All articles by kscott – Page 79
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ArticleGeneral Electric reports an 8.8% mean gender pay gap
Digital industrial organisation General Electric has reported a 8.8% consolidated mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 13 UK legal entities.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline ...
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OpinionKate McGough: How does Carillion's situation impact employment law?
In January 2018, various Carillion organisations went into liquidation, putting at risk around 20,000 jobs in the UK.In a normal liquidation, the impact on the organisation's employees is quite drastic. The organisation stops trading straight away and its employees are automatically redundant at the same time. If the organisation cannot ...
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Article33% believe employers should pay employees for keeping healthy
A third (33%) of UK respondents believe their employers should pay them for keeping healthy, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2017-2018 Global benefits attitudes survey, which surveyed 31,000 employees across 22 markets, including 2,824 employees working for medium and large-sized private sector organisations in the UK, also found ...
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ArticlePinsent Masons reports a 22.4% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Pinsent Masons has reported a 22.4% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April 2018. Its data reflects ...
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ArticlePerpetual Guardian to pilot four-day working week
New Zealand-based statutory trust organisation Perpetual Guardian is to pilot a four-day working week for its 200 employees.The six-week trial, which will begin in March 2018, will enable employees to nominate and receive a day off each week to reduce their number of working days from five to four. Under ...
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OpinionKatie Streeter-Hurle: How can employers create an engaging workplace culture?
Today’s employees have growing expectations of the organisation they work for. For ambitious organisations, engagement has got to be top of the agenda in order to attract the best talent and to retain them over time. So what does it take to create an engaging workplace culture in 2018?Employers have ...
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ArticleUniversity of Winchester rolls out sustainability and wellbeing programme
The University of Winchester has rolled out a wellbeing and sustainability programme to its 600 employees, following the success of a four-month pilot.Launched in January 2018, the Jump programme, provided by Green Rewards, is available to all of its university employees and helps encourage behaviour change around staff health and ...
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ArticleCulture Perth and Kinross gains living wage accreditation
Museum and library services trust Culture Perth and Kinross has been accredited as a living wage employer by The Poverty Alliance.The Perth-based charitable trust has committed to paying its 119 permanent UK employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour.The ...
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ArticleWellcome Trust reports a 30% mean gender pay gap
Global charity Wellcome Trust has reported a 30% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector and charity submission deadline of ...
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ArticlePoll: 33% would not fund an employee holiday
Employee Benefits poll: A third (33%) of respondents would not fund an employee holiday designed to boost motivation, engagement and team building.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 33 responses, also found that 21% of respondents would fund an employee holiday as a one-off incentive to help motivate staff, ...
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ArticleBest Buy employees get married at work
Image credit: Best BuySomething for the weekend: Consumer electronics organisation Best Buy certainly knows how to foster an inclusive and supportive workplace culture, as the organisation gave permission for two of its US-based employees to tie the knot at the Best Buy store where they both work.Cashier Taylor Spurlock, 26, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 1-7 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 1 and 7 February 2018 were: Royal Mail confirms pay and collective DC pensions schemeEAT rules in favour of firefighters' appeal in pensions age discrimination caseTesco to face legal action over equal payAsda, PepsiCo UK and Ireland and Sackers among the UK's ...
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ArticleStotts Tours Oldham fined £60,000 for failing to pay workplace pension contributions
Bus services organisation Stotts Tours Oldham and its managing director have been sentenced to pay more than £60,000 in fines and backdated pension contributions after being found guilty of failing to automatically enrol 36 employees into a workplace pension.The Greater Manchester-based organisation and its managing director Alan Stott pleaded guilty ...
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ArticleLinklaters reports a 23.2% mean gender pay gap
Global law firm Linklaters has reported a 23.2% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: SSE launches online financial education programme
EXCLUSIVE: Energy organisation SSE has launched an online financial education programme for 20,000 employees based across 150 UK operating sites.The financial education programme, which launched on 23 January 2018, forms part of the organisation’s wider focus on wellness. This approach aims to help employees’ improve their overall health and wellbeing.The ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Gain insight on augmented reality at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Delegates at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 will be able to gain insight on how to utilise augmented reality (AR) within a communications strategy.Jon Bryant (pictured), head of online benefits and communications at Aon Employee Benefits, will lead a session titled ‘Key technologies to help you consumerise your employee benefits ...
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ArticleGovernment proposes holiday and sick pay entitlements for all workers
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has proposed a number of day-one rights for all workers, including the right to holiday and sick pay and the right to receive a payslip.The list of day-one rights, which will apply for all workers including casual and zero-hours workers, is ...
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ArticleTesco to face legal action over equal pay
Supermarket retail organisation Tesco is to face legal action over equal pay, as approximately 1,000 current and former female store-based employees claim they are paid less than male staff working at the retailer’s distribution centres.The equal pay claims regard the disparity in earnings between female store-based employees, who earn £8 ...
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ArticleLowe’s enhances family-friendly benefits for 260,000 US employees
Home improvement retail organisation Lowe’s has enhanced its family-friendly benefits for more than 260,000 US employees and is to award a one-off bonus payment for hourly-paid staff.The organisation has extended its maternity and parental leave arrangements to offer eligible full-time hourly and salaried US employees up to 10 weeks of ...