All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1358
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ArticleGovernment extends Coronavirus Job Retention scheme
The government has extended its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) until December 2020 to support those most impacted by the most recent measures put in place due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The government, under the new extension will pay up to 80% of employees' wages, with a cap of £2,500, ...
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ArticleDisability pay gap in the UK stands at 20% for 2020
The current disability pay gap for employees in the UK stands at 20%, according to research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The Disability employment and pay gap 2020 report, published October 2020, which based its findings on disabled men and women in employment in the UK, found that disabled female ...
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ArticleWelsh social care staff to receive full sick pay
Social care staff working in Wales will receive enhanced sick pay entitlements to support them financially during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective 1 November.The new scheme, which has been put in place until 31 March 2021, will ensure that all social care staffworking in care homes, domiciliary care and personal ...
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ArticleRobert Green: What can employers do to lift team spirits and combat potential isolation in winter?
There is no doubt the world has changed dramatically this year, having a significant impact on the way we live and work. With winter looming and employees still predominantly working from home, we need to be conscious that employees may feel isolated.That is why at Colt, our main aim is ...
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ArticleGeorgina Cameron: What can employers do to lift team spirits and combat potential isolation in winter?
We have learned a lot in 2020, whether that is working out how to wear a face mask without steaming up your glasses or discovering how to be comfortable with seeing yourself on video calls. However, as we move into the darker months, the main lesson I will be taking ...
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ArticleRina Pandya: What can employers do to lift team spirits and combat potential isolation in winter?
At the beginning of this year, we could never have imagined how different our way of working would become. Many employees have had to adapt to remote working, with the workplace reinventing itself in home offices and around dining tables. This transition has been challenging, however, as the year draws ...
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ArticleAegon signs Race at Work charter to address racial inequality
Financial services organisation Aegon has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality ...
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Supplier articleTaking progressive wellbeing initiatives even further
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexThe employee benefits industry has spent the last few months focusing heavily on employee wellbeing in the time of Covid, and how to get initiatives off the ground. But what about those organisations who were already taking significant wellbeing steps before 2020? For this ...
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ArticleHogan Lovells returns newly qualified lawyers to full pay
International law firm Hogan Lovells will return its newly qualified associates to full pay following the cuts that were put in place due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. InApril, the organisationintroduced pay cuts for newly qualified lawyers in London and Birmingham, with their pay being reduced to £85,000 and £46,000 ...
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ArticleWPP defers bonus payments
Image credit: The DrumCommunications organisation WPP has postponed its bonus payments for 2020 due to the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The organisation has a performance-related bonus structure in place allowing employees below board-level to receive an extra annual payment based on how well they perform during the ...
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ArticleBecton, Dickinson and Company ordered to pay $100,000 in back wages
New Jersey-based medical organisation Becton, Dickinson and Company has been ordered to pay 104 African American female employees £100,000 (£76,606) in back wages by the US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).The organisation was found to have paid 104 African American women working in hourly-paid manufacturing ...
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5 tips to motivate your employees as 2020 draws to a close
As we head into the final stretch of 2020, with another lockdown and a lot of uncertainties looming, coupled with a general sense of lack of motivation and what would usually be the start of festive cheers, it's more important, now than ever before, to look at how best to ...
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5 tips to motivate your employees as 2020 draws to a close
HR and leadership teams now need to think slightly out the box, away from the traditional ways of motivating their teams. Employees are dispersed now, with majority working from home, or with limited office hours. Team building, socializing, team drinks and office get-togethers may seem like something of the past. ...
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Supplier articleLatest innovation in Customer Loyalty
2020 has been one of the most challenging years ever for customer facing businesses and those in the business of customer loyalty. We have had restrictions placed on the food and beverage industry, the travel industry and of course high street shopping, to name but a few who have all ...
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OpinionLucy Lewis: What the extension of the furlough scheme means for employers
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) had been expected to end on 31 October 2020, but Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, announced the very same day that it would be extended until December 2020 in light of new lockdown measures introduced in England.The CJRS aims to keep people in work ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of Reward and Recognition
In November last year Harvard Business Review published an article by Mike Robbins, a leading authority on staff motivation and engagement on why employees need both recognition and appreciation. Nearly a year on, and this could not be more relevant to today’s increased focus and understanding of how we keep ...
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ArticleIkea introduces pay freeze for UK employees
Swedish retailer Ikea has introduced a pay freeze for its UK employees to deal with the ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation, which haspausedpay reviews to solidify its financial positioning over the coming months, has also put on hold its plans to become accredited as a real living wage ...
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ArticleSiemens rewards employees with €1,000 bonus
Global technology organisation Siemens is rewarding its employees with a special one-time bonus to recognise them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Over 300,000 employees globally, except for senior managers, will receive up to €1,000 (£899) in a one-time payment. The new bonus, paid to employees by the ...
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ArticleMedian weekly earnings decrease by 18.1% for staff in accommodation and food service roles
The median weekly earnings for full-time employees working in accommodation and food service roles have seen a 18.1% decline since 2019, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Employee earnings in the UK: 2020 report, published November 2020, which uses data from the Annual survey of hours ...
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Case StudiesFrazer-Nash sets out key reward and benefits priorities for 2021
Frazer-Nash has a clear idea of what its three key focuses are for 2021: employee health and wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, and personal development.During the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the engineering and technology organisation set a precedent of where it sees it can support its employees' wellbeing now and into 2021. ...