All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1130
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ArticleEuro Contracts Services director disqualified for failing to pay national minimum wage
The Secretary of State has accepted a disqualification undertaking from the director of manual labour supply service Euro Contracts Services, for failing to ensure that the organisation paid farm workers the national minimum wage.The disqualification undertaking was accepted by the Secretary of State on 1 May 2018, and became effective ...
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OpinionAdesuwa Ajayi: Workplace diversity and the power of community-led platforms
Diversity conversations are taking centre stage in and out of the workplace, but when all the panel discussions are done and employees are fed what feels like yet another advertisement it is no surprise that many still feel invisible.Amid both external and internal pressures, organisations often turn their focus to ...
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AnalysisHow can a benefits strategy foster and celebrate cultural diversity?
Need to know:Diversity of experience, opinion and background can have a significant effect on profitability, and diverse organisations are more likely to foster employee engagement.Mentoring and sponsorship can help to ensure that individuals are able to progress, despite potential barriers due to ethnicity.Open communication, among employees and between staff and ...
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Case StudiesImperial College London's Active Bystander Training promotes diversity and inclusion
A training programme is helping Imperial College London employees address issues around bullying, harassment and discrimination, as well as promoting diversity and inclusion.The university scooped the Organisational Development and Culture Change Award at the 2018 Universities Human Resources (UHR) Awards for Excellence in HR in May, recognising the impressive work ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: How to uncover your forgotten benefits
The industry’s first and only podcast series is back, delving deeper into what employers need to do to rise to the top of the market with their benefits programme, and stay there! Listen to our industry experts break daunting subjects down into easy-to-understand, bite-sized nuggets, with top ...
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ArticleBBC reduces gender pay gap and publishes culture review
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reduced its mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay from 10.7% to 8.4% over the course of the last year.The updated gender pay gap figures, which have been published in alignment with the organisation’s review on workplace culture and systems around the progression ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group, Hilton and The Sovini Group recognised as UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018
Admiral Group, Hilton, Pets at Home, The Sovini Group and TSB Bank are among the organisations recognised on the UK’s Best workplaces for women 2018 list, compiled by Great Place to Work.The list, which has been launched for the first time this year, recognises organisations that go beyond statutory requirements ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit falls to £29bn
The defined benefit (DB) pension deficit at the UK’s top 350 organisations has decreased from £72 billion at the start of 2018, to £29 billion on 29 June 2018, according to research by Mercer.The research, which analyses the pension deficit calculated using the approach FTSE 350 organisations have to adopt ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 28 June-4 July 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 June and 4 July 2018 were: Co-op launches payroll loan benefit for 63,000 staffRandstad launches employee engagement platform for 1,400 staffDeliveroo pays compensation to settle riders' employment status claimsTop 10 most read stories: 21-27 June 2018TGI Friday's subject to demonstrations ...
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ArticleWorld Life Experience pays volunteers to travel the world for a year
Something for the weekend: Looking to escape the nine-to-five office grind? Social responsibility organisation World Life Experience is paying 11 individuals to travel across 23 cities worldwide in an all-expenses paid, year-long trip to do volunteer work at non-governmental organisations (NGOs).Successful applicants undertaking the one-year trip, which has been designed ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Pay, stress and work-life balance
On Wednesday, trade union Unite orchestrated demonstrations at more than 30 restaurants in the TGI Friday’s chain across the UK, deliberately choosing the Independence Day date to have the biggest impact on the American organisation.Unite members and employees of TGI Friday’s staged the demonstrations in order to draw further attention ...
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ArticlePoll: 29% believe financial benefits motivate employees most
Employee Benefits poll: More than a quarter (29%) of respondents believe that financial benefits, such as employee share schemes, motivate employees the most.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 143 responses, also found that 25% of respondents think that holiday purchase is the employee benefit that most motivates staff, ...
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ArticleCard Factory and Home Bargains named on minimum wage non-compliance list
Retailers Card Factory and Home Bargains are among the 239 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.Sportswift, trading as Card Factory, topped the government's list of organisations that have underpaid staff ...
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ArticleTorus Housing awards 3.1% pay rise for 700 staff
Housing group organisation Torus Housing has awarded a 3.1% pay increase to 700 employees.The pay rise, which has been agreed with trade union Unison, will be effective from July 2018 and will be backdated to April 2018.The pay increase follows a previous pay offer of a 2% pay rise, which ...
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Article60% prefer employers that support health and wellbeing when aged over 65
Almost two-thirds (60%) of respondents would be more inclined to work for an employer that supports their health and wellbeing with benefits and initiatives working past the age of 65, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.The survey of 1,004 UK employees also found 35% of respondents planning to ...
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ArticleGowling WLG launches blockchain-based peer-to-peer recognition scheme
International law firm Gowling WLG has introduced a new blockchain-based peer-to-peer recognition scheme for 1,178 UK employees working at its London and Birmingham offices.The Gowling WLG Reward Token scheme (GRT), launched on 2 July 2018, was designed internally to educate employees about blockchain technology and help staff to earn and ...
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Supplier article
Improving productivity at work in the summer
When the warm weather finally hits the UK, the last thing people want to do is to be stuck inside and unable to make the most of it. Therefore, productivity can fall and employees can become easily distracted by wanting to be on holiday or outside.Implement fitness breaksMost companies allow ...
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ArticleSheffield Supertram drivers and conductors strike in pay dispute
Around 200 drivers and conductors who work for South Yorkshire Supertram on the Sheffield Supertram network, and who are members of the trade union Unite, are undertaking strike action today (Monday 9 July 2018) in a dispute over pay.Unite members working at South Yorkshire Supertram voted 91% in favour of ...
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Article6% of employers provide debt consolidation as part of benefits package
Less than one in 10 (6%) of respondents state that their employer provides debt consolidation via workplace lending and counselling services as part of their employee benefits package, according to research by Thomsons Online Benefits.It surveyed 2,000 UK employees working in private sector organisations with more than 500 staff, and ...