All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1107
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How to tackle stress
We all know what it is like to feel stressed and it can become overwhelming at times. A shocking 526,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2016/2017 and 12.5 million working days were lost because of the conditions. Identifying when you are stressed and why is the ...
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Supplier articleFour reasons why your millennial employees might be ignoring you (from a millennial)
By Hayley Cooper, Client Success ManagerMillennials are used to getting a bad rap. Apparently, we’re “entitled,” “lazy,” “unmanageable” and “ruining [insert whatever industry you’re concerned about here].”This is a pretty big group of people to be making negative assumptions about. The Pew Research Centre defines the millennial generation as anyone ...
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Boosting morale in the workplace
The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime, which means one third of your waking hours will be spent at work. Low morale can be displayed through high turnover rates, fewer employee conversations and decreased productivity. The UK’s productivity sank again in the second quarter of ...
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ArticleThomas Cook to give cabin crew two-year pay deal
Thomas Cook is to give more than 2,000 cabin crew employees who are members of the trade union Unite a two-year pay deal.The pay deal includes a 3.2% pay increase backdated to April 2017, which equates to an additional £500 a year for employees earning an average annual salary of ...
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ArticleNorton Rose Fulbright reports a 17% mean gender pay gap
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has reported a 17% 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 ...
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Article77% of employers view workplace pension as an important benefit
More than three-quarters (77%) of employer respondents believe a workplace pension is an important employee benefit, according to research by Royal London.Its survey of 325 organisations, which typically employ between 10 and 250 employees, also found that 66% of respondents would be prepared to facilitate employees increasing their pension contribution ...
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ArticleDónall Breen: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
As the saying goes, learn from the mistakes of others because you cannot afford to make them all yourself. Especially not ones as big as a mass equal pay claim. That is why so many private sector employers, lawyers and campaigners are closely following the Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and, most ...
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ArticleStefan Martin: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
According to newspaper reports, several supermarket chains are either already facing, or are preparing to face, large numbers of equal pay cases. Female workers in stores are claiming that they are engaged in work of equal value to that of male employees working in distribution centres and are entitled to ...
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Supplier articleHow to showcase your company culture with themed communications calendars
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications ManagerWhen thinking about your employee communications strategy, it’s helpful to take a step back and look at the big picture. Whether you currently have a strategy in place, or you’re just starting out, there’s always room for improvement. Ask yourself if there are any areas ...
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Supplier articleThe crazy way a unicorn helped me create the perfect job advertisement
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications ManagerIt should have been simple. People recruit new team members all the time. With Reward Gateway growing in size, it was time to recruit another member to join the Internal Communications team. It wouldn’t be too hard. I wrote content day in, day out. A ...
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ArticleFCA publishes changes to pension transfer advice
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new rules on pension transfer advice requiring that individuals’ specific circumstances are taken into consideration.The new rules, which follow on from a consultation originally proposing the changes in June 2017, will apply for advice on transfers from safeguarded benefit schemes, for example transfers ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2018 shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the Employee Benefits Awards 2018 has now been revealed. The full shortlist can be viewed here.Thank you to all of the organisations that entered this year’s awards and congratulations to those that have been shortlisted. A special thank you also goes to our expert judging panel.The winners ...
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ArticleEquality and Human Rights Commission publishes final gender pay gap enforcement action
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published its final report detailing the procedures for enforcement action relating to the gender pay gap reporting regulations.Its Closing the gap: enforcing the gender pay gap regulations report outlines the different stages of legal action that all non-compliant employers will face after the ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator launches consultation on master trust authorisation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched a consultation on the proposed authorisation process for master trust pension schemes.The consultation, which will run until 8 May 2018, seeks feedback on the draft code of practice that is to be implemented for master trust schemes from 1 October 2018. The code of ...
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ArticleEngland joins JLL
Claire England has joined professional services firm JLL as its new director for diversity and inclusion.In her new role, England will liaise with JLL's HR and sustainability teams in order to oversee the organisation's UK diversity and inclusion strategy. This will include delivering diversity and inclusion targets as part of ...
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ArticleCarlson Wagonlit Travel promotes Maguire-Vielle
Global travel management organisation Carlson Wagonlit Travel has promoted Catherine Maguire-Vielle to executive vice president and chief human resources officer.For her new role, Maguire-Vielle will be based in Paris and will be part of the organisation's executive leadership team.Maguire-Vielle has held numerous roles at Carlson Wagonlit Travel including senior vice ...
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How to avoid burning out at work
Employees who get in early, stay late, don’t take breaks and work on the weekends can end up burning out. Work burnout can be caused by large workloads, stress from working long hours, difficult colleagues and endless deadlines. All of which can lead to a lack of motivation, productivity, positivity, ...
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Supplier articleWhat does a rocketship have to do with company values?
By Glenn Elliott, FounderMost companies have corporate values but many employees struggle to remember them or even understand what they really mean. Even fewer companies manage to explain how the values link to the company’s mission.As we've often talked about, Purpose, Mission and Values is one of the foundational elements ...
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ArticleDPD to give delivery drivers paid leave, pension and sick pay in new worker contract
Parcel delivery organisation DPD is to give its delivery drivers paid annual leave, pension entitlement and sick pay under a new self-employed worker contract.The new contract will offer all of DPD’s delivery drivers the choice of being directly employed by DPD or to work with the organisation on a self-employed ...
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ArticleWillis Towers Watson reports a 38.9% mean gender pay gap
Global advisory and broking organisation Willis Towers Watson has reported a 38.9% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across its two UK legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead ...