All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 204
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ArticleTesco warehouse and driver staff to strike in pay row
Tesco warehouse workers and lorry drivers have announced plans to stage a series of strikes in the weeks leading up to Christmas in a dispute over pay.More than 1,000 of staff at depots in Antrim and Belfast in Northern Ireland; Livingston, Scotland; and Didcot and Doncaster in England, will take ...
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OpinionJeremy Harris: What are the long-term consequences of the pensions pay gap?
During a House of Lords debate on 22 November 2021, following a question posed by Labour life peer Lord Sikka about the UK government's efforts to tackle entrenched gender pay inequality, the pensions gap was highlighted as an issue of major concern.The pensions gap, it was noted, contributes to societal ...
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ArticleEnable Scotland ups staff pay to £10.40 an hour
Social care charity Enable Scotland has increased its basic rate of pay to £10.40 per hour for its 2,000 members of staff as of this month (December).The wage rise, which goes beyond the Scottish government-funded increase to £10.02, means that the basic contracted rate of pay for the organisation’s care ...
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ArticlePoll: Just 8% of employers publish disability pay gap
Employee Benefits poll: Fewer than one in 10 organisations currently publish their annual disability pay gap, according to our research.Only 8% of respondents to an online survey said they made the data available to the public on a regular basis.A further 33% are considering reporting on disability pay while the ...
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ArticleGender earnings gap still high at 40%
The average mid-working-age UK woman earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019, research has revealed.The study, which was carried out for the Institute for Fiscal Studies' (IFS) Deaton Review of Inequalities, found the gender earnings gap was just 13 percentage points lower than in the mid-1990s.The authors found ...
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ArticleUber loses High Court bid to challenge worker rights ruling
The UK High Court has refused transport business Uber’s application to declare its gig-economy business model lawful following the Supreme Court’s ruling on its worker rights and transport regulation.In February this year, the Supreme Court ruled against Uber and confirmed that its drivers were entitled to statutory protection under employment ...
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ArticlePoundstretcher gives staff 10% pay rise
Retailer Poundstretcher is to reward established employees with a 10% pay rise in recognition of their hard work throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.From 1 January 2022, those who have been members of staff at the business for a full year will receive the hike in their basic annual salary.This will ...
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ArticleThe Calico Group offers paid leave for fertility treatment
The Calico Group has introduced additional support for staff experiencing miscarriage, menopause and fertility treatment.From this month (December), employees at the Burnley, UK-based support services provider can benefit from 10 days of paid special leave if affected by pregnancy loss or fertility treatment, and flexible arrangements if going through the ...
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ArticleHC-One launches new pay and reward scheme
Care provider HC-One has invested £17 million in a new pay and reward scheme for staff to ensure they can earn above the real living wage.The business, which employs around 21,000 members of staff across the UK, will give all care employees with two years of experience above the real ...
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ArticleIsotropic Systems recruits new chief people officer
Multi-link satellite terminals provider Isotropic Systems has hired Dara McCann as chief people officer as it begins manufacturing, operations and global service delivery.McCann previously served as the executive vice president (EVP) of HR and organisation development at connectivity firm O3b and as EVP of HR and culture transformation for SES ...
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Article5% of young staff cannot be tempted back to office
Younger workers aged 25 or below are the most motivated to return to the office, with only 5% saying they could not be tempted back, according to new research.Career development and mentoring platform PushFar has revealed stark generational divides in attitudes towards remote working in its survey of 600 UK ...
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ArticleChristmas shopping fever: 77% spend online in work hours
Something for the weekend: In the run up to Christmas, do you find that your attention starts to drift away during your working hours and you find yourself surfing the web looking for the best online deals? Turns out you’re not the only one.Office equipment supplier Officeology.com’s poll of 1,000 ...
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ArticleAnchor to pay staff real living wage rates
Anchor, also known as Anchor Hanover Group, has announced that it will pay its 9,000 members of staff real living wage rates as of this month (December).The organisation, which offers retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care, will pay the ...
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ArticleThe Folio Society sets up employee ownership trust
British publisher The Folio Society has announced it has been sold under the terms of an employee ownership trust (EOT), giving its 40 employees 100% ownership.According to the publisher, the move reflects its values and is an example of progressive sharing of power and profit in publishing. Its only beneficiaries ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 26 November – 2 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 November – 2 December 2021 were: Virgin Money launches staff benefits packageStagecoach staff in Yorkshire strike due to pay rowAmazon staff protest over pay and work conditionsSalesforce introduces global gender inclusive benefits Reach for the social media stars to earn a ...
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ArticleAbbots Care offers £400 bonus to staff
Abbots Care, a home care provider based in Hertfordshire that employs 492 people, has offered its care workers a £400 bonus as an incentive to stay in their jobs.A new mandatory Covid-19 (Coronavirus) vaccines law for social workers came into effect in November, which saw 300 care workers in Hertfordshire ...
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ArticleSteve Moore: What do employees value more than a Christmas turkey?
At Hymans Robertson, we are very aware of how long a year it has been and how hard everyone has worked during the past 18 months of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. As part of our wellbeing offering for Christmas 2021, everyone has been gifted both Christmas Eve and New Year’s ...
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ArticleFlexible working could work for 70% of HR managers
New data has highlighted that 70% of UK HR managers believe flexible working could work for their business.The poll, which was run by YouGov for the Trades Union Congress (TUC), spoke to 903 HR managers and found that employer attitudes towards flexible working arrangements have shifted markedly during the Covid-19 ...
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Article43% of staff do not feel financially on track
New study findings have revealed that more than two in five employees (43%) do not feel like they are financially on track to live the life they want in the future.Research from Aviva’s report Evolving in the age of ambiguity, which is the third instalment of a two-year study into ...