Fri.Apr 05, 2024

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State Agency Directories Updated, Available in Resource Library

PayrollOrg

PayrollOrg (PAYO) provides state agency directories on its website to help payroll professionals find the contact information they need to get their questions answered. The information has been updated for 2024.

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Exclusive: Baker Hughes and EasyJet shortlisted for Best benefits communications

Employee Benefits

Energy technology firm Baker Hughes and airline operator EasyJet have been shortlisted in the Best benefits communications – large employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024. The award was created to recognise the most effective benefits communications strategy for employers with more than 1,500 full-time staff. Successful entrants will have demonstrated an effective and innovative approach to benefits communications.

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Flexible working rights stand to benefit millions of people

Workplace Insight

From today (April 6th 2024), UK employees will have the legal right to request flexible working from their first day in a new job. Under the updated regulations, employers must engage in discussions with employees and consider alternative solutions before declining a flexible working request. Decisions on applications must now be made within two months, reducing the previous timeframe of three months, which includes any appeals.

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Free gas and unlimited PTO: 13 benefits that would encourage employees to return to work

Employee Benefit News

MyPerfectResume released a ranking of perks and offerings that could make employees more willing to return to the office.

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Creating a Company Culture of Care: Integrating Mental Health, Wellbeing, and DEI in Benefits

Speaker: Sean Raible

Picture a workplace where physiological safety is not just an aim but a reality, driven by thoughtful employee benefits that prioritize mental health, wellbeing, and DEI. 🤔 ✨ Achieving this vision requires more than just occasional training sessions and employee assistance programs. Moving beyond the basics, this vision calls for a holistic approach that integrates these elements into your company culture as well as your HR and benefits strategy.

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What is Continuous Performance Management?

HR Lineup

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, traditional performance management practices have often fallen short in meeting the needs of modern organizations. The annual performance review, once the cornerstone of employee evaluation, has increasingly come under scrutiny for its shortcomings in providing timely feedback, fostering employee development, and aligning individual goals with organizational objectives.

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After Project Shutdowns, Apple Layoffs Decision to Affect 700 Employees

HR Digest

It wouldn’t feel like 2024 if we didn’t wrap up the week with reports of job cuts , and this time, we need to talk about Apple’s layoffs decision that affects over 700 workers. The reasons behind the Apple layoffs are quite apparent as the company has begun to shut down some of the major projects they’ve been working on for years now. The Apple job cuts are mainly linked to the car project shutdown, which was an ambition that the company held on to for a really long time before calling it

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Use it or lose it: How to maximize your PTO throughout the year

Employee Benefit News

The manager of behavioral health at Sedgwick encourages workers to use up all of their PTO.

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It now costs more to commute by train than by car in the UK

Workplace Insight

Problems at London Euston went viral on social media several times this week, challenging the idea that we should let the train take the strain. Now the assumption that public transport is cheaper than driving is also being called into question for the UK’s commuters. With rail fares increasing by 4.9 percent from the beginning of March, Good Travel Management has look into the cost of commuting into the UK’s major cities to find out how much it’s really costing people to get to work.

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EY, KinderCare and others are breaking the mold to help their people advance

Employee Benefit News

Employees want more innovation from leadership, and these employers are delivering with benefits and culture shifts.

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New DOL Final Overtime Rules: Quickstart Guide for Employers

There’s a new overtime salary threshold that will impact employers across the country. If you have an employee making less than $43,888 on July 1 or less than $58,656 on January 1, you’re going to have to start paying overtime. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: Which groups of employees are affected? How should you classify employees? Best ways to mitigate risk.

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The top 10 most-read articles between 29 March – 4 April 2024

Employee Benefits

The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 29 March – 4 April 2024 were: Greggs reports 10.49% mean gender pay gap for 2023 Anchor and Cadent Gas shortlisted for Best alignment of benefits to business strategy Axa extends global support benefits to UK employees Baker Hughes unifies global benefits proposition with core package Greenwich Leisure workers receive 20% sick pay increase Exclusive: 76% of UK employers measure impact of supporting staff health Energizer Group

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Power Of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): HR Guide To Fostering Inclusion & Success

Wellable

Employee resource groups (ERGs) are fundamental to fostering DEI in the workplace. Use this HR guide to launch and support ERGs at your organization. The post Power Of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): HR Guide To Fostering Inclusion & Success appeared first on Wellable.

