Lidl joins Aldi as top-paying UK supermarket
Lidl GB has become joint top-paying UK supermarket, alongside rival Aldi, in terms of wages offered to employees. From today (1 September), the supermarket giant is raising pay for...
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Greencore workers to strike over pay
Greencore employees are set to walk out in a row over “poverty-levels of pay” after the company failed to improve its offer, Unite has announced. More than 500 workers...
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Equal pay law to be reinstated, government confirms
Equal pay legislation that was scrapped post-Brexit will be reinstated, the UK government has confirmed. The protection means that women will keep the right to the same pay and...
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XPO Logistics enhances paternity pay
XPO Logistics has enhanced paternity pay for staff in the UK and Ireland as part of a suite of family-friendly policies. The transport and logistics business, which employs around 5,000...
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Gatwick strikes averted as workers accept improved pay and terms
Ground handlers at Gatwick Airport have accepted “dramatically improved” pay offers, averting the risk of industrial action and disruption over the bank holiday weekend. Strikes by Red Handling and...
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PCS rejects ‘unacceptable’ HMRC pay offer
The group executive committee (GEC) of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has rejected the latest pay offer for HMRC workers, labelling it “unacceptable”. The offer ranges from...
Read moreDetailsMedian pay awards fall below 6% for first time this year
The median basic pay award by British employers dropped to 5.7% in the three months to 31 July 2023, according to XpertHR. The figure, down from 6% in the...
Read moreDetailsTop UK CEOs averaged 16% pay rise in 2022
The CEOs of Britain's largest corporations saw their pay leap by 16% in 2022, according to research by the High Pay Centre. The median pay of a FTSE 100...
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Half of UK employees regularly working unpaid hours
Unpaid overtime has become increasingly prevalent among the UK workforce, according to a study by HR software provider Ciphr, with millions of employees routinely cutting lunch breaks short and...
Read moreDetailsManufacturing sector faces benefits challenge, study reveals
Pay and benefits, training and improved company culture will be key factors to focus on for organisations attempting to retain talent in the manufacturing sector over the coming months,...
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Benefits Unboxed
The 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.
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.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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