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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 21% of employers view group risk benefits as a selling point
EXCLUSIVE: More than one-fifth (21%) of employer respondents view group risk benefits as a selling point during recruitment interviews and employee reviews, according to research by Group Risk Development (Grid).Its survey of 500 HR decision makers in 500 UK organisations, also found that 26% of respondents make a point of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 71% of US employers see wellbeing as a driver of workplace culture
EXCLUSIVE: Just under three-quarters (71%) of US employer respondents view employee wellbeing as a fundamental driver of their workplace culture, according to research by LifeWorks.Its survey of 500 senior US-based HR professionals, also found that 24% of respondents believe that health insurance is the most popular employee benefit among their ...
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ArticleWunderman UK launches wellbeing programme for London staff
Global digital agency organisation Wunderman UK has launched a new wellbeing programme for its 400 London-based staff, which includes the completion of an on-site wellness studio.The new programme, called Well Beings, was launched on 2 January 2018 to help staff own and take control of their wellbeing-related goals, as well ...
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ArticleAldi to increase pay for 5,000 UK store assistants
Supermarket organisation Aldi is to increase its minimum hourly rate of pay for more than 5,000 UK-based store assistants from 1 February 2018.Store assistants working across Aldi’s 762 national sites will earn a minimum of £8.85 an hour from 1 February 2018, while store assistants based in its London shops ...
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ArticleScott’s stance: Enforcing gender pay gap reporting plants clear business focus on pay equality
On 19 December 2017, The Equality and Human Rights Commission launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 28 December 2017-3 January 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 December 2017 and 3 January 2018 were: Simplyhealth revamps benefits and reward propositionAuto-enrolment review confirms age criteria to be lowered to 18UK wage growth predicted to fall in 2018Iceland passes law to make it illegal to pay men more than women31% ...
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Article85% are more likely to work for employers who offer clearly labelled employee benefits
More than four-fifths (85%) of respondents are more likely to work for an employer who offers clearly labelled workplace benefits, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its survey of 1,009 full or part-time employees also found that 31% of respondents wish that their employer would provide more information on ...
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ArticleNew York introduces paid family leave for all private sector employees
New York has introduced a new state-wide paid family leave benefit for all New York-based employees who work in the private sector.The new family leave benefit, which is effective from 1 January 2018, will be phased in over a four-year period. It has been designed to enable new parents to ...
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ArticleGoodwood-based Rolls-Royce staff accept two-year pay deal
Rolls-Royce employees who are based at the car manufacturing organisation’s Goodwood site and who are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.The pay deal, which will benefit 500 employees working at the West Sussex site, will include a 3.5% increase on top of ...
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ArticleSimplyhealth revamps benefits and reward proposition
Health cash plan provider Simplyhealth has revamped its benefits and reward proposition for its 1,300 UK-based employees, including enhancing the organisation’s defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, introducing financial education and launching a flexible benefits personal spending account.The changes to the organisation’s benefits offering, which were collectively effective from 1 January ...
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OpinionHelen Ball: Not all master trust pension schemes are going to opt for authorisation
Since 2012, when employers began automatically enrolling employees into pension schemes, the master trust market has exploded in size and popularity. Membership of master trusts has grown from around 0.2 million in 2010 to around 7.1 million by 2016, according to The Pensions Regulator's annual DC trust: presentation of scheme ...
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OpinionJoanne Losty: Law firms must embrace flexible working to achieve gender parity
Women will not achieve parity with men at a senior partnership level in law firms until 2037, at least according to BPP University Law School’s recent report on the UK’s legal industry, Law firm of the future.This critique extends beyond law firms. Baroness Hale, the first female president of the ...
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OpinionJames Medhurst: When to panic and when to relax about holiday pay
The November decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in King v Sash Windows Workshop and Dollar provoked the usual media panic about employees making historical holiday pay claims, dating back for several years. But the decision was unusual in that it considered a claim made using regulation 30 ...
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ArticleThe Equality and Human Rights Commission consults on draft regulations for gender pay gap reporting enforcement
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a consultation into draft regulations for the enforcement process that will be taken against employers who do not comply with gender pay gap reporting requirements.The consultation, which is running between 19 December 2017 and 2 February 2018, is seeking to gather feedback ...
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OpinionNick Willis: Clarity around employment status could lead to dramatic impacts on gig economy
Perhaps the oldest question in employment law is 'when is someone genuinely self-employed?' The question remains a difficult one to answer and it is becoming difficult to keep up with the pace of developments on this very basic issue.One of the latest pieces of news is the publication of a ...
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ArticleAuto-enrolment review confirms age criteria to be lowered to 18
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the lower age criteria at which employers are required to auto-enrol employees into a workplace pension is to be reduced from 22-years-old to 18-years-old.The recommendation forms part of the DWP’s Automatic-enrolment review 2017: maintaining the momentum report, published today (Monday ...
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ArticlePPHE Hotel Group promotes Van Sterkenburg
Lifestyle hotel and hospitality organisation PPHE Hotel Group has promoted Jaklien Van Sterkenburg to executive vice president, people and culture, head of HR.In her new role, Van Sterkenburg's focus for 2018 will be to create and implement an employer brand and team value proposition for PPHE Hotel Group's Art'otel arm, ...
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ArticleTamsin Webster joins Snatch
Tamsin Webster has joined augmented reality organisation Snatch as chief people officer.In her new role, Webster is responsible for driving learning and development initiatives, as well as employee growth, across the organisation's London and San Francisco offices.Previously, Webster worked as head of organisational effectiveness, global at Fidelity International, commercial director ...
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ArticlePoll: 50% think collective DC pensions schemes are not a suitable DB replacement
Employee Benefits poll: Half (50%) of respondents think that collective defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are not a suitable replacement for defined benefit (DB) arrangements.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 26 responses, also found that 27% of respondents believe that collective DC schemes can work as a replacement ...
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ArticleAlex M Adamson gains living wage accreditation
Sheriff office and debt collection agency Alex M Adamson has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 57 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, working across its five operating sites at least the voluntary living wage rate ...