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Mitie introduces £10 million staff support package

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Facilities management and professional services business Mitie has launched a £10 million winter support package to help its workforce with the rising costs of living. The employer stated that it is focusing its support on those who need it most, with 40,000 of its lowest-paid employees set to benefit.

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EY to allow consultants to take time away from roles

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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. In order to be eligible, employees must be graded as at least “performing as expected” by their line manager.

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PWC reports sexual orientation pay gap data for first time

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Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has revealed that its UK 2022 mean gender pay gap was 8%, down from 9.4% of male employees and 96.4% of female employees received a bonus last year, compared with 98% and 98.5% in 2021, and has published its sexual orientation pay gap data for the first time.

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Does crypto currency have a role to play in employers’ pay strategies?

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Need to know: Crypto currency is still unusual in pay strategies with early adopters predominately technology businesses and the professional services firms that support them. Crypto currency is subject to income tax when an employee receives it but could also incur a capital gains tax charge if they hold it for more than 30 days.

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EXCLUSIVE: 80% see engagement as key for benefit strategies

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Employee engagement is seen as the most important objective for organisations’ benefits strategies, with 80% rating it as either one or two out of five in importance, according to new research. It found that employee choice, recruitment and retention were considered the next most important for benefit strategies after engagement.

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A third of employers did not celebrate Employee Appreciation Day

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Employee Benefits poll: A third (32.6%) of organisations did nothing to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day , according to an online survey among Employee Benefits readers. The post A third of employers did not celebrate Employee Appreciation Day appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Mitie reports 14.8% mean ethnicity pay gap

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Facilities management and professional services firm Mitie has reported a mean ethnicity pay gap of 14.8% ethnically diverse employees in 2022, whereas its highest pay quartile consisted of 62.6% mean ethnicity pay gap appeared first on Employee Benefits. for 2022, an increase from 11.2% the prior year.

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