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ArticleStaff spend on essentials and luxury items narrows in 2024
Credit: Julia Sudnitskaya / Shuuterstock.com The amount employees are spending on essentials, such as groceries and home maintenance, and luxury items, such as Amazon vouchers or technology products, through reward schemes has narrowed, according to research by YuLife. The benefits and reward provider surveyed higher-earning white-collar workers ...
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ArticleNHS Professionals and Schroders sign up to heating benefit scheme
NHS Professionals, Clear Bank, advertising and public relations agency Havas and asset management firm Schroders have signed up to a home heating employee benefit scheme. The benefit, which is provided by home improvement consultancy Heat Scheme, will give their employees access to one-to-one consultations, heating efficiency assessments ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read articles between 23 - 29 August 2024
The top 10 most read articles between 23 - 29 August 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Allpay introduces Hereford Gift Card as staff reward Next workers win equal pay claim Increased workload behind mental health absences for 40% of employers Scottish Power Energy Network workers accept pay ...
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ArticleMalmaison Dundee introduces gift card to reward employees
Boutique hotel Malmaison Dundee has introduced the Dundee Loves Local Gift Card to recognise and reward its employees. Malmaison staff will receive the Dundee Loves Local Gift Card as a reward through its employee of the month initiative. The card will also be used on an ad-hoc ...
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Case StudiesMid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust ensures its benefits provision meets staff needs
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust looks after more than half a million people each year in their homes, in the community and across its three hospitals. To deliver this service it employs around 10,000 people, working in roles from administration and cleaning to nursing. Alongside a defined ...
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AnalysisWhat are the priorities for public sector reward agendas?
Credit: tete_escape/ Shutterstock Need to know: In the public sector, financial constraints, benefit guidelines and stakeholder scrutiny can make reward more challenging. Years of reforms mean public sector employees often perceive their pensions as offering poor value: creative communications could help to change this misconception. Highlighting ...
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ArticlePost Office appoints head of people strategy, planning and governance
Post Office has appointed Juliet Crisp as its new head of people strategy, planning, and governance as of this month. With experience in HR leadership, talent development strategies and impactful people change initiatives, Crisp will be supporting the Post Office’s new people strategy that focuses on employee ...
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ArticleAllpay introduces Hereford Gift Card as staff reward
Payments specialist firm Allpay has introduced the Hereford Gift Card as a permanent employee reward after a successful pilot and positive feedback. The firm’s 300 employees can choose the Hereford Gift Card as a reward in exchange for points within its reward and recognition platform, which can ...
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ArticleRedbridge Civic Services waste and refuse staff accept new employment terms
Waste and refuse collection workers employed by Redbridge Civic Services have accepted an improved pay, terms and conditions offer.The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, work for a subsidiary of Redbridge Council. They had previously undertaken strike action and were due to strike until 5 September, but accepted ...
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ArticleBudapest named the world’s best workcation city for 2024
Something for the weekend: Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, has been named the world’s best workcation city for 2024 in research by International Workplace Group. Following the increase in popularity of workcations, where people combine work with travel for a few days at the end of ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The right to switch off from work
How easy do you find it to switch off from work? Although this is not a new issue by any means, since the Covid-19 pandemic, the blurring of boundaries between work and home life has become more pronounced as a greater number of employees spend at least ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read articles between 16 - 22 August 2024
The top 10 most read articles between 16 - 22 August 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Chancellor launches pensions system review Reservist wins landmark Territorial Army pensions case 67% of employers uncertain which benefits are most valued by employees Bromford Housing Association receives menopause-friendly accreditation Care UK ...
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ArticleElizabeth Finn Homes enhances family leave policy
Nursing homes and residential care facilities organisation Elizabeth Finn Homes has implemented an enhanced family leave policy for its more than 750 employees.With the support of its charity owners Turn2us, the parental leave policy sets out both basic and enhanced entitlements for new and expectant birth parents at work. It ...
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ArticlePX workers for Sellafield accept improved pay offer
Around 40 workers employed by PX at the Fellside Combined Heat and Power plant have accepted a pay offer, ending ongoing industrial action.The employees undertake a range of roles, including shift managers, operators, electrical and instrumentation technicians and administrators at the plant, which provides electricity and steam to Sellafield in ...
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Article67% of employers uncertain which benefits are most valued by employees
Two-thirds (67%) of employers are uncertain which benefits are most valued by their employees, according to research by Howden Employee Benefits. Its Employee benefits and wellbeing in Scotland report, which is based on a survey of more than 100 HR professionals and business leaders, also found that ...
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OpinionRichard Branson: Prepare for proposed increases to national minimum wage
In April 2024, the previous Conservative government increased the national minimum wage (NMW) for people over the age of 23 from £10.42 per hour to £11.44, a rise of 9.8%. The NMW rate for 21 and 22-year-olds also moved to £11.44 per hour from its previous rate of £10.18, representing ...
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OpinionAmanda Glover: Impact of new flexible working laws on employees
The employment law changes that came into effect in April 2024 are likely to have been overshadowed for many by the general election and the multitude of proposed employment law changes that have been put on the table by the Labour party.The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023, which came ...
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ArticleScottish Borders Housing Association staff accept 5.5% pay rise
Around 160 workers at Scottish Borders Housing Association have accepted a 5.5% pay rise and improvements to their working conditions as of this week.The employees are based at the association and charity’s Selkirk headquarters and are members of trade union Unite. They work in trades roles, including joiners, painters, plumbers, ...
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Article40.6% of employers have between 0-25% health and wellbeing benefits take-up
Employee Benefits poll: Two-fifths (40.6%) of organisations revealed that their employee take-up of health and wellbeing benefits was between 0-25%, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers.One-fifth (21.9%) of respondents said that their employee take-up of these type of benefits was between 26-50% and 51-75%. Meanwhile, 15.6% answered that ...
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AnalysisWhat could the Labour government mean for employers' reward and benefits strategies?
Credit: Mistervlad/Shutterstock Need to know: The Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill will enhance employee rights but there are concerns that proposals could have unintended consequences, adding cost, disadvantaging some businesses and their employees, and affecting recruitment strategies. Extending pay gap reporting to ethnicity and disability may ...