All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 164
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Ford Motor Company to discuss pensions communications at Employee Benefits Live 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Payne (pictured), international pensions and data analytics manager at Ford Motor Company, has been revealed as one of the speakers at Employee Benefits Live 2022.His presentation, Creating dyslexic-friendly pensions communications, will be part of the conference’s financial reward and pensions stream, and will take place in Theatre Two ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 9 - 15 September 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 and 15 September 2022 were: Sainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support packageGreene King enhances maternity leave and supportAlexander Dennis staff to strike over payMedian monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022Arcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonusNorwich City Council launches living ...
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ArticleCentral Building Contractors ordered to compensate dismissed employees
A tribunal has ordered Glasgow-based building firm Central Building Contractors to pay compensation to 149 employees that it dismissed without due procedure.The business went into administration in April 2020 after difficult trading conditions, made worse by Covid-19 (Coronavirus), left it with a funding shortfall.Former employee Jordan Kirk raised a claim ...
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ArticleEuropean Union to implement adequate minimum wage legislation
The European Union (EU) parliament has voted in favour of legislation regarding adequate minimum wages for member states.Member states will have to guarantee that their national minimum wage allows workers to lead a decent life by taking into account the cost of living and wider pay levels. In order to ...
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ArticleGopuff rolls out stock equity programme for UK employees
Credit: Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock.comRapid delivery business Gopuff has started rolling out its GoStock Equity Programme for its 1,400 employees and workers in the UK.The business released an internal memo last week that detailed the initiative, explaining that employees and workers, including delivery drivers, will receive equity and an ownership ...
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ArticleSprout.ai hires chief people officer
Insurance claims automation firm Sprout.ai has appointed Hannah Atack (pictured) as chief people officer.Atack has 20 years of HR experience and more than a decade of working with tech start-ups. She will be supporting the business’ global scaling strategy to ensure it attracts, grows and enables the best talent.Atack is ...
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OpinionSarah Taylor: How can employers organise an unplanned bank holiday?
Following the announcement of Monday’s bank holiday earlier this week, businesses have been rushing to plan accordingly. There are no statutory rules that employers must follow for public holidays as every organisation will differ in its approach, influenced in a large part by the way in which its employment contracts ...
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ArticleSainsbury’s launches cost-of-living support package
Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is to invest £25 million into a cost-of-living package for hourly-paid staff to support them with rising costs.It will invest £20 million in a pay increase, which will be the second one staff receive this year. From 16 October, Sainsbury’s and Argos' hourly retail workers' pay will ...
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ArticleArcoframe to pay staff £160 a month cost-of-living bonus
Arcoframe, a Merseyside-based window supplier, is to give its employees additional funding support in order to help with rising costs over the winter period.The organisation will pay its 28 employees £160 each per month throughout the upcoming colder months to help ease the pressure of rising costs. All staff will ...
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ArticleLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust becomes living wage accredited
Credit: London Stock / Shutterstock.comLewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has been accredited as a living wage employer, resulting in all staff now earning a minimum of £11.05 per hour.More than 2,000 workers employed by the trust have had their pay rates increased to the London living wage rate. Nearly 750 ...
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ArticleBritsafe becomes employee owned
Oldham-based security and cleaning firm Britsafe has transferred ownership of the business to its workforce, in a move to provide greater future job security for staff.According to Britsafe, which employs 500 people nationwide, staff will all have a stake in the business and receive tax-free bonuses if it continues to ...
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ArticleMedian monthly pay up 6.5% in August 2022
Median monthly pay for August 2022 was an estimated £2,113, an increase of 6.5% compared with the same period last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The findings highlighted that pay growth tended to fluctuate around 3.6% until it became negative in 2020, coinciding with the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...
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ArticleAlexander Dennis staff to strike over pay
Credit: AL Robinson / Shutterstock.comEmployees of bus manufacturing firm Alexander Dennis commenced strike action today (13 September) following their rejection of a wage offer from the employer.Coach builders and spray painters, who are members of trade union Unite, are based at Camelon manufacturing site and Larbert corporate headquarters in Scotland. ...
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ArticleGreene King enhances maternity leave and support
Pub chain and brewer Greene King has enhanced its maternity leave policy and introduced a package of wrap-around support for both before and after leave, as of last week.Salaried employees have been given 26 weeks of full pay plus 13 weeks of statutory maternity pay, and hourly team members have ...
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ArticleLatchmere Leisure Centre cleaners secure 16% pay rise
Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea has agreed to a 16% pay rise for its cleaners from 1 October.The leisure centre is owned by Wandsworth Council and Places for People Leisure Management (PPLM), which manages the centre.The cleaners, who are all Bolivian and members of United Voices of the World (UVW), ...
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ArticleNorwich City Council launches living wage place initiative
Credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.comA coalition of local businesses, charities and public sector organisations, forming the Making Norwich a Living Wage City Action Group, has launched its plan to increase the number of accredited living wage employers in the city.The group is comprised of Norwich City Council, Aviva, City College ...
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ArticleExscientia names first ever chief people officer
Pharmatech firm Exscientia has recruited Caroline Rowland (pictured) as its chief people officer, a newly created role within the business.Rowland, who will report to chief executive officer and founder Andrew Hopkins, was brought in to lead the firm’s people, HR and places functions in order to build on its talent, ...
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Article58% say flexible working helps with living costs
Almost six in 10 (58%) hybrid workers said flexible working has helped them to manage the increased cost of living, according to research from Glassdoor.Around 2,000 UK office workers were surveyed to further understand the impact of successful hybrid working patterns on employees, and found that 23% admitted commuting has ...
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ArticleTribunal finds Virgin Trains bypassed collective bargaining for rail workers
Credit: EQRoy / Shutterstock.comAn employment tribunal has found that rail employees were bypassed in collective bargaining negotiations, when Virgin Trains made an offer that had already been unanimously rejected in a ballot.The legal proceedings were brought by Thompsons Solicitors on behalf of 1,250 National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport ...
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ArticleYou at Work awards staff £500 cost-of-living bonus
Employee benefits provider You at Work has awarded its staff a £500 bonus, to be paid in November, in response to rising inflation and the cost-of-living crisis.The bonus will be given to all staff except for the four senior management team members.The provider made this announcement at its recent financial ...