All articles by LouronPratt – Page 25
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ArticleMills and Reeve rewards 1,000 employees with bonus payment
Law firm Mills and Reeve is rewarding all 1,000 employees with a bonus payment of up to £1,111 due to the organisation seeing a 2.9% increase in turnover during the last financial year.Full-time employees that have worked at the business for just under a year will receive £966, while those ...
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OpinionMichal Izak: How employers are preparing for further waves of Covid-19
It is not always easy to decouple employers’ response to the ongoing Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis from their long-term planning in case the situation aggravates. However, many employers are putting in place three main measures, or combinations thereof, to be insulated from the direct effects of a potential second wave of ...
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OpinionWendy Tomlinson: The 'benefit' of returning to work
The working atmosphere and environment are significantly different from what we are used to. Agile working and more flexibility are now benefits that employees can expect as standard. Something theoretical before Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is now being applied on a global scale.How employees rate their employers on the response to the ...
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ArticleCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims total £31.7 billion
Claims to date under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme total £31.7 billion as at 26 July 2020, an increased of £1.9 billion since 19 July 2020.According to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) data, 9.5 million employees in the UK have been placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ...
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Toby Mildon: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
Since 2017 businesses employing more than 250 people are required to publish their Gender Pay Gap (“GPG”) figures. However, some businesses voluntarily reported their pay gaps before it was mandatory. Why? And if you employ less than 250 people should you publish your data? And what about your ethnicity or ...
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ArticlePension withdrawals during Covid-19 decrease by 42%
The number of employees making pension withdrawals as a flexible form of income decreased by 42% during April 2020, in comparison to April 2019, according to research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).The research found that in April 2019, compared to April 2020, queries from customers about their pensions ...
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ArticleSantander UK offers menopause support programme to 23,500 staff
Banking organisation Santander UK has introduced a personalised menopause support programme for its 23,500 employees.The support, provided by medical platform Peppy, is being offered to staff following an initial trial with 130 employees. Three in four employees who were part of the trial felt more confident about their menopause journey ...
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Article47% of businesses do not offer any employee benefits
Just under half (47%) of employers currently offer no employee benefits to their workforce, according to research by Hooray Health and Protection.Its research, which surveyed 1,150 respondents, also found that non-monetary benefits are the most popular benefit offered by employers, with 16% of employees receiving this benefit, followed by health ...
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ArticleGoogle extends working from home policy to July 2021
Technology giant Google has extended its working from home policy to 30 June 2021 to support the health and wellbeing of its 200,000 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The voluntary benefit gives employees the option to continue working from home, even if restrictions from the pandemic are lifted, and not ...
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ArticleQuorn appoints Tongwen Zhao as director of people and planet
Vegetarian food brand Quorn has hired Tongwen Zhao as its new director of people and planet.Zhao has 20 years of HR experience, most recently as group human resources director at Unilever and The Dairy Farm Group. She recently moved to London in 2018 to complete a master’s degree in Environment, ...
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ArticleFrench Connection to claim government furlough bonus
UK clothing organisation French Connection will claim the government's retention bonus scheme for bringing furloughed employees back to work.The government's scheme will see employers paid £1,000 per employee they return to work until at least the end of January 2021.After the closure of all of its stores in March 2020, ...
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ArticleThe National Security Inspectorate becomes an accredited living wage employer
Security and Investigations organisation The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has become an accredited living wage employer by The Living Wage Foundation.The organisation will adjust the pay for its 53 employees to £9.30 per hour to bring it in line with the Living Wage Foundation pay guidelines, effective immediately.This accreditation will ...
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ArticleAster Group introduces enhanced health and wellbeing benefits for 1,440 employees
Housing business Aster Group is introducing an enhanced health and wellbeing benefits plan for its 1,440 employees through its partnership with health provider Simplyhealth.Employees at the organisation will receive access to health products and services, and wellbeing support through a business-wide health cash plan. They will also have access to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 67% of gig workers would feel more engaged if offered benefits
Just under two-thirds (67%) of gig workers would feel more engaged and positive towards the business if attractive benefits were offered, while two-thirds (66%) said they would feel more valued, according to research by Aon. The research of 200 HR directors and 300 freelance workers, published in July 2020, also ...
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ArticleVodafone completes DC pension transfer for 45,000 members
Telecommunications business Vodafone has completed a pension transfer of 45,000 members of its UK defined contribution scheme to a master trust arrangement.Previously, Vodafone ran its own single-employer trust-based DC scheme for its members but wanted to provide greater flexibility for members at retirement, as well as provide more environmental, social ...
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Article16,900 Southwest Airlines employees take voluntary leave
16,900 Southwest Airlines employees are taking part in its voluntary leave programmes to help the organisation deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The American organisation expects to save $400 (£313) million in employee costs for both a voluntary extended emergency time off and a redundancy programme, which ...
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ArticleSt George's University of London provides full sick pay for security guards
Security guards at St George's University of London (SGUL) have secured three weeks of full sick pay, following an agreement with facilities contractor Bidvest Noonan, who directly recruit the security guards.This follows several months of disputes, including 15 days of strike action in May 2020. The employees were contesting the ...
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ArticleNuffield Health reports mean gender pay gap of 4.3%
Nuffield Health has reported a mean gender pay gap of 4.3% for average hourly pay as at April 2019.The organisation, which currently has over 11,000 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require organisations with 250 or more ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 16 July – 22 July 2020
The top 10 most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 9-15 July 2020 were: Kier Group returns furloughed staff to work without claiming job retention bonusGovernment increases pay for 900,000 public sector workersEmployers can use furlough scheme during contractual notice periodsAsos repays government for cost of employee furlough scheme37% of employees ...
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ArticleEmployees dress up to attend virtual meetings
Something for the weekend: It seems like the days of working from home in pajamas are a thing of the past. Employees are now taking advantage of online shopping and are buying clothes to 'attend' their business video calls, according to research by e-commerce agency Melody.With after drinks with colleagues ...