All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1215
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Supplier articleThe 10 biggest mistakes in reward and recognition
The merits of reward and recognition within a workplace are numerous and well-documented. Similarly, the risks associated with neglecting reward and recognition practices are becoming increasingly apparent. A recent Xexec survey of 1,000 employees across UK businesses employing more than 500 people found that one third of employees feel undervalued ...
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Case StudiesInspired Villages develops benefits programme in line with organisational values
Inspired Villages, which develops and operates luxury retirement villages, recently launched a reward and recognition programme for its 210 employees nationwide, to boost engagement and align staff to brand new organisational values.The programme, provided by Reward Gateway, went live on 23 April 2019 and combines both top-down and peer-to-peer recognition, ...
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GettaSub
GettaSub is a financial employee benefit program that enables employees to access short-term finance typically between 30-60 days via salary advance loans. Aimed to tackle the issue of over 53% of the UK population who require short-term finance to cover their monthly living costs. Our loans are there to help ...
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ArticleNorwegian oil and energy staff to receive pay increase, averting strike action
Oil, gas and energy employees in Norway are to receive a pay increase of NOK19,700 (£1,791.92) after trade unions reached an agreement today (Tuesday 4 June 2019).The pay deal was negotiated between the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, a professional body and employers’ association for oil and supplier organisations, and ...
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ArticleGH London employees at Heathrow Airport awarded a 9.1% pay rise
Baggage handlers and check-in staff employed by GH London at Heathrow Airport, who are members of the trade union Unite, will receive a 9.1% pay increase to mitigate strike action.Negotiations between Unite and GH London, formally known as Azzurra, have confirmed that affected staff will receive a 6.1% pay rise ...
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ArticleCeltic Anglian Water reduces absence rate by 2.4 days per employee over two years
Ireland-based design, construction and operations contractor Celtic Anglian Water (Caw) has reduced its absence rate by 2.4 days per employee over two years, as a result of its ongoing health and wellbeing strategy.Caw, which employs approximately 100 employees across operating sites in Dublin, Sligo and Waterford as part of UK ...
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ArticleYorkshire Building Society hires Hunt
Financial organisation Yorkshire Building Society has hired Orlagh Hunt as its new chief people officer.Hunt has 25 years of HR experience, as well as 20 years of expertise specifically in the financial services sector. In her new role, she plans to continue building the organisation's culture, to ensure the business ...
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OpinionDeborah Casale: Unconscious bias needs to be addressed to impact gender pay gap
It is hard to imagine how life will look in 100 years, but at the current rate of progress, we can expect that the UK will only just be closing its gender pay gap.Organisations with more than 250 employees have been required to publish its gender pay gaps annually since ...
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Supplier articleEmployee recognition: why the first step starts with YOU
By Toni Whitehouse, Head of Sales Development at Reward GatewayThroughout my professional career, I've had the opportunity to work in a variety of roles – including Recruitment, Sales and Management – selling into a number of different industries. Not only has this given me a unique perspective for the different ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit rises to £57 billion in May 2019
The accounting deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK’s top 350 organisations increased by £5 billion between April 2019 and May 2019, rising from £52 billion to £57 billion, according to research by Mercer.The Pension risk survey, which analyses the pension deficit calculated using the approach FTSE ...
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ArticleSouthwark Council introduces paid leave for foster carers
Southwark Council has introduced a new leave policy to enable all staff who foster a child to receive an additional five days of paid annual leave in order to meet their care commitments.The new policy, launched on and immediately effective from 20 May 2019, was introduced as part of the ...
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ArticleGovernment to consult on new flexible option for NHS pension scheme
The Department of Health and Social Care and the Cabinet Office have announced a consultation on potential changes to the National Health Service (NHS) pension scheme, with the aim of enabling senior doctors to work for longer without the fear of tax charges impacting their retirement savings.The new 50:50 pension ...
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ArticleMichelle Cronin: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
In December 2018 Thompsons Solicitors pledged its commitment to the GMB union’s Work to Stop Domestic Abuse charter, signed the five-point commitment and pledged to deliver on its aims in full by Autumn 2019, in order to ensure staff across our network of 17 offices have access to support, services ...
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Kavitha Sivasubramaniam: Welcome to Mental Health Week!
Welcome to Mental Health Week in association with Benenden.This dedicated week is designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions, uncovering the latest trends and best practice in supporting mental health at work.The issue of mental health has slowly been climbing its way up employers’ agendas, with an increasing number ...
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ArticleJacqui Kilburn: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
Domestic abuse has a dramatic impact on all aspects of a woman’s life, including on her employment. We know from our work with survivors that women have lost jobs as a result of their experience of domestic abuse or having to flee their home. We also know that financial concerns, ...
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ArticleNell Andrew: How can employers support those affected by domestic abuse?
Domestic abuse has a devastating impact on individuals and their families. With two women every week and one man every month being killed by a partner or ex-partner, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics in February 2018, having an active, visible workplace policy on domestic abuse ...
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Supplier articleAdapting to a changing workforce: the impact of continuous employee recognition
by Rowenna Berry, Senior Product Lead at Reward GatewayBillions are spent on employee recognition and employee recognition programmes every year. But is our money misplaced? By investing in the right kind of employee recognition, you'll build a better foundation to improving employee engagement.To get ahead of your competition, it's time ...
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ArticleEligible employees saved £90.4bn into workplace pension pots in 2018
Eligible employees contributing to workplace pension pots saved a total of £90.4 billion in 2018, an increase of £7 billion on the amount saved over the previous year, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).Its annual Workplace pension participation and savings trends of eligible employees official ...
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ArticleGovernment introduces recruitment and retention allowance for judges
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has introduced a new temporary allowance for High Court, Circuit and Upper Tribunal judges in order to improve retention and recruitment.The policy, which was announced on Wednesday 5 June 2019, will award an allowance at 25% of base salary for High Court judges, while Circuit ...
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ArticleDefined benefit pension deficit increases to £240 billion as of May 2019
The deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK has increased to £240 billion as of the end of May 2019, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its Skyval index, which is based on aggregated data from 5,450 corporate DB pension funds, and is collected through the Skyval pensions ...