All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 151
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ArticleSTR Group rewards staff with 5% salary increase
International recruitment firm STR Group has given its workforce a pay rise worth 5%, an investment of more than £250,000, as of 1 January 2023.The business, which employs 150 members of staff, carried out a full-scale review of salary bandings and made changes to its salary and commission schemes as ...
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ArticleMetroline gives London bus drivers 11% pay increase
Credit: Martin Gillman / Shutterstock.comMore than 2,000 Metroline bus drivers in London called off industrial action after accepting an 11% pay rise deal, with a 10% increase on back pay.The employees, working for the Singapore-based subsidiary Metroline Travel, were originally offered a 4% increase. They then rejected a 10% pay ...
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ArticlePost Office names new group chief people officer
Post Office has appointed Jane Davies (pictured) as group chief people officer, joining the business as of this month.Davies has worked in human resources leadership roles since 2013, most recently as chief people officer and a statutory board director at McKesson UK, which includes the Lloyds Pharmacy and AAH businesses.Davies ...
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Case StudiesBonnier Books UK encourages conversations around fertility issues
Publishing house Bonnier Books UK, which employs more than 300 members of staff in the UK, recognises the importance of opening up conversations and raising awareness of women’s health topics, such as fertility, menopause and pregnancy loss.The organisation has partnered with pregnancy charity Tommy’s to access training and resources in ...
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AnalysisWhat should a comprehensive fertility support policy include?
A fertility support policy must be inclusive and not take gender, relationship status or age into account.Flexibility is key as employees may not know the dates when they may need to take time off of work for a scan, to review a drug regime or see a consultant for example, ...
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Case StudiesJ Murphy and Sons tailors fertility support to individuals
Civil engineering business J Murphy and Sons, which has 3,600 employees across the UK, Ireland and Canada, recognises that when it comes to providing support for fertility issues, circumstances can be very diverse, therefore, assistance cannot be offered on a one-size-fits-all basis.As a starting point, the organisation offers five days' ...
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ArticleZopa Bank increases minimum salary to £27,000
London-headquartered Zopa Bank has raised the minimum salary for its more than 600-strong workforce by more than 20% as a response to the cost-of-living crisis.The bank raised its base salary to a minimum of £27,000, 25% above the London living wage. It has also provided an additional winter bonus of ...
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Article72% think more recognition would improve workplace wellbeing
Close to three-quarters (72%) of employees said their workplace wellbeing would improve if they were thanked and recognised more frequently for their hard work, according to research by Reward Gateway.The 2023 employee engagement trends report spoke to 1,015 employees and 250 HR managers in the UK. It found that 32% ...
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ArticleWeber Shandwick introduces work-from-anywhere policy
Global communications agency Weber Shandwick has launched a mobility programme that enables employees to move to a different office temporarily or permanently within its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions.Through the ‘Access All Areas’ programme, staff have the opportunity to work in a different office ...
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OpinionJoanne Frew: Open communication is key as employees given more flexibility
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published the government's response to the consultation ‘Making Flexible Working the Default’, confirming that millions of employees will receive a day one right to request flexible working, empowering them to have a greater say over when, where and how they ...
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ArticleGovernment commits to making flexible working day one right
The UK government has committed to introducing secondary legislation entitling employees to the ability to request flexible working from the first day of their employment.The government outlined plans to remove the 26-week qualifying period before employees can request flexible working, and allow them to make two flexible working requests in ...
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ArticleAxa UK introduces free period products in all UK offices
Insurance firm Axa UK has introduced free, environmentally friendly period products in female and gender-neutral washrooms across its UK offices, to help end period poverty and remove the stigma around the subject of menstruation.Through a partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls, which aims to eradicate period poverty in the UK, ...
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ArticleHachette UK gives staff cost-of-living payment and increases holiday
Publishing business Hachette UK has increased starting salaries and holiday benefits, and awarded staff a performance-related bonus and a cost-of-living payment.Due to come into effect in January, UK and Ireland publishing and distribution employees have been given a non-consolidated £1,000 cost-of-living payment. Senior team members will not be eligible for ...
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ArticleShelter employees strike in pay dispute
Credit: ClimbWhenReady / Shutterstock.comStaff employed by housing and homeless charity Shelter have commenced two weeks of strike action today (Monday 5 December) in a dispute over pay.More than 500 employees who are members of trade union Unite voted to strike following a 3% pay offer from the charity, which the ...
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ArticleGardner Leader introduces first menopause champion
Law firm Gardner Leader has appointed its first menopause champion as part of an investment in health and wellbeing support initiatives for its workforce.Hilary Messer, senior associate in the dispute resolution team, was given the responsibility for raising the profile of menopause awareness in the workplace and encouraging staff to ...
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ArticleAsos and UK Power Networks make Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list
Online clothing retailer Asos, power firm UK Power Networks (pictured above) and charitable social enterprise Police Now were named on Inclusive Companies’ Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers list for 2022-23.The list is a national accreditation that can be acquired each year by organisations. Compiled by an advisory panel, it was ...
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ArticleVonage recruits chief people officer
Global cloud communications business Vonage has appointed Tracey Leahy (pictured) as chief people officer, effective from last week.Leahy reports to Vonage’s chief executive officer Rory Read, and was also appointed as a member of the executive leadership team. Based in the UK, she has been given responsibility for leading all ...
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ArticleTheme park employees go above and beyond despite contract rollercoaster
Credit: DeepakJoshi / Shutterstock.comSomething for the weekend: In what is quite the opposite of the current talk of 'quiet quitting', employees at theme park Tivoli World in Benalmadena, Spain have continued taking good care of their place of work, even after its ride came to an end.Like many businesses, the ...
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ArticleRoger Bullivant updates parental leave policies
Ground engineering firm Roger Bullivant has enhanced its maternity and paternity policies, with changes due to take effect from 1 January 2023.The business, which employs more than 500 people across seven regional offices in England, Scotland and Wales, updated its maternity pay to give employees 14 weeks on full pay, ...
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ArticleOve Arup reports 14.6% mean gender pay gap
Engineering, architecture and advisory services firm Ove Arup has published its UK 2022 pay gap report, which revealed that its latest mean gender pay gap was 14.6%, a slight rise from 2021.The organisation's median gender pay gap also increased slightly, from 15.7% in 2021 to 15.8% this year, but has ...