All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 214
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Arsenal Football Club empowers staff to talk about wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The world completely changed as a result of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, bringing hybrid and remote working conversations to the forefront, stated Hazel Robinson, reward and benefit partner at Arsenal Football Club.During the panel discussion titled ‘Learnings from supporting employees in 2020 and beyond’ on the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Kettering General Hospital prioritises communication for engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2021: The only way to find out exactly what staff want, need and expect in terms of keeping them engaged is to simply ask them, advised Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s chief people officer.Speaking as part of a panel discussion on enabling meaningful employee engagement on ...
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ArticleBelfast NHS workers get emergency childcare tax bill
A total of 130 NHS workers have reportedly received an increased tax bill due to their emergency childcare during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.According to staff employed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, they were offered free emergency childcare as they could not work from home when schools and ...
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Article45% of female staff have financial anxiety
Almost half of female employees (45%) feel more financial anxiety than they did before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic compared to 38% of men, according to new findings.Close Brothers’ report, Expecting the unexpected: a spotlight on preparing for a crisis, included responses from 2,000 UK-based employees working for businesses with 200 ...
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ArticleAsos publishes first ethnicity pay gap report
Online fashion retailer Asos has released its ethnicity pay data report for the first time, revealing an improvement in its pay gap from last year.The retailer’s 2021 mean ethnicity pay gap fell from 14% in 2020 to 4.5% in 2021, and the median ethnicity pay gap decreased from 15.3% last ...
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OpinionRichard Freedman: Government launches consultation on making flexible working the default
The UK government has launched a consultation considering various reforms to the existing flexible working legislation.The consultation sets out a number of proposals for reshaping the existing regulatory framework to facilitate the objective of expanding the ability to work flexibly. The most striking element is the proposal to give all ...
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ArticlePrinces launches new flexible working initiatives
Food and drink manufacturer Princes has introduced two new flexible working options for staff following their return to the office this week.The first choice is a hybrid working model, with its 500 employees able to choose to work two days remotely and three days in the office. The second option ...
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ArticleLords Group gives staff 2,105 shares
Building materials distributer Lords Group has announced it will hand out 2,105 shares to each one of its 485 employees following its stock market listing earlier this year.The specialist building, plumbing, heating and DIY goods distributing group, which listed on London’s AIM market in July at 95 pence per share ...
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ArticleOne in four employers still to report gender pay gap
Thousands of companies have yet to report their gender pay gap before today's extended deadline (5 October), latest figures have revealed.According to the government’s gender pay gap reporting service, around one in four (73%) still have not submitted this information on the website despite being legally required to do so.Laws ...
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Article67% of employers think hybrid working helps growth
New data has found that two-thirds (67%) of employers believe remote or hybrid working is crucial to their future growth as a business.Global bank HSBC’s latest Navigator research, which polled more than 2,100 business leaders from 10 global markets, highlighted that organisations are reacting to the demands of the workforce ...
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ArticleChris Mathieson: Should employers offer extra days off to support employees’ wellbeing?
Sipping champagne and enjoying afternoon tea with friends, luxuriating with spa treatments, hitting the golf course, climbing Munros. These are just some of the ways employees are spending their new wellbeing day as part of the Feeling Great at Grampian initiative.Grampian already offers a generous leave and benefits package, but ...
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ArticleSimon Blake: Should employers offer extra days off to support employees’ wellbeing?
Mental ill health costs employers £2.4 billion per year, and that’s without taking into account the impact of the past 18 months. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has seen staff stress levels rise as people face uncertainty and job insecurity. So it’s no surprise that despite life starting to feel a ...
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ArticleAldi gives staff Boxing Day off
Supermarket chain Aldi has announced that it will once more keep all of its stores closed on Boxing Day in recognition of employees’ hard work during the year.The retailer has regularly made the decision to shut its doors on 26 December as a thank you to all members of staff ...
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ArticleGround Construction becomes employee owned
Welwyn Garden City, UK-based groundworks and concrete business Ground Construction Group has established an employee ownership trust (EOT) for its more than 100 members of staff.Group founder Trevor Diviney transferred all the shares he previously owned at full market value to the EOT, making the transaction exempt from capital gains ...
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Article41% of staff workplaces affect wellbeing
New research has found that 41% of the workforce feel that their workplace has negatively impacted on their wellbeing during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Global absence organisation Edays, which surveyed 500 employees across the UK to determine the impact of the workplace on their wellbeing and changes to their perceptions over ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pay policies and mental health at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Pay and mental health will be among the the unmissable topics discussed at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Trish Wanat (pictured right), director of Europe, Middle East and Africa benefits at VMware, will be co-presenting ‘Pay policies that reflect the changing world of work’ along with VMware’s director of regional compensation ...
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ArticleFirst Bus hires Kevin Green as chief people officer
Kevin Green, former chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, has announced he will return to an HR role as chief people officer at First Bus as of September.Green spent 10 years leading the industry body for recruitment agencies before stepping down in 2018, when the post was taken ...
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ArticleEG Group gives pay rise to 10,500 UK staff
Petrol station giant EG Group, owned by the billionaire Issa brothers who recently bought Asda, has given its 10,500 UK employees a pay rise, which takes effect today (1 October).The increased rates of pay will apply across all of EG’s petrol filling stations and foodservice brands throughout the UK, with ...
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Article79% of employers offer enhanced maternity leave pay
New data has highlighted that almost four-fifths (79%) of employers now offer staff enhanced maternity, adoption and surrogacy leave pay above the statutory minimum.Nursery care provider Bright Horizons’ Parental leave benchmark, which included almost 700 responses from sectors in the UK and Ireland such as financial, and legal and professional ...
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ArticleAchieving dreams at Employee Benefits Awards 2021
The Employee Benefits Awards 2021 continues to draw closer every week, as the 19th annual event is set to take place in six weeks’ time and will be returning to an in-person ceremony.The finalists for the 23 accolades at this year’s awards have now been revealed and all of the ...