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ArticlePhiladelphia restaurant to provide $197,917 in back pay to staff
Credit: Talula's GardenPhiladelphia-based restaurant Talula’s Garden has agreed to pay 63 employees $197,917 (£149,368) in back pay to resolve minimum wage and overtime violations.An investigation conducted by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division in Philadelphia found that Washington Square Restaurant Partners, which trades as Talula’s Garden, has ...
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ArticlePearson completes £1.2bn pensions buy-in
Education and learning organisation Pearson has completed two pension buy-in transactions totalling £1.2 billion.The organisation has purchased pension buy-in policies with both Aviva and Legal and General for The Pearson Pension Plan. These transactions, amounting to £600 million per plan and covering around 2,400 members each, will cover approximately two-thirds ...
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Article75% cite workplace stress as a key cause of disrupted sleep
Three-quarters (75%) of respondents cite workplace stress as a key cause of their disrupted sleep, according to research by CV Library.Its survey of 1,300 UK-based employees also found that 63% of respondents who perform night shifts are not given any advice from their employer on how to cope with night ...
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AnalysisKey health and wellbeing messages to support staff in the run-up to Christmas
Need to know:Christmas can be a busy time for employees, so it is important for employers to acknowledge the mental, physical and financial pressures staff may be dealing with.A financial education and wellbeing programme delivered in the months leading up to Christmas may help to relieve financial stress and can ...
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Case StudiesVirgin Management encourages healthy habits using seasonal wellbeing messages
Virgin Management focuses on delivering physical, mental and social wellbeing messages and initiatives over the autumn months to encourage its 200 London-based employees to maintain healthy habits over the winter season, including over Christmas.The corporate management organisation uses a mix of communication channels, such as emails, posters and notifications sent ...
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ArticleStar-Dundee launches employee ownership trust
Aerospace engineering organisation Star-Dundee has launched an employee ownership trust.The organisation, which has 25 employees across offices in Dundee and Barcelona, has become employee owned in order to secure its long-term future and help to maintain its current organisational culture.Star-Dundee, which is now a part of the Employee Ownership Association, ...
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Article45% want a job with more flexible hours when returning to work after having a child
More than two-fifths (45%) of respondents who are parents want a job with more flexible hours when they return to work after having a child, according to research by New Skills Academy.Its survey of 124 parents also found that 98% of respondents feel that an understanding employer which recognises that ...
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Article37% see a clear link between their pay and performance
More than a third (37%) of employee respondents working in the UK see a clear link between their pay and performance, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2016 Willis Towers Watson global workforce study, which surveyed 36,000 full-time employees working in large and midsize organisations across 29 global markets, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust abolishes lowest pay grade
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Kent-based Medway NHS Foundation Trust has abolished its lowest pay grade in order to improve the financial wellbeing of its employees.Speaking in a panel discussion session titled ‘The financial wellbeing journey’ at Employee Benefits Live 2017, James Devine, executive director of HR and organisational development at ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published details of proposed legislation which would entitle working parents to paid leave following the death of a child.The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill, which was introduced by Member of Parliament Kevin Hollinrake, proposes that employed parents who lose a ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail wins High Court injunction to postpone strike action in pensions dispute
Postal organisation Royal Mail has won an injunction from the High Court to postpone planned strike action in an ongoing dispute over pensions.The High Court ruled yesterday (Thursday 12 October) that contractual dispute resolution procedures included in the Agenda for Growth agreement between Royal Mail and trade union Communications Workers ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business
Lloyds Banking Group is to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business in a deal including assets under administration of more than £15 billion.The acquisition, which is due to partially close in the first quarter of 2018, is aligned with Lloyds Banking Group's growth strategy. This includes accelerating the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Google advises employers to invest in people as much as technology
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Employers should ensure they invest in their people as much as in new technologies in order to create an empowering organisational culture and a strong business environment.In the closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2017 in a session titled ‘How can HR lead the workplace ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Travis Perkins and Hays tailor financial wellbeing messages
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Building merchant organisation Travis Perkins and recruitment organisation Hays have tailored their respective financial wellbeing communications in order to engage their differing workforces.Travis Perkins has centred its financial wellbeing communications on established health and safety messages, which its employees readily engage with. A large number of ...
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ArticleHoliday cruise organisation to pay new role in tea and cake
Something for the weekend: Although financial compensation is the norm for the majority of job roles, cruise line organisation MSC Cruises is taking an alternative approach for its new tea and cake taster position, offering to pay the successful applicant in Yorkshire tea and a variety of cakes.The tea and ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 5-11 October 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 5 and 11 October 2017 were: EY reports a 19.7% mean gender pay gapHigh Court to rule in Morrisons payroll data leak caseCarillion to withdraw discretionary increases in pension paymentsBBC reports a 10.7% mean gender pay gapBMW Group UK and Royal ...
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ArticleSanofi uses roadshow to communicate benefits to dispersed workforce
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Pharmaceutical organisation Sanofi used a benefits roadshow to help launch a new flexible benefits offering to its dispersed and diverse UK workforce.The organisation has a total of 1,750 employees in the UK, with nearly 900 of these staff and contractors working in manufacturing roles. Sanofi additionally ...
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ArticleTeam GB Paracycling counterbalances demanding work with personalised support
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Team GB Paracycling provides its athletes and employees with a range of personalised support measures in order to help staff manage high demand workloads in the professional sporting industry.Presenting the closing keynote address at the end of the first day of Employee Benefits Live 2017, Jon ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Deloitte UK enhances organisation culture to reduce gender pay gap
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Deloitte UK has implemented agile working and an unpaid leave programme in order to improve its organisation culture and gender diversity.The audit, financial and tax advisory organisation focussed on introducing work-life initiatives and enhancing its overall organisation culture after focus groups with their female staff discovered ...
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ArticleHigh Court to rule in Morrisons payroll data leak case
More than 5,500 employees who brought a payroll data leak class action lawsuit against retail organisation Morrisons will see the trial progress to the High Court in London this week.The two-week High Court trial, which commenced on Monday 9 October 2017, is based on a class action lawsuit brought by ...