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ArticleManchester City Council signs charter to provide pay protections for care staff
Manchester City Council has committed to delivering pay protections to its employees working in the care sector, including paying staff the voluntary living wage and providing occupational sick pay.The commitment forms part of trade union Unison’s ethical care charter, which Manchester City Council signed on 23 October 2017. The charter ...
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ArticleSodexo reports a 14.9% mean gender pay gap
Facilities management service organisation Sodexo has reported a mean gender pay gap of 14.9% for hourly fixed pay as at April 2017 across its five legal entitles with more than 250 staff in the UK.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleItalian town pays up to €2,000 to encourage relocation
Something for the weekend: Many organisations opt to send employees on expatriate assignments, with staff and their families relocating across the globe for business benefits. Candela, a small Italian town near Puglia, is using a similar principle to encourage employees to join its workforce, by paying up to €2,000 (£1776.55) ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 19-25 October 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 19 and 25 October 2017 were: Facebook and Northern Gas and Power among UK's best organisations for workplace cultureHeineken awarded for pensions communicationEXCLUSIVE: 30% of employers plan to prioritise wellbeing for 2018Weetabix Food Company reports a 5.4% mean gender pay gapEXCLUSIVE: ...
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ArticleIceland reports an unadjusted gender pay gap of 16.1% for 2016
The unadjusted gender pay gap for employees in Iceland was 16.1% in 2016, according to research by Statistics Iceland.Its gender pay gap analysis, which is based on the Structure of earnings survey and represents the difference between average gross hourly earnings of male employees and female employees as a proportion ...
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ArticleMears Group to face legal action over holiday pay
Housing maintenance organisation Mears Group is to face legal action for failing to pay Wigan and Leigh-based employees holiday pay.Trade union Unite is bringing the legal action on behalf of approximately 30 of its members who perform housing maintenance work for Mears Group on homes owned by Wigan and Leigh ...
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ArticleIndependent review recommends mental health standards for employers
An independent review into mental health practices in the workplace has recommended six mental health core standards to help employers better support their staff, including employees with poor mental health or wellbeing.The Thriving at work review, which was commissioned by prime minister Theresa May in January 2017, explores how employers ...
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AnalysisHow are changing ways of working impacting pensions saving?
Need to know:Employers need to be aware how flexible ways of working, such as sabbaticals, job-shares and part-time working, can impact an employee's pension pot.Employers can encourage retirement savings in the modern workplace through measures such as auto-escalation, bonus sacrifice schemes and the Save More Tomorrow programme.Financial education can be ...
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AnalysisInfographic: What is stopping people paying more into pensions?
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OpinionTim Middleton: How should pensions communications be adapted for part-time and job-share employees?
Over the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of people working part-time. The need for flexibility in the workforce has seen many people take on more than one job and large employers can no longer assume that the majority of their employees are full-time. This ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reports a 5.4% mean gender pay gap
Food and cereal manufacturing organisation the Weetabix Food Company has reported a mean gender pay gap of 5.4% for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data, published in its 2017 Gender pay gap report, in line with the government’s gender pay ...
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ArticleSavers access £14.2bn through pension freedoms
Retirement savers have accessed approximately £14.2 billion through the pension freedoms since the pension reforms were introduced in April 2015, according to data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).Its Flexible payments from pensions: October 2017 report also found that the number of individuals who have received flexible payments from their ...
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ArticleNew Zealand to increase minimum wage to $20 an hour
The national minimum wage in New Zealand is to increase by 27% to $20 (£10.50) an hour by 2020.The increase, which forms part of a coalition agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand First, will see the hourly minimum wage progressively rise from $15.75 (£8.27) an hour ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Fitflop holds global step challenge for 200 staff worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Global shoe retail organisation Fitflop is holding a global step challenge for its 200 employees in seven countries to improve employee health and wellbeing.The challenge, which started on 9 October 2017, was set up by the organisation’s employee feel good champions as part of Fitflop’s overall wellbeing strategy. The ...
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ArticleSandwell Council to pay living wage to 800 employees
Sandwell Council will enhance pay to the voluntary living wage rate for 150 council employees and 650 school staff.The pay increase, which will be effective from April 2018 and apply to staff currently on pay band A and the lower increments of pay band B, will see cleaners, learning support ...
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Article66% view being valued and recognised as most important aspect of employment
Two-thirds (66%) of respondents view being valued and recognised by their employer as the most important aspect of employment, according to research by Sage People.Its Why your workforce isn't working report, which surveyed 3,500 employees aged 16 or over who work at organisations with between 200 and 5,000 employees across ...
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AnalysisWhat are the most effective forms of communicating voluntary benefits?
Need to know:A communications strategy can help employees see the value of a voluntary benefits scheme, especially in a time when so many group-buying discount sites are available.A communications strategy must take into account different working environments and how different employee groups access information.Digital communications, such as apps and text ...
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Case StudiesAssurant uses employee forums for face-to-face benefits communication
Mobile and electronics protection organisation Assurant uses quarterly update meetings with employee forum representatives to cascade information about its voluntary benefits scheme to its 1,000 employees across three UK sites.A member of the HR team attends each quarterly meeting with representatives from the organisation’s two employee forums in order to ...
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OpinionSally Hart: What are the latest trends in promoting voluntary benefits?
No longer limited to generic vouchers, voluntary benefits now form a significant part of the overall reward package. In promoting a wider range of benefits, one size no longer fits all.Increasingly, employers are customising benefits communications to help employees make relevant choices. HR data is used to tailor content to ...
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ArticleJust 22% of New Zealand employers offer parental leave on equal terms
Just over a fifth (22%) of respondents who are working fathers based in New Zealand say their employer offers parental leave on equal terms to their female counterparts, according to research by Hays.Its survey of 173 employees in New Zealand, which comprised 53% women and 47% men, also found that ...