John Lewis axes bonus and warns of job cuts
John Lewis has scrapped its staff bonus and signalled possible job cuts as it announced pre-tax losses of £234 million. This is the second time that the retailer has...
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RMT union members strike over pay and job cuts
RMT union members are striking once again over pay, changes to terms and conditions, and job cuts. Those taking action are employed at 18 train companies, who also plan...
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Berkeley Home Health increases hourly pay
Berkeley Home Health is increasing staff pay rates from April 2023. The company will offer care assistants at its Somerset and Wiltshire branch a minimum of £15 per hour,...
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Pay is main reason public sector workers quit
Pay is the main reason public sector workers are quitting their jobs, Trades Union Congress (TUC) research carried out by Opinium has found. Overall, almost two-fifths (38%) of polled...
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Real-term pay falls for millions of employees
Real-term pay has plummeted for millions of workers, new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures have revealed. When taking inflation into account, total pay including bonuses dropped by 3.2%,...
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Construction workers get pay boost to meet minimum wage laws
Workers in the construction industry are in line for a pay rise so that employers can ensure they meet national minimum wage (NMW) laws. The Construction Industry Joint Council...
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ClearScore enhances menopause and baby loss support
ClearScore has enhanced support for staff affected by the menopause or the loss of a baby. The London-based credit score and report app, which has 460 employees, has signed...
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Dale O’Reggio and Siobhan Waters: Are you prepared for the new pay rates?
The National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 9.7% from 1 April 2023 to £10.42ph, with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rising by 10.9% for 21–22-year-olds and a 9.7%...
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UK employees demand more pay transparency
UK workers are demanding greater wage transparency and are more willing to reveal their own salaries for the sake of pay equity. The research findings from Beqom suggest workers...
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Working parents in England spend a third of hourly pay on childcare
Parents in England are spending a third (32%) of their average hourly wage on childcare, according to research by Nesta. The innovation charity has found the situation is worst...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
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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