News – Page 132
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ArticlePWC, Motor Neurone Disease Association and Deloitte to speak at Employee Benefits Live
PWC, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Deloitte are among the organisations that will address attendees at Employee Benefits Live 2018 on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October.During the course of the two-day event, delegates will hear experts discuss a wide variety of topics impacting the reward, benefits and compensation ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 35% of organisations have no strategy to reduce sickness absence
EXCLUSIVE: The percentage of organisations that do not have a strategy for reducing sickness absence has risen by 11%, from 24% in 2017 to 35% this year, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018 report, which surveyed 162 respondents in July 2018, ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Keeping employees motivated and engaged
As our Motivation Week, in association with Motivates, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Today’s employers are increasingly able to recognise the strong link between motivation and performance, and ultimately, the bottom line. ...
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ArticleTesters wanted for the world's biggest bouncy castle
Something for the weekend: Applicants are being asked to rise to the challenge of testing the biggest bouncy castle in the world.Any job has its ups and downs, but none more so than this: official bouncy castle testers are being sought to try out the world's largest inflatable obstacle course, ...
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ArticleNoodles and Company to offer maternity leave transition programme with full pay
Image credit: Noodles and CompanyUS restaurant organisation Noodles and Company has announced that from next year, expecting and postpartum mothers will be able to work an 80% schedule four weeks before and four weeks after maternity leave, while receiving full pay.The maternity leave transition programme is an addition to the ...
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ArticleCOSLA offers government workers 3% pay increase to avoid industrial action
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has put forward a pay offer to the local government workforce, represented by trade unions Unison, Unite and GMB, in a bid to avert industrial action.COSLA stated that it has set aside £350 million, which it says represents a 3% pay increase for ...
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ArticleMenzies staff at Luton Airport win 8.75% rise in pay negotiations
Staff employed by Menzies Aviation at Luton Airport who are members of the trade union Unite will receive a wage increase of 8.75%.The agreement was struck after a series of pay negotiations with Menzies, which commenced following a vote by workers in favour of strike action. This has now been ...
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ArticleMore than half of young women would not challenge boss on gender pay gap
Among young women in the workplace, 15% are disappointed by their employer's efforts to tackle the gender pay gap, but more than half (53%) do not have the confidence to challenge their boss on the issue, according to research by Young Women's Trust.The It's (still) a rich man's world report ...
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ArticleCalifornia Cartage Company to pay $3.5m in wages and benefits following investigation
Logistics organisation California Cartage Company has been ordered to pay $3,573,074 (£2,728,363.58) in wages and benefits to 1,416 employees after the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) ruled that it had violated federal contract law.WHD investigators found the employer had failed to pay prevailing wages and required ...
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ArticleCoventry Building Society gives staff three days' paid leave for family emergencies
Coventry Building Society’s 2,500 employees are being given up to three days’ additional paid leave to deal with life-changing events relating to their family or someone they care for.Under the Employee Rights Act, employees have the right to take a reasonable amount of time off to deal with family emergencies. ...
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ArticlePoll: 49% think disability and ethnicity reporting will aid workplace equality
Employee Benefits poll: 49% of respondents agree that mandatory disability and ethnicity reporting will help tackle potential inequality in the workplace.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 49 responses, also found that 39% of readers feel legislation requiring employers to publish figures on disabled and ethnic minority employees would ...
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ArticleBereaved parents given day-one right to two weeks' leave
The workplace right to paid leave for bereaved parents has been officially enshrined in law, with the Parental Leave and Pay Bill achieving Royal Assent.The new law, expected to come into force in 2020, will give all employed parents a day-one right to two weeks' leave if they lose a ...
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ArticleRegular pay growth rate of 2.9% between May and July 2018 outstrips inflation
Average regular pay excluding bonuses in Great Britain increased by 2.9% between May to July 2018, up from 2.7% in the three months to June 2018, according to the latest UK labour market bulletin from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).This pay growth rate has outstripped inflation, which stood at ...
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ArticleMore than half of working men want more involvement in caring responsibilities
More than half (56%) of working men with children or other family responsibilities would prefer to be more involved as carers, according to a study commissioned by Business in the Community (BITC), in partnership with Santander UK.The Equal Lives report, carried out by Avenir Consulting and published in September 2018, ...
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ArticleTwo US-based Thai massage organisations fined $61,317 in back pay
The US Department of Labor has ordered two San Diego-based Thai massage organisations to award 17 employees a total of $61,317 (£47,192.63) after the businesses failed to pay staff the minimum wage rate or for overtime.An investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) found that ...
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ArticleThree-quarters say higher pay would improve their working lives
Three-quarters (75%) of respondents believe that receiving higher pay would improve their working lives the most, according to research by national trade union centre the Trades Union Congress (TUC).Its A future that works for working people report, which surveyed 2,145 UK employees aged 16 and over, also found that 46% ...
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ArticleNottingham and Derbyshire-based Trentbarton bus drivers strike in pay dispute
Around 160 bus drivers at transport organisation Trentbarton in Nottingham and Derbyshire, who are members of the trade union Unite, are undertaking strike action today (Monday 10 September 2018) in a dispute over pay.Unite members who work at Trentbarton voted 70% in favour of strike action, after rejecting the organisation's ...
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ArticleLiebherr Sunderland Works awards 3.3% pay rise to crane assemblers
Manufacturing organisation Liebherr Sunderland Works has awarded a 3.3% pay rise to 30 crane assemblers who are members of the trade union Unite.The pay increase, which was accepted by Unite members on Thursday 6 September 2018, will run between January 2018 and March 2019. The deal also includes staff having ...
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ArticleEskom awards three-year pay deal for permanent staff
South African electric utility organisation Eskom has agreed a three-year pay deal with trade unions representing its permanent employees.The deal, which will apply between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2021, includes a 7.5% pay increase for 2018, a 7% pay rise in 2019-2020 and a further 7% increase in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Jadu gains living wage accreditation
EXCLUSIVE: Technology and creative services organisation Jadu has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The Leicester-based organisation has committed to paying its 80 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour.Jadu decided to implement ...