All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 189
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ArticleFunding Circle introduces wellness allowance and enhances benefits
Funding Circle, a small business loan platform for small-to-medium-sized enterprises, has introduced a wellness allowance by increasing the allowance its 600 employees are entitled to £500.The wellness portion of the allowance is designed to give staff the freedom to choose what they need to live a more healthy and balanced ...
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OpinionTom Moyes: What is the potential impact of the rail strikes on pay and benefits?
While the new plans proposed by Transport Minister Grant Shapps to reduce the impact of industrial action following recent strikes look great on the surface, there is the potential for a significant negative impact on full-time workers. Whether it is the impact on pay, pensions or further employee benefits, there ...
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ArticleNetwork Rail staff strike in pay and conditions row
As many as 40,000 signallers, maintenance and train employees working for Network Rail are partaking in 24-hour strikes over pay across the UK today, with several more planned for the rest of the week.Last-minute talks failed yesterday, resulting in about 4,500 services running today instead of the usual 20,000. Services ...
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ArticleRolls Royce awards staff £2,000 to help with cost of living
Engineering firm Rolls Royce has announced that it will award more than 14,000 of its workers a £2,000 one-off payment to help with the rising cost of living in the UK.Approximately 7,000 junior management and shop floor staff employees at its Derby site, which is where it makes large commercial ...
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ArticlePPL reports 12% mean gender pay gap in favour of men
UK music licensing business Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) has published its most recent gender and ethnicity pay gap report, which highlighted that its mean gender pay gap was 12% in favour of men.Meanwhile, its median pay gap was 14% in favour of men.The business’ mean ethnicity pay gap was 30% ...
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AnalysisHow can benefits help first-time buyers as property prices surge?
Employers can work with providers to offer financial education in the form of specific content guides, downloads, webinars, helplines, tools and modellers, including budgeting, mortgage affordability, mortgage rate calculators, and stamp duty calculators.One option employers can offer to help first time buyers is the lifetime individual savings accounts (Lisa), through ...
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OpinionAlison Watson: What employers can do to support staff buying their first home?
Current environmental and economic issues are causing many to struggle with paying bills, and this is coming at a time when more and more young people are struggling to get a foot on the property ladder due to increasing property prices and below-inflation pay rises.The government has recently revealed plans ...
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OpinionRichard Kay: Benefits for first-time buyers can also benefit employers
Rising property prices are not only proving problematic for first-time buyers, they can also cause a headache for employers struggling to attract and retain talent. As it gets harder for professionals to afford to get a foot on the property ladder, they are looking to maximise their earnings to make ...
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ArticlePremier Foods introduces modern working policies
Credit: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.comFood business Premier Foods has launched two new modern working policies this month that have been designed to support its office-based and manufacturing employees going through life-changing events.One of the policies will enable staff going through the menopause, medical treatment relating to gender reassignment or fertility ...
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Article35% of UK staff are changing jobs for better pay and benefits
More than 6.5 million UK employees expect to quit their job in the next 12 months, with 35% moving elsewhere for better pay and benefits, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).This year’s CIPD Good work index, which is a survey of more than 6,000 ...
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ArticleEvolve Family Law transitions to employee ownership
North west England-based law firm Evolve Family Law has become an employee-owned business in order to preserve its future independence.The business, which was established in 2015 by founding directors Robin Charrot and Louise Halford (pictured) and has offices in Holmes Chapel and Whitefield, is now 100% owned by a newly ...
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ArticleLattice hires first chief people officer
People success platform provider Lattice has announced that Cara Brennan Allamano has joined as its first chief people officer.Brennan Allamano has more than 20 years of human resources and leadership experience, with a focus on scaling HR operations, learning and development at global businesses. She will lead Lattice’s global people ...
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ArticleBiffa awards refuse staff a minimum 24% pay rise
Refuse workers employed by waste management business Biffa have accepted an improved pay offer to end a period of strike action within the Wealden district in East Sussex.The 100 workers, who are members of the trade union GMB, have secured a deal which constitutes a pay rise worth between 24% ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 9% of UK employers have amended fleet policy due to homeworking
Just 9% of UK employers have amended their fleet or mobility policy following the increase in homeworking, according to research by Arval Mobility Observatory.According to its 2022 Barometer report, which surveyed fleet decision makers in in Europe and the UK, 86% in the UK have not made a change to ...
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ArticleWaste Creative launches work-from-anywhere policy
Creative agency Waste Creative has introduced a work-from-anywhere policy to enable its more than 75 full and part-time staff to work from any location for up to four weeks per year.Any of its employees who have passed their probationary period can submit a request to work from anywhere in the ...
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ArticleBottomless Brunch offers £500 to test drag brunches
Something for the weekend: Are you a fan of bottomless brunches? Are you also a fan of drag entertainment? If so, the platform Bottomless Brunch is offering three lucky people the chance to become an expert entertainment brunch reviewer and get paid £500 for the pleasure.Along with a friend, the ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 10 June – 16 June 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 June and 9 June 2022 were: House of Commons signs Menopause Workplace PledgeMorrisons to pay staff at least £10.20 an hourBlenheim Palace launches staff benefits platformBritish Airways and North Yorkshire County Council shortlisted for Best voluntary benefitsWilson James awards Gatwick Airport ...
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Article65% of remote working UK staff are less likely to take sick leave
New research has revealed that two-thirds (65%) of UK employees said they are less likely to take sick leave when working remotely.HR software provider Breathe conducted a survey across 1,264 UK small to medium sized enterprise (SME) employees, looking into the current state of wellbeing among them and asking a ...
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ArticleLloyds Bank awards staff with £1,000 one-off payment
More than 64,000 employees at Lloyds Bank will receive a £1,000 one-off payment in order to help with the rising cost of living in the UK.The payment, which is due to be made in August, will be given to 99.5% of staff but not to senior management or executives. This ...
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ArticleCleaners at HCA protest over low pay and lack of sick pay
Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comOutsourced cleaners working in private healthcare giant HCA hospitals will be taking part in a protest outside its headquarters today at 3pm over “poverty pay" and a lack of proper sick pay.The workers, who are members of the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), will be ...