All Motivation and recognition articles – Page 27
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ArticleUS Soccer Federation to pay male and female teams equally
The US Soccer Federation has committed to pay its men's and women's teams equally, after securing separate collective bargaining agreements (CBA) through to December 2028 with the unions for both national teams.As originally reported on 'CBS Evening News', male players have been operating under the terms of a CBA that ...
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ArticleUnit4 hires chief people officer
Enterprise cloud applications firm Unit4 has appointed Tania Garrett (pictured) as chief people officer.Garrett, who will report to chief executive officer Mike Ettling, will oversee the firm’s people success function, where she will be responsible for talent acquisition, learning and development, compensation and benefits, as well as regional HR field ...
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ArticleLas Vegas hotel The Cosmopolitan awards staff $5,000 bonus
The Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, USA, has awarded each of its 5,400 members of staff a $5,000 (£4,089) bonus to recognise their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The announcement was made by executives from Blackstone Real Estate Americas, a New York-based private equity firm that owns the approximately 3,000-room, ...
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ArticleEasyJet joins battle for cabin crew with £1,000 bonus
EasyJet has become the latest airline to offer cabin crew a £1,000 bonus in a bid to attract staff in a tight labour market.New and existing easyJet cabin crew will receive the bonus after the summer holiday season, which is expected to be extremely busy as the ending of travel ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid tries to educate the talent team
We have a bit of a problem with the talent team. A misnomer if ever there was one. It might be different in other organisations but our recruiters are not a very talented bunch. I’m pretty sure that the criteria for hiring them is a dubious certificate in media studies ...
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ArticleSalesforce and Cisco named among best UK workplaces for 2022
Salesforce, Cisco UK and Hilton have been recognised by Great Place to Work as some of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2022.Cloud-based software firm Salesforce came top out of the best super large organisations, followed by networking hardware business Cisco UK. Ranked first among the large organisations was technology business ...
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Case StudiesBenefits offered by Murphy Group
The benefits on offer at construction and civil engineering business Murpy Group:Pension and group riskThree pension schemes including a trust-based defined contribution scheme and two master trusts. Employer contributions range from the minimum of 3% through to 12% depending on role, scheme and personal choice.Life insurance for all employees, employer-paid. ...
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Supplier articleTHE LATEST TRENDS IN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION AND REWARD STRATEGY
Does your organisation take employee recognition and rewards seriously? It should. A significant majority of HR leaders (84%) stated that implementing an employee recognition platform boosts employee engagement. If you do have a programme in place that’s great, but are you keeping up to date with the ...
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ArticleUK GlaxoSmithKline staff vote to strike in pay rise row
UK GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) employees have voted to strike against a “derisory” 2.75% pay rise offer from British Big Pharma, according to labor union Unite.A total of 86% were in favour of industrial action, with staff located in Scotland, Hertfordshire, West Sussex, Cumbria and Durham taking part in the ballot. The ...
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ArticleProtech transitions to employee ownership
Hemel Hempstead-based recruitment firm Protech has transitioned to employee ownership, transferring 100% of shares to an employee ownership trust (EOT) for its 14 employees.Protech managing director Antony Cox, who bought the business in 2003 as part of a merger, owned 60% and director Roman Motyczak owned the remaining 40%. According ...
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ArticlePensionBee reports 2% median hourly pay gap
Online pension provider PensionBee has reported a 2% median hourly pay gap and a 0% median bonus pay gap in its most recent gender pay gap report.According to the provider, which has an employee base of 138, these gaps are in line with its 0% target, with a variance of ...
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ArticleTesco to pay staff thank-you bonus of 1.25% of annual wages
Supermarket chain Tesco has introduced a thank-you bonus of 1.25% of annual wages for its store, customer fulfilment centre and customer engagement centre staff.This bonus has been implemented to recognise the hard work of Tesco employees during the industry challenges of the past year, and will apply to between 280,000 ...
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ArticleNylas to help fund start-ups of current and former employees
US-based communications application programme interface (API) provider Nylas has launched the Nylas Alumni Fund, to support both current and former employees who wish to launch early stage start-ups.Nylas has pledged to contribute up to $20,000 (£15,219.90) towards a seed round of funding in support of what it deems to be ...
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ArticleAllen and Overy reports 59% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Allen and Overy has published its fifth annual gender pay gap report, which found that its overall mean gender pay gap in 2021 was 59%, a slight decrease from 60% in 2020.Its overall median gender pay gap stood at 41%, just less than 46% in 2020. Meanwhile, its ...
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ArticleThird of women leaving SMEs want more inclusive benefits
More than a third (36%) of female staff at small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who are planning to leave their role in the first half of 2022 said they want more inclusive benefits, according to research by employee engagement specialist Sodexo Engage.The survey collected responses from more than 1,000 ...
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OpinionAndrea London: Attitude change needed to address ageism at work
With hybrid working models quickly becoming 'the norm' and the constant requirement instead for online productivity, virtual working and remote meetings or presentations, is our older generation cognisant of technological advances, and are they able to keep up?We seem to be noting an increased polarisation of the labour market in ...
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ArticleRobertson Bell bought by employee ownership trust
Public and not for profit sector recruitment agency Robertson Bell has been sold to an employee ownership trust (EOT).Founded by CEO Stuart Bell in 2007, the business’ move to sell to an EOT has been aimed at building a legacy for the employees who will be creating its future successes, ...
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ArticleING appoints new head of HR for UK and Middle East
Financial services firm ING has appointed a new head of HR for the UK and Middle East.Elena Orsini started in the role this month (April), will be based in London and responsible for 800 full-time employees across the two regions.She has nearly 25 years’ experience in HR. Most recently she ...
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ArticleAmey receives gold accreditation for staff and wellbeing
Infrastructure services and engineering firm Amey has been awarded double gold accreditation for its people and wellbeing investment by Investors in People.The business, which employs 14,000 members of staff, received the highest accreditation, which is awarded to organisations that have particularly progressive, people-focused policies, and where all employees take ownership ...
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ArticleMRL Consulting Group awards all staff 10% pay rise
Recruitment agency MRL Consulting Group has given all employees, regardless of length of service, role or seniority, a 10% pay increase as of 1 April.According to the business, which operates across Europe, Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific and the Americas, this is a response to the spike in ...