All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 172
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ArticlePrincipality and Admiral named Best UK Workplaces for Women 2022
Admiral Group, Principality Building Society and Salesforce are among the employers named as the Best UK Workplaces for Women in 2022 by Great Place to Work UK.Principality Building Society was ranked first in the super large organisation category, followed by Salesforce and Admiral.Education and training business Realise topped the leaderboard ...
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ArticleFunding Circle introduces parental buddy scheme
Small business loan platform Funding Circle has launched a parental buddy scheme to support employees with children.The initiative aims to support any of its 600 members of staff preparing for, taking or returning from parental leave by providing them with access to a buddy. The buddies will be other employees ...
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ArticleUnum UK signs Menopause Workplace Pledge
Employee benefits provider Unum UK has signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge as part of its support for the Wellbeing of Women campaign, and to take positive action to support employees experiencing the menopause.More than 1,000 employers, including The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and NHS England, which have signed up ...
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ArticleYapily hires new chief people officer
Open banking platform Yapily has appointed Caroline Abercrombie (pictured) as chief people officer as part of its continuing growth strategies.Abercrombie, who has more than two decades of experience in growing tech start-ups, has been recruited to lead Yapily’s efforts to acquire top talent, support a thriving and dynamic team, and ...
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ArticleEnglish NHS staff receive minimum £1,400 pay rise
The government has announced that more than a million NHS employees in England will get a pay rise of at least £1,400, with lowest earners getting an increase of up to 9.3%.Backdated to April 2022, porters and cleaners will see a 9.3% increase, eligible dentists and doctors will receive a ...
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ArticleSupreme Court rules teacher entitled to more holiday pay in landmark case
The Supreme Court has ruled today that a music teacher who only worked for part of the year, albeit on a year-round contract, was entitled to the same paid holiday as employees working all year, unanimously dismissing an appeal in landmark case The Harpur Trust v Brazel.The case focused on ...
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ArticleVirgin Money gives staff £1,000 cost-of-living payment
Financial services business Virgin Money has awarded staff a one-off cost-of-living payment of £1,000, which they will receive on top of their salary on Friday 19 August.A total of 78% of its permanent and fixed-term staff are eligible for the payment as they are paid £50,000 or less. Virgin Money ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live unveils 2022 agenda
The agenda for Employee Benefits Live 2022, which will take place at ExCeL London on 5-6 October 2022, has been announced.Employee Benefits Live is Europe’s largest dedicated reward and benefits event for the HR and reward industry, providing the opportunity for more than 1,500 compensation, benefits and HR professionals to ...
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OpinionLauren Harkin: Employees’ health rights in high temperatures
With temperatures set to soar well over 30 degrees Celsius in parts of the UK this week, rumours often circulate about the rights of employees regarding the temperatures in which they can legally work. So, do employees have a right to stop working if a maximum temperature is exceeded?Somewhat surprisingly, ...
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ArticleCourt of Appeal overturns injunction preventing Tesco from removing enhanced pay
The Court of Appeal has overturned an injunction that prevented supermarket chain Tesco from 'firing and rehiring' employees in order to remove their contractual entitlement to enhanced pay.In 2007, Tesco offered some employees incentives to move to new sites as an alternative to a redundancy package, which included retained pay ...
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ArticleRSA Insurance launches domestic abuse support
RSA Insurance has introduced a domestic abuse policy to support its 4,500 employees, including paid leave for those who need to deal with issues at home.The initiative has been designed to raise awareness in the workplace, as well as creating a safe and inclusive environment, and to increase the visibility ...
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ArticleHaleon introduces inclusive parental leave policy
Consumer health organisation Haleon has launched an equal parental leave policy to coincide with its first day as an independent business, following its demerger from GlaxoSmithKline.On its first day of trading on the London Stock Exchange, 18 July 2022, the business announced that its 22,000-plus members of staff across 170 ...
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AnalysisHow much of a priority is employee engagement for employers?
With employers battling issues such as increased stress among the workforce, burnout among managers, resignations, health concerns, and Covid-19's (Coronavirus) impact on staff absence, employee engagement has become more of a challenge for some.Organisations that can link their work either directly or indirectly to broader societal goals that employees care ...
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OpinionGethin Nadin: Employee engagement is still relevant in its own right
For many, it probably seems like employee engagement gave way to employee wellbeing or the employee experience over the last five years, but the reality is all that three of these separate, but symbiotic elements of work, are still very relevant in their own right. Employee engagement is the psychological ...
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Case StudiesSaga prioritises engagement within people strategy
Saga, a provider of products and services for people aged 50 and over, has always considered employee engagement to be a significant priority, but since 2020 has reinforced its efforts through the introduction of a people strategy supported by engagement initiatives.The organisation, which employs more than 2,500 employees, focuses on ...
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Article77% think flexible working is most important benefit
More than three-quarters (77%) of employees think flexible working is the most important benefit when considering a job move in 2022, according to research by global HR and payroll firm Remote.The firm surveyed 10,000 full-time employees across the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US, to find out what ...
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ArticleLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine staff strike in pay row
Cleaners, porters, and post room and security staff working for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have begun strike action over an ongoing pay dispute.The employees, who are members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) and will strike until Wednesday 20 July, voted unanimously ...
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ArticleSTR Group gives staff £500 bonus and summer trading hours
International recruitment business STR Group has awarded its 140-plus employees with a £500 cost-of-living bonus, and has introduced summer trading hours.As of this month, the Cosham-based firm will allow its staff to finish at 2pm every Friday, with some of the team who work US hours able to move to ...
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ArticleGovernment appoints chief people officer
The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Fiona Ryland (pictured) as the government's chief people officer following full external recruitment campaigns.Ryland will join the newly created post in the autumn from her role at University College London, where she has been vice president of operations and chief operating officer.She ...
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ArticleMerseyrail staff secure 7.1% pay increase
Credit: Zhao Zheming / Shutterstock.comMerseyrail employees have voted in favour of accepting a 7.1% pay rise deal following negotiations carried out by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).The one-year pay deal was secured less than two weeks after the long-running dispute over the guard position on ...