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ArticleJanet Williamson: How can reward and CSR strategies contribute to the levelling-up agenda?
The government’s levelling up white paper, Levelling up the United Kingdom, was published in February. The first of its 12 missions is that, by 2030, pay, employment and productivity will rise in every part of the UK. Clearly, employers have a huge role to play in making this happen.For too ...
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ArticlePhilippa Cornish: How can reward and CSR strategies contribute to the levelling-up agenda?
With an authentic social purpose, businesses can contribute to levelling up communities, which also furthers their organisation’s aims.Social purpose should be aligned with the overall business strategy to truly achieve social impact.The Edelman Trust Barometer, published in January 2022, found that businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are seen as competent ...
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ArticleAverage woman works for free for two months of the year
The average woman effectively works for free for nearly two months of the year compared to the average man, resulting in a 15% gender pay gap on average, according to new analysis published by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The research revealed that in education there is a 25% gender pay ...
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ArticleEssensys appoints chief people officer
Flexible workspace software provider Essensys has appointed Kally Kang-Kersey as chief people officer.The firm, which has offices in London, Hong Kong, New York and California, said she would develop its culture in the newly created role.A 15-year stint at digital solutions provider Zebra Technologies saw Kang-Kersey rise to the position ...
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ArticleSkiddle to pay music fan to attend festivals
Something for the weekend: Are you a die-hard music fan who needs their festival fix after years of music festivals being cancelled and delayed? Well, you just might be in luck with this job advert, as you can party the summer away and get paid for it too!Ticket platform Skiddle ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps out on a global wellbeing project
It is not often I put my hand up for extra work; I have plenty. But when I heard there is a new global project to look at wellbeing, I knew I wanted to get involved.I reach out to Kirsty, who has been elected in the US to run this ...
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ArticleUK ranks 11th for work-life balance
The UK has been ranked 11th out of 37 countries for its work-life balance - with the Netherlands in the number one spot.Comparison website Small Business Prices analysed a number of factors around the world including average hourly wage; average hours worked per week; minimum annual leave days per year; ...
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ArticleCushon appoints chief people officer
Rapidly growing finance technology provider Cushon has appointed experienced HR practitioner Jo Bean as chief people officer.The firm, which recently completed four acquisitions in 12 months and now has 140 employees, said Bean would focus on embedding values across the expanding business.She will also promote diversity and inclusion activity at ...
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ArticleNumber of employers reporting ethnicity pay gaps plummets
The number of UK organisations reporting on their ethnicity pay gap has fallen by 50% in a year, research has revealed.Data collated by HR insights firm HR DataHub showed that 64 organisations published this information in 2021, a decrease from 129 in 2020.The number reporting on ethnicity and pay has ...
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ArticleMen underrate women's retirement challenges
Six in 10 women feel older female employees are forced out of jobs by tricky workplace cultures, according to research - but fewer men see the problem.A poll of 960 UK savers by online retirement income provider PensionBee found that 61% of females viewed difficult working environments as a challenge ...
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ArticleDarlington Building Society gives staff extra holiday
Darlington Building Society has given all staff two additional days of holiday after again being named an outstanding employer by engagement benchmarking provider Best Companies.The financial institution, based in the North East, said all 160 employees could take the additional allowance at the time of their individual birthdays on top ...
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Article84% of employers have hybrid working in place
Four in five employers have adopted a hybrid working approach in the wake of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), according to research.The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) polled 1,237 managers for the survey, with 41% of these working in the private sector and 59% in the public and non-profit sectors.Findings revealed that 84% of ...
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ArticleAccu to move to four-day working week
Mechanical component supplier Accu has announced plans to move to a permanent four-day working week in April.The Huddersfield business, which employs 80 workers, will ask its project-based teams to take either Monday or Friday off to ensure there are three days in the middle of the week where all employees ...
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ArticleTerence O'Rourke becomes employee owned
The directors of Terence O’Rourke have handed ownership of the planning and design consultancy to its staff.The firm, which has offices in London, Birmingham and Bournemouth, established an employee ownership trust (EOT).Founded in 1985, Terence O’Rourke has remained in private ownership for more than 36 years, but its board wanted ...
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ArticleReassured appoints first chief people officer
Life insurance broker Reassured has appointed Mareena Flint as its first chief people officer.The Hampshire firm said the former Everyday Loans Group HR director would strengthen its executive team “in line with strategic business objectives”.Flint spent five years at Everyday Loans, with the first half of her stint there as ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 11 February – 17 February 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 11 February and 17 February 2022 were: Lynda Gratton: We need to understand how hybrid work motivates employees2022 pay rise budgets soarAldi gives staff pay rise from February 2022UK employers to give staff 2.9% pay rise in 2022 How is ESG changing ...
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ArticleOcean Holidays Group becomes living wage employer
Ocean Holidays Group has become an accredited living wage employer, resulting in all its full-time workers earning at least £23,000 per year.The Essex-based firm, which has more than 150 employees, joined almost 9,000 employers including Google, Ikea and Everton Football club in achieving certification from the Living Wage Foundation.Accredited businesses ...
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ArticleSSQ transitions to employee ownership
Legal search and recruitment consultancy SSQ has become an employee-owned business in a bid to provide long-term stability for its employees.All shares in the London-headquartered business, which has several international offices, have been sold to an employee ownership trust (EOT) for an undisclosed sum.SSQ said the move would enable all ...
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Article64% of staff fear managers won't spot poor mental health
Two-thirds of employees are concerned that their managers would not spot the signs of poor mental health, research has revealed.A poll of more than 2,000 people working at organisations across the UK, commissioned by the South Westminster Business Alliance, found that 64% had little faith in their bosses to identify ...
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ArticleAdrian Blair appointed as people director for Mencap
Mencap has appointed Adrian Blair as people director.Blair will start is new role at the charity, which supports people with learning disabilities and has 8,500 employees, in April.Blair has spent almost five years as director of people and organisational development at fellow charity Diabetes UK. He developed a strategy to ...