All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1404
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Financial awareness is paramount
The pandemic has thrown many people’s finances into disarray, with some finding themselves unexpectedly being made redundant, while others at the end of their careers may be having to delay their retirement to save more money.While everyone’s situation is different, in these trying times what has become increasingly apparent is ...
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Supplier articleHow To Help Staff With ‘Return To Work Anxiety’
After over a year of dealing with seemingly relentless lockdowns, the end is in sight.The worries that we have had over the past 12 months have included anxiety, fatigue, and work stress, all of which have soared as a result of the incredible changes to people’s lives in all domains ...
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ArticleCall to action launched for living wage
IDH, The Sustainable Trade Initiative, has published a Call to action: Better business through better wages, demanding companies take greater steps to pay a living wage to their staff.The group, which seeks to make trade more sustainable, launched the scheme to encourage organisations and their suppliers to take action. So ...
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Supplier articleBreaking the taboo with Channel 4
Despite wider progress towards gender equality in the world of work, the menopause remains an often-taboo subject at work; a taboo which is restricting some of your best employees. We spoke to Charlotte Mounsey, Pensions & Benefits Manager at Channel 4, to hear about their employee-led approach to HR innovation, ...
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Supplier articleHow Financial Worries Are Having A Negative Impact On Mental Health
As part of a new partnership with leading UK digital pay company, PayDashboard, 87% has been examining how users of its platform are affected by financial insecurity, especially in the light of Covid-19.Data from nearly 10,000 UK workers showed that over the last 12 months, 1 in 5 have seen ...
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ArticleBank of America increases junior banker pay
Bank of America is to give its junior bankers globally a pay boost of $10,000 (£7,290) per year and will offer them wellbeing conversations.The move is in response to a sharp rise in deal activity and comes in the face of increased competition from rival banks, which has seen Credit ...
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ArticlePernod Ricard appoints new CHRO
Pernod Ricard North America has promoted Lani Montoya to chief human resources (HR) officer.Montoya has spent the past 10 years with the drinks company, holding various senior HR roles. She has previously been its director of global talent management (based in Paris) and more recently was director, global talent management, ...
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Poll: What impact do your wellbeing initiatives have on productivity, retention and engagement?
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ArticleEast Lothian Council reveals gender pay gap figures
East Lothian Council has published it annual gender pay gap report, and has revealed that the average hourly rate for male employees was £15.62 during 2020 compared to £14.90 for female staff – representing a median gender pay gap of 4.61%.Its mean gender pay gap is 3.01%, meaning that that ...
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ArticleBarclays outlines policy to avoid burnout among junior bankers
Barclays has told junior staff to take Saturdays off and book at least two five-day periods of annual leave a year in order to avoid burnout. According to media reports, the bank has urged analysts and associates not to work between 9pm on Fridays and 9am on ...
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ArticleStress-related absence rocketed in 2020
Research by absence management provider e-days has revealed a shocking rise in the number of stress-related sickness days during 2020.According to the research, there was a 113% rise in stress sickness days when figures before and after the Covid-19 (coronavirus) were compared.As well as this headline figure, the data also ...
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Matt Hancock dragged into David Cameron lobbying scandal
Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall CorrespondentSunday April 11 2021, 12.01am, The Sunday TimesHealthUK politicsMatt HancockDavid Cameron is at the centre of a lobbying scandalLEON NEAL/AFP/GETTY IMAGESShareSaveDavid Cameron took the disgraced financier Lex Greensill to a private meeting with Matt Hancock at which the pair lobbied the health secretary to introduce a payment ...
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Supplier articleCreative perks and initiatives to support and reward your team
The events of the last year have seen many businesses change the way they reward their staff.Many businesses have reviewed and adjusted their employee benefit schemes, utilised their benefits in entirely different ways to match changing needs, while many businesses have introduced brand-new perks to help combat the many challenges ...
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ArticleMatt Hancock met Greensill over NHS salary advance scheme
Image credit: Bart Lenoir/ Shutterstock.comHealth secretary Matt Hancock was lobbied by former Prime Minister David Cameron and financier Lex Greensill to introduce a payroll scheme that was later offered within the NHS, it emerged over the weekend.There are fears that procurement and open competition rules were flouted as NHS ...
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ArticleDr Wanda Wyporska: Was the government right to delay gender pay gap reporting for six months?
In February, The Equality Trust joined organisations such as the Fawcett Society and Women’s Budget Group to call on the Government to immediately reintroduce gender pay gap reporting. Yet, as we know, publication alone is not enough. As Fawcett has suggested, we need a contractual 'right to know' and an ...
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ArticleCarol Verner: Was the Government right to delay gender pay gap reporting for six months?
Although the Government has delayed the enforcement of the Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations until October 2021, it is important for organisations to not stop working on closing their gender pay gap. Reports are of little value if not understood and followed by proactive actions.At Kettering General Hospital, we use ...
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ArticleFelicia Willow: Was the Government right to delay gender pay gap reporting for six months?
The short answer to this question is "no, but…".Gender pay gap reporting should never have been suspended in the first place. When the pandemic first hit, the Fawcett Society responded with research into the impact of the pandemic on women and by launching a campaign to #MakeWomenVisible. Through ...
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Supplier articleeBook: Engaging a Dispersed Workforce with a Seamless Employee Benefits Experience
Sofology is one of the UK's leading sofa retailers, with 1,200 employees dispersed across its 47 stores and primary headquarters. When the company was looking to improve its benefits offering, the team recognised that the experience would need to be seamless with easy-to-use technology to ensure take-up from a largely ...
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ArticlePoll: Health and wellbeing top focus for employers in 2021
Employee Benefits poll: Health and wellbeing is the top priority for organisations this year, closely followed by flexible working.According to Employee Benefits’ latest straw poll, 42% of respondents said their staff’s health and wellbeing are paramount in 2021.As Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic restrictions continue, another third (33%) of respondents said flexible ...
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ArticleHerrco Cosmetics awards staff equal share of £100,000 bonus
Suffolk-based Herrco Cosmetics has announced that all of its staff have been given a share of a £100,000 bonus pot as a thank you for all their hard work during the past twelve months.The cash award was paid to staff last Friday, in recognition of the teamwork that all of ...