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ArticleSantander Consumer UK reports 26.5% mean gender pay gap
Santander Consumer UK has reported that its mean average pay gap for 2022 was 26.5%, while its median gap was 26.6%.According to the business, these figures were both 3.9 percentage lower than in 2021.Women occupied 34.5% of the highest paid jobs and 63.8% of the lowest paid jobs, while 65.5% ...
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ArticleStagecoach gives Sunderland drivers 11% pay rise
Bus drivers employed by Stagecoach in Sunderland have accepted an 11% pay rise and £150 bonus, backdated to 1 December 2022, ending their long-running strike.Three-quarters of the drivers, members of the trade union GMB, voted to accept the pay increase, which is more than the offer they received last year, ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s boosts pay to at least £11 an hour
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has increased the pay of 127,000 hourly paid employees to at least £11 per hour, in a policy that will be effective from February.As part of a £205 million investment, hourly retail pay at Sainsbury’s and Argos have been increased from £10.25 to £11.00 per hour, and ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2023 gives entrants chance to win table for 10
HR, reward and benefits professionals who want to win a table at the Employee Benefits Awards 2023 and receive the early bird entry rate only have two days left to submit their entries.Those who submit their entries by the end of Friday 6 January will receive an automatic entry into ...
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Supplier articleHow to make the most of your new fitness tracking gadget
From Apple Watch, Garmin, and Coros, here’s the best features of your new smartwatchWith so many people making health-related New Year’s resolutions, a great gift this Christmas is a new fitness tracker. Such smartwatches are definitely popular as recent research from Deloitte's Digital Consumer Trends Report shows that 19.2m health ...
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ArticleSeven Search and Selection transfers to full employee ownership
Leeds-based recruitment firm Seven Search and Selection has signed a deal to transfer full ownership across to its 25 employees as of this month.According to the business, it chose to establish an employee ownership trust (EOT) so all of its employees would be personally invested and working for each other, ...
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ArticleWickes reports 7.4% mean gender pay gap
Home improvement retailer Wickes has reported a mean gender pay gap of 7.4%, up from 6.4% in 2021.The business, which published its second gender pay gap report since becoming an independent listed employer, also reported a 2.6% median gender pay gap for 2022, narrowing from 8.4% last year.Wickes stated that ...
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Supplier articleThe five best budget friendly Christmas gifts for your employees
When you reach the last calendar month, there are many tell-tale signs it’s nearly Christmas. Office attire has switched to thermals and dangly Christmas tree earrings, Heart Christmas Radio is on repeat, and the workload dies down as you start putting tasks on next year’s to-do list.Yet, December is also ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 December 2022 were: Northern Ireland government confirms £1,400 NHS pay awardJacob’s Cream Crackers gives 6.5% pay riseGovernment awards £1.97 million to help women in the workplaceEmployers using pay to drive performance outperform peersBillionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Navigating Christmas celebrations in 2022
Christmas party season is well and truly underway. With so many celebrations cancelled over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year, many are relishing the opportunity to celebrate with friends, family and colleagues. But, given the volatile economic climate we are currently living in, and the ...
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ArticleFDM Group reports -4% mean gender pay gap
Recruitment business FDM Group has published its gender pay gap report for 2022, having achieved a mean gender pay gap of -4%.The organisation's median gender pay gap for this year was -4.3%, having narrowed compared with last year’s figure of -9.6%, but remaining well below the UK average median pay ...
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ArticleBank of New York Mellon Corporation creates stock plan for 51,000 global employees
Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comUS and global investment banking services organisation Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Corporation has introduced a share scheme for eligible employees with BK Restricted Stock Units, or BK Shares, which will open on 13 February 2023.A grant of 10 restricted stock units will be awarded to ...
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ArticleImperial College London reports 16.6% mean gender pay gap
Imperial College London has published its gender pay gap report for the sixth time, showing a mean gender pay gap of 16.6% for 2022, which is higher than the 13.9% national mean gender pay gap.The university's mean hourly rate for total pay was £27.49 for women and £32.97 for men, ...
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ArticleBarratt Developments UK reports 8.8% mean gender pay gap
Housebuilding organisation Barratt Developments UK has published its 2022 gender pay gap report, showing its mean gender pay gap to have widened from 6.2% in 2021 to 8.8%.The business' median gender pay gap also widened, from -0.4% last year to 6.3% in 2022. The mean bonus pay gap increased from ...
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ArticleJacob’s Cream Crackers gives factory staff 6.5% pay rise
Credit: Claudio Divizia / Shutterstock.comMore than 750 factory employees for Jacob's Cream Crackers, owned by Pladis, secured an improved pay deal after 11 weeks of strike action.The employees, who also make Mini Cheddars, Clubs and Twiglets at the site in Aintree, the primary facility for the business' products in the ...
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ArticleBillionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively for 10,000 staff
Credit: Viaval Tours / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: Ken Griffin, founder of hedge fund and trading business Citadel and Citadel Securities, has thanked 10,000 employees by flying them out to Walt Disney World in Florida for three days, as well as hiring famous musicians to play at the business’ corporate ...
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Article72% think more recognition would improve workplace wellbeing
Close to three-quarters (72%) of employees said their workplace wellbeing would improve if they were thanked and recognised more frequently for their hard work, according to research by Reward Gateway.The 2023 employee engagement trends report spoke to 1,015 employees and 250 HR managers in the UK. It found that 32% ...
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ArticleHachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holiday
Publishing business Hachette UK has increased starting salaries and holiday benefits, and awarded staff a performance-related bonus and a cost-of-living payment.Due to come into effect in January, UK and Ireland publishing and distribution employees have been given a non-consolidated £1,000 cost-of-living payment. Senior team members will not be eligible for ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid has leadership training
I am deeply worried. It might seem a strange thing to get upset about, but I have been put forward for our ‘special’ effective leadership training. There are only two ways to get on the programme: one is to be assessed as high potential, the other is if you are ...
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ArticleOve Arup reports 14.6% mean gender pay gap
Engineering, architecture and advisory services firm Ove Arup has published its UK 2022 pay gap report, which revealed that its latest mean gender pay gap was 14.6%, a slight rise from 2021.The organisation's median gender pay gap also increased slightly, from 15.7% in 2021 to 15.8% this year, but has ...