All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 190
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OpinionJames de le Vingne: Why should employers consider employee ownership?
When we talk about the why of becoming employee-owned, at the Employee Ownership Association (EOA) we often use the analogy ‘who washes a hire car’?There is a mental change that happens when you own something. It drives behaviours that relate to what needs to be done rather than what you ...
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ArticleSpring Statement 2022: National Insurance threshold rises
Spring Statement 2022: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has today (23 March) confirmed that the National Insurance primary threshold and lower profits limit for employees and the self-employed will increase from July.Sunak stated that the rise from £9,880 to £12,570 will benefit almost 30 million people, seeing a typical ...
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ArticleHSBC UK, First Direct, M&S Bank become endometriosis-friendly employers
Banks HSBC UK, First Direct and M&S Bank have pledged to support their employees by joining the Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme this month (March).Since it was launched in 2019 by the charity Endometriosis UK, more than 80 public, private and non-profit organisations have joined the scheme, so committing to developing ...
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Article64% of staff find recent pay rise 'unfair'
New research has revealed that more than two-thirds (64%) of workers think their most recent pay rise was unfair and did not reflect their job performance.HR and payroll software provider CIPHR’s Pay rise study, which was based on a survey of around 1,000 employed British adults, also highlighted that 70% ...
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ArticleBelfast food delivery staff strike over pay demands
Food delivery workers based in Belfast will be staging a six-hour strike today (Wednesday) as part of their demands for a minimum income guarantee of at least £10 per hour plus operating costs.Work will be stopped between the hours of 11am and 5pm, with a public protest to be held ...
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ArticleStantec UK launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Stantec UK, an international services provider to the design and consulting industry, has introduced a flexible salary sacrifice scheme to encourage employees to use electric and hybrid vehicles.The business, which has 20 offices in the UK and is a part of a global consultancy with 350 locations and 22,000 employees ...
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ArticleBoots to pay staff HRT prescriptions costs
Health and beauty retailer Boots has announced it will cover the cost of prescriptions for its employees who take Hormone Replacement Treatment (HRT) from next month (April).According to the business, which employs 51,000 team members across the UK, with 80% being women, the move is part of its aim to ...
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Article29% of employers say rise in NI contributions will impact staff pay
More than a quarter of employers (29%) feel that next month’s increase in National Insurance (NI) contributions will have a direct impact on employees’ pay, according to research from Scottish Widows.Conducted by Opinium on behalf of the insurer with a sample size of 500 UK firms, the survey findings revealed ...
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OpinionMichelle Terry: Employers can do more to tackle the stigma of discussing mental health
Over the course of the last two years, the global Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has had a massive impact on every aspect of our lives, including the way we work. Long-term disruption to normal routines, and challenges caused by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic itself, has left many of us feeling exhausted, ...
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AnalysisAre employers doing enough to address mens' mental health needs?
There is still a stigma associated with addressing mental health in the workplace, and moreso for male employees.Employers should encourage help-seeking through easy accessible means that can remain anonymous, for example, employee assistance programmes (EAPs) can be accessed remotely and confidentially by telephone and online.Providing access to the right tools ...
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Case StudiesNominet offers targeted mental health support to staff
Oxford-based technology firm Nominet, which has more than 250 employees, has for the past 25 years run the .UK domain name internet infrastructure that underpins network detection and response solutions used by governments to mitigate cyber threats.As part of its mental health support approach, the organisation places significant emphasis on ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Employee Benefits Awards 2022 team has revealed this year’s hotly anticipated shortlist, which can be viewed in full here.Employee Benefits congratulates all of this year’s shortlisted finalists and offers thanks to everyone that entered. An additional thank you goes out to our esteemed panel of judges, who gave ...
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ArticleScottish university staff strike in pensions and pay row
Staff employed at several Scottish universities have begun five days of strike action this week as part of an ongoing dispute over pensions, pay and working conditions.This is the third round of industrial action from University and College Union (UCU) members this academic year over these issues.According to the union, ...
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ArticleYorkshire Housing reports on gender and ethnicity pay gaps
Housing association Yorkshire Housing has revealed that it has a median ethnicity pay gap of 0% and a mean ethnicity pay gap of 4%, in its first ever report of this kind.The business, which has 700 employees working across Yorkshire, has published its ethnicity pay gap for the first time ...
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Article58% of single female staff ineligible for automatic pension enrolment
More than half of single working mothers (58%) are ineligible for automatic enrolment into a workplace pension, according to new survey findings, which is an increase from 45% in 2020.The research, conducted by pension provider Now: Pensions and The Pensions Policy Institute to coincide with National Single Parent Day (21 ...
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ArticleFirst Hydrogen UK hires chief human resources officer
First Hydrogen UK has appointed Luisa Ferres Meyer as chief human resources officer to support growth strategies as it develops its first hydrogen-fuelled and zero-emissions utility vehicles.Ferres Meyer has previously led people and talent management strategies for automotive brand Tesla, where she was responsible for strategic and tactical HR management ...
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Article57% of staff find employer’s parental leave policy inadequate
Almost three in five (57%) employees said that they think their employer’s parental leave policy and attitude to new parents is inadequate, according to new research.The 2022 Parental leave study was conducted by Fertility Family, which surveyed employees at 116 UK businesses to find out whether men and women felt ...
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ArticleIpsos implements paid leave for pregnancy loss
London-based market research business Ipsos has introduced paid leave for employees who have had a pregnancy loss or are undergoing fertility treatment, regardless of their length of service.Any employee going through pregnancy loss will be given up to four weeks of paid leave and paid time off to allow them ...
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ArticleBlenheim Palace launches wellbeing initiative
Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire has introduced a wellbeing programme for its staff as part of a campaign to create a healthy workplace environment.As of this week, employees are able to take part in mindfulness walks, picnics, planting trees and litter-picking, as well as getting the chance to pet sheepdogs, lambs ...
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ArticleAre bad hybrid working habits keeping staff awake?
Something for the weekend: Many of us saw our lifestyles shift dramatically during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, with the abrupt change to remote or hybrid working affecting some workers’ ability to sleep. Indeed, regularly updated YouGov research How many hours Brits sleep at night revealed that as at March 2022, ...