All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 214
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Article43% of executives say flexibility critical for engagement
British business leaders consider flexible working to be more important for employee engagement and wellbeing than salary, research has revealed.Of 54 UK-based board level executives polled for Bupa Global, 43% said flexible working was the most important factor for engaging staff and looking after their wellbeing, compared with 35% who ...
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ArticleAldi gives staff pay rise from February 2022
Aldi has announced that it will increase the hourly pay rates for its 28,000 members of staff from 1 February 2022 in a bid to maintain its position as one of the UK’s highest-paying supermarkets.All UK-based store assistants at the German-owned grocery chain are set to receive at least £10.10 ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 10 December – 16 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 10 December – 16 December 2021 were: How can employers assess value for money in a DC pension?Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets a recognition awardIt's a dog's life for one special puppy palWilson James introduces staff wellbeing platformPoor mental health ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2022 entry deadline extended
The entry deadline for the Employee Benefits Awards 2022, in association with Aon, has been extended to Friday 14 January 2022.Now in its 20th year, the Employee Benefits Awards is considered the event of the year for the reward, benefits and HR community. It is designed to recognise excellence and ...
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ArticleAston Martin staff threaten to strike in pensions row
Workers employed by Aston Martin have threatened the car manufacturer with strike action over changes to their company pension scheme.Trade union Unite said an initial ballot over potential industrial action had been held in response to proposals to switch staff currently on the business’ defined benefit scheme to a defined ...
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ArticleWest Lothian Council approves menopause policy
West Lothian Council in Scotland has agreed to bring in a menopause policy for staff.The Scottish local authority's executive approved a draft plan that includes flexible working, an employee assistance programme and an initiative to support attendance. Some of these measures are expected to be available early in the new ...
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Article52% of HR staff consider paying above the average rate
More than half of HR professionals are considering handing their employees pay increases above the market average to retain talent, according to research.A poll of 125 senior HR, diversity and inclusion, reward and people professionals at FTSE 100 businesses by insights firm HR DataHub found 52% were mulling an above-average ...
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ArticleMedian pay award increases to 2.2%
The median pay award across the UK rose to 2.2% in the three months to October - with the upper quartile increasing by even more - according to the latest monitoring figures from Incomes Data Research (IDR).An analysis by the benchmarking body of 41 pay deals that took place between ...
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ArticleCarmarthenshire Council gritters set to strike in pay row
Gritters employed by Carmarthenshire Council’s highways department have voted to take industrial action against their employer in 2022 over a pay-related dispute.The GMB trade union said 90% of its members at the Welsh local authority had voted in favour of taking action, which would see more than 50 gritters temporarily ...
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ArticleClear Marketing completes employee ownership sale
Creative agency Clear Marketing has finalised its transition to employee ownership as founder Jim Smith steps down after nearly 20 years at the business.The organisation, which has offices in Manchester and Glasgow and was founded in 2002, brought forward the planned date of its sale following what it said were ...
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OpinionEmma Clark: Will there be more menopause-related employment tribunal hearings?
Recent analysis of figures from the HM Courts and Tribunals Service showed that the menopause was cited in five employment tribunal cases in the last nine months of 2018. That rose to 10 cases in the first six months of 2021.While there has been a rise in claims which refer ...
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ArticleGreentech Sportsturf moves to employee ownership
Contractor Greentech Sportsturf, which specialises in the design, construction and renovation of sports surfaces, has established an employee ownership trust (EOT).All shares in the firm, which began in 1998 on the outskirts of Stirling, Scotland, and operates across the UK, have been transferred to the EOT to make its 14 ...
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ArticleStaff at Ford Dagenham plant win pay rise
More than 300 contract workers employed by Lineside Logistics and based at the Ford plant in Dagenham, east London, have accepted a 5.1% pay rise.Trade union Unite said the contractors, who assemble diesel engines at the site, had voted in favour of the one-year pay deal, which is backdated to ...
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ArticlePoor mental health causes 19% of lost working time
Poor mental health accounted for almost a fifth of all lost working time across the UK this year, according to research.Wellbeing and performance service GoodShape took data from its proprietary workplace absences database - which includes more than 750,000 employee records - and found that UK workers have taken more ...
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Article44% of staff expect to work past state pension age
Two in five (44%) UK workers now predict they will work beyond their state pension age, according to fresh data.Financial services business Canada Life’s research, which was carried out by Opinium with 2,000 UK adults, revealed that 44% expect to keep earning past the date they could claim their retirement ...
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ArticleBiggest UK law firms have 20% gender pay gap
There was a 20% gender pay gap at top UK law firms in April 2020 according to research.The Law Society scrutinised the 42 law firms submitting data for the snapshot date of 31 March or 5 April last year, for which the deadline for reporting was in October 2021, finding ...
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ArticleBelong increases starting salary to £10 an hour
Dementia care operator Belong has announced that it will pay all 1,100-plus employees a minimum of £10 an hour.From 1 January 2022, staff of all ages working at its care villages and home care services across the North West and West Midlands will be paid above the real living wage ...
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ArticleJust 55% of staff feel they receive right support from work
Just 55% of employees feel they have received the support they needed from their employers during the pandemic despite more than two-thirds (69%) of organisations increasing their benefit spend considerably over the past two years, research has revealed.Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) polled 332 UK HR and reward professionals as well ...
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ArticleWilson James introduces staff wellbeing platform
Services provider Wilson James has brought in a new health and wellbeing platform for its more than 5,000 employees after seeing "dramatic" operational changes during the pandemic.The Essex-headquartered business, which offers a range of security, construction logistics and aviation services, introduced the platform in collaboration with benefits provider Vivup after ...
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ArticlePinterest upgrades staff parental benefits
Image sharing service Pinterest has updated the parental benefits available to its more than 3,000 employees across the world.As of 1 January 2022, a minimum of 20 weeks of parental leave will be offered for all parents to bond with their newborn or newly adopted child. Adoptive parents will also ...