Cadent has received menopause friendly accreditation in recognition of its high standards and practices at work. The UK gas distribution network, which has more than 6,500 employees at its...
Read moreDetailsCisco, Hilton and Salesforce have claimed the top three places on the UK’s Best Workplaces list of super large employers for 2023. Baringa and Version 1 took fourth and...
Read moreDetailsFutureheads has introduced household bills support app for its 45 employees based in London, UK. The digital and technology recruitment business decided to implement the platform to help staff...
Read moreDetailsWage increases remain at 6% in the three months to the end of March, in line with the previous two quarters, research has showed. While the median basic pay...
Read moreDetailsAround 185.6 million working days were lost due to sickness or injury in 2022, new data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed. The numbers are the highest...
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 moreDetailsMoray Council has set out a menopause policy to support employees experiencing related symptoms. Effective immediately, the new guidelines formally recognise menopause as a health condition and that those...
Read moreDetailsThe UK government has proposed to remove the three-day waiting period for sick pay and instead provide it from the first day of sickness absence. In a joint statement,...
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...
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