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Article44% of staff expect to work past state pension age
Two in five (44%) UK workers now predict they will work beyond their state pension age, according to fresh data.Financial services business Canada Life’s research, which was carried out by Opinium with 2,000 UK adults, revealed that 44% expect to keep earning past the date they could claim their retirement ...
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ArticleBeing a 21st Century Employer - Getting to Know Reproductive Health Conditions
Author: Ruby Relton BSc MScThe second article in the “Being a 21st Century Employer” Hertility Series reviews different reproductive health conditions that can affect employees and provides recommendations on how to support employees going through these issues.As attitudes to sexual and reproductive health change, more and more individuals are discussing ...
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ArticleBeing a 21st Century Employer - Getting to Know Reproductive Health Conditions
Author: Ruby Relton BSc MScThe second article in the “Being a 21st Century Employer” Hertility Series reviews different reproductive health conditions that can affect employees and provides recommendations on how to support employees going through these issues.As attitudes to sexual and reproductive health change, more and more individuals are discussing ...
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Supplier articleBeing a 21st Century Employer - Getting to Know Reproductive Health Conditions
Author: Ruby Relton BSc MScThe second article in the “Being a 21st Century Employer” Hertility Series reviews different reproductive health conditions that can affect employees and provides recommendations on how to support employees going through these issues.As attitudes to sexual and reproductive health change, more and more individuals are discussing ...
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ArticleVirgin Money appoints new chief people officer
Virgin Money has appointed former Citi HR leader Syreeta Brown as group chief people and communications officer.The Newcastle-based organisation, which has more than 8,000 employees, said Brown would help it achieve digital growth.Brown spent 11 years in a number of HR roles at rival bank Citi, most recently as managing ...
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Case StudiesHow Suez Recycling and Recovery UK measures the value of its pension scheme
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK has a diverse membership, with a mixture of office-based and manual employees. Many of the organisation's employees are in final salary and local government schemes, but the majority, about 4,000, or 40% of the workforce, are in the organisation's defined contribution (DC) scheme.Michelle Sutton, head ...
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AnalysisHow can employers assess value for money in a DC pension?
Need to know:Workplace pension regulators are looking at how value for money can be clarified in defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.Value for money is a difficult thing to pin down, as there are so many interactive components.Ultimately the employer is one of the greatest contributors to delivering value for money ...
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Supplier articleBeing a 21st Century Employer - Supporting Women Through Menopause
Author: Ruby Relton BSc MScThe third and final article in the “Being a 21st Century Employer” Hertility Series explores how menopause affects women in the workplace and what steps their employer can take to become more menopause friendly.Menopause 101Menopause is a reproductive life stage for any woman when they can ...
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ArticlePoor mental health causes 19% of lost working time
Poor mental health accounted for almost a fifth of all lost working time across the UK this year, according to research.Wellbeing and performance service GoodShape took data from its proprietary workplace absences database - which includes more than 750,000 employee records - and found that UK workers have taken more ...
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ArticleStaff at Ford Dagenham plant win pay rise
More than 300 contract workers employed by Lineside Logistics and based at the Ford plant in Dagenham, east London, have accepted a 5.1% pay rise.Trade union Unite said the contractors, who assemble diesel engines at the site, had voted in favour of the one-year pay deal, which is backdated to ...
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ArticleGreentech Sportsturf moves to employee ownership
Contractor Greentech Sportsturf, which specialises in the design, construction and renovation of sports surfaces, has established an employee ownership trust (EOT).All shares in the firm, which began in 1998 on the outskirts of Stirling, Scotland, and operates across the UK, have been transferred to the EOT to make its 14 ...
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OpinionEmma Clark: Will there be more menopause-related employment tribunal hearings?
Recent analysis of figures from the HM Courts and Tribunals Service showed that the menopause was cited in five employment tribunal cases in the last nine months of 2018. That rose to 10 cases in the first six months of 2021.While there has been a rise in claims which refer ...
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ArticleClear Marketing completes employee ownership sale
Creative agency Clear Marketing has finalised its transition to employee ownership as founder Jim Smith steps down after nearly 20 years at the business.The organisation, which has offices in Manchester and Glasgow and was founded in 2002, brought forward the planned date of its sale following what it said were ...
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ArticleCarmarthenshire Council gritters set to strike in pay row
Gritters employed by Carmarthenshire Council’s highways department have voted to take industrial action against their employer in 2022 over a pay-related dispute.The GMB trade union said 90% of its members at the Welsh local authority had voted in favour of taking action, which would see more than 50 gritters temporarily ...
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ArticleMedian pay award increases to 2.2%
The median pay award across the UK rose to 2.2% in the three months to October - with the upper quartile increasing by even more - according to the latest monitoring figures from Incomes Data Research (IDR).An analysis by the benchmarking body of 41 pay deals that took place between ...
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Why a Salary Sacrifice Scheme Should Be Part Of Your 2022 Business Strategy
When a business considers offering a salary sacrifice scheme it is primarily promoted as a sweetener for employees, and the benefits for the employee are plentiful. But of course implementing such a scheme needs to make business sense, and there are several elements of a well-run scheme which perfectly align ...
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Supplier articleWhy It Makes Financial Sense For Your Business To Choose A Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
The salary sacrifice car scheme offered by Pink Salary Exchange offers great benefits for both the employee and the employer. This is an HMRC-approved scheme which has been designed with the input of tax and insurance specialists and which ensures compliance in terms of GDPR. But in a financial sense, ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Trayport
The benefits on offer at Trayport:Pensions and financial wellbeingGroup personal pension plan with Aviva with a 7% employer contribution.Regular financial wellbeing talks and webinars.Access to a financial advisor.Option to save into an individual savings account (Isa) directly from payroll.Group riskGroup income protection for all employees, employer paid.Life assurance at four ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Trayport adapts benefits to keep culture alive through pandemic
Listen: In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, David Glennon, rewards manager at Trayport, discusses some of the employee wellbeing projects that the software organisation put in place to support staff during the pandemic.These initiatives led to Trayport winning the award for Best benefits to support employees during the ...