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    BT to allocate £50m shares to employees

    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2019

    BT is to distribute £50m in shares each year to staff as it sets out to improve customer service, alter its workplace culture and improve workforce morale.

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    Champion flexible working to improve parents’ work-life balance

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2019

    Support for flexible working should be visible from leadership level to help create “human-sized” jobs that enable a greater work-life...

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    Worker given free cigarettes seeks compensation after cancer diagnosis

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2019

    A former tobacco salesman with inoperable lung cancer is seeking compensation from his former employer after he was given hundreds...

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    Starbucks to pay for employees’ degrees

    by Rob Moss 2 Apr 2019
    by Rob Moss 2 Apr 2019

    Starbucks has announced it will fund UK employees through a Bachelor’s degree, in an expansion of its US education programme....

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    O2 increases paid paternity leave to 14 weeks

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Apr 2019

    Mobile network O2 has increased paid paternity leave for all permanent staff to 14 weeks, which it claimed is among...

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    National minimum wage: What are employers getting wrong?

    by Andrew Brookes and William Sweeney 1 Apr 2019
    by Andrew Brookes and William Sweeney 1 Apr 2019

    Two decades after its introduction, many employers are still getting caught out by the rules surrounding the national minimum wage....

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    ‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019

    LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies. 

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    Employee experience gains importance in benefits offer

    by Jo Faragher 15 Mar 2019
    by Jo Faragher 15 Mar 2019

    More than half of employers plan to develop their “employee experience” in a bid to boost engagement, recruitment and retention.

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    Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2019

    Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.

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    Supporting employees who are exposed to traumatic birth

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2019
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2019

    Thousands of women will go through a frightening or traumatic birth, the effects of which will continue to impact on...

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    Comply Direct cleans up with Employee Benefits Award

    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2018
    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2018

    Packaging, environmental and waste management compliance business Comply Direct landed the Employee Benefits Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2018...

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    Health secretary: employers must do more on prevention

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Nov 2018
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Nov 2018

    Schemes such as free fruit in offices, bicycle loans, support for ill employees and counselling should be the new norm...

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    Parental bereavement leave to be introduced in 2020

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Nov 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Nov 2018

    Parents and primary carers who suffer the loss of a child will be entitled to at least two weeks’ paid...

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    Mercer announces it will offer trans benefits under private medical scheme

    by Jo Faragher 16 Oct 2018
    by Jo Faragher 16 Oct 2018

    Benefits consultancy Mercer has announced it will offer a suite of trans benefits as part of its private medical scheme...

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    Corbyn vows to “rebalance power” in the workplace

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Sep 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Sep 2018

    Labour will “rebalance power in the workplace” if the party wins power, Jeremy Corbyn said in his speech closing the...

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