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APRIL 19, 2024

Vehicle windscreen repair and replace firm Autoglass and fast food chain Burger King UK Group are among those shortlisted for the Best financial wellbeing strategy category – large employer at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024. Follow the action on X via @EmployeeBenefit and join in the conversation using #EBAwards24.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Benefits on offer at FitFlop in the UK: Pension Group personal pension (GPP) plan offered via salary sacrifice arrangement for all employees, with 4.5% contributions from both employee and employer. Employees can choose to fund the other benefit on a voluntary basis through deductions from pay.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Employers can offer a corporate gym membership on an employee-paid or discounted basis, with many gyms offering membership deals to organisations. What types of schemes are available? There are a variety of corporate gym membership schemes on offer. There are a variety of corporate gym membership schemes on offer.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Credit: Ritu Manoj Jethani/Shutterstock Footwear brand FitFlop has introduced a salary sacrifice nursery scheme for its 165 UK employees in order to help them save money on childcare fees. There is a minimum requirement for nursery fees to be at least £650 per month before participation in the scheme.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Benefits offered by Precis Digital: Pension A group personal pension (GPP) scheme for all employees, with up to 8% matching contributions from the employer. Employee assistance programme (EAP). Ability to work outside the UK for up to six weeks in a year. Employees can only receive one bonus per quarter.

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MARCH 18, 2024

ForFarmers UK, a feed materials supplier to farmers and livestock producers, has recruited Gillian Dixon as UK HR lead to take responsibility for all human resources. ForFarmers UK is a subsidiary of ForFarmers, which operates in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Poland, and has approximately 2,700 employees.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Health and wellbeing retailer Holland and Barrett has announced that it will increase its hourly pay for store employees by 9%, almost 5% above the new national living wage. The retailer has more than 1,000 stores across 19 countries worldwide, with 5,000 employees in the UK. to £13.00, another almost 9% increase.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Benefits such as discount schemes, health cash plans and financial education can help employees make their money go further. Communication is key, helping organisations understand what motivates employees but also ensuring they appreciate the value of any benefits on offer. an hour under the national living wage.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Aviation and aerospace regulator UK Civil Aviation Authority has appointed Lucy Robbins director of people and culture. Having previously spent 10 years at the Competition and Markets Authority and other regulators, Robbins understands the regulatory environment in which the UK Civil Aviation Authority works.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Mobility app Freenow has introduced new benefits that will give all of its 10,000 UK taxi drivers access to accident and sickness insurance, and compassionate and parental leave. The post Freenow launches new benefits for its 10,000 taxi drivers appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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MAY 16, 2023

Need to know: Employees are set to struggle with juggling work and childcare as the annual school summer holidays approach. Employers can help by offering flexible work arrangements, discounted leisure and dining vouchers, and signposting staff to government support. Government-supported childcare schemes can also help.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Retailer Primark is to increase hourly pay for 27,000 retail employees so they benefit from an average 9.1% As a result of the rise, a retail employee will have seen their hourly rate increase on average by more than 20% over the last two years. for those in London.

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OCTOBER 12, 2023

Pitchup, an online booking site for UK and Europe outdoor holidays, has introduced a tax-free bikes-for-work scheme for its employees. According to Pitch Up, this will cut down on administrative time and offer better savings for its employees that include end of term surcharges.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

Rare Restaurants, the hospitality group that owns Gaucho and M Restaurants, has provided discounted childcare for its employees as part of its benefits package. Rare Restaurants has 14 restaurants in London and eight across the UK, located in Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

It’s a great word encompassing employee wellbeing, financially, mentally, and physically. During this blog, we’ll explore the topic of resilience in relation to employee financial wellbeing and the role that HR and prioritising financial wellbeing at work must play in achieving it. Resilience. So, what exactly does it mean?

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

million adults in the UK (21%) felt that keeping up with their bills and credit commitments was a heavy burden, which was up 3.1 The Bank of England has also recently reported that nearly 5 million UK households are facing an average £2,900 increase in their annual mortgage payments. million compared to the 7.8

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MARCH 18, 2024

Many of our benefits are meant to give employees added support around particular times of life, such as parenthood, or specific events like experiences of poor health. Time off to move house UK law does not provide employees with a statutory right to time off because they are moving house, getting married or going on honeymoon.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

