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  • UK Power Networks
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    EY and UK Power Networks recognised among 2018’s most inclusive employers in the UK

    2018-11-19T10:20:59Z

    Professional services firm EY, telecommunications and media business Sky, utilities provider UK Power Networks (pictured) and banking organisation HSBC are among the organisations recognised on The inclusive top 50 UK employers 2018-2019 list, compiled by national diversity network Inclusive Companies.The list is a definitive ranking of UK employers that promote ...

  • Yorkshire pudding taster
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    Botanist Trinity restaurant in Leeds seeks Yorkshire pudding taster

    2018-11-01T15:13:32Z

    Something for the weekend: A restaurant in Leeds is looking to recruit a Yorkshire pudding taster to perfect its Sunday roast offering.Sebastian, the head chef of the Botanist Trinity in Granary Wharf has placed an advert on community platform Airtasker, offering £250 to a Yorkshire pudding lover who agrees to ...

  • HSBC
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    Acas, HSBC and Sky recognised as Best Employers for Race 2018

    2018-10-31T11:28:01Z

    Non-departmental public body The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), financial services organisation HSBC (pictured), telecommunications business Sky and law firm Slaughter and May are among the organisations recognised on the Best Employers for Race 2018 list, compiled by business-community outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC).Sandra Kerr OBE, race ...

  • apprenticeship training
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    Co-investment rate for apprenticeship training to be halved for small employers

    2018-10-30T10:58:29Z

    Autumn Budget 2018: Small employers' co-investment rate for apprenticeship training is to be cut from 10% to 5%, chancellor Philip Hammond announced in the Autumn Budget 2018.The government is providing up to £240 million of funding to allow for the halving of the rate.Stephen Martin, director general of the Institute ...

  • employee engagement strategies
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    Just 12% of UK SMEs prioritise employee engagement strategies

    2018-10-25T10:29:39Z

    While 87% of UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) claim they are taking active steps to improve employee engagement, only 12% list it as a business priority, according to research by marketing organisation Propellernet.The September 2018 survey of 250 senior managers and 250 employees at UK SMEs also revealed an ...

  • dissatisfaction
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    Seven in 10 considering starting their own business due to dissatisfaction

    2018-10-22T09:15:02Z

    More than seven in 10 (71%) UK employees are considering starting their own business because they are dissatisfied with their employers, according to research by freelance job website PeoplePerHour.The survey of over 1,000 current UK workers, carried out in September 2018, found that the majority (68%) have little to no ...

  • Hungry Horse
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    Hungry Horse seeks pub-licist to drink beer and get paid for it

    2018-10-18T16:02:11Z

    Something for the weekend: Hungry Horse is looking for the UK’s first-ever ‘pub-licist’ to drink beer, take part in pub quizzes and play pool, all while getting paid for the privilege.Yes, the official job title is actually ‘pub-licist’. The pub chain, which has 39 establishments across the UK, is offering ...

  • Confessions
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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid looks at LinkedIn

    2018-10-18T15:00:44Z

    It’s rare for me to log on to LinkedIn when I am in the office because unless you are looking for a job or touting for business, it really isn’t all that interesting. However, now I’ve got the app on my phone, I do look, mainly because I keep forgetting ...

  • workplace-culture
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    Bain and Company tops workplace rankings for culture and leadership

    2018-10-18T08:37:57Z

    Management consultancy Bain and Company is the organisation with the best workplace culture and leadership in the UK, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and website Glassdoor.Bain and Company topped the ‘Leadership and culture at work top 20’ rankings, based on analysis of the reviews posted on ...

  • race at work charter
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    Government launches race at work charter to tackle ethnic workplace disparities

    2018-10-11T11:16:46Z

    The government has announced a 'race at work charter' containing a series of measures to tackle ethnic disparities in the workplace.Developed in partnership with Business in the Community (BITC), the charter sets out a number of principles and actions for businesses to commit to publicly. A number of high-profile organisations ...

