All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1103
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Poll: Will driverless cars ever have a place in a company car strategy?
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 1-7 March 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 1 and 7 March 2018 were: Morrisons to face legal action over equal payBjorn Borg holds compulsory exercise hour for Swedish employeesEmployee Benefits Connect 2018 speaker slidesCourt of Appeal rules in favour of Air Products in long-term incentive plan age discrimination caseNational ...
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ArticlePoll: 77% think employers should offer incentives for staff to adopt healthy habits
Employee Benefits poll: More than three-quarters (77%) of respondents think that employers should offer incentives for all employees to adopt healthy behaviours.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 61 responses, also found that 13% of respondents feel that employers should provide incentives for some staff in order to encourage ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Equal pay claims gather pace
Is it just me, or does it seem rather apt that in the same week as International Women’s Day (8 March) several equal pay claims were brought by current and former female employees against well-known UK brands?Earlier this week, law firms representing the claimants announced they would be bringing claims ...
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ArticleVirgin seeks personal assistant to move to Necker Island
Something for the weekend: Employees looking to swap dreary British weather for a nine-to-five that incorporates more sun, sea and sand should check out the latest recruitment drive from international investment group Virgin, which is looking for a new personal assistant to work on Necker Island, a private island in ...
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ArticleMarriott Hotels and Wagamama named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Asian restaurant chain Wagamama and international hotel group Marriott Hotels (pictured) are among the 179 employers named by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for failure to pay employees the national minimum wage and the national living wage.Wagamama, which topped the government’s 14th list of organisations that ...
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ArticleMake Collective offers bonuses to employees who cycle to work
New Zealand-based advertising and creative agency Make Collective offers its six employees a financial year-end bonus if they cycle to and from work.The initiative, which launched in February 2018, awards employees $5 (£2.63) a day if they cycle on their commute. Employees that maintain cycling to and from work for ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership to give 5% bonus to staff
The John Lewis Partnership is to pay 85,500 employees across John Lewis and Waitrose a bonus worth 5% of their salary, totalling £74 million.The bonuses have been awarded after the organisation announced its profit before tax, bonuses and exceptional payments of £289.2 million in the year ending 27 January 2018. ...
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Protecting defined benefit members from the pension vultures
WEALTH at work, a leading provider of financial education, guidance and advice in the workplace is calling for more to be done to protect defined benefit members from the risks around pension transfers.In 2017 defined benefit (DB) pensions hit the headlines and failures involving BHS, British Steel and Carillion brought ...
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Becoming food savvy following Public Health England’s new calorie plan
Public Health England have shockingly revealed that children are consuming up to 500 excess calories per day, which is the equivalent to a startling extra meal a day. The health officials have warned that Britain needs to go on a diet and they are launching a plan to substantially cut ...
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Examining the correlation between employee health and financial wellbeing summary
Employee health and wellbeing along with pensions and retirement have been dominant issues in the HR press for at least five years. Many employers have implemented wellbeing plans and many report good results. In light of this it would be reasonable to assume that employee wellness is improving. However, the ...
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Jungheinrich UK launches employee discounts and concierge scheme with Xexec
In line with its ongoing strategy of maximising employee engagement, leading intralogistics provider Jungeinrich UK has teamed up with Xexec to launch a comprehensive employee discounts and concierge package for its 800+ UK workforce.Jungheinrich UK’s discounts scheme with Xexec offers all UK staff access to over 3,000 discounts, ranging from ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 43% feel more appreciated when offered additional annual leave
EXCLUSIVE: More than two-fifths (43%) of respondents select additional annual leave as the work-related benefit that would make them feel most appreciated at work, according to research by Xexec.Its survey of 1,720 employees also found that 47% of respondents want to receive rewards spontaneously, compared to 38% who would like ...
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ArticleTarget to increase minimum hourly pay to $12
Image credit: TargetUS-based retail organisation Target is to increase its minimum hourly wage from $11 (£7.94) to $12 (£8.66).The pay rise is due to be awarded to existing staff members from spring 2018 as part of the organisation’s wider multi-year strategy. The strategy also includes store expansions and new service ...
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ArticleBT Group reports a 7% mean gender pay gap
Telecommunications organisation BT Group has reported a 7% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017 across its seven legal entities.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data for 84,945 employees, including executive directors, in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations ...
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Case StudiesHow Redington is creating a great employee experience
Investment consultancy Redington has embraced the challenge of creating a great employee experience.Kavish Patel, people director at Redington, says: “I think the reason benefits have had to step up and become more creative is we have gone from work where you go to the office, come back and have your ...
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OpinionDr Amy Armstrong: The importance of people-centred cultures
Last month, the Sunday Times announced its Best Companies to Work For list for 2018. One factor that appears to remain constant in organisations that achieve the highest levels of employee motivation and engagement is the importance they place on creating people-centred cultures.If we see engagement as a climate in ...
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AnalysisHow can a benefits strategy support the employee experience?
Need to know: In a world where work and life boundaries are blurring, employees are expecting more from their working lives. A great employee experience is more important than ever. Today, workers are looking for more authentic organisations with clear sets of principles. Feeling a sense of purpose is increasingly ...
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OpinionSarah Thompson: Employers must prepare for no grace period post GDPR implementation
Everyone knows what is at stake regarding fines relating to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) non-compliance; up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is greater, but what will really happen on 26 May 2018 if organisations are not compliant?There have been comparisons between the GDPR and ...
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ArticleAllen and Overy reports a 19.8% mean gender pay gap
Image credit: Allen and OveryInternational law firm Allen and Overy has reported a 19.8% 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 ...