Zoe Wickens is a Reporter at Employee Benefits. She specializes in HR and workforce topics, focusing on employee benefits, workplace health and safety, and corporate sustainability, while also covering themes related to careers, personal finance, and mental health. Zoe's work has been featured in Personnel Today and Employee Benefits.
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By: Zoe Wickens
Median gross weekly earnings for full-time Northern Ireland (NI) employees have risen for the sixth consecutive year, according to new research from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). The agency’s Annual survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs. The data is drawn from HM Revenue
By: Zoe Wickens
Something for the weekend: If you’re finding yourself thinking that you could be healthier and live a longer life in another city, then read on, as Copenhagen in Denmark has been found to be the best city for living like a Blue Zone resident. A blue zone is a designated region where people can experience
By: Zoe Wickens
Nottingham Express Transit workers have accepted a pay deal of a 3.7% pay increase, with a 7% rise for the lowest-paid roles, to end ongoing strike action.
By: Zoe Wickens
While 84% of compensation leaders are confident that paying above market or internal benchmarks improves employee performance, only 58% measure fewer than half of pay premiums or exceptions against business outcomes, according to new research by Beqom. For its Pay intelligence report, the compensation management firm surveyed 202 full-time professionals involved in management, HR, and
Global reinsurance business Ariel Re has appointed Tamsin Webster as its new chief people officer. Webster has more than 20 years of global human resources leadership experience across financial services, technology and private equity-backed businesses. She joins Ariel Re from ECI Partners, where she served as head of people. She established the firm’s first internal
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Marlow-based brewery The Rebellion Beer Company has established an employee ownership trust in order to safeguard its future. The brewery, which was founded in 1993 by Tim Coombes and Mark Gloyens, supplies chef Tom Kerridge’s restaurants. It employs around 75 members of staff. Closures and rising costs in the sector meant it was facing an
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Around 50 workers employed by Edinburgh Airport Services (EAS) have accepted a two-year deal that will impact jobs, pay and conditions. The employees at the airport undertake various roles, including customer services, drivers and baggage handlers. They are represented by trade union Unite, with whom they signed a recognition agreement back in 2023. In the
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Around 500 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers and warehouse workers employed by XPO in Hertfordshire have accepted an improved pay offer after balloting in favour of strike action. The Hatfield-based workers are employed to warehouse and transport Arla dairy products. They are represented by trade union Unite. The employees will receive a 3.4% pay rise
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Royal Mail has chosen a new master trust provider for its defined contribution (DC) plan. Close to 100,000 deferred DC pension scheme members and £2.45 billion in assets under management have been transferred into financial services group L&G’s Mastertrust. The plan trustees selected L&G based on its member experience and administration offering, investment proposition, value
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Real salary growth, the pay rise after inflation, slowed to 0.6% around the world in 2026, according to new research by the ECA. The global mobility firm's latest Salary trends report found that this is down from 1.7% in 2025 and short of the 1.8% forecast a year ago. Inflation rose to a median of
