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ArticleSainsbury’s Argos named Best place to work at logistics awards event
Image credit: Serge Cornu/ShutterstockRetailer Sainsbury’s Argos has been named the Best place to work at the annual Talent in Logistics Awards, in recognition of its high employee engagement.The awards, organised by Talent in Logistics, a support business for the transport, logistics and warehouse sector in the UK, aim to recognise ...
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ArticleStandard Life Aberdeen commits to supporting staff experiencing endometriosis
Investment management organisation Standard Life Aberdeen has been accredited as the UK’s first endometriosis friendly employer, committing to provide support for employees experiencing the condition.The new accreditation scheme, launched by national charity Endometriosis UK in June 2019, offers guidance to employers on how to support staff diagnosed with endometriosis. As ...
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ArticleHalf of employers predict pay rises of between 2% and 3% for 2019
Just under half (48%) of respondents predict they will deliver pay rises of between 2% and 3% for 2019, while 32% anticipate they will have a pay review budget of between 1% and 2%, according to research by management consultancy Paydata.Its UK reward management survey, spring 2019 report, which polled ...
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OpinionJemima Coleman: Diversity in the legal sector needs to improve to reflect society as a whole
Across the UK, more than half of all practising solicitors are women, while black, Asian and minority ethnic (Bame) individuals account for 21% of lawyers in law firms, according to August 2017 data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. These figures compare favourably to the UK as a whole, where women ...
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Supplier articleHow to overcome the top recognition and reward frustrations
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services at Reward GatewayEmployee recognition and reward has received a lot of attention in the last decade. Companies around the world are spending a collective $46 billion on reward and recognition programmes and just recently, AON reported that of all the factors that drive ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employee health is key reason to offer benefits for 83% of organisations
EXCLUSIVE: For the second year running, supporting employee health and wellbeing has been identified as the main reason employers offer benefits, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019, which surveyed 290 HR professionals, was published in May 2019. It found that employee health and wellbeing was cited by ...
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ArticleGovernor of Maryland awards 3% pay increase to state employees
The governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, has awarded a 3% pay increase to the majority of state employees, effective from 1 July 2019.The pay award was confirmed in Maryland’s fiscal year 2020 budget, after being negotiated between Hogan’s office and exclusive bargaining representatives for state employees.“Due to our administration’s prudent ...
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ArticleBBC reports a 6.8% mean gender pay gap for 2019
Media organisation the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported a 6.8% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at March 2019; this is a decrease from the 10.7% mean gender pay gap it reported in 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data for BBC Public Service ...
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OpinionCaroline Escott: Fair pensions policies are needed to ensure good employee morale
Gone are the days when institutional investors like pension funds, insurance firms and other large asset managers kept a low profile and quietly, passively, bought and held their shares in organisations they expected to grow over time.With analysis of environmental, social and governance practices becoming mainstream in investment management, professional ...
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AnalysisWhat can employers do to rebalance pension gaps in organisations?
Need to know:The UK corporate governance code was strengthened in July 2018 to oblige organisations to align new executive directors’ pensions with those available to the wider workforce.Despite political and shareholder impetus, so far executive pension rates are drifting down quite slowly, with 25% of pay viewed as acceptable. This ...
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Case StudiesRoyal Mail seeks pensions equality from collective defined contribution scheme
Royal Mail can lay claim to designing a consistent and fair pension scheme in its novel collective defined contributions (CDC) scheme. The scheme is not yet in force, but enabling legislation in Parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions Guy Opperman's Pensions Bill is expected in ...
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Supplier articleHow to turn your culture into the star of your Employee Value Proposition
By Robert Hicks, Group HR Director at Reward GatewayYour company's culture is one of the most crucial elements of your organisation. As a key component to retaining and attracting employees, it gets to the heart of what motivates your people to come to work every day. The link between your ...
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ArticleSmiths Group completes pensioner buy-in transaction worth £176m
Engineering organisation Smiths Group has completed a bulk annuity buy-in transaction with insurer Canada Life.The policy insures the pension liabilities, worth around £176 million, for more than 2,000 legacy pensioners and dependents of the Smiths Industries Pension Scheme.The buy-in arrangement has been designed to de-risk the pension scheme’s liabilities; to ...
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ArticleSodexo staff at Charing Cross Hospital hold protest picnic in pay dispute
Cleaners and porters employed by food services and facilities management organisation Sodexo, who are based at Charing Cross Hospital in London, are hosting a protest picnic today (Thursday 4 July 2019) in an ongoing pay dispute.The picnic, organised by the trade union GMB, will see Sodexo’s porters, cleaners and domestic ...
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ArticleBBC spent £158.6m for on-air talent in 2018-2019
Public television organisation the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) spent just over £158.6 million for on-air job roles in the 2018-2019 financial year; equating to 10% of the organisation’s total internal creative content spend.Its Group annual report and accounts 2018-2019, published in July 2019, also detailed individuals at the BBC who ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid's professional development
I cannot think of another time when this has happened: Big Bad Boss has offered to pay for some continued professional development training for me. Great, but I worry that it means he thinks I am getting out of date. It is a bit like being offered a seat on ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 27 June-3 July 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 27 June and 3 July 2019 were: Supreme Court refuses government's appeal in judges' pensions discrimination courtLondon-based family offers £60,000 salary for tutor to join them on 12-month gap yearJunior NHS doctors vote to accept four-year contract improvementsStagecoach wins international awards ...
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ArticleMaryland seeks official cookie taster
Something for the weekend: Biscuit-loving job seekers have the ideal opportunity to apply for their dream job this week, as cookie manufacturer Maryland is hiring for an official cookie taster.The delicious-sounding job, advertised via website Airtasker, will pay the chosen chocolate chip cookie fan £350 to attend a day at ...
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ArticleGovernment to consult on gender pay gap metrics as part of gender equality roadmap
The government will review gender pay gap reporting metrics, evaluate shared parental leave and consult on providing dedicated employment rights for carers as part of its work to tackle gender inequalities.The Government Equalities Office (GEO) and member of Parliament Penny Mordaunt (pictured), the minister for women and equalities, published the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Four-fifths use digital communications to boost benefits engagement
EXCLUSIVE: Digital communications are steadily increasing as a method of improving engagement with benefits, up from 68% in 2016 to 78% this year, according to research by Employee Benefits.While this might indicate the move towards a reliance on technology, it is worth noting that the Benefits research 2019, published in ...