All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1124
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ArticlePoll: 76% think employers should support staff with rental deposits and housing costs
Employee Benefits poll: More than three-quarters (76%) of respondents think that employers should support employees to afford rental deposits and housing costs.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 83 responses, also found that 22% of respondents do not believe employers should help staff with rental deposits and housing costs, ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Applauding the best in benefits
Hello, and welcome to my first official blog as editor of Employee Benefits!For those of you who may have missed last week’s announcement, I have temporarily stepped into the shoes of Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, who is now on maternity leave awaiting her little bundle of joy.While on the topic of special ...
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ArticleBuckingham Palace seeks pastry chef for royal kitchens
Something for the weekend: If whipping up batches of mille feuille sounds like a piece of cake, then Buckingham Palace’s latest job opening for a live-in pastry chef could be the ideal career move for a dab hand in the kitchen.Working as part of the Master of the Household’s department ...
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ArticleWorkchain pleads guilty to opting employees out of workplace pension
Recruitment organisation Workchain, as well as its two directors and five senior staff members, have pleaded guilty to illegally opting employees out of the organisation's workplace pension.Derby-based Workchain, its directors Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley, and a further five senior staff members pleaded guilty at Derby Magistrates’ Court today (Thursday ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit falls to £34bn
The accounting deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK’s top 350 organisations has decreased by £16 billion in a single month, reaching £34 billion as of May 2018, according to research by Mercer.Its research, which analyses pension deficits calculated using the approach FTSE 350 organisations have to ...
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ArticleWho will win at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018?
The winners of the 16th annual Employee Benefits Awards, sponsored by Aon, will be unveiled today (Friday 8 June 2018).Anglian Water, BT, Deloitte, Holiday Extras, Lloyds Banking Group, Skyscanner and University of Lincoln are among the employers shortlisted for recognition at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.There are 21 awards in ...
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ArticlePepsiCo launches paid return-to-work programme
Multinational food and beverage organisation PepsiCo has launched a paid return-to-work programme to help individuals re-enter the workforce after taking a career break.Ready to Return is a 10 to 12-week paid programme targeted at men and women who have been on a career break for two years or more.The programme, ...
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ArticleNHS staff from 14 unions vote to accept three-year pay deal
Every NHS worker in England will now be paid at least £8.93 per hour, or £17,460 per year if they work full time, as part of a three-year deal and changes to the pay structure of the organisation, collectively endorsed by NHS unions as of Friday 8 June 2018.The pay ...
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OpinionDavid Webb: What can employers do to support World Cup football fans at work?
Who would be a football manager? Well, like it or not, a lot of employees are planning to be one over the next few weeks during the World Cup, from 14 June to 15 July 2018.That includes employees being organised enough to ask their boss in good time for time ...
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ArticleGovernment sets out new regulations for large employers to publish pay ratios
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has set out new regulations requiring UK listed organisations with more than 250 UK-based employees to annually publish and justify the pay difference between their chief executives and employees.The pay ratio reporting regulations are part of a package of reform measures ...
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ArticleSkyscanner wins Grand Prix at Employee Benefits Awards 2018
Skyscanner won the coveted Grand Prix award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.The global travel search website was lauded for its innovative and fresh employee benefits strategy and its approach to getting employees to support business strategy.Skyscanner was recognised in two additional categories, winning the awards for Best staff travel ...
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OpinionJonathan Swan: How flexible working can help close the gender pay gap
Many organisations are thinking about how they can close their gender pay gap. Fortunately for most, they have a powerful tool at hand in the shape of flexible working. Using flexibility strategically, as part of a wider approach to work-life balance, provides an opportunity to tackle some of the stubborn ...
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ArticleInfographic: Should employers worry about retaining talent post-Brexit?
An infographic showing concerns about UK-based talent following a potential Brexit agreement, illustrating why retaining top talent may become a key priority for employers:31% think that the UK workforce will be lower skilled and less talented post-Brexit20% feel that working in the UK private sector post-Brexit is less attractive than ...
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Case StudiesEY Reconnect harnesses untapped talent to tackle the pay gap
When financial services firm EY reported its gender pay gap statistics, which included a median hourly gap of 14.8% and a mean hourly gap of 19.7%, it noted the significant role played by the unequal distribution of women in senior positions.One of the numerous aspects of its approach to closing ...
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AnalysisClosing the gender pay gap: next steps and key challenges
Need to know:Diversity of gender, background, experience and opinion is key to business success, and closing the gender pay gap would have significant economic benefits for the UK.Coaching, mentoring and sponsorship of women is an important way of ensuring female employees do not get stuck in the talent pipeline.Flexible working, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Unum extends online financial education to 130 Ireland-based staff
EXCLUSIVE: Employee benefits provider Unum has extended its online financial education programme to 130 employees based at its Carlow operating site in Ireland.The programme, provided by Nudge, was introduced at Unum Ireland on 21 May 2018 as part of the organisation’s overall global strategy. This seeks to create an organisational ...
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ArticleRyanair recognises cabin crew trade union for collective pay bargaining
Ryanair has signed a voluntary trade union recognition agreement with Unite to enable collective pay bargaining.The agreement, announced on Monday 11 June 2018, recognises Unite as the trade union representation for approximately 650 directly employed cabin crew staff, operating out of Ryanair’s UK airport bases at Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, East ...
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ArticleTotal pay increases by 0.1% in real terms since April 2017
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, including bonuses, increased by 0.1% in real terms between February to April 2017 and February to April 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: June 2018 report also found that regular pay, excluding bonus payments, increased ...
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OpinionNicola Butterworth: Employees' conduct is not a guaranteed agreement to new contractual terms
In the age of austerity, compounded by technological advances and the uncertainty of Brexit, many UK businesses continue to face tough challenges. With the biggest organisations announcing profit warnings, and other organisations struggling to make ends meet, faced with the need to cut operating costs, one option open to employers ...
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Supplier article
Absenteeism in the workplace
Absenteeism is commonly defined as an employee’s intentional or habitual absence from work. It is a complex issue to tackle and can be quite challenging, it not only has an impact on your bottom line but also on staff productivity.Did you know that?Sickness absence costs UK businesses an estimated £29bn ...