AIB offers paid leave to staff suffering domestic abuse
AIB is giving employees suffering domestic abuse or violence up to 10 days a year of paid leave and up to five days of paid emergency accommodation. The Dublin,...
Read moreDetailsAIB is giving employees suffering domestic abuse or violence up to 10 days a year of paid leave and up to five days of paid emergency accommodation. The Dublin,...
Read moreDetailsMajestic has restructured its pay and reward scheme, increasing wages and offering extra bonuses to shop staff. The wine retailer upped its basic rate for in-store employees to £10.60...
Read moreDetailsSodexo is offering its UK workforce a new financial wellbeing support scheme. The service and facilities management provider, which employs around 30,000 staff in the UK and Ireland, is giving...
Read moreDetailsDunelm is increasing pay for its UK employees to £10.80 per hour in order to attract and retain staff. The home furnishings retailer, which employs more than 11,000 people,...
Read moreDetailsNewham Council’s female employees earn an average of 23.3% more than men, new figures have revealed. According to the council, the data from Gender Pay Gap Service “reinforce our...
Read moreDetailsBritain’s minimum pay rates are now among the best in the world, a new report has revealed. The Resolution Foundation’s research, entitled Low Pay Britain 2023, highlighted that while...
Read moreDetailsPret A Manger has launched an employee benefits platform and new wellbeing hub, designed to help staff with their mental, physical and financial wellbeing. The food and drink retailer...
Read moreDetailsPandora has increased its hourly pay rate for 2,400 employees in the UK and Ireland by up to 14% from this month (April). The global jewellery retailer made the...
Read moreDetailsArcadia Care Homes has given all staff a 30% pay rise from this month (April). The Wales-based company, which operates Aria Care Home in Newport, decided to implement the...
Read moreDetailsFinancially vulnerable employees under 40 could stop contributing to their workplace pensions, potentially leading to a “pensions time bomb” of almost £4 billion, Outra has warned. The data science...
Read moreDetailsThe podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
The US retreat from diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is making waves far beyond the country's borders. In the wake of President Trump’s executive order abolishing DEI across federal government departments, global firms like Goldman Sachs and Accenture have rapidly dialled down their own efforts.
The influence is being felt in the UK too. However, the UK operates under a different legal framework. It has stronger workplace protections and a government actively looking to enhance employee rights through its Make Work Pay agenda. But as US firms reposition their approach to DEI, UK subsidiaries could find themselves caught between conflicting priorities.
In the latest Benefits Unboxed podcast, co-hosts Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert, Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, industry veteran and reward and benefits consultant, discuss how the US DEI rollback might impact UK businesses.