News – Page 57
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ArticlePWC working class staff receive 12.1% less pay
PWC has revealed in its 2021 diversity report that its staff from a working class background, including partners, typically received 12.1% less pay than other colleagues.This is the first time the accounting firm's diversity report has published comprehensive pay gap data on socio-economic background and disability. The report also looks ...
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ArticleSpeakers for Schools allows staff to work flexibly
Social mobility charity Speakers for Schools has introduced a new policy that allows staff to work completely flexibly and from any location.The charity is rolling out the initiative this month (September) to support the wellbeing of its 85 employees who are all based in different locations across the UK.The organisation ...
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Article32% of employees have personal finance education
Less than a third of workers (32%) are offered personal finance education as an employee benefit, according to new data.Financial wellbeing platform Nudge Global released its 2021 global report, Disrupting money habits: why it's time for organisations to break cycles of exclusion, in order to highlight the opportunity and need ...
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ArticleMorrisons to slash sick pay for unvaccinated workers
Supermarket chain Morrisons has announced that it plans to reduce sick pay for unvaccinated employees in the hope that it will encourage more people to get the jab.According to the retailer, it also expects to save money by changing its policy from next month (October), although the wage reduction will ...
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ArticleStaff would sacrifice £1,949 from salary for flexibility
Workers are willing to sacrifice an average of £1,949 from their salary in exchange for a better work-life balance, according to new research.Job site Indeed surveyed 2,000 employees and found that if those earning the average annual salary of £31,461 gave up £1,949 a year, they would lose 7% of ...
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ArticleMovember gives staff two days off for mental health
Global men’s health charity Movember has announced that it is giving all employees two days off work to recharge and focus on their mental health.Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day today (10 September), the charity is encouraging its more than 250 members of staff and contractors around the world to ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Benefits can empower employees
This week, I think it’s time to focus on the positives and celebrate employers that have introduced benefits to empower employees and improve their overall wellbeing.Retailer Halfords, for example, launched a platform for staff that helps with financial budgeting, savings and education. Because it is built around a flexible pay ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Low-cost perks on agenda at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Brookes, reward and recognition specialist at the University of Salford, and Dr Sabrina Robinson, wellbeing lead of people and transformation at Essex County Council (ECC), will be participating in a panel talk about cost-effective benefits on Wednesday 6 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Brookes and Robinson will be ...
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ArticleHome Bargains gives staff two extra days off
Discount retailer Home Bargains has announced that it will close its UK stores on Boxing Day and New Year's Day to thank all of its employees for their hard work over the past year.Liverpool-headquartered TJ Morris, which trades as Home Bargains, also gave workers the day off on 26 December ...
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ArticleKate Bell: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
The past year has changed many of our long-held assumptions about work. For many office workers, home working suddenly became not only possible but a necessity.A light was shone on essential work that had previously been almost invisible, like lorry driving and packing food, and the unacceptable conditions faced by ...
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ArticleTrevor Worth: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
When we introduced the four-day week into our small law practice in 2019 (pre-pandemic days), it brought both challenges and opportunities.As a firm, we try to introduce one major innovation event every year and this was all about striving to improve the much vaunted 'work-life balance', improving our colleagues' home ...
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ArticleSinead Hall: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
Absolutely; everyone knows the saying don’t knock it until you try it and I certainly think this applies here. Four-day working is proven to lead to happier and more committed people. It may seem difficult as a business to initially implement but my advice would be to certainly try, because ...
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ArticleDave Newick: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
The simple answer is yes. We had been supportive of the idea for some time, as studies show a four-day week boosts employee work-life balance and lowers burnout without sacrificing productivity, as well as challenging gender inequality and reducing carbon emissions. During the first lockdown, where everyone had to work ...
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ArticleAtradius implements hybrid working model
Trade credit insurer Atradius has launched a new hybrid working policy in order for its 412 UK members of staff to work flexibly from home for the long-term future.The move will offer employees the opportunity to operate remotely for up to 40% of the time, allowing a choice of working ...
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ArticleAmex and Citigroup among top family-friendly employers
Parents and carers helpline Working Families has announced its twelfth annual list of the top flexible and family-friendly employers in the UK.This year’s top 10 are American Express, Citigroup, Crown Prosecution Service, Grant Thornton, Independent Living Fund Scotland, Welsh Parliament, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Pinsent Masons, Natwest Group ...
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Article41% of employees report mental health decline
New research has found that 41% of employees reported a mental health decline since the beginning of the first lockdown in March last year.This finding, revealed in Nuffield Health’s recently published Healthier nation index, raises questions about how easily the nation will return to normality as lockdown restrictions ease, as ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: John Lewis to discuss wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Davison, head of wellbeing at department store chain John Lewis, will be speaking about health and wellbeing on Wednesday 6 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Davison will be giving a presentation for the How To Session titled 'Tools to transform employee wellbeing', which will be taking place on ...
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ArticleExcel Esports recruits people and culture manager
UK esports organisation Excel Esports has hired Abi Odell as its new people and culture manager.In her role, Odell will be responsible for employees’ performance and development, as well as “creating the best operational processes” to fit Excel’s Power of Better programme. She will be focused on building a culture ...
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ArticleVenture Stream to trial four-day working week
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK-based digital marketing agency Venture Stream has announced that it plans to launch a four-day working week for its team of 26 workers beginning 6 September (Monday).According to the agency, whose client portfolio includes Yogamatters, Barbour and Standout, there will be no loss of pay or benefits ...
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Article36% of employers’ mental health support has improved
More than a third (36%) of British employers have improved their mental health support for staff since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to new research by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).Acas commissioned YouGov to ask businesses in Britain about whether they had seen a change ...