented on Monday 4 February 2019. It has been introduced to encourage staff to participate in activities that boost sustainability, at the same time ...
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ArticleTSB reports a 31% mean gender pay gap for 2018
Banking organisation TSB has reported a 31% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at April 2018; this is unchanged from April 2017.The organisation, which currently employs more than 8,000 staff, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ...