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Article32.5% of organisations had no 2022 Christmas party or bonus
Employee Benefits poll: Almost a third (32.5%) of organisations did not give their staff a Christmas party or a bonus last year, according to an online survey among Employee Benefits readers.Conversely, 22.2% of respondents hosted a festive party for their employees, and 20% gave their workforce a Christmas bonus.Meanwhile, 32.5% ...
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ArticleAnn Summers reports 35.2% mean gender pay gap
Credit: Roger Utting / Shutterstock.comRetail business Ann Summers has reported a mean gender pay gap for 2022 of 35.2%, and a median gap of 31%, higher than the mean national average of 17.1%.Ann Summers' mean bonus pay gap for 2022 was -168.6% in favour of women, and its median bonus ...
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ArticleChew Valley Roofing becomes accredited living wage employer
Roofing services firm Chew Valley Roofing has become accredited as a living wage employer.The organisation has committed to pay every member of staff a minimum hourly wage of £10.90, which is higher than the government minimum for those aged 23 and above, which currently stands at £9.50 per hour and ...
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ArticleSantander Consumer UK reports 26.5% mean gender pay gap
Santander Consumer UK has reported that its mean average pay gap for 2022 was 26.5%, while its median gap was 26.6%.According to the business, these figures were both 3.9 percentage lower than in 2021.Women occupied 34.5% of the highest paid jobs and 63.8% of the lowest paid jobs, while 65.5% ...
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ArticleTaylor Swift's feline friend earns £81.6 million as animal influencer
Something for the weekend: The cost-of-living crisis is of no concern to celebrity feline influencer Olivia Benson, who has earned a whopping $97 million (£81.6 million) net worth working alongside best friend Taylor Swift.The Scottish Fold earned her fortune starring alongside Swift in several music videos, in addition to having ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 30 December 2022 - 5 January 2023
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 December 2022 - 5 January 2023 were: Bentley and Unilever among best employers for shift-based employeesSnowflake measures success of automated benefits programmeWill automation and AI revolutionise the world of benefits in 2023?Media Mantra updates leave policy to enhance inclusion and wellbeingEmployee ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We have just started the annual review process and the whole reward team has to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to partner through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up ...
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ArticleStagecoach gives Sunderland drivers 11% pay rise
Bus drivers employed by Stagecoach in Sunderland have accepted an 11% pay rise and £150 bonus, backdated to 1 December 2022, ending their long-running strike.Three-quarters of the drivers, members of the trade union GMB, voted to accept the pay increase, which is more than the offer they received last year, ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s boosts pay to at least £11 an hour
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has increased the pay of 127,000 hourly paid employees to at least £11 per hour, in a policy that will be effective from February.As part of a £205 million investment, hourly retail pay at Sainsbury’s and Argos have been increased from £10.25 to £11.00 per hour, and ...
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ArticleE.On reports 13.7% mean hourly gender pay gap
Energy provider E.On reported that its mean hourly gender pay gap for 2022 was 13.7%, up 0.2% from 2021.The business’ median hourly gender pay gap for 2022 was 25.1%, up 2.2% from the previous year.According to E.On, the main drivers of its pay gap in 2022 were that it employs ...
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ArticleSt John and Elizabeth Hospital to pay £75,000 in workplace health claim
A London employment tribunal has ruled that private healthcare business St John and Elizabeth Hospital must pay £75,000 to an ex-employee in what it deemed was a case of unfair dismissal.The case, Ms E Kalhor v The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, concerned an employee who resigned from ...
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Article53% of employers planning pay rises of at least 5% in 2023
More than half (53%) of employers said they intend to give staff pay increases of at least 5% in 2023, according to an Incomes Data Research poll.The survey of 181 large private sector organisations found that 24% anticipated awarding an increase of 6% or more, and 25% intended to make ...
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ArticleWickes reports 7.4% mean gender pay gap
Home improvement retailer Wickes has reported a mean gender pay gap of 7.4%, up from 6.4% in 2021.The business, which published its second gender pay gap report since becoming an independent listed employer, also reported a 2.6% median gender pay gap for 2022, narrowing from 8.4% last year.Wickes stated that ...
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ArticleSoaring Santa demand means sackfuls of cash for festive entertainers
Something for the weekend: Santas little helpers can name their price this year, as US-based holiday entertainer hiring website HireSanta.com has revealed it is overwhelmed with tree-mendously high demand.In a video interview with news website NPR, Mitch Allen, founder and self-described ‘head elf’ at HireSanta.com, explained that the business has ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 December 2022 were: Northern Ireland government confirms £1,400 NHS pay awardJacob’s Cream Crackers gives 6.5% pay riseGovernment awards £1.97 million to help women in the workplaceEmployers using pay to drive performance outperform peersBillionaire boss hires out Disney World exclusively ...
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ArticleFDM Group reports -4% mean gender pay gap
Recruitment business FDM Group has published its gender pay gap report for 2022, having achieved a mean gender pay gap of -4%.The organisation's median gender pay gap for this year was -4.3%, having narrowed compared with last year’s figure of -9.6%, but remaining well below the UK average median pay ...
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ArticleNursing staff strike in dispute over fair pay
Approximately 100,000 nursing staff have commenced strike action across England, Northern Ireland and Wales today (15 December) in an ongoing dispute about fair pay and patient safety.The nurses have campaigned for a pay rise, and announced their intention to resort to industrial action last month, stating that without pay to ...
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ArticleImperial College London reports 16.6% mean gender pay gap
Imperial College London has published its gender pay gap report for the sixth time, showing a mean gender pay gap of 16.6% for 2022, which is higher than the 13.9% national mean gender pay gap.The university's mean hourly rate for total pay was £27.49 for women and £32.97 for men, ...