News – Page 58

  • RBA
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    EXCLUSIVE: Risk and Business Analytics opens wellbeing hub for 800 UK staff

    2019-01-17T10:14:57Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Global data and analytics organisation Risk and Business Analytics (RBA), part of Relx Group, has launched a dedicated wellbeing hub for 800 employees based at its UK headquarters in Sutton.The Living Well Hub, which was officially opened on Monday 14 January 2019, aims to help employees focus on their ...

  • Employee-Wellness
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    Employee wellness 2019

    2019-01-17T06:02:51Z

    Click to download Employee wellness 2019Employee wellness 2019 is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current wellbeing strategies, as well those shaping future provision.This report looks at the key areas of psychological wellbeing, physical health, financial wellness and motivation and engagement, through the ...

  • retirement support
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    EXCLUSIVE: Only two-fifths of employers offer at-retirement support

    2019-01-16T09:00:17Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Only around two-fifths (39%) of employers offer at-retirement support, according to research conducted by Employee Benefits and Barnett Waddingham.The Employee Benefits/Barnett Waddingham pensions research 2018, which gathered 246 responses and was published in December 2018, found that this is consistent with previous years, as 40% of respondents provided this ...

  • Unite members accept revised pay offer from OCA
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    Unite members accept revised pay offer from Offshore Contractors Association

    2019-01-11T11:29:35Z

    The trade union Unite has announced that its 25,000 members covered by the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) have accepted a revised pay offer, following recommendations by the union and its OCA shop stewards.The OCA represents contractor organisations involved in a range of activities in the UK’s offshore oil and gas ...

  • Meadow Foods
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    Meadow Foods employees set for four-day strike over 2% pay offer

    2019-01-11T10:39:31Z

    Employees at dairy-based ingredient supplier Meadow Foods' factory in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor are set to strike for four days over a 2% pay offer for the year starting July 2018.Staff at the East Yorkshire chocolate crumb manufacturer are due to walk at 6pm on 12 January until 6pm on 15 January, affecting ...

  • approaching-retirement
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    EXCLUSIVE: 57% of employers support staff at retirement using online modelling tools

    2019-01-11T10:25:28Z

    EXCLUSIVE: When it comes to methods of providing at-retirement support, financial education and awareness campaigns have seen huge leaps in popularity since 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits and Barnett Waddingham.The Employee Benefits/Barnett Waddingham pensions research 2018, which canvassed the views of 246 respondents and was published in December ...

  • workplace pension offences
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    Bradford-based accounts manager admits workplace pension offences

    2019-01-11T10:07:43Z

    Bradford-based accounts manager Mansoor Nasir will be sentenced for workplace pension offences after pleading guilty to nine charges of knowingly or recklessly providing The Pensions Regulator (TPR) with information that was false or misleading.The offences, under section 80 of the Pensions Act 2004, involved workers at the Akbar chain of ...

  • police staff
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    Police staff in England and Wales vote in favour of 2% pay deal

    2019-01-10T10:59:16Z

    Following a consultation that took place in December 2018, police staff in England and Wales belonging to the unions GMB, Unison and Unite have voted to accept a pay offer that includes a 2% pay rise.The pay deal will now be implemented by forces in the two countries, and will ...

  • CIMB
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    CIMB offers six months' paid maternity leave for first-time mothers

    2019-01-10T10:13:20Z

    Kuala Lumpur-based banking organisation CIMB has announced that it will now be offering six months' paid maternity leave for its employees in Malaysia who become first-time mothers.Eligible staff members will be able to take up the benefit from 30 days prior to their estimated due date. CIMB also provides employees ...

  • HSBC
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    HSBC gender pay gap increased to 61% in 2018

    2019-01-09T12:15:31Z

    The gender pay gap at banking organisation HSBC has grown from 59% in 2017 to 61% in 2018, according to its latest update.The 2017 figure already marked HSBC out as the employer with the largest disparity between male and female employees' pay among UK banks.The latest report means that female ...