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US bartender receives nearly $1,000 tip for taking a selfie for a customer

Employee Benefits

Something for the weekend: As the long-running debate on whether to tip if a customer has had good service in a bar or restaurant continues, one bartender in the US revealed she received a tip worth nearly $1,000 (£788) from a customer in response to her agreeing to a rogue request. Scarlett Green, who goes by @rescarded on TikTok, posted a video earlier this week in which she explained that a customer came into her bar and ordered five pints of Michelob Ultra Draft, 10 chicken wings and some bu

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How To Use Fitness Coaching To Reach Your Exercise Goals

BetterUp

Jump to section What is fitness coaching? Benefits of working with a fitness coach How physical fitness & mental health are linked What to expect from fitness coaching How to maximize the impact of fitness coaching Do you need a fitness coach? Is online fitness coaching as impactful as in-person training?

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6 Strategies to Navigate Social Determinants of Health for a Better Workplace

In today’s dynamic work landscape, where the lines between personal and professional life blur, understanding the intricate interplay between social determinants of health (SDoH) and emotional wellbeing is paramount. Employers must acknowledge that the whole person comes to work and every aspect of a person’s personal and professional life, especially their mental health, comes with them.

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Lovewell’s logic: Should ethnicity pay gap reporting be mandatory?

Employee Benefits

As we approach this year’s deadline for gender pay gap reporting, we have seen an increasing number of organisations choosing to voluntarily publish their ethnicity pay gap data alongside this. In the past few weeks alone, these have included Greggs, which reported a 5.78% mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023, Nationwide Building Society, which reported a 6.4% mean ethnicity pay gap and Virgin Media, which reported a 9.7% mean ethnicity hourly pay gap.

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A key communication strategy for delivering difficult news

Business Management Daily

Holding tough conversations with employees is a challenge at all levels of an organization. After all, who wants to address an issue that could lead to confrontation, drama, or resentment? Wouldn’t it be easier to sweep the matter under the rug and simply look the other way? If you’ve ever experienced such feelings, you’re not alone. The path of least resistance is avoidance.

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Savills UK reports 20.11% mean gender hourly pay gap

Employee Benefits

Estate agents Savills UK has reported a 20.11% mean gender hourly pay gap for 2023, down from 23.94% in 2022. The organisation’s median gender hourly pay gap fell from 21.76% in 2022 to 17.59% in 2023, while the number of women in its upper pay quartile increased to 29%, up from 27% in 2022. Its mean gender bonus pay gap for 2023 was 68.08% down from 70.42% in 2022, while its median gap was 31.58%, down slightly from 31.67%.

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Microsoft is world’s most valuable B2B brand, NVIDIA the fastest growing

Workplace Insight

Microsoft remains the world’s most valuable B2B brand, achieving a substantial 60 percent increase in B2B brand value to USD220.4 billion, according to the latest report by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy. The B2B brand value of Microsoft accounts for the majority of Microsoft’s total brand value of USD340.4 billion, which includes both B2B and B2C components.

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HR Trends to Watch in 2024 + Plus Advice for Driving Impact!

The pressure is on to create a positive onboarding experience. Plus, a sub-par onboarding process can domino into other concerns such as low performance, burnout (for you and new hires), and retention challenges. Our 2024 State of HR report will give you a realistic picture of the HR landscape and tips to onboarding effectively in the year to come.

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Princes introduces enhanced carers’ leave for UK employees

Employee Benefits

International food and drink group Princes has introduced two weeks of carers’ leave for its UK employees each year in order to go further than the new Carers’ Leave Act coming into effect on 6 April. One week will be paid and the other will be unpaid. Employees will be required to give at least three days’ notice to take leave or, for a request of more than one day, double as long as the requested leave.

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Beyond Salary: Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent In the UAE

Bayzat

Every company wants to secure the best talent to drive its operations and innovations forward, especially in today’s competitive business environment. In the UAE, this quest for top talent is even more pressing, as the country’s economic dynamism has created a flourishing job market, but it has also brought fierce competition for skilled professionals.

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