Cartwright employees gain £2,000 cost-of-living boost
Cartwright has given all employees an extra £2,000 each to help them with the cost of living. The UK pension firm for defined benefit and hybrid schemes, which employs...
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Calls for strategic financial wellbeing support
Financial wellbeing support offered by UK employers should be strategic, according to a new guide. NHS employers worked with the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work to provide advice...
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Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe offers employees financial health boost
Aioi Nissay Dowa Europe (AND-E) has introduced a new platform to boost the financial health of its workforce. The insurance business, which employs just under 600 people at offices...
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Calls for more maternity protection at work
Employers are being urged to offer more maternity protection to women after new research revealed that more than half (52%) have faced some type of discrimination when pregnant, on...
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Intermediaries add value to benefits, says Grid
Employers and employees might both gain from using an intermediary to source employee benefits, according to Grid. The industry body for the group risk sector warns that keeping up...
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STEM employees favour job security over salaries
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) employees believe job security is more important than a pay rise, new research has revealed. According to a market survey by STEM staffing...
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Most graduates positive about hybrid working
More than three in five (61%) new graduates think hybrid working will have a positive effect on their careers, new research has revealed. The global study carried out by...
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Rising costs impacting most benefits strategies, survey finds
Increasing costs are affecting the employee benefits strategies of nearly three in five (57%) businesses, new research has revealed. WTW’s 2023 Benefits Trends Survey found that this is now...
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Indeed Flex introduces Same Day Pay
Indeed Flex, the sister site of Indeed, has launched Same Day Pay to allow temporary staff access to some of their wages as soon as they finish work. The...
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More employer sick pay could benefit UK by £4.1bn, report finds
If every worker relying on statutory sick pay (SSP) received a higher rate of employer sick pay from day one, the UK would benefit from a boost of up...
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Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
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