News – Page 104
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ArticleTwo-fifths predict employee engagement will be greatest challenge in 2019
Two-fifths (40%) of employer respondents believe that engagement will be one of the most challenging agenda items in 2019, according to research by human resources software organisation Cascade HR.The 2019 landscape: what's in store? polled 423 UK-based HR professionals, and also found that 36% of respondents are concerned about staff ...
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ArticleUnite members accept revised pay offer from Offshore Contractors Association
The trade union Unite has announced that its 25,000 members covered by the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) have accepted a revised pay offer, following recommendations by the union and its OCA shop stewards.The OCA represents contractor organisations involved in a range of activities in the UK’s offshore oil and gas ...
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ArticleGE Appliances seeks professional grandma to demonstrate products
Something for the weekend: US home products supplier GE Appliances is advertising for a professional grandma to demonstrate the cutting edge in its kitchen technology.The organisation states that it wants to celebrate non-traditional, stylish grandmas, and highlights the need for candidates who represent diversity and can help sustain cultural legacies ...
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ArticleUK takes 10th place in global rankings for workplace happiness
The UK ranks 10th in the world for workplace happiness, according to a study by employee engagement organisation Engaging Works.More than 10,000 employees have been surveyed globally by Engaging Works since its launch in October 2017. Using the data compiled, the organisation has calculated an average happiness score for each ...
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ArticleProfessor Kevin Daniels: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?
Good social relationships at work are fundamental to wellbeing in the workplace, while poor social relationships are detrimental to health.Positive social relationships confer psychological benefits in a number of ways, such as promoting a sense of identity and belonging, as well as providing support that can help employees and organisations ...
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ArticleMatthew Rolph: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?
As individuals, we all spend a large amount of our time at work. Therefore, the relationships we create there are pivotal to our overall wellbeing.At Graf UK, we understand that our employees are critical to the success of the organisation, so we go out of our way to take care ...
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ArticleKelly Feehan: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?
Social wellbeing is the ability to build personal connections with others, deal with conflict and be a part of a positive social network. It might sound simple, but that may in fact be part of the reason why social wellbeing is easily overlooked by organisations when creating employee wellness programmes ...
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ArticleDr Sarah-Jane Fenton: What can employers do to address social wellbeing?
While making their new year's resolutions for 2019, employers may be deciding to scale up their model, or be making plans to remain agile in difficult markets. However, on that list of objectives, and not as an afterthought, needs to be a serious consideration about how to support employees’ mental ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 97% of employers report rapid change in staff workplace expectations
EXCLUSIVE: The vast majority of employers (97%) agree that the workplace expectations of staff are changing rapidly, according to a study conducted by professional services provider Aon.The organisation's Benefits and trends survey, which polled more than 200 employers of various sizes, found that flexible working features heavily in employees' changing ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three launches online financial education for 4,600 staff
EXCLUSIVE: Telecommunications organisation Three has launched an online financial education programme for its 4,600 UK-based employees in order to enhance its wider wellbeing strategy.The new financial education initiative, provided by Nudge, was implemented on 30 November 2018 for employees based at Three's head offices in Maidenhead, Glasgow and Reading, as ...
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ArticleMore than a third remain with their employer if they have good work-life balance
More than a third (37%) of employees state that a good work-life balance would cause them to remain with their current employer, according to research by community interest organisation Investors in People.Its 2019 Job exodus report, which surveyed 2,000 UK individuals in December 2018, also found that 34% of respondents ...
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ArticleTennessee restaurant operators ordered to pay $220,000 in back wages and damages
The operators of Nashville, Tennessee-based restaurant Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine have been ordered to pay $220,000 (£173,557) in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees.The action follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the minimum wage, overtime and ...
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ArticleTeam-based sports perks more popular than benefits enjoyed alone
Team-based sports perks are more popular with employees than those enjoyed in isolation, according to research by employee benefits platform Perkbox.A study of 2,315 UK employees asked respondents to rate a number of employee benefits out of 100. Office sports teams scored higher (89) than birthday days off (86), duvet ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid completes a psychological test
I’m not sure what this says about me, but the last time I did a psychological test, I lied. They say the tests are impossible to fake, but really it is simple enough. Yes, the same question is asked multiple ways in an attempt to catch you out, but it ...
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ArticlePoll: 24% use mindfulness sessions to support mental health in January
Employee Benefits poll: Nearly a quarter (24%) of organisations use mindfulness sessions to support employees with mental health in January.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 42 responses, also found that the same percentage of employers offer flexible working options to help staff deal with seasonal mental health challenges, ...
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ArticleArriva Durham County bus drivers set to strike after rejecting pay offer
Around 650 bus drivers working for Arriva Durham County have voted to strike for a week from 6 January after rejecting a revised pay offer.The drivers, members of the Unite union based at Darlington, Durham, Redcar, Stockton and Whitby, voted by 72% to 28% to reject the proposal, which was ...
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ArticleMen earn nearly twice as much as women in bonus pay
The average bonus for a full-time worker in the UK was £2,242 in 2018, according to analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics by recruitment organisation Aaron Wallis, but the average for males at £2,613 was nearly twice that for females at £1,158.The research also found that full-time ...
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ArticleMissouri state minimum wage rate rises to $8.60
The Missouri Department of Labor has announced a state minimum wage rate of $8.60 (£6.77) per hour for 2019, rising from $7.85 (£6.18) in 2018.Effective from 1 January 2019, all private employers are required to pay the minimum rate, with the exception of retail and service organisations with annual sales ...
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ArticleAIG Life completes acquisition of insurance provider Ellipse
Insurance organisation AIG Life has completed the acquisition of Ellipse, a specialist group life, critical illness and income protection provider in the UK, following the receipt of required regulatory approval.The terms of the purchase, from German reinsurance organisation Munich Re, have not been disclosed.AIG Life now intends to distribute both ...
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ArticleBoundless wins Best employer at Best Business Awards
Boundless, an events and experiences club for public sector workers, has won Best employer and Best health and safety at the 2018 Best Business Awards.The Brighton-based organisation was commended by a panel of independent judges for putting people at the heart of its cultural transformation over the last four years.Sir ...