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ArticleLego ties salaried employees’ bonus payments to annual emissions
Lego is to tie a portion of its salaried employees’ bonus payments to annual emissions from this year.The organisation will then expand this over time to cover scope three emissions as part of its goal to become a more sustainable business.The move is part of its new carbon key performance ...
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ArticleLinklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer increase trainee lawyer salaries
Law firms Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have increased salaries for their London-based trainee lawyers.Newly qualified lawyers at Linklaters will see their pay increase from £125,000 to £150,000. Trainee salaries have increased from £50,000 to £56,000 for year one trainees and from £55,000 to £61,000 for year two trainees, while ...
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Article73% of parents think next government should reform parental leave and pay
Almost three-quarters (73%) of working parents think the next government should introduce reforms which improve parental leave and pay entitlements, according to research by Working Families.The charity for working parents and carers' survey of 1,285 parents of dependents aged 0–18 years in England and Wales also found that 67% of ...
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ArticleGravity Supply Chain Solutions employee awarded £90,000 for associative discrimination
A former software executive at Gravity Supply Chain Solutions has been awarded £89,900 after an employment tribunal ruled that his employer had discriminated against him in association with his wife’s cancer treatment and that associative discrimination took place due to an underlying insensitivity around her terminal condition.Graham began working for ...
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ArticleCisco and Hilton among UK’s Best Workplaces for Development 2024
Cisco, logistics business DHL Express and hotel chain Hilton have been named as some of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Development in 2024.For the first time, workplace culture organisation Great Place To Work analysed more than 230,000 employees' responses to identify areas that have the greatest impact on a positive ...
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ArticleCarlsberg Group hires new chief human resources officer
Multinational brewer Carlsberg Group has hired Susanne Skippari as chief human resources officer and a member of its executive committee, due to join in the beginning of September.Skippari will join from Kone, a global firm in the elevator and escalator industry that employs 60,000 people and operates in more than ...
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ArticlePillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman launches neurodiversity support package
International law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has launched a new neurodiversity assessment and support package for its London office employees, as well as eligible family members.The firm has committed to pay for staff and eligible family members to access early stage and specialist assessments for neurodiverse conditions. Those who ...
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ArticleRecruitment and retention are biggest HR priorities for 40% of employers this year
Employee Benefits poll: Two-fifths (40%) of organisations revealed that their biggest HR priority this year is staff recruitment and retention, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers. Meanwhile, 13% of respondents said diversity, equity and inclusion, and retaining talent were their largest priorites this year, 10% ...
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ArticleMattel appoints Karen Ancira as chief people officer
Global toy and family entertainment business Mattel has appointed Karen Ancira as its new executive vice president and chief people officer, effective this month.Ancira will report to Ynon Kreiz, chairman and chief executive officer of Mattel. In her new role, she will focus on building progressive workplace cultures, fostering organisational ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement considered biggest HR priority for organisations
Employee engagement is the biggest HR priority influencing organisations’ approaches to people strategy, according to a study by employee engagement platforms Reward Gateway and Edenred.Their Employee engagement: an economic value study, which surveyed more than 300 organisations across Australia, the US, the UK, and the European Union, also found 48% ...
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ArticleVienna and Copenhagen among best cities for working and wellbeing
Something for the weekend: Vienna, Copenhagen and Amsterdam have been found to be some of the best cities in the world to work in that are also good for employees’ wellbeing.Airline Icelandair analysed more than 100 of the most prominent cities in the world based on internet speed, the cost ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read articles between 10 - 16 May 2024
The top 10 most read articles between 10 - 16 May 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Lidl GB to increase pay for UK hourly-paid employeesVeolia, Aldermore and Vitality named on Sunday Times' Best Places to Work list 2024 Mitie celebrates employees’ achievements at 2024 recognition awardsPersonal Group introduces paid carer’s leaveOxfordshire ...
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ArticleQBE North America enhances paid parental leave programme
Credit: rafapress / Shutterstock.comGlobal insurance firm QBE North America has enhanced its paid parental leave programme to a minimum of 12 weeks for all parents whether they adopt, give birth, foster or use a surrogate.The initiative, which is known as Balanced Beginnings, provides up to 22 weeks of paid leave, ...
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ArticleMizuho EMEA hires new chief human resources officer
Mizuho Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA), which is part of financial institution Mizuho Financial Group, has appointed Emma Dolby managing director and chief human resources officer, EMEA.Dolby will be using key attributes such as her HR expertise, experience of the integration of organisations and teams, and strong leadership in ...
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ArticleMitie celebrates employees’ achievements at 2024 recognition awards
Facilities management and transformation firm Mitie has celebrated its employees’ achievements over the past year through its 2024 recognition awards.More than 75 employees were recognised at the event, which was held at the Shard. Through its Mitie Stars employee recognition programme, which is designed to recognise individuals who deliver its ...
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ArticleVeolia, Aldermore and Vitality named on Sunday Times Best Places to Work list 2024
Resource management service Veolia, banking organisation Aldermore and health insurance firm Vitality have made the top 10 Sunday Times Best Places to Work list for 2024.To compile the list, the publication used 26 questions from WorkL’s employee engagement survey to find out what workers at very big, big, medium and ...
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ArticleAPC names Liz Stokes as new HR director
UK parcel delivery network APC has appointed Liz Stokes as its new HR director, taking over from predecessor Corina Forman, who had been with the business for 18 years.Stokes has a proven track record across a range of industries including defence, business services and construction, in both the UK and ...
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ArticleOxfordshire County Council and TSB shortlisted for Best motivation or recognition scheme
Oxfordshire County Council and banking organisation TSB have been shortlisted in the category Best motivation or recognition scheme at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024.This award was created to recognise a successful motivation strategy that uses either incentives or motivational rewards to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The full category ...
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Article44% of staff now prefer hybrid working arrangements
Almost half (44%) of employees now prefer hybrid working arrangements over office-based and remote models, according to research by communications agency Marco.Its third annual Global Marco new consumer report, which was conducted in partnership with research technology organisation Cint, and surveyed more than 7,300 participants in Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, ...
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ArticlePersonal Group introduces paid carer’s leave
Workplace benefits and services provider Personal Group has launched a paid carer’s leave policy to reflect its ongoing commitment to prioritising the health and wellbeing of its 266 employees.Under the organisation’s new policy, which it has affectionately named Marie Carey’s carers policy after a long-serving employee advocated for the requirement ...