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Case StudiesThe Grand Brighton reinvigorated benefits package upon becoming independent
Luxury seafront hotel The Grand Brighton reinvigorated the benefits and reward package offered to its 300 employees, to align with new corporate values developed when it became an independent entity in January 2018.This change in status empowered its HR and benefits team to revamp its reward offering and set a ...
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ArticleWright starts at Westfield Health
Health and wellbeing provider Westfield Health has appointed Becky Wright as its new chief people officer.Wright, who has more than 10 years’ experience in HR and organisational development, specialises in managing business change while focusing on people and workplace culture.In her new role, Wright will look to take action around ...
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ArticleLicensed heating and ventilation staff at New York museums receive 63% pay rise
Licensed heating and ventilation staff employed across three museums in New York City, and who are members of the trade union Local 1503, are to receive a 63% pay increase to resolve a long-standing pay and retention dispute.Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) staff employed across the Metropolitan Museum of ...
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ArticleKering enhances paid paternity and partner leave for employees worldwide
Global luxury goods organisation Kering has enhanced its paid paternity and partner leave, offering all new fathers and partners up to 14 weeks of fully paid leave.Effective from 1 January 2020, the improved paternity and partner leave has been amended to match the organisation’s enhanced maternity policy; all new parents ...
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ArticleTPR prosecutes director for failing to cooperate with pensions investigation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is prosecuting director and shareholder of trustee firm PIM Trustees, Michael Woolley, for failing to provide information and documents in support of an ongoing pensions investigation.On 22 January 2019, TPR issued a notice in writing under section 72 of the Pensions Act 2004, requiring Woolley to ...
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OpinionBlair Adams: Is the UK a step closer to ethnicity pay gap reporting?
The government consultation on ethnicity pay gap reporting by organisations with 250 or more employees closed in January 2019, and no outcomes or conclusions have yet been published.However, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) published its first report on ethnicity pay gaps, Ethnicity pay gaps in Great Britain 2018, on ...
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ArticleTotal pay has increased by 2.1% in real terms since July 2018
Total pay for employees in the UK, including bonuses, grew by 2.1% in real terms during the reporting period between May to July 2018 and May to July 2019, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: September 2019 report also found ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 employees are not actively engaged with their workplace pension
More than seven in 10 (72%) employee respondents are not actively engaged with their workplace pension, according to research by Atlas Master Trust, part of Capita.Its Why engagement needs a reality check white paper, which surveyed 200 pension managers, 200 senior finance professionals, 100 senior HR professionals and 2,000 employees, ...
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ArticleSouth Gloucestershire-based Suez staff vote to accept two-year pay deal
Around 230 refuse collection and recycling staff employed by waste and water organisation Suez in South Gloucestershire have voted to accept a two-year pay deal, avoiding four days of strike action.The deal, negotiated with trade union Unite, offers Suez’s South Gloucestershire-based employees a 3% pay increase for 2019, followed by ...
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ArticleThérèse Coffey appointed secretary of state for work and pensions
Conservative MP Thérèse Coffey (pictured) is the new secretary of state for work and pensions, replacing Amber Rudd MP.Coffey, who was elected as MP for Suffolk Coastal in May 2010, was appointed to her new office on Sunday 8 September 2019.Previously, Coffey served as the minister of state at the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Police to discuss retention of women at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Billington (pictured), HR diversity and inclusion lead at the Metropolitan Police, will share her organisation’s journey around improving the retention of female employees to impact the gender pay gap at Employee Benefits Live 2019.Her session, titled ‘Breaking down gender barriers and closing the gender pay gap’, will be ...
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ArticleBritish Airways pilots strike for the first time in pay dispute
Pilots employed at airline British Airways, who are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) trade union, are undertaking three-days of strike action starting today (Monday 9 September 2019), in an ongoing pay dispute.Balpa members who work at British Airways voted 93% in favour of industrial action; strikes are ...
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ArticleHaywards Heath-based Serco Environmental Services staff vote to accept pay deal
Staff employed by public services organisation Serco Environmental Services, based at its Bridge Road depot in Haywards Heath, have voted to accept a new pay deal, mitigating strike action that was due to take place yesterday (Thursday 5 September 2019).The deal, negotiated with trade union GMB and the Advisory, Conciliation ...
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ArticleDefined benefit pension deficit increases to £340 billion as at August 2019
The deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK has increased by £100 billion between July and August 2019, reaching £340 billion as at the end of August 2019, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).The Skyval index, which is based on aggregated data from 5,450 corporate DB pension ...
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ArticleGeisinger launches paid parental leave for 32,000 staff
US-based healthcare organisation Geisinger has launched a new paid parental leave benefit for its 32,000 employees, effective from 1 September 2019.The leave initiative enables all full and part-time employees with at least six months' service, to take up to two weeks of fully paid leave upon the arrival of a ...
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ArticlePoll: 27% offer insurance benefits to support staff working with cancer
Employee Benefits poll: More than a quarter (27%) of Employee Benefits readers offer staff who are working with cancer insurance benefits, such as income protection or critical illness insurance.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 26 responses, also found that 23% of respondents support staff experiencing cancer by providing ...
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ArticlePots and Co seeks part-time pudding taster for work-from-home role
Image credit: @pots_and_coSomething for the weekend: Luxury dessert organisation Pots and Co is seeking a part-time pudding taster to offer feedback on its chocolate and fruit-filled delicacies for a wage of £15 an hour.Pots and Co posted the job advertisement on its LinkedIn page, asking for sweet-toothed dessert lovers to ...
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ArticleVodafone hires Chanrai
Telecommunications organisation Vodafone has hired Kaammini Chanrai as its new UK diversity and inclusion manager.Chanrai has experience as a project manager and has led organisational transformation work in both the charity sector and local government. She is passionate about equality and women’s rights.Previously, Chanrai worked as gender research and policy ...
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ArticleCrowhurst joins Roche
Nebel Crowhurst has joined pharmaceutical business Roche, as the organisation’s new director of HR and communications.Crowhurst focuses on delivering business results through people experience and has a passion for transformational entrepreneurial environments.Previously, Crowhurst worked at retailer River Island, initially as the organisation’s head of talent, HR and then as head ...