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    Centrica offers reproductive health and fertility testing for employees

    2021-05-24T09:22:14Z

    Centrica has announced that its is providing employees with reproductive health and fertility support by partnering with reproductive healthcare benefits provider Fertifa.Centrica will be offering its 18,500 UK and Ireland-based employees’ the health support as a workplace benefit.Staff who work across Centrica’s British Gas, Bord Gais Energy, Centrica Business Solutions, ...

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    Arup unveils hybrid model to offer employees work flexibility

    2021-05-24T08:00:50Z

    Engineering and design company Arup has announced a new hybrid model, known as Work Unbound, that will offer its staff more flexibility in how and where they work.The model will allow the firm’s 6,000 UK employees to work flexible hours over the course of Monday to Sunday, with the option ...

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    Tribunal awards temp worker holiday pay accrued on furlough

    2021-05-21T15:08:46Z

    An employment tribunal has found a recruitment agency withheld holiday pay from a temporary worker while she was on furlough.The worker, Miss K Healy, claimed that temporary work agency Start People, which employed her, did not pay holiday pay that had been accrued while she was on furlough between March ...

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    Two-thirds of employers offer enhanced maternity pay

    2021-05-21T12:44:45Z

    Enhanced maternity pay is offered by almost two-thirds of organisations, with almost the same proportion providing paternity pay that is more generous than statutory requirements. However, only a quarter offer enhanced shared parental pay.A survey by XpertHR of 375 organisations that collectively employ almost one million staff found that the ...

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    Abel & Cole offers employees paid leave for miscarriages

    2021-05-21T10:37:28Z

    Organic grocery retailer Abel & Cole has announced it will be offering all members of staff two weeks of paid leave if they, or their partner, suffer a pregnancy loss.The paid leave policy will also be available to employees in the event of miscarriage, abortion and ectopic or molar pregnancies.According ...

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    HR teams miss workplace kitchen chats

    2021-05-21T09:29:22Z

    Something for the weekend: Have you been longing for those watercooler conversations, days out with office pals, and gossipy lunches with your office bestie to return? New research has found HR teams are most likely to be missing workplace kitchen chats as employees continue to work from home during the ...

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    31% of UK women believe they have a good work-life balance

    2021-05-21T09:22:31Z

    New research has revealed that just 31% of UK-based women believe they have a good work-life balance - a fall from 71% before the pandemic.Deloitte Global conducted a survey, entitled Women @ work: a global outlook, among 5,000 women in 10 countries - including 500 working in the UK - ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 13 May – 20 May 2021

    2021-05-21T08:26:40Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 13 May – 20 May 2021 were: Get paid £1,000 to test bottomless brunchesDaisy Hooper: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?Modibodi offers leave for menstruation, menopause and miscarriagesClare Fletcher: Should employees cut pay for staff who ...

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    Hallam introduces compassionate leave for miscarriages

    2021-05-20T09:04:28Z

    Digital marketing agency Hallam has offered five days of compassionate leave for both female and male employees in the event of a miscarriage.The policy includes paid leave for any associated or follow-up medical appointments and fertility treatment, as well as two days of paid leave when menstruation returns afterwards.The provision ...

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    25% of employees would accept pay cut for four-day week

    2021-05-20T08:20:57Z

    Research by office designers MoreySmith has revealed that one in four employees would move to working a four-day week even if their wages were reduced by one-fifth.The survey of 1,017 UK adults in full or part-time work focused on asking about people’s expectations of work, following 14 months of Covid-19 ...

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    Hargreaves Lansdown launches menstruation and menopause policy

    2021-05-19T09:30:07Z

    Financial services organisation Hargreaves Lansdown has announced the launch of its first menstruation and menopause policy.The company's new policy aims to raise awareness and understanding, outline the support available and allow colleagues to openly and comfortably instigate conversations about menstruation and the menopause.Employees can find out what potential menstruation and ...

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    Wates Group offers 4,000 staff mental health training

    2021-05-18T08:33:32Z

    Construction, property services and residential development company Wates Group is offering its 4,000 employees training in building personal resilience to boost mental health and wellbeing.The business-wide programme, named ‘Bouncing Back’, will begin in June and aims to provide staff with strategies to help to build a resilience toolkit of approaches ...

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    Modibodi offers employees leave for menstruation, menopause and miscarriages

    2021-05-17T10:10:47Z

    Sustainable period pants brand Modibodi has launched a new policy offering its employees paid leave for menstruation, menopause and miscarriage symptoms.Employees will be entitled to an additional 10 days paid personal leave per year in addition to the organisation's existing sick leave entitlements. Modibodi said these days are to be ...

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    Group risk industry paid record claims to employees in 2020

    2021-05-17T08:00:27Z

    Research by Group Risk Development (Grid) has revealed the UK group risk industry paid a record £2.01 billion in claims to employees and dependants in 2020.This is equivalent to £5.5 million a day and an increase of £255.7 million since 2019. A total of 4,476 employees were helped back to ...

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    Global Marine Group launches flexible working and wellbeing initiative

    2021-05-14T10:00:15Z

    Telecommunications and offshore renewables company Global Marine Group (GMG) has launched a remote working programme to allow its employees across the world to have more control over their flexible working and wellbeing.GMG Evolution has been designed to encourage remote working for all 900 members of staff, who work in multiple ...

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    Get paid £1,000 to test bottomless brunches

    2021-05-14T05:00:27Z

    Something for the weekend: It’s a tough job but someone has to do it. Social review platform Psydro is on the hunt for a team of 10 lucky souls to test bottomless brunches - and will even pay them for the privilege.Successful applicants will be required to review one meal ...

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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid declutters her inbox

    2021-05-14T05:00:18Z

    Who are these people who achieve ‘inbox zero’ with their email? I think it must be an urban myth put about by people who have personal assistants. Still, I always used to aim for a white space at the bottom of my inbox by the end of the day. How ...

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    The top 10 most-read articles between 6 May – 12 May 2021

    2021-05-14T05:00:13Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 6 May – 12 May 2021 were: Dixons Carphone announces 9% pay rise and investment in staff wellbeingKPMG unveils flexible hybrid working modelHow can employees make flexible working schemes relevant post-pandemic? Improving morale with Ed SheeranHas workplace menopause support improved in recent ...

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    58% think office working will repair their mental health

    2021-05-13T10:01:23Z

    More than half of employees want to return to office life to improve their mental health after the isolation of remote working.This is the finding of new research by Canada Life, which revealed that 58% of those who will return to workplaces plan to do so because they are actually ...

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    Medway Community Healthcare introduces occupational health services

    2021-05-13T09:18:49Z

    Medway Community Healthcare has revealed plans to offer its staff a range of occupational health services.The social enterprise, which works to help and improve local communities, will provide employees across the organisation with pre-employment health assessments, referral assessments and management, and vaccination and immunity testing.The services will be provided by ...