  • Post Office
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    EXCLUSIVE: Employers need to improve employee experience around digital transformation

    2018-10-05T10:12:37Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers need to improve the employee experience around the constantly evolving digital transformation, to help mitigate career disruption for employees and avoid potential skills shortages.In a session titled ‘Transformational change and the impact of digital on employee experience’, Martin Kirke, group HR director at the Post ...

  • engage
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    EXCLUSIVE: Stephens Scown charts successful employee engagement journey

    2018-10-05T10:06:26Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2018: Law firm Stephens Scown has implemented an employee engagement strategy that has seen it ranked for the last four years in the Sunday Times Best 100 companies to work for.In a session titled ‘Engaging multi-generational workplaces’, Lucy Palmer, director of HR at Stephens Scown, described the ...

  • inclusive culture
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    EXCLUSIVE: Building an inclusive culture must start from the top

    2018-10-05T09:56:20Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2018: Building a diverse and inclusive culture requires full understanding and buy-in from the organisation’s leadership.In a session titled ‘What does an inclusive workplace look like?’ Catherine Garrod, head of inclusion at Sky, Emma Codd, managing partner for talent at Deloitte, Philip Wilson, head of assessment and ...

  • Damien Hooper-Campbell Break Convention
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    EXCLUSIVE: eBay's Hooper-Campbell says employers must break convention to celebrate diversity

    2018-10-05T09:44:05Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers must stop looking for a quick solution, and instead work on breaking conventions to truly celebrate and promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.In the opening keynote address on day two of Employee Benefits Live, entitled ‘Breaking with convention’, Damien Hooper-Campbell, vice president and the ...

  • diageo
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    EXCLUSIVE: Diageo aligns internal and external branding to boost its EVP

    2018-10-02T15:51:12Z

    Employee Benefits Live 2018: Multi-national beverage organisation Diageo focuses on aligning its internal and external branding, to help ensure that its image as an employer is linked directly with the factors that make it successful as a business.In a leadership panel at Employee Benefits Live 2018, Else Russell, global talent ...

  • pizza taste testers
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    Pizza taste testers to get a slice of the action

    2018-09-27T15:05:28Z

    Something for the weekend: Everyone has their own idea of the best job in the world, but this one will take some topping. Pizza oven organisation Ooni is looking for taste testers, who will eat "pizza, pizza and more pizza" and get paid for the privilege.Ooni claims to produce ovens ...

  • bouncy castle
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    Testers wanted for the world's biggest bouncy castle

    2018-09-20T15:54:21Z

    Something for the weekend: Applicants are being asked to rise to the challenge of testing the biggest bouncy castle in the world.Any job has its ups and downs, but none more so than this: official bouncy castle testers are being sought to try out the world's largest inflatable obstacle course, ...

  • workplace equality
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    Poll: 49% think disability and ethnicity reporting will aid workplace equality

    2018-09-13T15:56:02Z

    Employee Benefits poll: 49% of respondents agree that mandatory disability and ethnicity reporting will help tackle potential inequality in the workplace.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 49 responses, also found that 39% of readers feel legislation requiring employers to publish figures on disabled and ethnic minority employees would ...

  • ethnic minority
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    Committee proposes mandatory reporting on disabled and ethnic minority staff

    2018-08-30T09:59:34Z

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission has recommended that the UK government legislate for mandatory monitoring and reporting on the recruitment, retention and progression of disabled and ethnic minority employees for employers with more than 250 staff.Its Measuring and reporting on ethnicity and disability pay gaps report, published today (Thursday ...

  • Hugh-Hawthorne
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    EXCLUSIVE: 52% of employees at law firms are engaged with their organisation

    2018-08-23T10:51:47Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Just over half (52%) of employees who work at law firms are engaged with their organisation, according to research by professional services organisation Aon.The State of Partner and Employee Engagement in the Legal Sector 2018, a report which represents 10,000 professionals working in the legal sector across the UK, ...