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    Tyler Perry gifts ex-employee designer bags for birthday

    2022-10-21T10:01:03Z

    Image credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: American actor, filmmaker and playwrite Tyler Perry (pictured) has proven that the perks of being on his staff do not stop after handing in your notice, with an extravagant birthday gift of multiple designer handbags sent to an ex-employee.Actress Crystal ...

  • 20 October 2022
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 14 - 20 October 2022

    2022-10-21T08:00:08Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 and 20 October 2022 were: Aldi expands menopause support with manager trainingWest Midland Metro staff to strike for 53 days over payJeremy Hunt reverses almost all mini Budget tax decisionsBT Group appoints chief human resources officerMinistry of Defence incentivises cycling to ...

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    Burberry increases salaries for lowest-paid staff

    2022-10-20T11:10:58Z

    Credit: Sorbis / Shutterstock.comFashion brand Burberry has increased the salaries of its lowest-paid staff in order to match the current real living wage pay figures as decided by the Living Wage Foundation, and to help with the rising cost of living.The business, which employs 3,000 people in the UK, has ...

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    Royal Mail to pay upwards of £100,000 in bonus whistleblower case

    2022-10-20T11:10:30Z

    Royal Mail has been ordered to pay a recommended sum of more than £100,000 to an employee due to bullying and unfair dismissal after she blew the whistle on potential fraudulent activity relating to bonuses.The case, Ms K Jhuti v Royal Mail Group, saw the claimant Kam Jhuti allege a ...

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    Quorn employees strike over cost-of-living pay dispute

    2022-10-20T09:58:54Z

    Credit: The Image Party / Shutterstock.comEmployees at vegetarian and vegan food product business Quorn have commenced strike action today (20 October) over a cost-of-living pay rise dispute.The fermenter and chiller technicians, maintenance, laboratory and effluent treatment plant staff, who are members of trade union Unite, started demonstrations at 8am at ...

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    Go-Ahead awards London bus staff 10.5% pay rise

    2022-10-19T10:14:25Z

    Credit: JessicaGirvan / Shutterstock.comMore than 3,000 bus staff employed by the Go-Ahead Group in London have secured a 10.5% pay increase.Go-Ahead initially presented an offer of 9%, which was rejected by the employees, who are members of trade union Unite. An improved 10.5% deal was then offered, as the union ...

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    Ogi gives staff £1,200 support payment

    2022-10-18T10:24:40Z

    Welsh internet business Ogi has introduced a series of measures to support its workforce during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, including a £1,200 payment.Ogi introduced the payment for approximately 70% of its 160 members of staff. From October, these employees will receive a £400 addition to their salaries, lasting for three ...

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    Jeremy Hunt reverses almost all mini Budget tax decisions

    2022-10-17T11:02:28Z

    Image credit: photocosmos1 / Shutterstock.comIn an unscheduled budget update today (17 October), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (pictured) has announced that the government will reverse almost all tax decisions made in the mini Budget in September, aside from those already in the process of Parliamentary legislation.Following the Mini Budget, ...

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    West Midland Metro staff to strike for 53 days over pay

    2022-10-17T10:55:00Z

    Credit: Alex Daniels / Shutterstock.comMore than 174 West Midland Metro employees have announced 53 days of strike action in a dispute over pay.The strike action began on Saturday 15 October, and has been scheduled to continue until Saturday 5 January 2023.The striking employees, who are members of trade union Unite, ...

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    Bunker Holding Group expands paid parental leave

    2022-10-17T10:12:39Z

    Danish bunker supplier Bunker Holding Group has extended its paid parental leave allowance to 20 weeks for all of its 1,600 employees across 34 countries.This was introduced in order to boost the time parents can spend with their newborn child and to bring stronger workplace equality between genders.As well as ...

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    Stansted Airport implements 10% minimum pay increase

    2022-10-14T10:36:11Z

    More than 1,000 fire fighters, security officers, cleaners and passenger ambassadors employed by Stansted Airport have accepted a 10% minimum pay rise via a ballot.The improved pay offer agreement consists of an 8% increase backdated to 1 April 2022, and 2% from 1 October 2022, ending the threat of strike ...

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    Cardiff University awards staff £500 cost-of-living payment

    2022-10-14T10:05:42Z

    Cardiff University has given parts its workforce a one-off £500 payment to be included in the November payroll, to help cope with the cost-of-living crisis.The executive board and council of the university, which employs 7,000 people, approved the payment earlier this week, and it was announced during a webinar.It will ...

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    Healthcare benefit cost growth projected to rise to 10% in 2023

    2022-10-14T09:54:00Z

    Research has revealed that the growth in healthcare benefit costs rose from 8.2% in 2021 to 8.8% in 2022, with a projected rise to a global average of 10% in 2023, the highest level in nearly 15 years.According to The 2023 Global medical trends survey of global medical insurers, conducted ...

  • 13 October 2022
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    The top 10 most-read articles between 7 - 13 October 2022

    2022-10-14T08:00:38Z

    The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 7 and 13 October 2022 were: Natwest Group launches digital wellbeing platform for staffDiageo introduces support app to mark World Mental Health DayVirgin Media O2 launches £1,400 cost-of-living payment and improved leave policiesEXCLUSIVE: Sipsmith introduces financial wellbeing supportEXCLUSIVE: Ollie Ollerton says changing ...

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    Darlington Building Society expands benefits and gives staff one-off payment

    2022-10-13T10:30:04Z

    Darlington Building Society has awarded its 190 employees with a one-off £1,000 payment and expanded its benefits package.A £500 payment was given to the workforce this month in order to support them with cost of living challenges, with another £500 to be awarded in December.To mark World Mental Health Day ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2022 speaker slides

    2022-10-13T10:25:12Z

    Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2022, which took place on 5-6 October 2022 at ExCeL London.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakersK1: Diversity, equality ...

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    Pret a Manger increases pay for second time in 2022

    2022-10-12T10:31:42Z

    Pret a Manger has implemented a 5% pay increase from 1 December, for all UK employees across shops and its support centre, to support them during the rising cost of living.The coffee and food retail chain said that the pay increase will be awarded to shop employees irrespective of age, ...

  • Asda reports 8.4% mean gender pay gap
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    Asda ends premium pay trial for grocery delivery drivers

    2022-10-12T09:55:02Z

    Supermarket chain Asda has announced that, as of on 21 October, it will end the £1.50-an-hour pay premium introduced in the summer to help attract and retain grocery delivery drivers.More than 1,500 drivers who deliver from certain London stores, including Charlton, Wembley and Colindale, as well as outlets in Bristol ...

  • Hitachi Solutions reports mean gender pay gap of 22.2%
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    Government raises gender pay gap reporting threshold

    2022-10-12T09:47:47Z

    The government has changed the threshold for gender pay gap reporting from 250 to 500 employees In a move to reduce red tape for medium-sized organisations in the UK.Prime minister Liz Truss said the change, effective from 3 October, would boost productivity and growth, by reducing burdensome administration and paperwork ...

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    59% disagree with regulation to reduce strike action

    2022-10-11T08:00:56Z

    Employee Benefits poll: More than half (59%) of respondents disagreed with the government's move to curtail strike disruption, through regulation that unions have to bring all pay proposals to a vote.In comparison, 41% of respondents to an online survey conducted by Employee Benefits said that they did agree with the ...