All Employee Benefits articles in 2022
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Supplier articleOne in three firms 'wellbeing-washing'
We’re all talking much more about mental health than ever before - especially at work.Society’s come leaps and bounds in recent years with regards to having open conversations about the challenges we face - from worries about money to stress around juggling our jobs with childcare - and many businesses ...
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Supplier articleHow to make the most of your new fitness tracking gadget
From Apple Watch, Garmin, and Coros, here’s the best features of your new smartwatchWith so many people making health-related New Year’s resolutions, a great gift this Christmas is a new fitness tracker. Such smartwatches are definitely popular as recent research from Deloitte's Digital Consumer Trends Report shows that 19.2m health ...
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Supplier articleHow to poach-proof your team in 2023
Expanding your business with the best talent is an essential step in growing the company. Unfortunately, every other company in the world has the exact same agenda, so you’re competing with their best efforts to attract and retain top-tier talent, too.While a signed contract signifies commitment, temptation will always lurk ...
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Supplier articleYOUR 2023 AMBITIONS: HOW TO PROMOTE MENTAL WELLBEING AT WORK
We’re approaching January. A time when we start thinking about our good intentions for the year ahead. Unfortunately, new year’s resolutions are often broken, which is why the 19th of January is dubbed ‘Quitters Day’. One of Sodexo Engage’s Mental Health First Aiders, Debbie Evans, talks about ...
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Supplier article22 of the best pulse survey questions to measure employee engagement
We view employee engagement simply as how committed an employee is to their work, and how willing they are to invest their time and energy into the success of the organisation. This is different from employee happiness, which can often make it difficult to accurately measure employee engagement. Why? Someone ...
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Supplier article22 of the best pulse survey questions to measure employee engagement
We view employee engagement simply as how committed an employee is to their work, and how willing they are to invest their time and energy into the success of the organisation. This is different from employee happiness, which can often make it difficult to accurately measure employee engagement. Why? Someone ...
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Supplier articleThe True Cost of Eldercare Absenteeism
And the implications to productivity, finances and wellbeingThere are a multitude of workplace benefits out there to help with annual leave, mental health, child care and remote working. Each one is designed to boost workplace culture and ensure organisations can retain and recruit the very best employees. You could say ...
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Supplier articleCost of living crisis causes employees to reduce healthcare costs
More than eight in 10 UK employees (81%) have had to reduce their spending on healthcare costs, such as optician appointments, dental services and physiotherapy, due to the cost-of-living crisis, according to Health Shield Friendly Society.In the survey of 590 UK working adults, one in three (32%) respondents say they ...
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Supplier articleWhy your benefits package isn’t very beneficial
A good workplace benefits package is the perfect way to show that your company cares about its employees both at work and during life outside the office. Attractive benefits help your business to stand out to new recruits, particularly among younger Millennial and Gen Z workers who look for more ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to financial education
What is financial education? Financial education as a benefit can take many forms. At its simplest, it could mean providing online or workplace-based resources which employees can access in order to boost their understanding of their finances and the benefits available to them. At the higher end, financial education programmes ...
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Supplier articleWhat is The Eldercare Exit?
How to recognise and ease the signs of caregiver burnoutForget French Exits, Quiet Quitting and other newfangled terms associated with employees boycotting the workplace. The Eldercare Exit is well underway and is only going to become more exacerbated over the next few years:By 2024, the ONS predicts more employees will ...
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Supplier articleIS STRESS PUSHING YOU TOO FAR? TAKE A BURNOUT SYMPTOMS TEST
It might surprise you to hear that in recent years over three-quarters of UK workers have suffered burnout in one form or another, with workplace stress quoted as the source. It would be easy to take these statistics as a reflection on the state of ...
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IS STRESS PUSHING YOU TOO FAR? TAKE A BURNOUT SYMPTOMS TEST
It might surprise you to hear that in recent years over three-quarters of UK workers have suffered burnout in one form or another, with workplace stress quoted as the source.It would be easy to take these statistics as a reflection on the state of employee wellbeing, and a poor one ...
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Supplier article5 top tips on how to keep your New Year’s resolution
Follow these tips to make your New Year’s resolution last longer than JanuaryWith January around the corner, it’s that time of year when people start making their New Year’s resolutions. Although sayings such as “new year, new me” start to circulate, in reality the majority of people will fail to ...
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Supplier article4 ways financial wellbeing can help beyond the cost of living crisis
For many of us, our journey into financial education starts when we leave home.It often feels like we’ve been thrown in the deep end - with a salary to manage, tax to understand and rent to pay - because we did not learn these vital lessons at school.Claro Wellbeing research ...
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Supplier article2023 Employee Benefits Trends: How do your benefits stack up?
Through 2022, we all faced quite volatile macroenvironmental circumstances to say the least.Through 2023, businesses will face recessionary challenges along with changing employee expectations.Employee benefits will play a key role in supporting the overall pay, benefits and compensation package to help employers build and maintain strong teams and weather the ...
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Article53% of employers planning pay rises of at least 5% in 2023
More than half (53%) of employers said they intend to give staff pay increases of at least 5% in 2023, according to an Incomes Data Research poll.The survey of 181 large private sector organisations found that 24% anticipated awarding an increase of 6% or more, and 25% intended to make ...
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ArticleSeven Search and Selection transfers to full employee ownership
Leeds-based recruitment firm Seven Search and Selection has signed a deal to transfer full ownership across to its 25 employees as of this month.According to the business, it chose to establish an employee ownership trust (EOT) so all of its employees would be personally invested and working for each other, ...
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ArticleWickes reports 7.4% mean gender pay gap
Home improvement retailer Wickes has reported a mean gender pay gap of 7.4%, up from 6.4% in 2021.The business, which published its second gender pay gap report since becoming an independent listed employer, also reported a 2.6% median gender pay gap for 2022, narrowing from 8.4% last year.Wickes stated that ...
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Supplier articleThe five best budget friendly Christmas gifts for your employees
When you reach the last calendar month, there are many tell-tale signs it’s nearly Christmas. Office attire has switched to thermals and dangly Christmas tree earrings, Heart Christmas Radio is on repeat, and the workload dies down as you start putting tasks on next year’s to-do list.Yet, December is also ...