News – Page 51
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ArticleCurrys introduces hybrid-working model
Retailer Currys has launched a hybrid-working model for 1,400 corporate head office UK employees.The initiative, which has been launched in conjunction with global flexible workspace provider WeWork, will provide these sections of Currys workforce with WeWork's All Access passes so they can visit more than 50 UK flexible work locations ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of European employers to prioritise tailored rewards
New research has revealed that more than two-thirds of organisations across Europe will prioritise offering more tailored rewards for workers who have critical skills.According to the 2022 Reimagining work and rewards survey by global advisory, broking and solutions firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW), in which it spoke to 1,650 worldwide ...
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ArticleFreshfields reveals gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has published its 2021 UK pay gap report, which includes gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation pay gap data.The firm, which has published its gender pay gap since 2017 and its ethnicity pay gap since 2018, has included data on its disability and sexual ...
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ArticleHargreaves Lansdown launches trans and non-binary equality policy
Financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) has introduced its first ever dedicated trans and non-binary equality policy, designed to protect and support its trans and non-binary employees.Launched today (28 March) just ahead of International Transgender Day of Visibility (31 March), Hargreaves Lansdown worked with its LGBTQ+ network Kaleidoscope to create ...
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Article64% of UK staff would take pay cut for other benefits
Almost two-thirds of UK workers (64%) would consider taking a pay cut if a new role offered other benefits, according to a study.Insurer Aviva’s latest How we live report revealed that 22% would think about taking a lower salary if they had a hybrid working option, while 31% would do ...
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ArticleVirtana appoints vice president of people
Virtana, a provider of AI-driven solutions for hybrid cloud management and monitoring, has appointed Kimberly Perryman as its new vice president of people.Perryman, who joins with 15 years of experience leading people functions at technology firms, will promote and strengthen the business’ commitment to people development and focus on creating ...
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Article44% of staff say employer advertises better benefits to new hires
Just above two-fifths (44%) of UK employees say their employer has advertised better benefits packages for new hires, including offering ones they do not currently receive.A survey conducted by HR solutions firm LHH examined the views of 2,000 UK workers, and more than 1,000 HR directors and heads of learning ...
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ArticleWest Mercia Police’s gender pay gap falls
West Mercia Police has reported a 9.8% hourly pay mean gender pay gap for 2021, which has decreased from 10.5% in 2020.It means the force’s hourly pay mean pay gap has narrowed every year since 2018, where it was 13%. In 2019, it stood at 12.8%.Meanwhile, its hourly pay median ...
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ArticleMaking post-pandemic working more pawsome
Something for the weekend: The tail-wagging, excited-until-I’ll-explode welcome those of us who have dogs brace ourselves for as we walk in the door each evening is one of the things that makes the daily treadmill of commute/work/sleep bearable.The unconditional love dogs have for their ‘hoomans’ means the fact dog ownership ...
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ArticleBritish Association of Dental Nurses introduces menopause policy
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has launched a menopause policy that is applicable to all dental practices from yesterday (23 March) in a bid to retain dental nurses.The policy includes recommended support that dental practice employers can offer menopausal employees, such as having a menopause champion in the ...
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ArticleBalfour Beatty reports reduced gender pay gap
International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has published its 2021 Gender pay report, which revealed that its mean gender pay gap has fallen from 27% in 2018 to 21% in 2021 and its median gap from 33% to 18%.Furthermore, its mean gender bonus gap for 2021 is 29% and the media ...
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Article72% of UK office staff would prefer a four-day week
New data has highlighted that almost three-quarters (72%) of UK office workers said they would prefer a four-day working week while still receiving the same salary and having the same amount of work to do.The Changing behaviours of a flexible workforce in 2022 and beyond research, which was commissioned by ...
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ArticleKreston Reeves appoints new HR director
Accountants, business and financial advisory firm Kreston Reeves has appointed Sharn Manku as its new HR director, as it looks further to develop its HR and training function.Manku joins from tax and accounting information and technology provider Wolters Kluwer, where she was head of human resources for three business units ...
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ArticleHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employers
Banks HSBC UK, First Direct and M&S Bank have pledged to support their employees by joining the Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme this month (March).Since it was launched in 2019 by the charity Endometriosis UK, more than 80 public, private and non-profit organisations have joined the scheme, so committing to developing ...
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ArticleBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demands
Food delivery workers based in Belfast will be staging a six-hour strike today (Wednesday) as part of their demands for a minimum income guarantee of at least £10 per hour plus operating costs.Work will be stopped between the hours of 11am and 5pm, with a public protest to be held ...
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ArticleBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it will cover the cost of prescriptions for its employees who take Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT) from next month (April).According to the business, which employs 51,000 team members across the UK, with 80% being women, the move is part of its aim to ...
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ArticleYorkshire Housing reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Housing association Yorkshire Housing has revealed that it has a median ethnicity pay gap of 0% and a mean ethnicity pay gap of 4%, in its first ever report of this kind.The business, which has 700 employees working across Yorkshire, has published its ethnicity pay gap for the first time ...
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ArticleFirst Hydrogen UK hires chief human resources officer
First Hydrogen UK has appointed Luisa Ferres Meyer as chief human resources officer to support growth strategies as it develops its first hydrogen-fuelled and zero-emissions utility vehicles.Ferres Meyer has previously led people and talent management strategies for automotive brand Tesla, where she was responsible for strategic and tactical HR management ...
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Article57% of staff find employer’s parental leave policy inadequate
Almost three in five (57%) employees said that they think their employer’s parental leave policy and attitude to new parents is inadequate, according to new research.The 2022 Parental leave study was conducted by Fertility Family, which surveyed employees at 116 UK businesses to find out whether men and women felt ...
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ArticleIpsos implements paid leave for pregnancy loss
London-based market research business Ipsos has introduced paid leave for employees who have had a pregnancy loss or are undergoing fertility treatment, regardless of their length of service.Any employee going through pregnancy loss will be given up to four weeks of paid leave and paid time off to allow them ...