All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1493
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ArticleKinleigh Folkard and Hayward gives staff one-off cost-of-living payment
Credit: I Wei Huang / Shutterstock.comLondon-based independent property group Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward (KFH) has awarded full-time employees a one-off £750 payment to support them during the current economic climate.The property services group, which has more than 60 branches across London and 10 business divisions, handed out the discretionary payment ...
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ArticleCosta Coffee gives staff third pay rise in 12 months
Cafe chain Costa Coffee has awarded employees across its 1,520 UK employer-owned stores a third pay rise in 12 months.From 1 April, base pay rates for all store team members, regardless of age, will increase from £10 per hour to at least £10.70 per hour. More experienced baristas will see ...
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ArticleTribunal rules Defence Science and Technology Laboratory engineer unfairly dismissed
An employment tribunal ruled that a mechanical engineer working for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, who suspended himself from work while he experienced health concerns, was unfairly dismissed.Ian Drury was employed by the executive agency of the Ministry of Defence from July 1982, until he was dismissed for gross ...
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Poll: What did your organisation do to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day this year?
Take part in our latest readers’ poll on a current topical issue. Last week, Employee Benefits reported that professional services recruitment firm Sellick Partnership gave its more than 100 employees a day off to mark Employee Appreciation Day (Friday 3 March). In light of this, what did your organisation do ...
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ArticleClare Stephens: How do you use International Women’s Day to increase recognition of female employees?
International Women’s Day presents an opportunity for organisations to reemphasise their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Many take the day as an opportunity to introduce new initiatives and programmes, and to amplify women’s voices, especially in industries such as technology, where women’s voices have traditionally been quieter.At NTT Data ...
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ArticleLeslie Pendergrast: How do you use International Women’s Day to increase recognition of female employees?
International Women's Day (8 March 2023) celebrations in the workplace are not just about recognising the achievements and remarkable effort that women employees put into their daily work, they are also about addressing and eliminating gender bias within the work environment. The goal of the day is essentially empowering and ...
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ArticleGrace Anderson: How do you use International Women’s Day to increase recognition of female employees?
On International Women’s Day (8 March 2023) we promote interviews with our female leads, produce blogs on the career progression of women in the business, and use our Kura Kudos platform to promote the recognition for our female employees. We also look to educate around what it means and why ...
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ArticleClaudia Osei-Nsafoah: How do you use International Women’s Day to increase recognition of female employees?
At its heart, International Women’s Day (8 March 2023) is a moment to recognise and celebrate the contributions of women, and renew calls for greater gender equity, with employees wanting their workplaces to recognise women in a meaningful way.The businesses that enact change are the ones that build International Women’s ...
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Supplier articleThe 3 most effective ways to measure financial wellbeing
There are a huge number of benefits to improving your employees’ financial wellbeing - and hopefully we’re now all on the same page!But if you need reminding - or are discovering financial wellbeing for the first time - here’s a useful place to start.One thing that comes up when introducing ...
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Supplier articleHow to celebrate International Women’s Day 2023
International Women’s Day is tomorrow, Wednesday 8th March. The day is an opportunity to honour women’s achievements, raise awareness for gender equality and celebrate those who are pushing the boundaries for women’s rights and fighting gender bias.Each International Women’s Day has a theme, and this year’s is ‘DigitALL: Innovation and ...
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Supplier articleTHE LGBT+ COMMUNITY IN THE WORKPLACE: BE AN ALLY
February has been LGBT+ History Month here in the UK since 2005. The initiative strives to educate schools and businesses by providing free resources to help organisations celebrate and usualise LGBT+ lives in their full diversity. In this blog, we take a look at: discrimination in the ...
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Article78.1% of employers offer staff free period products
Employee Benefits poll: More than three-quarters (78.1%) of organisations offer free period products to staff, according to an online survey among Employee Benefits readers.Meanwhile, 7.7% said that while they do not currently offer free period products, they were considering it, whereas 14.2% did not provide, or intend to provide, any ...
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ArticleFNZ implements global family leave benefits
Global wealth management platform FNZ has launched a global family leave benefits package for its 6,400 employees as of this month.The policy made staff eligible for 26 weeks of primary and secondary parental leave, regardless of their gender, at 100% of their salary. Both primary and secondary caregivers - biological, ...
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ArticleGovernment names first menopause employment champion
The UK government has appointed Helen Tomlinson to be its first menopause employment champion, as part of a call for more employers to develop dedicated menopause policies.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) asked Tomlinson, head of talent UK and Ireland at Adecco Group, to take on the voluntary role ...
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ArticleFirefighters and control room staff accept pay deal
Firefighters and control room staff across the UK have accepted a pay deal this week, ending a months-long dispute over pay.A total of 96% of Fire Brigades Union members voted to accept the pay offer on an 84% turnout, avoiding strike action in the process. More than 80% of members ...
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Supplier articleHow four culture-driven CEOs lead their businesses to success
Creating a great company culture is, to put it simply, really important. Expectations of employees have certainly shifted over recent years, and the evolution of employee-employer relationships has made it obvious that companies cannot push culture to the bottom of their priorities list.Employees more than ever are looking to their ...
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OpinionDanielle Ayres: The changing face of flexible working
The number of people working flexibly has increased drastically since the pandemic; however, as we move on from that, it seems more employers are asking staff to return to workplaces on a regular basis.Many employees have become reliant on not having to travel into work, or deal with the costs ...
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Supplier articleHow to Embrace Equity this International Women’s Day.
Author: Ellie PinderWomen in leadership are leaving their jobs at the highest rate we have ever seen. For every 100 men who get promoted from entry-level roles to manager positions, only 87 women get promoted (1). The lack of support and visibility for women in the workplace demonstrates how gender ...
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ArticleWeetabix reports 3.64% mean gender pay gap
Cereal brand Weetabix has reported a mean gender pay gap of 3.64% for 2022, down by 0.38% from 4.01% in 2021.Its 2022 median gender pay gap was 1.86%, down from 3.44% in 2021. This was below the UK national average of 14.9%.The employer’s top pay quartile was made up of ...
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Supplier articleEmployees must act fast to make the most of their tax allowances
With the end of tax year looming, employees must act fast to make the most of their £20,000 ISA allowance before the deadline of 5 April. After all, the exemption is a ‘use it or lose it’ allowance; in other words, you cannot carry forward unused allowances from previous tax ...