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ArticleTake part in exclusive pensions research to benchmark strategy and map trends
What primary and secondary pension schemes are employers offering to staff? Are employees saving enough to be comfortable in retirement? How recently have organisations conducted pensions communications exercises? What are businesses doing to tackle the gender pension gap?Employee Benefits readers can now have their say by participating in this year's ...
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ArticleGovernor of California signs bill redefining employee status
On 18 September 2019, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that updates and amends various sections of the state's Labor Code and Unemployment Insurance Code, redefining and clarifying the classification of employees versus independent contractors, or gig workers.The bill states that, for the purposes of the provisions ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare Research 2019
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 reportThe Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 was conducted in July 2019 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 202 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current health and wellbeing strategies, ...
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ArticlePoll: 33% feel Good Work Standard will lead to staff being better paid
Employee Benefits poll: A third (33%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that the Good Work Standard, an employment benchmark introduced by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (pictured), will lead to more employees being paid the voluntary London living wage rate, currently set at £10.55 an hour.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk ...
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ArticleThink tank proposes increases to wages and annual leave to boost UK’s productivity
Image credit: NEFBritish think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has proposed that minimum wages and statutory paid holiday entitlement be increased in order to improve the UK’s productivity.The Time for demand: Boosting productivity with public investment, minimum wages and paid holiday report, published in August 2019, suggested that bolstering ...
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ArticleWomen and Equalities Committee puts discrimination responsibility on employers
The Women and Equalities Committee has recommended that the emphasis for raising workplace discrimination issues should lie with employers, public authorities and service providers, rather than individual employees.The Committee published its tenth Enforcing the Equality Act: The law and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission report on ...
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ArticleEY, London City Airport and Schroders sign up to new Good Work Standard
Professional services organisation EY, London City Airport and asset wealth firm Schroders are among the employers that have signed the Good Work Standard, a new benchmark that recognises businesses for implementing and maintaining high employment standards, such as paying staff at least the voluntary London living wage.The Good Work Standard ...
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ArticleLast chance to benchmark healthcare benefits in exclusive research
How are organisations supporting employees’ mental health and what are employers doing around calculating the return-on-investment of health and wellbeing benefits? What group risk benefits form part of organisations’ healthcare and wellbeing strategy, and what are they doing to reduce sickness absence?Today (Tuesday 23 July 2019) is the last chance ...
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ArticleNearly two million UK employees do not receive their minimum paid leave entitlement
Nearly two million (1.96 million) UK employees do not receive the minimum entitlement of paid annual leave, according to research conducted by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The analysis, based on the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour force survey data for quarter four of 2018, also found that 1.145 million ...
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ArticleBEIS to consult on workplace protections and flexible working, following Good work plan
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on workplace protections, aiming to tackle the issues identified in its Good work plan report, published in December 2018, including the introduction of a single labour market enforcement body.The consultation, which launched on Tuesday 16 July 2019 ...
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ArticleMap healthcare benefit trends in exclusive research for the chance to win prize draw
How is the employer's duty of care changing around employee wellbeing, and what are organisations encouraging staff to focus on in terms of individual health and wellness? What are the most popular strategies around reducing sickness absence, and what wellbeing benefits are businesses offering staff?Employee Benefits readers can now feed ...
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ArticleTake part in exclusive healthcare benefits research for a chance to enter prize draw
How do businesses calculate the return-on-investment when it comes to implementing healthcare benefits? How do organisations aim to support employees’ mental health? What is an employer’s duty of care when it comes to encouraging staff to focus on their individual health and wellbeing?Employee Benefits readers can now have their say ...
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ArticleBenchmark best practice in exclusive healthcare benefits research
What factors influence decision-making around healthcare benefits? What benefits and strategies do different organisations offer to support employees’ mental health? How do employers calculate the return-on-investment for health-related benefits?Employee Benefits is offering readers the opportunity to take part in the exclusive Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2019, which is designed ...
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ArticleEuropean court rules that member states must measure employees’ working time
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that European Union (EU) member states must require employers to measure the duration of time worked by each employee, both normal hours and overtime, to ensure staff are not working beyond the legal maximum number of hours, and that ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits’ Benefits Research 2019
Click to download the Employee Benefits' Benefits research 2019 reportThe Employee Benefits’ Benefits research 2019 was conducted in March 2019 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 290 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current benefits strategies, as well as issues ...
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ArticleMorrisons receives permission to appeal payroll data breach case at Supreme Court
Supermarket retailer Morrisons has been granted permission to appeal a High Court ruling, which found that the organisation was partly liable for a data breach leading to the payroll data of around 10,000 staff being posted online.Andrew Skelton, who was a senior auditor at the organisation’s Bradford headquarters, posted employees’ ...
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ArticleNew Zealand launches consultation to support older staff
The New Zealand government has launched a consultation on its draft strategy to better support older individuals, including encouraging the employment of those aged over 50.The Better later life: 2019 to 2034 consultation opened on 12 April 2019 and will run until 3 June 2019. Following this, the government will ...
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ArticleGovernment announces plans to protect workers' rights post-Brexit
On Wednesday 6 March 2019, the government announced that following the UK's exit from the European Union (EU), it will ensure that the standard of workers' rights will not be reduced, and that new EU laws will be considered for adoption into UK legislation.In a report titled Protecting and enhancing ...
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ArticleOne day left to take part in exclusive benefits strategy research
How is your organisation’s benefits strategy changing to reflect future challenges? How do you measure employee engagement? What outside influences are shaping your approach to reward?There is just one day left to have your say in Employee Benefits' exclusive benefits strategy research.We are particularly interested in finding out about the ...
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ArticleGovernment-led taskforce publishes employer guidance on championing flexible working
A government and employer-led taskforce focusing on encouraging flexible working has today (Monday 14 January 2019) published guidance for organisations on how to champion flexibility.The Flexible Working Taskforce, established in March 2018, is a working partnership across various government departments, business groups, trade unions and charities that aims to widen ...