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ArticleRubicon Recruitment Group becomes employee-owned
Rubicon Recruitment Group has become employee owned after transferring ownership of 100% of the business to an employee ownership trust (EOT) model.The change to the Dorset-based business, which has since rebranded itself as Rubicon People Partnership, means it is now completely owned by its 30 members of staff.According to Lloyd ...
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ArticleFlexible working hubs to be offered to civil servants
A national network of ‘hybrid offices’ is to be set up for civil servants to allow them to work more flexibly.Whitehall has signed a deal with serviced offices firm IWG to create 10 different co-working spaces across the UK for staff to use when not in London.According to The Telegraph ...
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ArticlePhoenix Group appoints Wendy Cunningham
Savings and retirement organisation Phoenix Group has announced the appointment of Wendy Cunningham as its new HR chief operating officer.The role is a newly-created one, aimed at elevating the business to become an employer of choice among its peers.Cunningham joins the company after spending 12 years at Experian, where she ...
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ArticlePWC reveals flexible working 'Deal' for employees
Professional services firm PWC will now let all staff in its network choose what times they work best, as well as allowing them to decide whether they do so in a blended (part-home, part-office) way permanently.The company's so-called ‘Deal’ is the result of staff consultation. It gives employees an ‘empowered’ ...
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ArticleVolvo unveils global paid parental leave policy
Volvo Cars has today (1 April) announced the global roll out of its brand new ‘Family Bond’ paid parental leave policy after a successful pilot of the scheme in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.The policy – an all gender-neutral, paid parental leave of 24 weeks at 80% pay – ...
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ArticleAkzoNobel wellbeing month delivers 110 events
Dutch paints and coatings business AkzoNobel has just completed a month’s worth of health and wellbeing initiatives, which saw it squeeze in 110 different activities during March.The organisation's ‘Wellfest’ month was specifically designed to support the health, wellness and happiness of employees and their families in recognition of the fact ...
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ArticleTravis Perkins halves its gender pay gap
Travis Perkins, the trade and consumer hardware retailer, has revealed figures for 2020 which show it has halved its mean gender pay gap.According to its latest pay gap report, the organisation's mean wage difference was 4.8% in 2020, compared to 10% in 2019.The retailer's median hourly rate was even better, ...
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ArticleWomen reveal lack of menopause support at work
Research published today (31 March) has highlighted the lack of menopause support women receive as they struggle to stay in work while experiencing symptoms.According to the Driving the change: menopause and the workplace report, not only is help sporadic but also poor in quality, with 76% of respondents calling for ...
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ArticleAmey rolls out new mental wellbeing support
Infrastructure services provider Amey has teamed up with mental health charity Mates in Mind to help widen the conversation among staff about managing their mental wellbeing and resilience.The partnership will see the organisation roll out the charity’s bespoke mental health and wellbeing programmes to staff, starting with online mental health ...
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ArticleGroup protection usage hit by data privacy fears
New research has suggested that slower-than-anticipated uptake of some group protection benefits may be due to data privacy fears.According to a study by Legal and General, 19% of staff questioned who had access to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) revealed that privacy concerns were a barrier to usage – a figure ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail workers set to receive share dividend
Tens of thousands of Royal Mail workers are set to receive a one-off 10p per share dividend after the delivery company announced adjusted operating profits rising to about £700 million in the year ending March 2021.The dividend – more than double what it was just two years ago and the ...
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ArticleDF Capital becomes living wage employer
DF Capital, the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)-focused bank first founded in 2016, has become an accredited living wage employer.The move means the bank will now pay a salary to all its 85 staff that exceeds the minimum hourly rate of £9.50 for those aged over 25.Employees will be guaranteed ...
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ArticleDechert offers all staff paid leave for Covid-19 jab
Global law firm Dechert has announced it will give paid leave to all employees getting their Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccination.The decision, circulated in an internal memo, revealed that staff can book up to eight hours off to get their jabs or use this time off if they have short-term side effects. ...
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ArticleKey workers' £1.6 billion living wage gap revealed
Significant numbers of the UK’s key workers have so far ‘lost’ £1.6 billion in earnings by not being paid a living wage, according to research compiled by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF).The analysis found that had these individuals been paid what the LWF recommends, they would have been £900 better ...
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ArticleSony to give bonuses worth seven months' salary
Sony is reportedly set to pay its Japanese staff their largest bonuses for more than two decades, as it prepares to announce end-of-year record profits.The electronics and gaming company is set to post year-end profits of around $10 billion (£7.2 billion), which have been significantly boosted by a surge in ...
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ArticleCMA releases ethnicity pay gap data
New data from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed it has a mean ethnicity pay gap of 29.3% and a median one of 34.8%.The findings were published in the organisation's first ever ethnicity pay gap report, which showed that of its 852 staff, 22% were from black, Asian ...
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ArticleCriteo hires first VP of global DEI
Digital advertising agency Criteo has appointed Rachel Scheel as its first senior vice president of global diversity, equity and inclusion.As well as helping to craft the company’s gender equality agreement and honour its commitment to achieving 30% of women in leadership roles at the business by 2022, Scheel will also ...
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ArticleSupreme Court rules Asda staff can pursue equal pay
Supermarket retailer Asda has lost its appeal to the Supreme Court, in which it argued staff working for one area of the business could not compare themselves to others for equal pay purposes.The long-running case centres on shop floor workers - mostly women - who said they should be paid ...
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ArticleDeliveroo riders paid less than the minimum wage
A joint investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The Mirror newspaper and ITV has revealed large numbers of Deliveroo riders are paid below the national minimum wage (NMW).Analysis by the Bureau of more than 300 riders' invoices found that a third earned less than the NMW of £8.72 for ...
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ArticleMental health challenge for 70% of young employees
Younger generations want their employers to focus far more on the mental health challenge they are facing, according to new research by social purpose strategy firm Purpose Union.The study dramatically revealed the impact the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had on employee wellbeing, with seven in 10 (70%) of millennials and ...