Financial Wellbeing, Workplace benefits

Financial Wellbeing: Union action secures cleaners 16% pay rise

Source: Wickens, 2022. For those who believe unions have lost gravitas, here’s a grain among the endless evidence to show the importance of unions in the 21st century workforce.

Bolivian members of United Voices of the World (UVW) voted to take union action and secured a 16% pay increase after their employer agreed to pay the living wage.

What an outcome!

Stay You, Stay Fruity.

Real Rubens

Financial Wellbeing, Workplace benefits

Financial Wellbeing: Employers footing the bill 14% pay increase

Source: Wickens, 2022. Arcoframe are a window company who recently increased their staff’s pay by 8% and are paying an additional £160 over colder months to cover energy costs which is like paying an extra 6%! Imagine if all employers did this! Great to see.

Stay You, Stay Fruity.

Real Rubens

Workplace benefits

Benefits: Free Menopause Specialist Support

Sharon Midwinter, benefits and wellbeing lead at Natwest Group, said: “Offering access to specialist menopause support is going to make a real difference”.

Support includes consultations, one-to-one and group chats, and access to articles, video and audio content, events and webinars. The scheme will see support to 6,400 eligible female employees.

So important to provide the right support at the right time in an accessible way.

Source: Wickens, 2022.

Workplace benefits

New Benefits: Pass probation, collect £421 tattoo discount

Ruby Hotel chain offers employees £421 towards a tattoo, haircut or piercing after passing probation.

Stay Fruity believe creativity is key to self expression. Tattoos are extremely popular and can showcase people’s values, something personal or be a masterpiece. Offering tattoo discounts after passing probation is an industry, or multidisciplinary disrupting benefit.

Revolutionising retention, benefits are key to securing top talent. Are your needs met?

Source: Omoigui, 2022.