All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1129
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 21-27 June 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 21 and 27 June 2018 were: EC2 Master fined £15,000 for not collecting or investing nearly £900,000 of pension contributionsJapanese employee docked a half day's pay for taking lunch break three minutes earlyEmployment Tribunal rules in favour of Hermes couriers in ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid searches for benefits data
Nothing ever stays the same for long. My organisation lurches from a contraction phase - selling off defunct companies and shutting down offices, straight into a growth phase - buying up competitors and hiring directors to head up new teams. I wouldn’t have thought it was the right time economically, ...
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ArticleChina caps film actors’ pay
Something for the weekend: Five government agencies in China have announced that the salaries of on-screen actors are to be capped at 40% of total production costs.A joint notice from five Chinese government agencies, including the tax authority, the television and film regulator and the propaganda department, confirmed on Wednesday ...
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Supplier article
Presenteeism in the workplace
Presenteeism is an ongoing issue affecting most businesses where employees will come into work ill instead of phoning in sick. It can create direct and indirect costs to an organisation as the signs of presenteeism are not necessarily easy to identify. Presenteeism can affect your business by reducing productivity, it ...
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ArticleDeliveroo pays compensation to settle riders’ employment status claims
Food delivery organisation Deliveroo has paid compensation to 50 of its couriers to settle legal action regarding whether they should be classified as workers or self-employed independent contractors, and whether riders can therefore access employment rights, such as the national minimum wage and holiday pay.The legal action, which was brought ...
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ArticleCMS UK launches time out policy to enable staff to take one month of unpaid leave
Law firm CMS UK has recently launched a new ‘time out’ policy, enabling staff to take up to one month of unpaid leave every year.The policy, which is eligible for all of the firm’s employees, excepting trainees, has been designed to help staff address their work-life balance by being able ...
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ArticleKings Place Arts and Music Centre increases pay and paid sick leave
Live music venue Kings Place Arts and Music Centre has agreed to increase the minimum hourly rate of pay for staff as part of a three-year plan, as well as improving annual paid sick leave entitlement.The organisation has agreed to the three-year staged pay rise plan with trade union Bectu. ...
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ArticleNorth West Ambulance Service paramedics strike in pay dispute
Paramedics at North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) who are members of the GMB trade union undertook a six-hour strike on Friday 29 June 2018 as part of a long-running pay dispute.Approximately 50 GMB members based across Lancashire, Cumbria, Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester participated in the industrial action, which saw ...
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ArticleGreenwich Leisure Limited to pay all staff the London living wage
Leisure, gym and swimming pool organisation Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) has committed to paying all employees, including those aged between 18 and 20, the London living wage rate of £10.20 an hour.Currently, staff aged between 18 and 20 earn £8.10 an hour, and employees aged 21 or older are paid ...
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ArticleCA Technologies introduces 12 weeks of paid parental leave for 11,000 global employees
Software organisation CA Technologies has introduced a new global paid parental leave policy for its 11,000 worldwide employees.The parental leave policy, which launched today (Monday 2 July 2018), enables both male and female employees to take a minimum of 12 weeks of paid parental leave during the first 12 months ...
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ArticleChris Curry: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes have been in the news a lot recently, although the idea of them being used in the UK has been around since the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) started investigating 'defined ambition' pensions in 2012.In essence, a CDC scheme would be a different way ...
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ArticleJon Millidge: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Retirement provision is a major challenge facing our society. As the provider of around one in every 190 jobs in the UK, Royal Mail has a responsibility to help tackle this issue. We are committed to providing our employees with the best possible pension arrangements.Like many employers, our defined benefit ...
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ArticleSandeep Maudgil: Are collective defined contribution schemes a viable option for the future of pensions?
Given that employers are increasingly unwilling to bear the risks associated with defined benefit (DB) pensions, we need defined contribution (DC) schemes to provide the best benefits they can.The collective, rather than individual, approach seems to have many benefits. There are those that say that individual DC schemes, if run ...
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ArticleChiswick Park Enjoy-Work organises zip wire activity for 9,000 staff
On-site estate management organisation Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work organised a zip wire activity for the 9,000 employees based at West London business campus Chiswick Park on Thursday 28 June and Friday 29 June 2018.The zip wire, which was set 50 metres above the ground, was available for all 9,000 employees that ...
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ArticleTake part in exclusive healthcare benefits research
What benefits and strategies do you offer to support employees’ mental health? What do you feel you have a duty of care to encourage employees to do around their health and wellbeing?Have your say in the exclusive Employee Benefits healthcare research 2018, which is designed to help you benchmark your ...
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ArticleRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staff
Specialist recruitment organisation Randstad has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 1,400 UK-based staff.The platform, called ‘your hub’, was launched on 28 June 2018 in conjunction with provider Personal Group. It has been designed to help Randstad improve staff retention and recruitment.'Your hub' allows employees to access health ...
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OpinionMatthew Smith: What does the Pimlico Plumbers case mean for employers?
After almost seven years of litigation, the Supreme Court has upheld the decisions of the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal that Gary Smith was a 'worker' and not 'self-employed' in the high-profile case Pimlico Plumbers Ltd v Smith. The Supreme Court found that the 'dominant feature' ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Is it time you took a step back?
Have you looked at which elements of your benefits strategy have the most impact?Thomsons Online Benefits’ recent research has uncovered that UK employers need to take a step back and look at their benefits strategy as a whole. Market leaders are optimising all parts of their strategy to increase engagement ...
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ArticleTGI Friday’s subject to demonstrations over tip policy dispute
American chain restaurant TGI Friday’s will be subject to more than 30 nationwide demonstrations today (Wednesday 4 July 2018) in a dispute over the organisation’s tip policy.The demonstrations, which have been organised by trade union Unite, will take place at three London restaurants, as well as sites in the north-west, ...
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ArticleCo-op launches payroll loan benefit for 63,000 staff
Retail organisation Co-op has launched a payroll loan benefit for 63,000 UK employees to help staff mitigate the potential financial stress caused by high-cost borrowing and personal debt.The benefit, provided by Neyber, was introduced in June 2018 to provide eligible employees with access to a loan scheme where repayments are ...