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. 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.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We’ve released a brand-new eBook – Money Mastery: Proactive and affordable steps to enhance employee wellbeing. To gather our exclusive data, we interviewed over 2,000 UK employees and over 500 HR professionals to discover the state of employee financial wellbeing. Employees with money worries cost businesses money.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Credit: William Barton / Shutterstock.com Restaurant chain Wagamama has donated funding for 4,000 mental health support conversations and pledged to contribute 50,000 employee volunteer hours to help those in need. The post Wagamama pledges to contribute 50,000 employee volunteer hours appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Employee benefits provider Unum UK has implemented an exercise and wellbeing benefit to its more than 850 UK-based employees. Employees can also create a personalised health and wellbeing package that meets their lifestyle, health and budget needs. million working days to due sickness or injury.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Insurance firm Allianz has introduced an electric car salary sacrifice scheme for its more than 8,000 UK employees. The scheme, which is provided by ElectriX, part of LV= General Insurance and CBVC Vehicle Management, is available to all employees.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Credit: HJBC / Shutterstock.com Clothing brand Uniqlo UK is to increase wages for its entry level employees across the county by 7% from 1 April. to £13.15, while those located across the UK will receive an increase to £12.15 to £12, and those across the UK had an increase from £9.70 from £11.40.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Costa Coffee will increase pay for more than 15,000 employees in its 1,500 UK employer-owned stores from 1 April. This is also 56p per hour above the national living wage and is part of the organisation’s efforts to ensure employees receive a sustainable pay rate that factors in the cost of living. for new barista maestros.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

From April 2024, 16,500 employees at the home improvement retailer will get an extra 90p per hour, worth over £1,700 more a year for a full-time employee. Therefore, it will pay the same minimum hourly rate to all employees aged 18 years old and over. per hour, which for full-time [employees] is worth over £1,700 more a year.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Private medical insurance (PMI) has become the most important perk that employees look for in their benefits package, according to new research by Zest. The research found that one-third (32%) of employees rank PMI ahead of other benefits , such as increased pension contributions (30%), high street discounts (21%) and a company car (17%).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Image Factory/shutterstock_1864249615 Need to know: Employee benefits can play an important role in helping organisations meet their sustainability goals, as well as helping to attract and retain staff. It is vital that any initiatives are communicated effectively and that employees can see the impact these are having.

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MARCH 7, 2024

million bonus among some of its employees after posting a record annual profit. A total of 25,000 employees out of 32,000 across the UK will receive a bonus in their pay packets at the end of March as a result of a 27% increase in profit to £188 million. million bonus among staff appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Law firm Bates Wells and energy supplier Centrica have been shortlisted for Best benefits to support reproductive health at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024. The post Bates Wells and Centrica shortlisted for Best benefits to support reproductive health appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As part of an £89 million investment, from 1 April the rate of pay for its 40,000 UK customer assistants will increase from £10.90 A full-time employee will see an increase of around £180 per month. UK team support managers will see an hourly rate increase from £12.20 to £12 per hour, a 10.1% rise from last year. to £13.15, a 9.1%

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has introduced a new shopping discounts portal for its 22,000 UK employees, as well as hosting virtual events to help support financial wellbeing. The post PWC launches discount scheme and virtual financial wellbeing support appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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MARCH 25, 2024

A Durham University spokesperson said: “We recently announced changes to our pay spine, including that all staff are paid above the real living wage for the UK, currently £12 per hour. The post Durham University to increase pay in line with real living wage appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Employee retention is an ongoing theme for employers and HR professionals, and for good reason. It’s more cost-effective to invest in employee retention strategies than it is to attract, onboard and train new starts. Are you at high risk of high employee turnover? SMEs (0 – 49 employees) make up 99.2%

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Global commercial real estate firm Avison Young has introduced a financial wellbeing platform for its 1,500 employees in the UK and Ireland. The organisation implemented the scheme in order to ensure its benefits reach every employee, especially those that need support the most.

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Co-Operative Bank has introduced free period products to its UK sites in order to break down the stigma that surrounds periods. As part of a new partnership with sustainable period product business Grace and Green, employees at the bank will be able to access free period products throughout all its UK branches.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Insurance group Zurich UK has introduced a package of financial wellbeing support for its 5,000 UK employees, and has donated more than £2 million to charities and national and local partners selected by employees. The post Zurich UK enhances financial support package for employees appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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MAY 4, 2023

Employees at social care services run by the charity, amounting to more than 1,000 people across England, received the raise in their April 2023 pay packets. Making Space confirmed that it will pay all employees nationwide a minimum of £10.90 Those employees already on pay either equal to or exceeding the £10.90

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