By James Davey, Kate Holton and David Milliken BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - For Josh Hughes-Davies, the best thing about his job in a bar in the ...
Church Brewing: where the customers are the congregation and the choir | SaltWireBRIGHTON, England - For Josh Hughes-Davies, the best thing about his job in a bar in the coastal city of Brighton is the free meal with every shift.
Nick Collins, CEO of Loungers which employs Eaton, Chapman and Hughes-Davies among 8,000 staff in restaurants and bars across Britain, said expectations of employees had risen.Conversations with 18 company bosses, HR managers, a union, economists, recruitment groups and workers suggest big employers in hospitality, retail, logistics and security are all offering more flexibility over the hours people work, better financial support for sick leave or private healthcare and other perks.
And data from the Office for National Statistics show the percentage of people saying they are happy with their hours has been at the highest level over the last year since 2007.While the moves can increase costs and complexity for employers, the former finance director of a FTSE 100 company said businesses had no choice as staff retention had become such a hot topic when workers were hard to find.
That has forced major employers such as supermarkets, logistics groups and big coffee and food chains to raise wages on multiple occasions in the last 18 months, and even resort to making counteroffers to prevent staff from going elsewhere. While the rapidly growing company had always prided itself on offering above-average pay and decent terms, some of those changes have come in since the pandemic.
Retailer M&S, which provides meals for warehouse workers and gift cards at Christmas, said more women had gone into store management roles after they allowed retail managers to share jobs, or do a four-day compressed week.
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