Nearly 10% of employers introduced support for retaining employees aged over 50 in the past year, new research has revealed. According to Aviva’s Working Lives Report 2023, these initiatives...
Read moreDetailsOC&C Strategic Consultants has equalised paid parental leave for its workforce as it strives to achieve gender equality globally. The international consulting business, which has 12 offices worldwide, introduced...
Read moreDetailsCurrys has unveiled five new measures to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including policies around gender reassignment, fertility, pregnancy loss, premature births and menopause. Announcing the provisions...
Read moreDetailsCT4N has increased pay for employees during the cost-of-living crisis and is now an accredited living wage employer. The community transport operator is offering workers a minimum of £11.13...
Read moreDetailsPapier has launched a financial wellbeing platform to support its workforce in times of need. The British e-commerce brand is now offering its 90 employees access to Bippit, which...
Read moreDetailsOldham Active has handed out cost-of-living pay rises and boosted health provisions for workers across its six sites in the UK borough. The not-for-profit leisure business, which has more...
Read moreDetailsDynam has handed ownership of the business to its 16 employees in a move it hopes will secure its long-term future. Eleanor Neilson and Karen Green, joint managing directors...
Read moreDetailsThe median basic pay award remains at 6% for the fifth consecutive quarter, new figures have revealed. According to findings from XpertHR, 5% is the most common settlement, with...
Read moreDetailsSkanska has enhanced the mental health support it offers UK employees. The construction business has partnered with Maximus to provide the Access to Work Mental Health Service, enabling it...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are being encouraged to help low-earning staff after a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) revealed that 5.7 million households are having to reduce meals or...
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