All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 221
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OpinionLaura Soley and Oliver Scutt: How to introduce a staff hardship fund
As a consequence of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), many employers are considering how they might offer support to current employees in financial difficulties.One way to support them is to set up a charitable staff hardship fund, which can be used to give financial support to members of a defined class of people ...
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Case StudiesGreene King supports staff with financial hardship fund
UK pub retailer and brewer Greene King currently employs around 40,000 people across 2,700 pubs, support centres and breweries.In March 2020, when the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic struck and pubs were forced to close, more than 99% of Greene King team members were furloughed. The employer introduced a Team Member Support ...
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AnalysisTop tips for introducing a financial aid fund
Education and financial coaching can help address underlying symptoms of financial stress for some staff.Being able to access immediate and practical support will not just help employees financially, but will also better their emotional wellbeing and improve their quality of life.The end goal of a financial aid fund should be ...
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ArticleLebus Upholstery and Furniture becomes employee owned
Lincolnshire-based manufacturer Lebus Upholstery and Furniture has announced that it has become employee owned.The shareholders decided to sell 100% of their shares to employees in order to secure jobs and protect the organisation's long-term future, with an employee ownership trust (EOT) taking control with immediate effect.According to the company, the ...
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ArticleFTSE 100 businesses pay females less than males
New research has highlighted that female directors at the UK’s biggest companies are still being paid a fraction of what their male counterparts receive.Data by business management consultancy New Street Consulting Group revealed that the average wage for FTSE 100 female directors stands at just £237,000, which is slightly more ...
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ArticleMcVitie’s staff fight for better redundancy payouts
Unions representing McVitie’s workers have been negotiating for improved redundancy payout terms offered by bosses, following the announcement that one of the business’ biscuit factory will shut down next year.Glasgow-based multinational confectionary giant Pladis confirmed earlier this month (August) that the Tollcross factory will be closing, with more than 400 ...
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Case StudiesBarratt offers staff financial stability with living wage commitment
British housebuilder business Barratt Developments is a member of the FTSE 100 index and currently has around 6,700 employees.In December 2018, former group HR director Rob Tansey met with investment charity ShareAction to become a voluntary real living wage employer. At the meeting, the ShareAction team agreed that the employer ...
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AnalysisWhat are the challenges and benefits of introducing the living wage?
Employers can use paying the living wage as a recruitment or retention tool to make them an attractive organisation.For those employees who are paid the living wage, it can mean the difference between being able to afford the things they need for a decent standard of living or not.As the ...
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OpinionGraham Griffiths: The benefits of paying the living wage
Now 18 months on since the start of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, it is clear that the world of work has changed remarkably and irreversibly. With almost two-fifths of the working population working from home, which is up almost 10% from pre-pandemic levels, many of us now have a very ...
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ArticleKellogg’s promotes Christopher Hayden-Hayes to HRD
Manchester, UK-based cereal brand Kellogg’s has promoted Christopher Hayden-Hayes to the role of HR director for the UK and Ireland.Hayden-Hayes has until this month (August) been the business’ senior HR business partner, where he supported four of Kellogg’s senior leaders in the implementation of people strategies within their functions for ...
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OpinionJennifer Smith: Why making flexible working the default could be too rigid
The Labour party has unveiled new plans for making flexible working “a force for good”. This focuses on the right for employees to work flexibly as a default from day one of employment, including flexi-hours and an end to supposed one-sided flexibility that favours employers.While such proposals are extremely relevant ...
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ArticlePoll: 61% of organisations have published an ethnicity pay gap report
Employee Benefits poll: Just over six in 10 organisations have ever published an ethnicity pay gap report, according to the latest Employee Benefits research.Ethnicity pay gap reports show the difference between the average, mean and median earnings of businesses’ Bame (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) employees and non-Bame members of ...
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Infographic: Employee engagement in numbers
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AnalysisWhat employee engagement lessons can the UK learn from across the globe?
To engage the employees they lead, managers themselves need to feel engaged, otherwise it will prove difficult to sustain high levels of team engagement.Gaining advantage through employee engagement involves challenging previously held assumptions and accepting that employees want to show up to work for reasons beyond salary alone.Find ways to ...
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Case StudiesOmnipresent engages staff through inspiring values
Formed in 2019, Omnipresent is a global employment services provider that enables businesses to employ, pay and provide support for teams across 150 countries. Last December, it had 15 full-time team members and it has just now employed its one hundredth employee. Omnipresent staff have been working remotely across the ...
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ArticleMarketing industry spends the most on staff perks
New research has highlighted that employees in the marketing industry have the most money spent on them through workplace perks each year, with an average amount of £1,179.56 per person.The findings from Hampers and gifts business Cartwright and Butler surveyed 2,011 UK workers to uncover which industries have the most ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics Drinks staff vote to strike over pay
XPO Logistics Drinks staff are set to go on strike after they were offered a 1.4% pay rise for 2021, which is below the current retail prices index RPI inflation rate of 3.9%.Last month (July), employees were asked by trade union Unite to vote on taking industrial action against the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 39% of employers support mental health
New research has revealed that fewer than four in 10 UK organisations believe they adequately support mental health for modern-day purposes.The findings from global professional services organisation Aon were compiled from the views of 100 UK and 700 global businesses. It identified the resilience of organisational workforces, which were assessed ...
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ArticleWillis Towers Watson hires new global CHRO
Worldwide advisory, broking and solutions business Willis Towers Watson (WTW) announced that it has selected Kristy Banas as its new global chief human resources officer (CHRO).Banas currently serves as the organisation’s global talent adviser for human capital and benefits, and was recently the global sponsor of human resources integration planning. ...
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Poll: Has your organisation considered introducing a four-day working week?
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