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Article34% of employees struggle with mental health when working from home
Over one-third (34%) of employees that are working from home feel it has a negative impact on their mental wellbeing, according to research by market research organisation Opinium.In its study of 1,250 UK employees, published April 2020, the organisation found that over one-half (57%) of UK employees are now working ...
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ArticleGoogle increases its employee parental leave entitlement to 14 weeks
Technology organisation Google has extended its parental leave benefits worldwide, offering its 114,000 eligible employees additional support during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.On 16 April 2020, Google extended its carer leave policy by eight weeks, to support working parents dealing will school and care facility closures during the pandemic.This is in ...
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ArticleMicrosoft offers employees three months additional parental leave
American technology organisation Microsoft is offering extended leave benefits to all of its 150,000 employees who are working parents, to support them during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Effective immediately, the 12-week Paid Pandemic School and Childcare Closure Leave benefit will give employees three months of extra parental leave. This new addition ...
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ArticleGovernment extends job retention scheme to end of June 2020
The government announced on 17 April 2020 it would be extending the job retention scheme to 30th June 2020 to financially support businesses and their employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The scheme was put in place 1 March 2020 to cover a period of three months, however, due to the ...
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ArticleBarratt Developments, Carntyre Transport and North Air to furlough staff on full pay
Barratt Developments, North Air, and Carntyre Transport will all pay furloughed employees in full.The government’s furlough Covid-19 (Coronavirus) job retention scheme allows furloughed employees to receive 80% of their salary, capped at £2,500. However, all three organisations have made the decision to pay their employees an additional 20% during this ...
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ArticleRolls-Royce asks furloughed staff to swap four days leave to receive full pay
Furloughed employees at British engineering business Rolls-Royce have been asked to have their annual leave reduced by four days in return for receiving full pay.The reduction would allow Rolls-Royce to top up the government's job retention scheme by 20%, ensuring its furloughed employees receive 100% of their salary. Under the ...
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ArticleAshurst defers 50% of bonus payments for 2,800 employees
International law firm Ashurst will defer 50% of bonus payments for its 2,800 eligible employees until November 2020 to deal with the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation will pay its employees half of their annual bonus in July 2020, with the remainder paid at the end of ...
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ArticleEmployee files formal complaint against cat when working from home
Something for the weekend: Working from home with pets can be a distracting time for many, so much so that a written complaint has been logged in one particular household.Andrew and Sheila, who have been regularly working from home since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, have been experiencing some blatant distractions ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 9 April - 15 April 2020
The top 10 most read stories between 9 April and 15 April 2020 were: Kuehne and Nagel to furlough 13,000 employees on a minimum of 90% pay27,000 Porsche employees receive profit-sharing bonusTPR publishes pension guidance for employers during Co Daily Mail and General Trust offers 2,400 employees shares to avoid ...
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ArticleThe Financial Times decreases pension contribution payments by 50%
British daily newspaper The Financial Times is to halve its customary pension contributions, due to the financial strain of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation has chosen to decrease its pension contributions by temporarily matching employee pension contributions, instead of its usual practice of double matching staff contributions.Additionally, its top 80 ...
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ArticlePaul Hastings offers 1,600 employees access to Covid-19 hardship fund
Global law firm Paul Hastings has launched a special fund to financially support any of its 1,600 employees needing assistance during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The fund, which is part of the organisation's PH balanced initiative, has been generated through donations by employees, which have been matched by Paul Hastings.These grants ...
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ArticleGovernment job retention scheme extended to support new staff
Newly hired employees may now be eligible to receive support through the government's Covid-19 (Coronavirus) job retention scheme.The government's new guidelines, published on 15 April 2020, extend the eligibility date by a further three weeks, enabling employees who were employed on or before 19 March 2020 to receive financial support. ...
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ArticleNZ Prime Minister and public service chief executives take 20% pay cut
New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern alongside government ministers and public service chief executives, will take a pay cut for the next six months to deal with the impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The members involved will receive a pay cut of 20% to acknowledge the number of employees in New ...
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ArticleVermont front-line employees to receive $1.50 hourly pay rise
Front-line employees under the state of Vermont in the United States will receive a pay rise of $1.50 (£1.20) to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.This pay rise will specifically apply to those working within the health service facilities, correctional facilities, the juvenile rehabilitation centre, and ...
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ArticleDay-one company sick pay for 20,000 Transport for London bus drivers
20,000 Transport for London (TFl) bus drivers will receive organisational sick pay from day one, if they either fall ill or have to self-isolate.Following talks between TFl and trade union Unite, the new agreement means that employees will not feel pressured to make a decision between being paid or not ...
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ArticleDevon County Council social care workers to receive 12.8% pay rise
Devon County Council has announced it will be rewarding social care employees working under its jurisdiction, a 12.8% pay rise due to the increasing demands of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The social care workers, who are currently on the national minimum wage of £8.72, will receive a pay rise of a ...
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OpinionChristopher Nuttall: Should the burden of pensions move to the employee?
Employers are familiar with the automatic-enrolment duties that oblige them to put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it. These duties began in 2012. But what comes next?The majority of schemes used in the private sector are defined contribution (DC) schemes in which the contributions, together with ...
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ArticleStaff eligible for job retention scheme if organisation faces liquidation
Employees whose organisation faces administration during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic could still be eligible for the government's job retention scheme.According to government guidelines updated on 9 April 2020, an administrator will now be able to pursue the job retention scheme for the organisation's employees if there is a likelihood of ...
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ArticleTPR publishes pension guidance for employers during Covid-19
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its automatic-enrolment guidelines to assist employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The new guidance ensures that employees' pensions are fully protected and employers are supported if they need to make any difficult decisions.The guidance also provides further information for employers about maintaining pension contributions.Despite ...