News – Page 48
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 22 April – 27 April 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 22 April and 27 April 2022 were: Unum UK introduces electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemeBest Benefits Communications shortlist unveiled for Employee Benefits Awards 2022Saga and Card Factory make Best Benefits to Support Employees Post-Pandemic shortlist at Employee Benefits Awards 202275% of employers ...
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ArticleIpsos and John Lewis shortlisted for Best Benefits to Support Menopause, Fertility or Pregnancy
Market research business Ipsos, department store chain John Lewis Partnership, and oil and gas firm BP are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best Benefits to Support Menopause, Fertility or Pregnancy category, at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022.A new award for 2022, this accolade recognises a benefits offering that supports ...
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ArticleSantander UK appoints new chief people officer
Santander UK has appointed Juan Ignacio Echeverria (pictured) as its chief people officer.Reporting to chief executive officer Mike Regnier, Echeverria will join the UK executive committee in the coming weeks, and will be responsible for building on the bank’s people strategy.He has nearly 30 years’ experience in financial services and ...
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Article71% say their employer increased its mental health focus due to Covid
The majority (71%) of employees surveyed said their business increased its focus on mental health due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus), but only 25% said their employer has maintained that focus in the past year.Mental health and wellbeing solutions provider Headspace Health’s Fourth annual workforce attitudes toward mental health report compiled data ...
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ArticleMarketing Signals introduces four-day week
Search engine marketing agency Marketing Signals has announced that its 24 full-time salaried members of staff will be able to work a four-day week as of next month.The agency has added 30 minutes to each working day and removed one full day per week, resulting in the working week decreasing ...
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ArticleIntercom recruits first chief people officer
Engagement operating system Intercom has added L. David Kingsley (pictured) as its first chief people officer across its operating cities of Dublin, London, Chicago, San Francisco and Sydney.According to Intercom, which focuses on innovation and delivering breakthrough value to customers, its mission is to make internet business personal and implement ...
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ArticleSaga and Card Factory make Best Benefits to Support Employees Post-Pandemic shortlist at Employee Benefits Awards 2022
Insurance firm Saga, greeting cards retailer Card Factory and investment banking business Morgan Stanley are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best Benefits to Support Employees Post-Pandemic category, which is sponsored by Salary Finance, at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022.This accolade, which is a new award for 2022, recognises an ...
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ArticleUnum UK introduces electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Employee benefits provider Unum UK has launched an electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme for its 800-plus permanent employees, to coincide with Earth Day (22 April).The initiative, backed by the Octopus Electric Dreams Car Scheme, allows staff to choose from a wide range of EV models with no up-front payment ...
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ArticleBest Benefits Communications shortlist unveiled for Employee Benefits Awards 2022
Copyright: www.tellingphotography.comSupermarket retailer Aldi Stores, telecommunications business Sky and banking group BNP Paribas are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best Benefits Communications category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022.This accolade recognises the most effective and engaging benefits communication strategies implemented by employers.The full shortlist for this category is:Aldi StoresBNP ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 April – 21 April 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 April and 21 April 2022 were: Tesco to pay staff thank-you bonus of 1.25% of annual wagesEmployee Benefits Awards 2022 Benefits Professional of the Year award shortlist revealedAsda partners with Workday for enhanced employee experienceAdapting pay strategies to cope with the ...
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ArticleNTT Data UK hires vice president of HR
Global IT services provider NTT Data UK has appointed Evelyn Healy (pictured) as vice president of human resources, where she will head up its HR function across the UK.Healy will focus on creating a people-centred approach within the business, while also building and delivering organisational capability. Alongside this, she will ...
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ArticleAsda partners with Workday for enhanced employee experience
UK supermarket chain Asda, which employs more than 140,000 people, has selected finance and HR cloud application provider Workday as part of its aim to support its global workforce by delivering an enhanced employee experience.According to the supermarket, it chose Workday to gain a unified view of its workforce and ...
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Article46% of HR teams gather data about reward inequalities
Research from HR solutions firm XpertHR has revealed that 46% of HR teams captured data about reward inequalities and 53% gather metrics on their diversity and equality.For its HR Roles and Responsibilities 2022 survey, XpertHR canvassed HR professionals at 242 UK organisations, with a combined workforce of 154,517 employees. Two-thirds ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2022 Benefits Professional of the Year award shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the Benefits Professional of the Year category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022 has been unveiled.The Benefits Professional of the Year award celebrates in-house HR and benefits professionals who have made a significant contribution to their organisation and to the industry as a whole.The full category shortlist ...
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ArticleMoneypenny recruits new people director
Call and live chat services firm Moneypenny has appointed Charlotte Ashdown as people director as of this month.Ashdown previously spent 13 years at Iceland Foods Headquarters, where she was head of HR. According to Moneypenny, she is an expert in people and development, and has experience and a passion for ...
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ArticleThird of women leaving SMEs want more inclusive benefits
More than a third (36%) of female staff at small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) who are planning to leave their role in the first half of 2022 said they want more inclusive benefits, according to research by employee engagement specialist Sodexo Engage.The survey collected responses from more than 1,000 ...
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ArticleEmployment on the rise but real pay growth falters
The number of payrolled employees has increased between February and March 2022 for all regions of the UK except for the North West, according to research from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).For the three months ending February 2022, the highest employment rate estimate in the UK was in the ...
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ArticleGlobal Web Index promotes Chelsea Coates to CPO
Chelsea Coates, formerly vice president of people at London-based technology scale-up Global Web Index (GWI), has been promoted to chief people officer (CPO) as of 1 April.Following its latest series B funding of $180 million (£136.9 million), Coates will play a critical role in supporting GWI through the next phase ...
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ArticleAntarctic post trades home comforts for counting penguins
Something for the weekend: Most of us have dreamed of getting away from it all, particularly after two years spent in various stages of lockdown, but this could well become the reality for a handful of individuals. All they need to do is apply for the opportunity to live and ...
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ArticleDomino’s hires new people director
Pizza chain Domino’s has appointed Kirsty Pitcher as people director to lead the evolution of its people strategy.Pitcher, who stepped into the role from 14 March, will focus on advancing the organisation’s inclusion and diversity agenda, its recruitment and retention, and embedding its core values into the culture of the ...