All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1086
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ArticleMcDonald's recommends pay increase for 115,000 UK staff
Restaurant organisation McDonald's has recommended a pay increase for its 115,000 UK employees working across its 1,200 national franchised restaurants, effective from 22 January 2018.The new hourly rates of pay have been recommended to rise to between £5.75 and £7 an hour for crew members aged between 16 and 17, ...
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Is your employee recognition scheme actually rewarding those who matter?
Now that the Christmas and New Year festivities are over, staff are returning to work and credit card bills are a harsh reality check of the cost of the festive season, staff may well be feeling a little low. With the average cost of Christmas per family being £753 per ...
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Supplier articleBenefits communication: If you’ve got it, flaunt it
It’s a new year, and time to start having some fun with your benefits communications. Have you got benefits that go unloved and unnoticed? Thomsons’ Benefits Experts will pull you out of your communications rut with a series of quick wins. When it comes to benefits they believe: If you’ve ...
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Supplier articleFive new ideas to celebrate your L&D Department
By Zachery Wilkinson, Learning and Development Manager My colleague Will spoke of some celebrations last week, notably birthdays and little ways to recognise employees. But today, I want to chat about a different kind of celebration: Big and small ways to celebrate changes in your L&D program.First, let me ask: ...
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Supplier articleTeamwork makes the dream work: the right way to introduce team pages
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications Manager As a company grows, it can be hard to continue with a first-name basis, and it can be unclear who’s who, and what’s what, when it comes to team dynamics, responsibilities and more.Team pages are a great way to attach a face (and personality) ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 71% of US employers see wellbeing as a driver of workplace culture
EXCLUSIVE: Just under three-quarters (71%) of US employer respondents view employee wellbeing as a fundamental driver of their workplace culture, according to research by LifeWorks.Its survey of 500 senior US-based HR professionals, also found that 24% of respondents believe that health insurance is the most popular employee benefit among their ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 21% of employers view group risk benefits as a selling point
EXCLUSIVE: More than one-fifth (21%) of employer respondents view group risk benefits as a selling point during recruitment interviews and employee reviews, according to research by Group Risk Development (Grid).Its survey of 500 HR decision makers in 500 UK organisations, also found that 26% of respondents make a point of ...
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ArticleJCB gives shop floor employees 3.9% pay increase
Construction equipment manufacturing organisation JCB has awarded 3,200 shop floor employees a 3.9% pay increase.The pay rise, which is effective from 1 January 2018, is part of a three-year pay deal that was agreed with trade union GMB in 2016. The pay award is linked to November 2017’s retail prices ...
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Poll: What benefits changes is your organisation planning to make in 2018?
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Case StudiesSiemens UK launches benefits platform to align with business digitalisation
Global technology organisation Siemens has launched a new benefits platform for its 15,000 UK and Ireland-based employees in order to align its benefits technology with the organisation’s overall business focus on digitalisation.Heike Avramovic, head of reward for UK and Ireland at Siemens, says: “It’s about culture, and the culture needs ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Siemens UK
The workplace benefits offered by Siemens UKFinancial: Defined contribution (DC) trust-based pension scheme for all employees to comply with auto-enrolment. Employer matching on a 1:1 basis, with a minimum total contribution of 3% and a maximum of 10%.Online financial education.Performance-based bonus scheme.Sales commission in relevant areas of the business.Employee share ...
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Supplier articleFour steps to conquer employee communications in 2018
By Pippa Arthur-Van Praugh, Global Employee Communications Evangelist In my role as Global Employee Communications Evangelist, my primary goal is to be here to help our clients get the word out about their latest initiatives quickly, efficiently and (most importantly), effectively.Over the last 10 years as a communications strategist, I’ve ...
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ArticleCIPP gains living wage accreditation
Membership organisation The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 60 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour for staff ...
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ArticleShoosmiths reports a 15.41% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Shoosmiths has reported a 15.41% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April 2018.The ...
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ArticleGerman metalwork employees strike in dispute over pay and work-life balance
More than 15,000 metalwork and electrical employees based in Germany who are members of the trade union IG Metall have undertaken strike action in a dispute over pay and work-life balance.Affected IG Metall members, who work across 80 different organisations, undertook strike action yesterday (Monday 8 January 2018) after negotiated ...
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ArticleHerbert Smith Freehills reports a 19% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has reported a 19% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 ...
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OpinionDavid Lorimer: How employers can protect against data breach liability
Last year's case in which Morrisons was found liable for damages arising from the actions of a rogue employee had broad implications for all employers. Andrew Skelton was imprisoned for eight years after deliberately disclosing payroll records relating to almost 100,000 staff members to several newspapers and online in 2014.This ...
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Supplier article2017 recap: The posts you loved the most
By Chloe Deiulis, Content Marketing ManagerDid we blink and miss out on 2017? Certainly seems that way. It was a big year, with lots to chat about in the world of employee engagement, from improving moments of recognition at work to mastering internal communications and questioning where this "engagement gap" ...
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ArticleCope joins the National Citizen Service Trust
Michael Cope has joined not-for-profit social enterprise organisation the National Citizen Service Trust (NCS) as its remuneration and policy manager.As part of his new role, Cope will develop and implement an approach to align reward and performance, introduce a benefits menu and platform and an HR policy suite, create grading ...
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ArticleTesco partners with UK health charities to highlight workplace health programme
Supermarket retail organisation Tesco has partnered with three UK health charities in order to develop a new workplace health programme for its 300,000 UK employees.Its ‘Little helps for healthier living’ partnership, which launched on 9 January 2018, will see Tesco liaise with the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, and ...