All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 210
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ArticlePoll: 33% of employers to consider menopause policies
Employee Benefits poll: One-third (33%) of organisations are considering introducing menopause or pregnancy loss policies for their employees.According to Employee Benefits’ latest research, 29% of employers confirmed that they have recently launched initiatives relating to these issues, while 38% said they have not done this.The poll follows many UK businesses ...
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Article83% of employers have a hybrid working model
New research has revealed that 83% of businesses are now offering a hybrid working model to all employees.London-based recruitment firm Totum Partners found that 50% have a company-wide hybrid working policy in place, while the other half have published guidelines that can be interpreted by location or each individual. One-third ...
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ArticleCIPHR becomes a living wage employer
HR software business CIPHR has received living wage employer accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.The Marlow-based technology group, which employs more than 200 staff across its three brands CIPHR, Digits Industries and Payroll Business Solutions (PBS), has pledged to pay all of its employees at least the real living wage ...
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ArticleBen Wilmott: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
Fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce, free from any form of discrimination or inequality, should be an ambition of every employer. Despite a number of businesses publicly condemning racism and discrimination in society last year following the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, little has changed with regards to ethnicity pay ...
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ArticleJo Butler: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
At Asos, we believe that sharing our ethnicity pay gap data is an important step towards understanding and improving ethnic minority representation and building a truly inclusive culture. Our data shows that we still have a long way to go, we’re not shying away from that.Over the past year, we’ve ...
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ArticleOlivia Hill: Should it be mandatory for employers to report on their ethnicity pay gap?
The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is strongly committed to equality and diversity. As a result, we’ve been at the forefront of campaigns to improve gender pay gap reporting and to ensure compulsory ethnicity pay gap reporting at all organisations employing more than 250 people.Earlier this year we published our ...
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ArticleCovid-19 affected finances of almost half of British staff
New research has revealed that almost half of British employees’ finances have been significantly impacted by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, with those aged 50 and over affected the most.More than 1,000 Brits took part in the health service Cigna Europe’s Cigna 360 wellbeing survey, with the findings, which have been ...
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Poll: Do you agree with the new national minimum wage rate announced in the Budget?
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ArticleFishawack Health hires first chief people officer
Knutsford, UK-based global commercialisation partner for the modern life sciences Fishawack Health has appointed Elizabeth (Liz) Landon to the newly formed role of chief people officer.Starting last month (October), Landon is responsible for driving a company-wide culture focused on recruiting and retaining talent, while leading an international team of HR, ...
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ArticleTwo weeks until the Employee Benefits Awards 2021
The countdown to the highly anticipated Employee Benefits Awards 2021 continues, as the 19th annual event is set to take place in two weeks’ time and will be returning to an in-person ceremony following the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The Employee Benefits Awards 2021 is considered to be the go-to annual event ...
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OpinionKate Brown: How to avoid reduced pay and benefits impacting staff engagement
At the beginning of October, British Airways announced plans to rehire some 3,000 employees after cutting around 10,000 jobs in the peak of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic last year. The airline has been heavily criticised in the press for re-engaging staff on less favourable terms, including reduced pay and benefits.This ...
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Case Studies
Infographic: Staff work-life balance in numbers
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Case StudiesCoventry Building Society supports staff wellbeing on return to workplace
Coventry Building Society is the UK’s second largest building society and has more than 2,700 employees, and around two million customers from all across the country with either a savings account or a mortgage.The business offers a range of wellbeing assistance for staff, including a digital GP service, a health ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support the work-life balance of staff on their return to the workplace?
Employers have to demonstrate that they are listening, learning, and that the wellbeing of staff remains a number one priority.There is a need to focus on the positives of returning, such as increased productivity, less loneliness and improved communication.A more dispersed workforce also requires better technology to easily access, understand ...
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ArticleSTB Graphic Designers becomes employee owned
Leicester, UK-based design business STB Graphic Designers has become employee owned after establishing an employee ownership trust (EOT) this month (October).The organisation, which was originally named Stocks Taylor Benson after being launched by Glenn Taylor, Dean Stocks and John Benson in 1988, has worked with Avon, Aldi, Next, Black and ...
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ArticleZurich UK sees 300,000 paternity leave hours taken
Insurance organisation Zurich UK has revealed that its working fathers have taken 300,000 hours of paternity leave since it launched its enhanced package in 2019.OnePoll surveyed 1,000 respondents on behalf of the provider and found that in the past two years, two out of three (63%) dads opted to take ...
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ArticleMettle hires first culture and people lead
Mettle, the NatWest-backed business account, has appointed Andrea Himmelbauer as its first culture and people lead.Since joining from fintech Arcus where as director of people operations she was responsible for HR, coaching and development, talent acquisition and culture, Himmelbauer, who was born and raised in Mexico, now sits on the ...
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Article57% of HR leaders prioritise employee engagement
New research has found that the current top two priorities for HR and business leaders are employee engagement and the overall employee experience, and employee wellbeing, cited by 57% and 56% respectively.Staff engagement organisation WorkBuzz's new report, The state of employee engagement 2021, included insights from more than 300 organisational ...
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ArticleSouth Ribble and Chorley councils launch hybrid work
South Ribble and Chorley (pictured above) councils in Lancashire have announced their aim to have no more than half of their office-based staff working on council premises at any time to improve their work-life balance.The strategy, which is part of the councils’ vision for a post-Covid-19 (Coronavirus) world in which ...
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ArticleCleaners win back furlough wages from Pridegreen
Cleaners at London Elizabeth Hotel have won back £4,733 in furlough wages that they were denied by outsourced cleaning business Pridegreen after holding protests.On 2 October, 25 cleaners and supporters staged a demonstration on the hotel premises, organised by the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), as staff had ...