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ArticleDo not miss the entry deadline for the Employee Benefits Awards 2018
Reward, benefit and HR professionals have until Monday 8 January 2018 to submit their entries for the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.The annual Employee Benefits Awards, which returns for its 16th year in 2018, provides employers with the opportunity to celebrate and showcase the excellent ongoing work, as well as specific ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 82% would like deadline to join childcare voucher schemes extended
EXCLUSIVE: More than four-fifths (82%) of employer respondents would like to see the joining deadline for childcare voucher schemes extended beyond April 2018, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.Its survey of 192 senior HR professionals also found that 63% of respondents will be making their employees aware of the ...
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ArticleMo Bro’s pays men £30 an hour to have their beard stroked
Something for the weekend: Many employees will have slightly quirkier roles hiding on their CV’s, however male grooming brand Mo Bro’s is a cut above the rest with its latest recruitment drive, offering to pay men £30 an hour to let stressed Christmas shoppers stroke their beard.Men who wish to ...
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Davis accepts interim role at JLL
[Have messaged on LinkedIn and emailed for a picture]Scott Davis has been hired as interim, reward at professional services and investment management organisation JLL.Previously, Davies has worked as reward manager, non-retail at Dixons Carphone, international HR and compliance and governance manager at cosmetics business The Body Shop, and as share ...
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KAO hires Downer
[Have sent request to connect on LinkedIn to get picture]Consumer goods organisation KAO UK has hired Heather Downer as its reward manager.In her new role, Downer will be supporting operating sites across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).Previously, Downer has worked as a reward analyst at Oxford University Press, ...
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ArticleSlaughter and May increases pay for junior lawyers
Global law firm Slaughter and May is to increase pay for its trainee and junior lawyers from January 2018, and will pay its associates bonuses of up to 16% for 2017.First-year trainees will see their pay increase from £43,000 a year to £44,000 from January 2018, second-year trainees will receive ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 7-13 December 2017
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 7 and 13 December 2017 were: Crest Healthcare to be prosecuted for auto-enrolment non-complianceTravis Perkins launches financial education programmePunter Southall Group businesses to merge with XafinityBritish Airways to introduce new defined contribution pension schemeRoyal Mail to face legal action over holiday pay ...
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ArticlePirelli completes £100m pensions buy-in
Tyre production and technology organisation Pirelli has completed a £100 million pensions buy-in transaction for three of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.The full scheme buy-in transaction is designed to secure the pension benefits for current employee members and retirees of the Pirelli General Executive Pension and Life Assurance Fund, ...
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ArticleTotal pay falls by 0.2% in real terms
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, fell by 0.2% in real terms between August to October 2016 and August to October 2017, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: December 2017 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, fell ...
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ArticleRyanair pilots to strike over trade union representation in pay bargaining
Ryanair pilots who are based in Ireland and are members of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) plan to strike on Wednesday 20 December 2017 in a dispute over trade union representation for matters such as collective pay bargaining.Members of IALPA, a branch of Impact trade union, voted 94% in ...
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Article95% do not offer a returnship programme
The majority (95%) of employer respondents do not currently offer a returnship programme for parents looking to re-enter the workplace, according to research by Totaljobs.Its survey of 2,623 UK employees and 98 UK employers, also found that 69% of employer respondents would implement a returnship programme if the initiative was ...
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Article70% believe reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap
More than three-quarters (70%) of employer respondents believe that gender pay gap reporting will help to reduce the gender pay gap, according to research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its Reward management: focus on pay report, which surveyed 715 employers, also found that 67% think it will ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail to face legal action over holiday pay and minimum wage
Royal Mail is to face legal action over the status of its courier drivers and their entitlement to employment rights, such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.The legal action is being brought to the Employment Tribunal (ET) by trade union GMB on behalf of four courier drivers who ...
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OpinionEd Stacey: Holiday pay for workers could place them in a better position than employees
This month saw the anticipated ruling from the European Court of Justice in the case of King vs Sash Windows Workshop. The key question in the case was whether a worker who fails to take paid annual holiday, due to their employer refusing to meet their obligation to provide it, ...
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ArticleCBRE staff based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital to receive 5% pay rise
Maintenance employees who work for property organisation CBRE at the Royal Berkshire Hospital are to receive a minimum 5% pay rise.Employees, who are also members of trade union GMB, will receive a 5% pay increase awarded as back pay in their December salary. This has been calculated as a 1% ...
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ArticleCrest Healthcare to be prosecuted for auto-enrolment non-compliance
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to prosecute healthcare organisation Crest Healthcare and its managing director for failing to automatically enrol its employees into a workplace pension scheme.The Birmingham-based organisation and its managing director Shelia Aluko have been summoned to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on 22 December 2017 to each ...
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ArticleMerchant Navy Officers Pension Fund completes £490m pensions buy-in
The Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund (MNOPF) has completed a £490 million pensions buy-in transaction.The buy-in transaction, which was completed with Legal and General, will cover all MNOPF’s retirees since 2014, to ensure that pension benefits for retired members are hedged against longevity risk.The buy-in transaction is the latest de-risking ...
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ArticleEnter a wide range of categories at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018
The Employee Benefits Awards 2018 has 21 award categories to enter, allowing reward, benefits and HR professionals to celebrate their organisation’s successes across every facet of employee benefits and reward.The Employee Benefits Awards 2018, now in its 16th year, aims to celebrate organisational best practice across all areas of benefits ...
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Article86% cite pay as the most important aspect of their job
More than four-fifths (86%) of respondents cite pay as the most important aspect of their job, according to research by Paymentsense.Its survey of 2,000 UK participants also found that 79% of respondents feel that having 20 or more holiday days is most important when it comes to their job.The research ...
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ArticleBritish Airways to introduce new defined contribution pension scheme
British Airways (BA) is to introduce a new defined contribution (DC) pension scheme as part of a new flexible benefits package for staff.The new pension scheme, which is due to open on 1 April 2018, will replace the airline’s existing defined benefit (DB) scheme, the New Airways Pension Scheme (Naps), ...