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ArticleWest End staff to receive pay increases and flexible working opportunities
Creative practitioners working in London’s West End who are members of the trade union Equity, have voted to accept an agreement in order to receive pay increases and more flexible working opportunities.The majority (98%) of Equity members who work in the West End voted in favour of the new West ...
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ArticleHalf believe benefits are not meeting the needs of multigenerational workforce
Half (50%) of employers do not think their benefits offering is meeting the needs of all generations within their workforce, with 89% believing that they will need to change their package to suit future generations entering the workforce, according to research by Aon.The Benefits and trends survey 2019, which polled ...
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ArticleRicher Sounds and SSE support new campaign to tackle low pay
Retail organisation Richer Sounds, energy business SSE and investment firm Standard Life Aberdeen have been accredited as living hours employers as part of a new initiative by the Living Wage Foundation.The Living Hours campaign, which launched this week, has been designed to tackle insecurity around employee pay and hours, and ...
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ArticleCIPD pilots return-to-work programme to support parents in Yorkshire and the Humber
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced that it will pilot a new return-to-work programme to support parents living in Yorkshire and the Humber who wish to re-enter the workplace.The CIPD Parent Returner Programme, funded by the Government Equalities Office (GEO), has been designed to support parents ...
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ArticleVineyard worker tops the list of most desirable jobs in the UK
Something for the weekend: Despite having a salary well below the national average, the role of vineyard worker has proven most popular among prospective UK employees, according to job listing website Adzuna.The research, which measured the most viewed job titles across the approximately 1.1 million listings that were live on ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: ActionAid employees save £22,841 through benefits platform
EXCLUSIVE: Employees at international charity ActionAid have saved approximately £22,841 since March 2018 by using the organisation’s benefits platform to access retail discounts and free products.ActionAid, which employs around 200 staff in the UK, launched the platform in March 2018, in partnership with provider Perkbox. The platform, which is designed ...
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ArticleSalesforce, Gap and PayPal UK among 2019’s Best Workplaces in the UK
Adobe, Gap, Goodman Masson, Salesforce (pictured), and PayPal UK are among the organisations that have been acknowledged on the UK’s Best Workplaces 2019 list, compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute.The Best Workplaces list is based on results from a workplace culture audit, completed by organisations’ HR departments, which ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Identifying the right mental health support
As our Mental Health Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.The issue of mental health has slowly been climbing its way up employers’ agendas, with an increasing ...
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ArticleSheriff’s captain loses job for using jail inmates to build workplace barbecue
Something for the weekend: With the warmer weather advancing, increasing numbers of employees are daydreaming about firing up the barbie after work. Meanwhile, employers are ever more aware of the need for breakout spaces, down time and social events to boost wellbeing and create a positive work-life balance among staff.However, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid examines HR policies
I am still reeling from the shock. Big Bad Boss has called me in and said they (presumably the Higher Beings on the third floor) want me to update the intranet. What all of it? Big Bad Boss seems to think so. He waves my concerns away with the back ...
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ArticleNell Andrew: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact on individuals and their families. With two women every week and one man every month being killed by a partner or ex-partner, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics in February 2018, having an active, visible workplace policy on domestic abuse ...
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ArticleJacqui Kilburn: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
Domestic abuse has a dramatic impact on all aspects of a woman’s life, including on her employment. We know from our work with survivors that women have lost jobs as a result of their experience of domestic abuse or having to flee their home. We also know that financial concerns, ...
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ArticleMichelle Cronin: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
In December 2018 Thompsons Solicitors pledged its commitment to the GMB union’s Work to Stop Domestic Abuse charter, signed the five-point commitment and pledged to deliver on its aims in full by Autumn 2019, in order to ensure staff across our network of 17 offices have access to support, services ...
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ArticleCeltic Anglian Water reduces absence rate by 2.4 days per employee over two years
Ireland-based design, construction and operations contractor Celtic Anglian Water (Caw) has reduced its absence rate by 2.4 days per employee over two years, as a result of its ongoing health and wellbeing strategy.Caw, which employs approximately 100 employees across operating sites in Dublin, Sligo and Waterford as part of UK ...
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ArticleAlmost three-fifths of UK employees support full pay transparency
Almost three-fifths (56%) of respondents support full pay transparency, according to research by global job site Indeed.The meaning of work, a report which analysed jobseeker trends from Indeed’s monthly visitors over the last five years and surveyed 2,008 UK employees, also found that 74% believe they can do their jobs ...
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ArticleEmerald signs Time to Change pledge to create conversations around mental health
Global learning organisation Emerald has signed the Time to Change employer pledge, to encourage staff to think and act differently around mental health in the workplace, and to promote open conversations among its 500 employees across 130 countries.The Time to Change employer pledge, a social movement operated by mental health ...
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ArticleArm and Bank of America Merrill Lynch shortlisted for Best work-life balance benefits
Technology organisation Arm, financial business Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the London Borough of Waltham Forest are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best benefits to support work-life balance category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This accolade recognises an employer that has implemented benefits, policies and initiatives to flexibly ...
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ArticleANZ launches global loyalty leave policy in 24 countries
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has launched a new loyalty leave policy for staff in 24 of its operating countries, providing five days of paid leave for those with three or more years of consecutive service.The new paid leave policy, which was launched on 20 May 2019, ...
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ArticleAllianz Partners UK hosts wellbeing week for 360 staff
Insurance provider Allianz Partners UK has hosted a wellbeing week for its 360 employees, to help promote positive mental and physical wellbeing.The wellbeing week ran between 1 and 5 April 2019 to coincide with the end of a busy business period; the organisation wanted to encourage staff to relax and ...
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ArticleA third plan to work past age 65 because their pension is not sufficient
Around a third (32%) of respondents plan to work beyond the age of 65 because their pension savings will not be sufficient to allow them to cease earning a wage, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its survey of 1,002 full and part-time employees also found that 25% believe ...