  • pension cold calling
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    Pension cold calling to result in enforcement action and £500,000 fine

    2019-01-09T11:03:54Z

    Organisations making unwanted, unsolicited phone calls to individuals regarding their pensions could face enforcement action, including fines of up to £500,000, under legislation that comes into force today (9 January 2019).Research conducted by the Money Advice Service in October 2015 found that there might be as many as 250 million ...

  • Three
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    EXCLUSIVE: Three launches online financial education for 4,600 staff

    2019-01-08T10:44:19Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Telecommunications organisation Three has launched an online financial education programme for its 4,600 UK-based employees in order to enhance its wider wellbeing strategy.The new financial education initiative, provided by Nudge, was implemented on 30 November 2018 for employees based at Three's head offices in Maidenhead, Glasgow and Reading, as ...

  • at-retirement support
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    EXCLUSIVE: Two-fifths expect internal HR teams to provide at-retirement support

    2019-01-07T09:00:41Z

    EXCLUSIVE: The largest proportion of employers (40%) place the responsibility for providing at-retirement support at their HR, benefits, reward and learning and development teams, according to research by Employee Benefits and Barnett Waddingham.However, the Employee Benefits/Barnett Waddingham pensions research 2018, which gathered 246 responses and was published in December 2018, ...

  • Woodlands restaurant
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    Tennessee restaurant operators ordered to pay $220,000 in back wages and damages

    2019-01-04T11:49:22Z

    The operators of Nashville, Tennessee-based restaurant Woodlands Indian Vegetarian Cuisine have been ordered to pay $220,000 (£173,557) in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees.The action follows an investigation by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the minimum wage, overtime and ...

  • Letitia Wright
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    Letitia Wright named 2018’s biggest box-office draw but absent from list of best-paid actors

    2019-01-03T16:05:01Z

    Something for the weekend: Actor Letitia Wright has been named by movie ticket website Fandango as the highest box-office earning star of 2018, but she does not feature on the top ten list of best-paid actors.Wright has featured in a string of hit movies, including Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, ...

  • Arriva Durham County
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    Arriva Durham County bus drivers set to strike after rejecting pay offer

    2019-01-03T10:48:23Z

    Around 650 bus drivers working for Arriva Durham County have voted to strike for a week from 6 January after rejecting a revised pay offer.The drivers, members of the Unite union based at Darlington, Durham, Redcar, Stockton and Whitby, voted by 72% to 28% to reject the proposal, which was ...

  • bonus pay
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    Men earn nearly twice as much as women in bonus pay

    2019-01-03T10:08:22Z

    The average bonus for a full-time worker in the UK was £2,242 in 2018, according to analysis of figures from the Office for National Statistics by recruitment organisation Aaron Wallis, but the average for males at £2,613 was nearly twice that for females at £1,158.The research also found that full-time ...

  • Missouri state minimum wage
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    Missouri state minimum wage rate rises to $8.60

    2019-01-03T09:51:16Z

    The Missouri Department of Labor has announced a state minimum wage rate of $8.60 (£6.77) per hour for 2019, rising from $7.85 (£6.18) in 2018.Effective from 1 January 2019, all private employers are required to pay the minimum rate, with the exception of retail and service organisations with annual sales ...

  • AIG Life
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    AIG Life completes acquisition of insurance provider Ellipse

    2019-01-03T06:00:30Z

    Insurance organisation AIG Life has completed the acquisition of Ellipse, a specialist group life, critical illness and income protection provider in the UK, following the receipt of required regulatory approval.The terms of the purchase, from German reinsurance organisation Munich Re, have not been disclosed.AIG Life now intends to distribute both ...

  • workplace reforms
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    Government announces workplace reforms to protect rights of modern workforce

    2018-12-17T11:01:35Z

    The government has unveiled plans for a range of workplace reforms designed to improve the rights of workers on zero-hour contracts, agency employees and those working in the gig economy.Business secretary Greg Clark said: "Today's largest upgrade in workers' rights in over a generation is a key part of building ...