All articles by LouronPratt – Page 35
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ArticleSouthwest Airlines offers employees six months leave at 50% pay
Southwest Airlines is offering employees the opportunity to take temporary leave at 50% pay to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Its voluntary Covid-19 Extended Emergency Time Off policy, which is available to contract employees, specified front-line supervisors and eligible non-contract staff or work groups, will allow ...
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ArticleDirect Insurance Group offers employees permanent remote working policy
Direct Insurance Group (DIG) has committed to a remote working policy for all 160 employees, following the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All employees that wish to work from home, following the easing of lockdown, will have the option to do so.The organisation will continue to keep its eight offices open in the ...
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OpinionNatasha Broomfield-Reid: Promoting employee wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown
As the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forces many to continue to work from home and others to accept furlough, a proactive, well-planned approach to employee wellbeing could make all the difference to employees' happiness, motivation and productivity.Whether this focus comes in the form of a dedicated employee wellbeing manager, or HR ...
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OpinionMurray Keir: Furlough and the impact on salary sacrifice and death-in-service benefits
The government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (GJRS) in March to tackle the effect that Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is having on employment in the UK. Great strides have been made in getting to grips with the operation of the GJRS in practice to provide employees with a salary while they ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 84% of employers utilise benefits technology
EXCLUSIVE: The majority (84%) of employers use some form of benefits technology, with the most popular option being a staff intranet (63%), according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, which surveyed 269 HR decision-makers, also found that under half (44%) of respondents offer ...
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ArticleWoolworths Group rewards 100,000 employees with shares
Australian retailer Woolworths Group is giving 100,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand group shares to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Full-time employees that were employed by the organisation before 1 March 2020, and who do not already participate in its short-term incentive schemes, will receive ...
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ArticleAegon UK enhances employee wellbeing programme for 2,000 staff
Aegon UK has enhanced its employee wellbeing programme by launching a series of wellbeing videos to support its 2,000 staff, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The videos, which form part of the organisation's wellbeing hub, will be hosted by employees and guests vloggers and will feature gardening tips, a cycle repairs ...
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ArticleAlastair Woods: Are employers preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Employers are now actively planning for the return to work under our phased release of lockdown. For some sectors, this means tentative steps into the workplace, be that a shop or factory in June. For others, it will mean preparing offices for low density working and working out safety protocols ...
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ArticleTricia Nelson: Are employers preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
As countries around the world went into lockdown one by one due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, it felt difficult and sudden for many of us. Emerging from it however, safely and getting businesses up to speed for a return to the physical workplace, is going to take longer and ...
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ArticleEmployers to start paying towards staff furlough scheme from August 2020
The government has outlined further details regarding the government job retention scheme (GJRS), which will require employers to contribute to employee costs from August 2020, while introducing extra flexibility from 1 July 2020.The government will continue to pay 80% of employees wages, capped at £2,500 until October 2020, however, employers ...
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ArticleNHS healthcare workers to receive Covid-19 overtime pay
NHS Employers, part of the NHS confederation, has updated a pay agreement for NHS healthcare employees in England to ensure they are paid for any additional hours they work above their allotted hours, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Unions including Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of ...
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ArticleFuller's gives 5,000 staff early access to pay
Pub and hotel chain Fuller's is giving its 5,000 employees early access to their furlough pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employees at all of its 200 pubs and hotels, and those working in the organisation's supporting functions, can access up to 30% of their pay in advance to help with ...
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How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect employees that are due to retire this year?
Synopsis: This feature will look at how the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has affected the pension savings and retirement plans of those employees that are three to six months away from retiring and what is the timescale of this? I.e. what messages need to be sent out and how far away ...
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46% of employees have cancelled seven days of annual leave in 2020
Just under half (46%) of full-time employees have cancelled an average of seven days annual leave, according to research by Timetastic.The survey of 2002 UK employees carried out between 13 May 2020 and 15 May 2020 found that just over one-third (36%) haven't heard anything from their employers regarding what ...
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Article46% of employees cancel seven days of annual leave in 2020
Just under half (46%) of full-time employees are cancelling an average of seven days annual leave in 2020, according to research by Timetastic.The survey of 2002 UK employees, published in May 2020, also found that just over one-third (36%) have not been informed by their employers of any guidelines in ...
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ArticleBP to pay 5,000 employees the real living wage
Oil and gas organisation BP is to increase hourly pay rates for its 5,000 UK retail employees, to bring these in line with the real living wage rates recommended by the Living Wage Foundation. From 1 August 2020, employees across 300 locations, and who are directly employed by BP, will ...
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Oil industry business BP has announced that it will be increasing the pay of employees to line up with the living wage foundations regulations.Announced in the businesses annual general meeting (AGM), the business confirmed that this pay rise will affect 5,000 employees across 300 locations directly employed by BP from ...
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ArticleBritish Bankers' Association completes £95 million bulk annuity transaction
British Bankers' Association (BBA) pension scheme has completed a £95 million bulk purchase annuity transaction.The transaction will involve 213 members, removing the investment and risk of these members from the scheme. Members will see no change in their benefits or the way in which they are paid as a result ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 21 May - 27 May 2020
HC-One to provide full organisational sick pay for 27,000 carersUniversity of Manchester introduces voluntary pay initiatives for 12,000 employeesFinance Bill introducing deferred IR35 reforms passes second readingOsborne Clarke reduces pay for employees by 7%Prysmian Group launches global maternity policyTribunal rules non-cash contributions are not eligible for pensions tax reliefNationwide ...
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Poll: Should employers pay an allowance to help staff adapt to home working?
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