Employee Benefits

APRIL 9, 2024

The period protected from redundancy for those on maternity leave will include the entire pregnancy, as well as 18 months from the first day of the estimated week of childbirth. In addition, employees who are unpaid carers for a relative or friend will receive up to five days’ unpaid leave each year.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Plans to allow employees to request flexible working from their first day of employment are due to come into force from April 2024. Also this week, new parental leave regulations came before Parliament. When enacted, this law will allow employees to make two flexible working requests in any 12-month period.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

JANUARY 30, 2024

A new survey report from the International Foundation reveals current paid leave trends in workplaces throughout the U.S.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 1, 2024

As of 6 April, draft regulations extend further the current right of employees on maternity, adoption and shared parental leave who are at risk of redundancy, to be offered suitable available employment in preference to other employees who are also at risk, but not on such leave.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 8, 2024

The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 introduces extended protection and the Maternity, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 to bring that protection into force.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

More employers could introduce gender inclusive paid parental leave to prevent and try to close gender pension gaps. In order to combat this and prevent pension gaps from worsening, employers can offer gender inclusive paid parental leave to help employees share caring responsibilities from the beginning.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 8, 2024

Women, on average, outlive men but, as reported by the World Economic Forum ( WEF , 2024), spend approximately 25 percent of their lives in poor health. For example, many companies have signed on to the Parental Challenge , which requires businesses to commit to 12 actions to support SRH. Shared parental leave is also a must.

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InterWest Insurance Services

APRIL 18, 2024

Offer mental health or sick day leave. Employers nationwide are responding to the employee mental health crisis by expanding their leave programs. In 2024, over 50% of organizations plan to add paid parental leave, paid mental health days and flexible time off programs.

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Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 15, 2023

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 30, 2023

From 2024, employees will be able to request flexible working hours and patterns twice in a 12-month period and will not have to explain any potential effect on their employer. From 2024, UK workers will have the right to request flexible working twice in a 12-month period and do not have to explain any potential effect on their employer.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It will be deployed across all of Axa’s operating countries by the end of 2024 in compliance with local practices and legislation. Alongside its existing 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the primary parent, Axa will double the length of fully paid co-parent leave from four to eight weeks.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

We package these improvements into releases that bring together our most meaningful product updates, and for drivers, our Early 2024 Release is the biggest one yet.”

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 11, 2024

It has additionally introduced equal parental leave as of this year, offering all parents up to 52 weeks’ equal leave, 26 of which will be fully paid. It also makes every effort to accommodate requests for flexible-working arrangements where possible as part of its support commitment.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 10, 2024

From 1 April, fully paid UK paternity leave will be extended from two to six weeks to give partners of primary caregivers the chance to spend more time with their families and parental transition coaching will be introduced for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) employees taking maternity or parental leave of at least six months.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 12, 2024

Through the employer’s Employee TimeOut initiative, employees without an assignment from March to August 2024 can leave their role for between four and 12 weeks. Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Professional services and accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) is to allow its UK consultant employees to take time away from their roles.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 27, 2023

From 1 January 2024, it will introduce healthcare benefits for the first time for all employees in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Allied Irish Banks (AIB) is to introduce healthcare benefits and a bonus worth up to €12,700 for all employees.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 21, 2023

Based on the current target path of the UK’s minimum wage, this is expected to surpass France and Korea’s minimum wage levels by 2024. In addition, the retailer has introduced a raft of initiatives to support new and prospective parents during their fertility journey.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 27, 2023

Law firm Osborne Clarke has announced that in order to be considered for a bonus from 2024, employees will need to come into the workplace at least three times a week. The post Osborne Clarke links bonus eligibility to working location appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Empuls

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Mastercard goes beyond traditional benefits by providing programs such as new parent leave and financial support for adoption and childbirth. The company's policy revolves around the idea that well-being contributes to living well both personally and professionally.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Upon ratification, there should be an initial hike of 11 percent in 2024 , with a 3 percent hike every year until the end of the contract, ending 2027 with a 5 percent general wage increase. UAW and Ford reached a tentative agreement on additional benefits such as 2-week Parental Leave and a Juneteenth holiday are also part of the UAW deal.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 2, 2024

There are a number of employment law changes coming into effect on 6 April 2024 that will impact SMEs the most. These new changes can be applied from holiday years starting on or after 1 April 2024. Employers cannot also request proof of why the leave is required.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 14, 2023

Credit: DELBO ANDREA / Shutterstock.com Cables, energy and telecoms firm Prysmian Group has enhanced its minimum global parental leave and reinforced a full-circle support programme for primary caregivers. Meanwhile, the group has recommunicated its Leave and Back-to-Work Programme to staff.

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Winston Benefits

JANUARY 16, 2018

And competition will only grow; according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , employment in engineering is expected to grow 4 percent between 2014 and 2024, with higher growth rates in biomedical, environmental and civil engineering. Fluor offers a flexible time off with pay program that accrues time off and can roll over into the next year.

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Bayzat

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

UAE has implemented changes in its employment labour law, which will take effect in 2024. So, the law covers various topics, from including new work models to matters like leaves and vacations. The post 10 Things You Should Know About the New UAE Employment Labour Law in 2024 first appeared on Bayzat Blog.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Implementation timeline While the bill has achieved royal assent, it's slated for full enactment sometime in 2024. The growth in the adoption of flexible working arrangements has also been partly influenced by various legislative moves, such as changes in parental leave rights and the right to request flexible working.

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Employee Benefits

DECEMBER 14, 2022

2023 marks the year when we expect the political parties to be drafting their manifestos for a likely 2024 General Election,” he says. “As There is also movement in organisations’ diversity, equity and inclusion approaches, with fewer offering statutory-only shared parental leave compared to last year.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent increase in their total compensation budgets for 2024. For a company with young workers and freshers, parental leave might not be as much of a priority as student loan assistance—providing it might be great but it might not assist your existing employees in any particular way.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Colorado Colorado’s upcoming paid family leave program requires employers to start withholding and remitting employee and employer contributions in 2023. Employees can access paid family and medical leave benefits starting in 2024. Which employees qualify for leave : Employees with minimum wages of $2,500.

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