All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1440
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ArticleAUS becomes employee owned
AUS, the family-run Huddersfield-based manufacturer and distributor of operational and safety-critical products for the rail sector, has announced it has become employee owned.The business, which employs around 60 members of staff and is run by founder Simon Gibson, has moved to an employee ownership trust (EOT) after Gibson sold 70% ...
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OpinionJennifer Smith: Why making flexible working the default could be too rigid
The Labour party has unveiled new plans for making flexible working “a force for good”. This focuses on the right for employees to work flexibly as a default from day one of employment, including flexi-hours and an end to supposed one-sided flexibility that favours employers.While such proposals are extremely relevant ...
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Supplier article31 ideas to engage a hybrid workforce
By Chloe Thompson, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayIt can be difficult to figure out how to balance the needs of your in-office employees with those that are fully remote, but if hybrid is the way forward, businesses must put in place new tactics and ideas to engage their ...
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ArticleEmployers still failing to offer financial education
New research has suggested employers are still not doing enough to help staff navigate their finances.According to a poll by Wealth at Work, even after the effects of jobs losses and furlough, a significant 41% of organisations are still failing to offer employees any support to enable them to better ...
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ArticleHMRC exposes worst minimum wage excuses
HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) has published details of the most outrageous excuses it has heard from firms for not paying their staff the minimum wage.Excuses heard from employers it investigated ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. One employer said: “She doesn’t deserve the national minimum wage because she ...
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ArticleKier motorway workers in sick-pay protest
Motorway workers employed by construction and infrastructure firm, Kier, will today hold a protest rally at its Bedfordshire headquarters to raise awareness about non-standard levels of sick pay being offered within the organisation.The on-the-ground field-based staff, who provide a 24/7 service to ensure the roads of Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire ...
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Supplier articleSurvey: Work-Life Imbalance Threatens Return To Office
For UK companies grappling with severe labor shortages, inadequate family support is proving harmful to both parents and employers. At the onset of the summer holiday break, we collected feedback from the experts in this area - working parents. Roughly 1 in 4 entered into the holiday ...
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ArticleKellogg’s promotes Christopher Hayden-Hayes to HRD
Manchester, UK-based cereal brand Kellogg’s has promoted Christopher Hayden-Hayes to the role of HR director for the UK and Ireland.Hayden-Hayes has until this month (August) been the business’ senior HR business partner, where he supported four of Kellogg’s senior leaders in the implementation of people strategies within their functions for ...
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OpinionGraham Griffiths: The benefits of paying the living wage
Now 18 months on since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, it is clear that the world of work has changed remarkably and irreversibly. With almost two-fifths of the working population working from home, which is up almost 10% from pre-pandemic levels, many of us now have a very ...
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AnalysisWhat are the challenges and benefits of introducing the living wage?
Employers can use paying the living wage as a recruitment or retention tool to make them an attractive organisation.For those employees who are paid the living wage, it can mean the difference between being able to afford the things they need for a decent standard of living or not.As the ...
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Case StudiesBarratt offers staff financial stability with living wage commitment
British housebuilder business Barratt Developments is a member of the FTSE 100 index and currently has around 6,700 employees.In December 2018, former group HR director Rob Tansey met with investment charity ShareAction to become a voluntary real living wage employer. At the meeting, the ShareAction team agreed that the employer ...
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ArticlePay awards stabilise at 2%
Pay awards have stabilised at a ‘welcome’ 2% after a year of uncertainty, according to analysis by XpertHR.The median basic pay award between May and July 2021 was at this level, unchanged on the figure seen in each of the three previous rolling quarters.XpertHR said the stabilisation was welcome, particularly ...
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Supplier articleConversations on hybrid working aren’t working says CEO
In the great return to office many possibilities and pitfalls remain. According to CEO and Founder of Bubble, Ari Last, “too much discussion surrounding hybrid working is fixated on where the employee is going to be physically, instead of how we as leaders intend to keep people’s ...
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ArticleHighland Home Care staff awarded £1,000 in bonuses
Social care provider Highland Home Carers (HHC) is rewarding its staff with a profit share payment and share allocation bonuses of up to £1,000.The financial boost from the Inverness-based company - which is the largest employee-owned organisation in Scotland - follows HHC's decision in March to pay all of its ...
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ArticleJobseekers' most sought after perks ranked
New research by outsourced receptionist firm Moneypenny has revealed the most sought after perks among jobseekers, including which they consider to be mandatory and non-mandatory, and what importance they attach to them.The survey of 1,000 job hunters found that leading the league table for those benefits deemed mandatory came sick ...
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Supplier articleIsolation Changes during ‘Pingdemic’ - What HR Need to Know
The ‘pingdemic’ told more than 600,000 people to isolate via the NHS app in July 2021. The UK is now well versed in changes in COVID rules. Our ever-changing system to keep us safe evolves almost monthly! Now with the new pingdemic where individuals are being ‘pinged’ by the NHS ...
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ArticleMercer and Hole offers staff extra bank holiday break
Employees at accountants Mercer and Hole have been given an extra day off on 27 August in recognition of their hard work and commitment to the firm and its clients.The 233 members of staff across the company’s offices in London, St Albans, Rickmansworth and Milton Keynes will enjoy a four-day ...
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ArticleCEOs earned 86 times median wage in 2020
The median-earning FTSE 100 chief executive was paid £2.69 million in 2020, 86 times the median wage of a full-time worker in the UK, according to analysis by the High Pay Centre.The highest paid was AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot, who earned £14.45 million for his part in successfully delivering a ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 13 August - 19 August 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 13 August – 19 August 2021 were: XPO Logistics Drinks staff vote to strike over payHMRC exposes worst minimum wage excusesMore employees want Fridays off than MondaysConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets in trainingWhat employee engagement lessons can the UK learn ...
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Supplier article2 key ideas to improve employee rewards: Redemption experience and strategic communication
By Louis Kwakye, UK Director of Sales at Reward GatewayBuilding a reward and recognition platform that’s built for your people’s needs takes effort, but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In part one of this series, we introduced you to our step-by-step process to building a successful R&R programme and ...