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    The top 10 most-read articles between 3 September - 9 September 2021

    2021-09-10T08:03:13Z

    The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 September – 9 September 2021 were: EXCLUSIVE: John Lewis to discuss wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live 2021Monzo recruits Rachel Mooney as chief people officerAmazon offers £50 bonus for being punctual41% of employees report mental heath declineConfessions: Candid revs up for the ...

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    Kavitha’s keynote: Benefits can empower employees

    2021-09-10T08:01:26Z

    This week, I think it’s time to focus on the positives and celebrate employers that have introduced benefits to empower employees and improve their overall wellbeing.Retailer Halfords, for example, launched a platform for staff that helps with financial budgeting, savings and education. Because it is built around a flexible pay ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Low-cost perks on agenda at Employee Benefits Live

    2021-09-10T08:00:04Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Emma Brookes, reward and recognition specialist at the University of Salford, and Dr Sabrina Robinson, wellbeing lead of people and transformation at Essex County Council (ECC), will be participating in a panel talk about cost-effective benefits on Wednesday 6 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Brookes and Robinson will be ...

  • Halfords
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    EXCLUSIVE: Halfords launches staff financial wellbeing services

    2021-09-08T08:35:38Z

    Automotive and cycling products retailer Halfords has introduced a new initiative for its more than 10,000 team members to build financial resilience and improve wellbeing.Partnering with fintech Wagestream, the range of services, which have been gradually rolled out over the past few weeks and are now live across the business, ...

  • Booker-strike
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    Booker drivers vote for strike action

    2021-09-07T08:00:28Z

    A group of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers employed by Booker Retail Partners at its site in Thamesmead, south east London, has voted unanimously for strike action over a pay dispute.According to Unite the Union, 40 drivers have “sent out a clear message” with the results of the vote, with ...

  • Covid19-sees-executives-embrace-mental-health
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    41% of employees report mental health decline

    2021-09-06T08:15:35Z

    New research has found that 41% of employees reported a mental health decline since the beginning of the first lockdown in March last year.This finding, revealed in Nuffield Health’s recently published Healthier nation index, raises questions about how easily the nation will return to normality as lockdown restrictions ease, as ...

  • Homecare workers to receive £100,000 in wage settlements
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    Welsh care workers earn less than minimum wage

    2021-08-31T08:15:28Z

    Care workers are earning less than the minimum wage thanks to a loophole in the law that means they are not paid for time travelling between visits, warned the Labour Party.The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has demanded a vote on legislation introduced by Labour’s Liverpool MP Paula Barker that ...

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    38% of staff won't take legal action against employer

    2021-08-31T08:00:09Z

    Nearly 40% of UK workers who feel they have reason to take legal action against their employer are deterred by the prospect of victimisation, a survey by law firm Leigh Day has found.According to the poll of more than 2,000 workers, conducted by Censuswide for Leigh Day, only one in ...

  • 58% of part-time employees have workplace pensions
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    50% of part-time staff have a workplace pension

    2021-08-25T08:16:37Z

    Only half of part-time employees have a workplace pension despite all eligible staff being automatically enrolled into their employer's scheme, a survey has found.Fidelity International asked 2,004 male and female UK part-time workers about their typical income and retirement savings. It discovered that while women and men earn £13,468 and ...

  • living-wage
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    Living wage gives £1.53 billion to low-paid staff

    2021-08-24T09:38:47Z

    More than £1.53 billion has been awarded to 260,000-plus low-paid workers through the campaign for a real living wage over the past 20 years, according to new research.The Living Wage Foundation and Cardiff Business School carried out the study, which also found that almost three-quarters of businesses paying the real ...

  • Kavitha
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    Kavitha’s keynote: There’s no excuse to flout minimum wage rules

    2021-08-20T10:08:46Z

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this week revealed details of the numerous excuses given by employers for flouting minimum wage rules, which ranged from “the national minimum wage does not apply to my business,” to “it is part of UK culture not to pay young workers for the first three ...

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    HMRC exposes worst minimum wage excuses

    2021-08-18T08:50:46Z

    HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) has published details of the most outrageous excuses it has heard from firms for not paying their staff the minimum wage.Excuses heard from employers it investigated ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. One employer said: “She doesn’t deserve the national minimum wage because she ...

  • Employers-still-failing-to-offer-financial-education
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    Employers still failing to offer financial education

    2021-08-18T08:00:46Z

    New research has suggested employers are still not doing enough to help staff navigate their finances.According to a poll by Wealth at Work, even after the effects of jobs losses and furlough, a significant 41% of organisations are still failing to offer employees any support to enable them to better ...

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    AUS becomes employee owned

    2021-08-17T10:05:14Z

    AUS, the family-run Huddersfield-based manufacturer and distributor of operational and safety-critical products for the rail sector, has announced it has become employee owned.The business, which employs around 60 members of staff and is run by founder Simon Gibson, has moved to an employee ownership trust (EOT) after Gibson sold 70% ...

  • Is your organisation planning to voluntarily publish ethnicity pay gap data?
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    Poll: 61% of organisations have published an ethnicity pay gap report

    2021-08-17T08:00:57Z

    Employee Benefits poll: Just over six in 10 organisations have ever published an ethnicity pay gap report, according to the latest Employee Benefits research.Ethnicity pay gap reports show the difference between the average, mean and median earnings of businesses’ Bame (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) employees and non-Bame members of ...

  • Pay-cuts-considered-for-homewokers
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    68% of employers consider pay cuts for home workers

    2021-08-17T08:00:14Z

    A new survey by HR software provider CIPHR has found that more than two-thirds (68%) of employers are now debating whether to implement pay cuts for home workers.According to the research, even though around half (53%) of organisations have actually saved money by not having employees attend the workplace, there ...

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    XPO Logistics Drinks staff vote to strike over pay

    2021-08-16T08:43:49Z

    XPO Logistics Drinks staff are set to go on strike after they were offered a 1.4% pay rise for 2021, which is below the current retail prices index RPI inflation rate of 3.9%.Last month (July), employees were asked by trade union Unite to vote on taking industrial action against the ...

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    11% of employees can no longer afford to retire

    2021-08-11T08:00:00Z

    More than one in 10 (11%) people have had to delay their retirement because they can no longer afford to retire, according to new findings.The research from Wealth at Work, which was carried out by Vital Research among 1,320 UK adults aged over 50 in employment, uncovered the varying impact ...

  • Kavitha
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    Kavitha’s keynote: Saving for the future

    2021-08-06T08:00:51Z

    More than half (55%) of respondents to a new survey said that the pandemic had made them more aware of the importance of saving for the future, highlighting a positive shift in people’s attitudes towards their finances.The findings from Cushon, which we reported on earlier this week, showed 62% of ...

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    62% would stay in savings scheme if enrolled

    2021-08-05T08:00:10Z

    More than six in 10 employees would stay in a savings scheme if their employer automatically put them in one, according to new data.The research, which was undertaken by workplace pension and savings provider Cushon, found that this number increased to 69% if the employer contributed too. While 22% are ...