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OpinionCharles Cotton: 2023 will bring a focus on low-cost wellbeing support
In today’s volatile, uncertain and complex world, making predictions for the coming month is difficult enough, let alone making them for 2023. The cost-of-living crisis has had, and continues to have, a significant and widespread impact on the world of work. Next year, it is likely the UK will be ...
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ArticlePentland Brands hires new chief human resources officer
Business management firm Pentland Brands has appointed Belinda Deery (pictured) as chief human resources officer as of this month.As a member of the Pentland Brands executive team, Deery will lead the HR services, recruitment, reward, employee engagement and internal communications teams across the business and brands globally.Deery previously held HR ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 2 - 8 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 2 and 8 December 2022 were: Natwest gives 59,000 employees cost-of living paymentHachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holidayAxa UK introduces free period products in all UK offices Asos and UK Power Networks make Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers ListGeneral ...
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ArticlePost Office names new group chief people officer
Post Office has appointed Jane Davies (pictured) as group chief people officer, joining the business as of this month.Davies has worked in human resources leadership roles since 2013, most recently as chief people officer and a statutory board director at McKesson UK, which includes the Lloyds Pharmacy and AAH businesses.Davies ...
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ArticleZopa Bank increases minimum salary to £27,000
London-headquartered Zopa Bank has raised the minimum salary for its more than 600-strong workforce by more than 20% as a response to the cost-of-living crisis.The bank raised its base salary to a minimum of £27,000, 25% above the London living wage. It has also provided an additional winter bonus of ...
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ArticleAsos and UK Power Networks make Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list
Online clothing retailer Asos, power firm UK Power Networks (pictured above) and charitable social enterprise Police Now were named on Inclusive Companies’ Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list for 2022-23.The list is a national accreditation that can be acquired each year by organisations. Compiled by an advisory panel, it was ...
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ArticleItsu launches benefits centred on major life transitions
Restaurant and grocery chain Itsu has launched a benefits package that aims to support its 1,500 members of staff through major life transitions, including becoming a parent, moving home, and undergoing gender reassignment.Among the benefits it introduced in November was paid leave for various life events. For employees experiencing the ...
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ArticleVonage recruits chief people officer
Global cloud communications business Vonage has appointed Tracey Leahy (pictured) as chief people officer, effective from last week.Leahy reports to Vonage’s chief executive officer Rory Read, and was also appointed as a member of the executive leadership team. Based in the UK, she has been given responsibility for leading all ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 25 November - 1 December 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 25 November and 1 December 2022 were: Ikea gives staff 6% pay rise and enhances benefitsHarrods security guards strike in pay dispute75% of HR professionals see mental wellbeing as key focus for 202347% of businesses plan bonuses for Christmas 2022Scotrail implements minimum ...
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ArticleTheme park employees go above and beyond despite contract rollercoaster
Credit: DeepakJoshi / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: In what is quite the opposite of the current talk of 'quiet quitting', employees at theme park Tivoli World in Benalmadena, Spain have continued taking good care of their place of work, even after its ride came to an end.Like many businesses, the ...
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ArticleRoger Bullivant updates parental leave policies
Ground engineering firm Roger Bullivant has enhanced its maternity and paternity policies, with changes due to take effect from 1 January 2023.The business, which employs more than 500 people across seven regional offices in England, Scotland and Wales, updated its maternity pay to give employees 14 weeks on full pay, ...
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ArticleHallmark Care Homes unveils £1.3 million winter support package
Hallmark Care Homes has invested £1.3 million into a winter support package to help its employees with the cost-of-living crisis.The measures include paying all of its 2,300 members of staff at or above the new rate set by the Living Wage Foundation from today (1 December), ahead of the implementation ...
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ArticleCundall names global HR director
Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Cundall has appointed Fiona Wallace (pictured) as global HR director.She will be based in its global head office in Newcastle, and replaces Carole O’Neil, who was appointed as the new global managing partner for the business in June.Wallace will be responsible for overseeing Cundall’s global HR team, ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Central Co-op introduces new reward hub to enhance benefits offering
tynanbarton · Employee Benefits/Central Co-op podcastListen: Retail co-operative society, Cental Co-op, has launched a new reward and benefits platform to offer a centralised benefits hub with essential support for employees during difficult financial times.In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Jen Roberts, senior reward and wellbeing manager at Central ...
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Case StudiesBenefits on offer at Central Co-op
Benefits offered by Central Co-op:Pension and group riskA group personal pension for all employees, with varying contribution levels.Life assurance, funded by the employer.Healthcare and wellbeingHealth cash plan, funded by the employee.Employee assistance programme, employer paid.Line manager mental health training.Mental health champions.Free flu jab.Menopause support policy.HolidaysHoliday puchase: employees can buy up ...
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ArticleDepartment of Work and Pensions reports 5.9% mean gender pay gap
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has reported a mean gender pay gap for 2022 of 5.9%.The government department’s mean gender pay gap, increased by a 1.7 percentage point from 2021, while its median gender pay gap for 2022 is 0. The overall mean and median hourly difference in ...
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ArticleIkea gives staff 6% pay rise and enhances benefits
Ikea has invested £12 million in a pay increase and wellbeing support package, in order to help its UK and Ireland during the cost-of-living crisis.Salaried staff have been given a 6% on average pay rise, which will come into effect as of January 2023. Meanwhile, hourly paid workers in London ...
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ArticleUniversity Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust hires chief people officer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) has appointed Alison Balson (pictured) as chief people officer, to start in the new year.Balson has worked in human resources in the NHS for more than 20 years, and was the chief people officer and director of workforce at Wrightington, Wigan ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 18 - 24 November 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 and 24 November 2022 were: Tesco launches salary advance scheme for staffVirgin Money gives staff 10% pay riseCompass Group rolls out salary advance scheme for employeesMitie introduces £10 million staff support packageLevy UK to pay real living wage from 2023Staff at ...
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Article82% undergoing fertility treatment would only consider employers offering relevant benefits
Eight in 10 (82%) employees either undergoing or preparing for fertility treatment would only consider working for an employer that offered fertility benefits, according to research by UK virtual fertility clinic Apricity.The survey of 500 UK people, with 40% undergoing fertility treatment and 60% preparing for it, found that 61% ...