All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 199
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ArticleAdur and Worthing Councils refuse staff vote for pay rise ballot
Refuse workers employed by Adur and Worthing Councils in West Sussex have voted in favour of a bin strike ballot over a pay rise dispute.According to the GMB union, 92.5% of members took part, with 100% voting to take industrial action. It said that this was due to the council’s ...
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ArticlePraxis Care launches new pay and benefits package
Social care provider Praxis Care has introduced a new pay and benefits package for its 1,800 employees, as well as extending Covid-19 (Coronavirus) recognition payments to all.According to the business, these initiatives are in recognition of the “challenging” labour market and a bid to attract and retain employees, with them ...
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Article78% of UK staff would move job for remote working
New data has revealed that 78% of UK employees would change their jobs if they were offered the chance to work fully remotely on a permanent basis.A survey of 1,021 UK workers, undertaken by Marketing Signals, found that, when asked why working remotely would make them move jobs, 60% said ...
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ArticleThree days left to enter Employee Benefits Awards 2022
HR, reward and benefits professionals who want their organisation or team to be in with a chance of winning an award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, only have three days left to enter.This is the last chance for both individuals and teams to enter and ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 January – 20 January 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 January and 20 January 2022 were: 2022 pay rise budgets soarRocco Forte Hotels launches engagement programmeFour-day week pilot introduced in the UKMercedes-Benz staff to strike over pay48% of employers do not have IVF policiesTop tips for introducing or updating health-related leave ...
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ArticleBentley Motors and Harrods certified as 2022 top employers
Car manufacturer Bentley Motors, bank Santander UK and retail business Harrods are among the 84 UK-based organisations who have been certified by the Top Employers Institute as 2022’s top employers.In order to achieve top employer certification, participating organisations are assessed by the institute via its HR best practices survey. It ...
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ArticleHalf of UK staff would leave job for better burnout support
More than half of UK-based employees would leave their jobs in favour of organisations that can offer better support for stress and burnout, according to new research.Advanced-owned business Clear Review’s new report Performance management 2022, which includes findings from 1,150 HR decision makers, managers and employees in the UK and ...
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ArticleRedrow gives staff two days of paid volunteering leave
Housebuilder Redrow has pledged to allow its more than 2,300 employees to take two days of paid volunteering time throughout 2022 as part of its ‘1,000 Days’ volunteering campaign.According to the business, it is inviting workers to collectively achieve 1,000 days of volunteering, aiming to shine a spotlight on the ...
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ArticleMedian basic pay increase to rise to 2.5%
The median basic pay increase is predicted to rise to 2.5% in January, an increase against the 2021 quarter four figure of 2%, according to the latest data from XpertHR.Across the whole economy in 2021, the median basic pay award stood at 1.8%, which is just below the 2% recorded ...
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Article73% unable to talk about menopause symptoms at work
New data has revealed that nearly three-quarters of women (73%) experiencing menopause do not feel able to talk openly about their symptoms with colleagues, with more than one million feeling pressure to quit their jobs due to symptoms.Commissioned by childcare service Koru Kids, the survey of 2,000 women currently experiencing ...
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ArticleMercedes-Benz staff to strike over pay
Technicians employed by Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz Retail Group (MBRG) have voted in favour of a four-day strike over pay.A total of 185 members across the car retail group’s nine sites voted by majorities of 80% to 100% to hold strike action towards the end of last year, due to a third ...
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ArticleWise launches new leave policies for staff
Global technology company Wise has announced new leave policies for all of its 3,000 employees across the world as of January 2022.According to the business, it has decided to apply its minimum holiday, parental leave and general leave policies in order to create a fairer global standard, where members of ...
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OpinionTom Moyes: Encouraging conversations with employees around mental health
At any one time, one-sixth of the working age population of Great Britain experiences symptoms associated with mental ill health, and this causes around 40% of all days lost through sickness absence, according to the Mental health and work report published in 2008 by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.So why ...
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ArticleFour-day week pilot introduced in UK
A six-month pilot programme of a reduced-hour work model has been launched in the UK by 4 Day Week Global in partnership with think tank Autonomy and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign.Researchers at Cambridge University, Boston College and Oxford University also worked on introducing the model, which runs in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 80% see engagement as key for benefit strategies
Employee engagement is seen as the most important objective for organisations’ benefits strategies, with 80% rating it as either one or two out of five in importance, according to new research.Global professional services firm Aon’s Benefits and trends survey 2022, which is in its 12th year, took into account the ...
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ArticleLinklaters reports narrowed gender pay gap
Law firm Linklaters has revealed narrowed gender and ethnicity pay gaps in its 2021 UK gender pay report, which was published this week.The mean gender pay gap for employees, including equity partners, was 61.9% in 2021, which was down from 62.9% in 2020. The mean pay gap, which excludes equity ...
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ArticleThe Landmark London introduces a four-day week
Five star hotel The Landmark London has launched a scheme to allow its chefs to work a four-day week with increased pay as part of a continued commitment to invest in team wellbeing.According to the business, the change was devised by executive head chef Gary Klaner in order to deliver ...
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Case StudiesZego supports staff wellbeing with health-related leave policies
Zego, a commercial motor insurance provider founded in 2016, operates across the UK, Ireland, France, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands and currently has 536 employees.The business offers its staff a range of different health-related leave options, such as a sickness absence initiative that incorporates pregnancy sickness or loss; a sabbatical ...
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AnalysisTop tips for introducing or updating health-related leave policies
If an employer wishes to introduce or update a leave policy, it should carefully consider the most appropriate form of communication to ensure that the latest terms are known and shared with the workforce.Some discretion should be retained, not only for circumstances that might not have been considered or defined, ...
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OpinionHenicka Uddin: Employees should be involved in updates to absence policies
If employers are considering introducing or updating absence policies, it is good to include staff in the process by consulting with them on plans. There might even be an agreement in place to consult on changes, in which case this will need to be adhered to. Either way it is ...