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ArticleHogwarts seeks to recruit wizarding staff
Something for the weekend: Wannabe wizards will be rubbing their hands together at the latest recruitment drive from Warner Brother Studio Tour London, as the movie studio hunts down candidates to work in the hallowed halls of magicking school Hogwarts.Those looking to work with JK Rowlings’ fictional Harry Potter series ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week: 14-20 September 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 and 20 September 2017 were: Adidas and Nomura named Britain's Healthiest Workplaces for 2017Tribunal rules in favour of HMRC in national minimum wage penalty cap caseFujitsu reports a 16.7% mean gender pay gapCadbury agrees two-year pay deal and enhanced maternity ...
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ArticleGoogle, Lego and Microsoft top 2017’s best corporate social responsibility list
Google, Lego Group, Microsoft and The Walt Disney Company are among the organisations named as having the best corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, according to the Reputation Institute.Its 2017 global CSR RepTrak 100 report, which is based on 170,000 ratings from interviews with members of the public from the UK, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 82% feel they could do more to address mental health at work
EXCLUSIVE: The majority (82%) of respondents feel they could do more to better address mental health in the workplace, according to research by employee assistance programme provider CIC.Its Stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace index 2017, which surveyed 440 HR professionals, also found that 86% of respondents have bullying ...
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ArticleThe Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into pension freedoms
The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry to investigate whether the pension freedom and choice reforms, introduced in 2015, are successfully operating as the policy intended.Its call for evidence, which will be open to responses until Monday 23 October 2017, has asked for feedback on whether the freedom ...
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ArticleGreensill Capital launches new benefits package for UK staff
Financial services organisation Greensill Capital has launched a new package of benefits and online benefits platform for its 72 UK employees.Its online portal, Greensill Rewards, which was launched in August and is provided by Portus Consulting, provides staff with access to new employer-paid benefits, such as private medical insurance, a ...
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AnalysisHow to motivate and engage employees after a merger or acquisition
Need to know:Before, during and after a merger and acquisition, transparent and frequent communication from senior leadership is essential to quell potential gossip and rumours that could negatively impact motivation.Staff forums that contribute to the re-design of an organisation’s values and vision after a merger and acquisition can boost employee ...
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Case StudiesGVC creates culture project to unite and motivate employees following takeover
Sports betting and gaming organisation GVC Holdings introduced a new values-based recognition and engagement platform as part of its global culture project, which aims to re-motivate and engage the organisation’s 2,300 employees following an eight-month takeover process.The platform, named The Kudos Club, was implemented in conjunction with provider Avinity in ...
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OpinionProfessor Chris Rowley: HR management can prove vital for merger and acquisition success
Employees are all too often the invisible ‘forgotten army’ in mergers and acquisitions, because these events are frequently thought of and presented in isolation as easy, glamorous takeovers with important consequences, typically regarding financial and market shares.However, these are not only overly simplistic and narrow process views, but also ethnocentric, ...
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ArticleCadbury agrees two-year pay deal and enhanced maternity pay for 1,300 UK staff
Cadbury has agreed a two-year pay deal and enhanced maternity pay package at three of its UK sites, covering approximately 1,300 employees.Employees at the confectionary manufacturer's Bournville, Chirk and Markbrook sites will receive a backdated 3.2% pay increase for April 2017-March 2018, based on February 2017’s Retail Prices Index (RPI). ...
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ArticleLow Pay Commission recommends actions to reduce minimum wage non-compliance
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended that the government publishes details of organisations which do not comply with national minimum wage legislation at regular timed intervals, for example quarterly or every six months, in order to regularly raise awareness of non-compliance.The recommendation forms part of its Non-compliance and enforcement ...
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ArticleBritish Airways i360 gains living wage accreditation
Brighton-based attraction British Airways i360 has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.As part of the accreditation, British Airways i360 has committed to pay both its direct employees and third-party contractors at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour.British Airways i360’s accreditation ...
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ArticleEuromonitor International holds global health and wellbeing week
Business intelligence organisation Euromonitor International held a health and wellbeing week across 10 of its global operating locations for its 1,264 employees.The health and wellness week took place between 11 and 16 September for staff in Bangalore, Cape Town, Dubai, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Vilnius, while the organisation’s ...
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ArticleRyanair to change annual leave calendar
Ryanair is to change its calendar for annual leave from April to March to January to December from 1 January 2018.As a result of the change, the airline has had to allocate annual leave to pilots in September and October, leading to the cancellation of approximately 50 flights a day ...
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ArticlePWC reports 12.8% mean ethnicity pay gap
Professional services organisation PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has reported a 12.8% mean ethnicity pay gap for its black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) UK staff as at July 2017, according to its 2017 annual report.The organisation, which has published its ethnicity pay gap data for the first time, also recorded a BAME ...
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ArticleDWP consults on increasing Financial Assistance Scheme long service cap
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation into implementing an increased cap on Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) payments for eligible members with long service in a single defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.The consultation, which will run between 18 September and 25 October 2017, will seek feedback ...
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ArticleTribunal rules in favour of HMRC in national minimum wage penalty cap case
An Employment Tribunal (ET) has ruled that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is able to issue multiple national minimum wage penalty notices, which can lead to employer penalty fines exceeding the £20,000 per employee cap.The case, Best Connection Group v HMRC, involved employment agency Best Connection Group, which supplied approximately ...
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Article37% of employers worry staff cannot afford to retire
More than a third (37%) of respondents worry that their employees will not be able to afford to retire, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown.Its survey of 418 employers also found that 20% of respondents do not want automatic-enrolment contribution rates to change, however, 27% want minimum contribution rates to ...
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ArticleGoogle subject to equal pay lawsuit in US
Technology organisation Google is subject to a lawsuit that alleges, in the US state of California, female employees are discriminated against under the organisation's approach to pay and opportunities for promotion.Three former female employees have filed a class action lawsuit accusing the US-based business of paying women less than men ...
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Article53% believe defined benefit pension costs have a negative impact on pay
More than half (53%) of employer respondents that operate a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme for their staff feel that the costs associated with this are having a negative impact on pay increases, according to research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).Its first interim report from the ACA pension ...