All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 193
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Acknowledging employees’ hard work
This week, we’ve reported on some of the rewards employers have given to staff to acknowledge their hard work throughout the year.Toymaker Lego, for example, offered its 20,000 employees around the world three extra days of holiday on top of their annual allowance, as well as a bonus in April ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 26 November – 2 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 November – 2 December 2021 were: Virgin Money launches staff benefits packageStagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay rowAmazon staff protest over pay and work conditionsSalesforce introduces global gender inclusive benefits Reach for the social media stars to earn a ...
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ArticleAbbots Care offers £400 bonus to staff
Abbots Care, a home care provider based in Hertfordshire that employs 492 people, has offered its care workers a £400 bonus as an incentive to stay in their jobs.A new mandatory Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccines law for social workers came into effect in November, which saw 300 care workers in Hertfordshire ...
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ArticlePets at Home staff to share £11.7m payout
More than 500 employees at Pets at Home are set to receive a share of a potential £11.7 milllion payout from the firm's sharesave scheme.Members of staff were able purchase Pets at Home shares at a fixed price of just over 94p when the initiative launched in 2018; as at ...
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Article51% of employees want greener pensions
Half of employees (51%) want to know that their pension scheme is invested in environmentally and socially sustainable organisations, a new study has found.The research from Cushon showed that, broken down by generation, 60% of millenials are keen to have greener pension investments.Almost half (48%) of savers mistakenly believe that ...
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Supplier articleThe Most Effective Way To Lower Your Car Emissions
Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue for everyone, and particularly-so after the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow and the much-discussed repercussions of world leaders not acting swiftly on a series of climate measures. In the meantime, our everyday habits and practices are becoming even more important and we ...
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The Most Effective Way To Lower Your Car Emissions
Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue for everyone, and particularly-so after the recent COP26 climate summit in Glasgow and the much-discussed repercussions of world leaders not acting swiftly on a series of climate measures. In the meantime, our everyday habits and practices are becoming even more important and we ...
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ArticleSteve Moore: What do employees value more than a Christmas turkey?
At Hymans Robertson, we are very aware of how long a year it has been and how hard everyone has worked during the past 18 months of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. As part of our wellbeing offering for Christmas 2021, everyone has been gifted both Christmas Eve and New Year’s ...
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ArticleJo Moseley: What do employees value more than a Christmas turkey?
Employers are usually legally responsible for the actions of their staff in a work environment. Most have policies in place which explain to staff the behavioural norms they have to follow and these often cover discrimination, harassment and bullying. Any member of staff who breaks the rules will usually be ...
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ArticleSally Wilson: What do employees value more than a Christmas turkey?
On balance Christmas has to be a good thing; the twinkling lights and celebrations of the festive period provide some respite from the gloom of December, the least sunny month in the UK with only 37.8 hours of sunlight last December according to Statista, ending with the shortest days.But Christmas ...
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Supplier articleNot All Salary Sacrifice Car Schemes Are The Same – Here’s Why Pink Salary Exchange Is Different
Salary sacrifice car schemes are an increasingly common facility offered to employees, particularly with the growing popularity of electric vehicles and how they are linked to the greatest benefits in the scheme. It is now possible for employees to sacrifice a portion of their gross salary in return for a ...
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ArticleFlexible working could work for 70% of HR managers
New data has highlighted that 70% of UK HR managers believe flexible working could work for their business.The poll, which was run by YouGov for the Trades Union Congress (TUC), spoke to 903 HR managers and found that employer attitudes towards flexible working arrangements have shifted markedly during the Covid-19 ...
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Article43% of staff do not feel financially on track
New study findings have revealed that more than two in five employees (43%) do not feel like they are financially on track to live the life they want in the future.Research from Aviva’s report Evolving in the age of ambiguity, which is the third instalment of a two-year study into ...
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ArticleLego gives staff bonus and extra holiday days
Denmark-headquartered toymaker Lego has awarded all of its 20,000 employees across the world three extra days of holiday and a special bonus after a year in which revenue soared.Following a sharp increase in demand for its signature plastic bricks and a rapid expansion in China, the business, which is not ...
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OpinionLorraine Heard and Karen Plumbley-Jones: Has gender pay gap reporting closed the wage gap between men and women?
18 November marked Equal Pay Day, the date from which on average women work without pay for the rest of the year as a result of the gender pay gap. Since April 2017, it has been compulsory for large employers with 250 or more employees to publish a gender pay ...
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ArticleDavison Fencing becomes employee owned
Bradford, Yorkshire-based Davison Fencing has become employee-owned by setting up an employee ownership trust (EOT).Established more than 30 years ago, the business provides fencing for the construction, housing, education, sports and recreational industries. The EOT structure offers its 30 members of staff a vested interest in its future success, while ...
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Supplier articleThe role of the travel season ticket loan under hybrid working
Employee Benefits research in 2020 found that 59% of employers offer a travel season ticket loan scheme to employees. The scheme, which allows employees to spread the cost of travel season ticket loans interest free over a set period, is immensely popular. But what role does it play in the ...
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ArticleStagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay row
More than 560 Stagecoach bus drivers based in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham in Yorkshire have been striking over a pay dispute.The organisation's employees were balloted earlier this month (November) for strike action after a pay offer was rejected, with the results revealing that they supported the idea.It began at the ...
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Article79% of UK staff have gone through burnout
More than three-quarters (79%) of UK workers have experienced burnout, with 35% reporting high or extreme levels, according to new research.Human capital management technology business Ceridian’s annual 2022 Pulse of talent report surveyed 1,156 UK members of staff in organisations with at least 100 employees, revealing that the vast majority ...
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Article63% say financial knowledge is excellent or above average
Six out of 10 workers (63%) think their financial knowledge is either excellent or above average, according to a new survey.The research of 1,015 UK working adults in employment was carried out by Vital Research for Wealth at Work, and aimed to find out how employees are saving for their ...