All articles by Zoe Wickens – Page 223
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ArticleGorillas Technologies appoints first chief people officer
Delivery platform Gorillas Technologies has recruited Deena Fox as its first chief people officer.Fox's appointment follows the company’s staff numbers increasing to more than 10,000 in just one year. The Germany-based organisation, which operates in more than 55 cities in the US, UK and European Union, offers grocery and convenience ...
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ArticleGreat Western Railway boosts drivers' starting salaries
Great Western Railway (GWR), the British train operating company owned by First Group, has announced it will pay drivers based at its Exeter, Devon depot an increased starting salary.Successful candidates will receive £54,111 for the first 12 months of their employment, which will rise to £60,124 thereafter. The starting salary, ...
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Article57% of staff say their employer welcomes flexible work
New research has found that only 57% of employees believe their organisational culture embraces flexible work, compared to 75% of executives.The 2021 Gartner hybrid work employee survey of 4,000 people revealed a perception gap between individuals and their managers on a range of working conditions.The study found that while nearly ...
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ArticleLisle Design becomes employee owned
Digital tachograph download tool developer Lisle Design has become staff-owned after establishing an employee ownership trust (EOT).It means the St. Andrews, UK-based business, which was set up by managing director Mike Lisle in 2002 and counts German companies Continental and ZF Group among its client base, became the ninety-ninth Scottish ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 30 July - 5 August 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 July – 5 August 2021 were: Bumble introduces new paid leave policiesHow has the hybrid working trend impacted benefit and reward strategies?The Queen Elizabeth Hospital launches menopause policiesThe benefits of office bestiesConfessions: Candid ticks the boxNext store staff bring equal pay ...
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Article58% of hospitality employers increased their benefits
New data has found that more than half (58%) of businesses in the hospitality industry have increased their benefits package in the past year.The first quarterly Caterer.com hospitality hiring insider report, which gathered the views of 250 hospitality employers and 2,000 consumers, highlighted how the sector has boosted employee benefits ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis gives drivers £5,000 pay rise
Retailer John Lewis is giving its lorry drivers an annual salary increase of up to £5,000 from Sunday (8 August), as the industry faces worker shortages due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Around 900 large goods vehicle drivers currently employed by the John Lewis Partnership group, which runs the John Lewis ...
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Article62% would stay in savings scheme if enrolled
More than six in 10 employees would stay in a savings scheme if their employer automatically put them in one, according to new data.The research, which was undertaken by workplace pension and savings provider Cushon, found that this number increased to 69% if the employer contributed too. While 22% are ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: S4A introduces recognition platform
Childcare provider S4A has implemented a workplace recognition platform to reward and motivate its teams.The company, which employs around 25 members of staff, provides wrap-around and holiday clubs for active and creative childcare in Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.Since employees are spread out across the clubs, actions of individual members of ...
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ArticleNext store staff bring equal pay claims
Retail giant Next has conceded that its store workers can compare their roles to that of their colleagues in distribution centres and warehouses in terms of pay.Represented by law firm Leigh Day, currently more than 400 employees have brought equal pay claims against the employer, arguing that their work is ...
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ArticleBooker drivers to consider strike over pay row
Heavy goods vehicles (HGV) drivers at wholesale business Booker have threatened to hold strike action over a pay dispute.Drivers from Booker Retail Partners’ Thamesmead, London depot are considering industrial action following the company’s attempt to tackle HGV driver shortages. It had put in place a temporary £5 an hour pay ...
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ArticleBMS promotes Roanne Gibbs to global HR director
Independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group has announced the promotion of Roanne Gibbs to global human resources director.As part of her new role which she began last month (July), Gibbs is responsible for the alignment of the company's HR strategy and initiatives across its businesses around the world. ...
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Article16% of workers think their mental health is supported
New data has revealed that only 16% of UK employees feel their mental health is very well supported at work, despite 81% wanting their organisation to encourage good mental wellbeing.Healthcare top-up provider Lime has published a report entitled Keeping up appearances: how ‘pleasanteeism’ is eroding resilience, which found that 42% ...
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OpinionSam Jardine: Why employers should offer staff mental health support
With Covid-19 (Coronavirus) restrictions easing, employees up and down the country are gearing up again for a return to the office.However, after working from home for months on end and with underlying anxieties surrounding the pandemic understandably still present, our HR team has considered how we can better equip colleagues ...
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ArticleWomble Bond Dickinson launches hybrid work model
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has revealed plans to adopt a hybrid working model at all its UK offices from September.All 1,100 UK employees at the company will have the flexibility to combine home and office working by blending their personal preferences with the needs of the business and ...
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ArticleGist offers new staff £5,000 bonus
Chilled foods and fresh produce delivery business Gist has offered incentives of up to £5,000 for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers joining from August in order to boost capability and resources.New recruits have the potential to receive the payout through a combination of a £2,000 sign-on bonus and up to ...
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ArticleMilk and Honey becomes employee owned
PR agency Milk and Honey has become majority employee owned after transferring 55% of its shares to an employee ownership trust (EOT).This has resulted in 52% of the agency’s 27 members of staff becoming co-owners, qualifying as such after just 12 months in their roles. They can also benefit financially ...
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ArticleThe Queen Elizabeth Hospital launches menopause policy
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, UK has launched a new menopause initiative as part of its staff wellness programme.The Norfolk-based hospital made the decision to state that it is a menopause-friendly employer in its job adverts and aims to be a national leader in the NHS for menopause ...
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Article77% of employees want some form of office return
Around three-quarters (77%) of employees want to return to the office in some capacity, with most preferring a hybrid approach.Business energy solutions provider Gazprom Marketing and Trading (GM&T) carried out a survey among 1,000 staff to discover the extent of how working from home has changed the way people work, ...
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ArticleBumble introduces new paid leave policies
Dating app Bumble has announced it will give all of its employees a minimum of six months' paid leave for the birth, adoption or surrogacy of a child.Workers will be able to take at least 12 weeks' leave a year to take care of a family member and caregivers will ...