News – Page 56
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ArticleRomulus offers staff free e-bike travel
Property business Romulus has formed a partnership with green micro-mobility firm HumanForest to provide its employees with e-bikes.The agreement began yesterday (24 January) with an initial trial period of three months that will allow all the London firm's 55 employees, occupiers and co-working members 20 minutes of free riding every ...
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ArticlePoll: 91% of employers aiming to bring in new wellbeing benefits
Employee Benefits poll: More than 90% of organisations intend to introduce new wellbeing benefits this year, as employers begin to look beyond the pandemic yet recognise health and wellbeing will remain a priority for many employees.Of organisations surveyed in an online poll, almost all (91%) agreed that they would be ...
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Article32% want to return to the office for their mental health
Nearly one-third of working Brits want to return to their offices this month (January) because they feel it would improve their mental health, according to new research.Smart building management platform Infogrid interviewed 2,000 UK employees via a OnePoll online survey for its 2022 Hybrid workplace report, which revealed that 32% ...
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ArticleFamily Law Group transfers ownership to staff
Law firm Family Law Group has announced that it will transfer ownership to its staff in order to become an employee ownership trust (EOT).Three-quarters of the group, which currently has more than 130 employees across 10 offices, will now be owned by the EOT. All staff, regardless of seniority, will ...
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Article82% of employers expect staff to work remotely into the future
New research has discovered that organisations are looking to continue flexibility over where and when people work, with 82% expecting employees to work remotely into the future at least part of the time, and spend on average two days every week away from the office.Real-estate and investment business JLL’s Perspectives ...
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ArticleAxa UK and Ireland hires new chief people and CR officer
Axa UK and Ireland has announced the appointment of Suzanne Scott as its new chief people and corporate responsibility (CR) officer as of 1 May 2022.Scott will succeed Lucinda Charles-Jones, who has decided to step away at the end of April.Within her new role, Scott will be accountable for the ...
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Article78% of UK staff would move job for remote working
New data has revealed that 78% of UK employees would change their jobs if they were offered the chance to work fully remotely on a permanent basis.A survey of 1,021 UK workers, undertaken by Marketing Signals, found that, when asked why working remotely would make them move jobs, 60% said ...
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ArticleBarton’s blog: How will reward strategies respond to soaring inflation rates?
The cost-of-living crisis hit the headlines this week, as the Office for National Statistics announced the consumer prices index (CPI) of inflation rose faster than expected to a 30-year high of 5.4% in December 2021. Despite news of higher starting salaries and rises in basic pay increases, UK households face ...
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ArticleA chance to become monarch of all you survey?
Something for the weekend: With ‘the great resignation’ still in full swing, many employees are mulling over potential new opportunities right now. Flexible working? Tick. More job satisfaction? Tick. More money? Tick. Throne, ‘crown’, sword and beer thrown all over me? Sorry, what?The Ship Inn on the remote island of ...
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ArticleThree days left to enter Employee Benefits Awards 2022
HR, reward and benefits professionals who want their organisation or team to be in with a chance of winning an award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, only have three days left to enter.This is the last chance for both individuals and teams to enter and ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 January – 20 January 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 January and 20 January 2022 were: 2022 pay rise budgets soarRocco Forte Hotels launches engagement programmeFour-day week pilot introduced in the UKMercedes-Benz staff to strike over pay48% of employers do not have IVF policiesTop tips for introducing or updating health-related leave ...
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ArticleNew chief people officer for cybersecurity firm Egress
Cybersecurity firm Egress has appointed a new chief people officer to manage and develop its 250 UK employees and 300 globally.Laura Probert joined the organisation just before Christmas, following working in similar positions for gambling products firm Scientific Games, and Xaxis, an agency within advertising giant WPP.She has more than ...
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ArticleBentley Motors and Harrods certified as 2022 top employers
Car manufacturer Bentley Motors, bank Santander UK and retail business Harrods are among the 84 UK-based organisations who have been certified by the Top Employers Institute as 2022’s top employers.In order to achieve top employer certification, participating organisations are assessed by the institute via its HR best practices survey. It ...
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ArticleHalf of UK staff would leave job for better burnout support
More than half of UK-based employees would leave their jobs in favour of organisations that can offer better support for stress and burnout, according to new research.Advanced-owned business Clear Review’s new report Performance management 2022, which includes findings from 1,150 HR decision makers, managers and employees in the UK and ...
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ArticleRedrow gives staff two days of paid volunteering leave
Housebuilder Redrow has pledged to allow its more than 2,300 employees to take two days of paid volunteering time throughout 2022 as part of its ‘1,000 Days’ volunteering campaign.According to the business, it is inviting workers to collectively achieve 1,000 days of volunteering, aiming to shine a spotlight on the ...
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Article73% unable to talk about menopause symptoms at work
New data has revealed that nearly three-quarters of women (73%) experiencing menopause do not feel able to talk openly about their symptoms with colleagues, with more than one million feeling pressure to quit their jobs due to symptoms.Commissioned by childcare service Koru Kids, the survey of 2,000 women currently experiencing ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 80% see engagement as key for benefit strategies
Employee engagement is seen as the most important objective for organisations’ benefits strategies, with 80% rating it as either one or two out of five in importance, according to new research.Global professional services firm Aon’s Benefits and trends survey 2022, which is in its 12th year, took into account the ...
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ArticleThe Landmark London introduces a four-day week
Five star hotel The Landmark London has launched a scheme to allow its chefs to work a four-day week with increased pay as part of a continued commitment to invest in team wellbeing.According to the business, the change was devised by executive head chef Gary Klaner in order to deliver ...
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ArticleRocco Forte Hotels launches engagement programme
Hotel chain Rocco Forte Hotels has introduced a new employee engagement and happiness programme across its global portfolio.Established by Sir Rocco Forte and his sister Olga Polizzi in 1996, Rocco Forte Hotels consists of 15 hotels and resorts located in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Russia and the UK, employing more than ...
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Article48% of employers do not have IVF policies
Almost half (48%) of employers have no official policy in place to support employees undergoing IVF treatment, according to new research, despite the fact that one in six people now require the help of a fertility expert to conceive.A report by Cityparents, an organisation that supports working parents, and IVF ...