All Employee Benefits articles in 2022 – Page 30
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ArticleFour-fifths think employers should help with rising living costs
Four in five (80%) employees said their employer should help with rising living costs, according to research by insurance and financial services firm Canada Life.The survey was conducted by Opinium among 2,000 UK adults. It revealed that, in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, salary increases (54%), help with bills ...
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AnalysisHow is the current state of play in the NHS impacting the group risk market?
Need to know:Non-core benefits, such as virtual GP services and employee assistance programmes, can help employees access healthcare.Interest in health insurance products, such as private medical insurance and health cash plans, has increased.More cancer claims may materialise as a result of difficulties accessing NHS services.Pressure on the NHS during the ...
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Case StudiesGroup risk benefits provide critical support for Ciphr's staff
Ciphr has always offered an extensive range of health benefits including life insurance, employer-paid private medical insurance and annual health assessments for its 230 employees. However, until a couple of years ago, it had not promoted these benefits fully.Claire Williams, chief people officer at Ciphr, says: “The pandemic made us ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO GET DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION TRAINING RIGHT
When done correctly, diversity and inclusion training (sometimes referred to as diversity, equity and inclusion training) offers organisations a wide range of benefits. However, it takes a lot of thought and work to get it right. If your organisation is looking to implement DEI training in the ...
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Supplier article10 creative ways to show recognition that are outside the box
Author : Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Culture and Engagement at Reward GatewayAlmost everyone loves the standard employee recognition, the verbal praise, the gift cards, the written 'thank you.' But sometimes to have a true impact on employees, the status quo is not always enough. That’s why it's important to ...
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Supplier articleHow can employee benefits support the employee experience?
Employers and HR in particular face huge challenges involving recruitment and retention and supporting employees with all the macro-environmental forces at play right now.How employers fare in these tricky times may ultimately rest on many factors, one of them being the employee experience.Where there are a huge number of job ...
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Supplier articleHow to support ESG priorities with employee benefits
Research has shown that better ESG scores translate to around a 10% lower cost of capital, according to McKinsey.Around 70% of the more than 2,000 studies conducted on the topic show a positive relationship between ESG scores and financial returns.So, what is ESG? Why is it so important? And what ...
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ArticleBelfast City Council introduces extended bereavement leave and pay
Belfast City Council is to give all workers two weeks of statutory bereavement leave and pay, subject to trade union consultations.In a meeting of its Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, councillors gave unanimous support to give staff 10 consecutive work days of bereavement leave as a day one right, including ...
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Article115,000 Royal Mail workers strike over pay
Around 115,000 Royal Mail workers have begun their first day of scheduled strike action today in a dispute over pay.The action has been organised by the Communication Workers Union (CWU), with 97.6% of members voting in favour in a ballot over Royal Mail's proposed pay increase. The union previously rejected ...
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ArticleMore than 80% of employers help staff with cost-of-living rise
More than 80% of large UK organisations are taking action to help staff during the cost-of-living crisis, according to research by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its survey of 98 heads of reward and reward specialists from 84 organisations with more than 250 employees found that 53% have offered financial support ...
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ArticleBoard International hires new chief people officer
Board International, an intelligent planning business for enterprises worldwide, has appointed Mandy Jeffery chief people officer.Jeffery is the former vice president of people at Workday, a software as a service enterprise cloud applications firm for finance and human resources, where she played a key role in helping the organisation scale ...
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ArticleBerry blast: Best bites to boost productivity revealed
Something for the weekend: Employers looking to help their staff boost productivity while providing a healthy snack around the office should make a beeline for berries, according to research by nutrition programme provider Lifesum for Work.High in polyphenols, berries were found to be the best food for boosting cognitive function ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Should the UK move to a four-day week?
Last week, The Telegraph featured an article focusing on the experiences of several organisations currently participating in the UK’s pilot of a four-day working week.During the pilot, which is running between June and December 2022, more than 3,000 employees from 70 organisations across the UK will work 80% of their ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 19 - 25 August 2022
The top 10 most-read articles on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 19 - 25 August 2022 were: EXCLUSIVE: Natwest Group introduces menopause supportOddbox launches financial wellbeing platform for staff4Com gives staff extra £200 a month to help with energy bills Work-life balance beats salary as top factor in choosing new roleUK ranks sixth ...
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ArticleElectronic Arts UK revamps on-site gym to boost staff wellbeing
Credit: Radu Bercan / Shutterstock.comVideo game business Electronic Arts (EA) UK has started refurbishing the on-site gym provided for its 2,000 employees, as part of a partnership with corporate fitness and wellbeing services provider Energy Fitness Professionals (EFP).The refurbishment was started as part of EA’s wellbeing offering, which aims to ...
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ArticleEatSleep Media launches unlimited annual leave
Cardiff-based production firm EatSleep Media has introduced unlimited annual leave for its 13 members of staff.Included in the policy is a minimum number holiday days, with no set maximum. The business will not require staff to submit formal leave requests in order to take holiday, and senior leadership will check ...
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ArticleKraftHeinz to give 700 employees 5.5% pay rise and £1,200 bonus
Around 700 KraftHeinz employees, represented by trade union Unite, have secured a pay increase and bonus, overall worth 11% of their yearly wage.The deal includes a 5.5% increase on base rates and two one-off payments totalling £1,200, with the first payment of £500 to be paid immediately, and the second ...
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Supplier articleHOW TO CREATE THE BEST NEW EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE WHEN ONBOARDING
What’s the most important factor that impacts whether or not a new hire is a success? Their talent? The training process? How they’re managed? Believe it or not, the success or failure of a new starter can come down to that first couple of months. The onboarding ...
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ArticleSinead Carville: Are cost-of-living payments more effective than pay rises?
At FinTru, we have always been tuned into factors internally and externally that impact our employees. We have several mechanisms to elicit feedback and conversation from employees to understand and get ahead of factors that may be having a negative impact on them. It has not been lost on anyone ...
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ArticleJohn Hood: Are cost-of-living payments more effective than pay rises?
In these incredibly unprecedented times, any way employers are looking to support workers is positive. However, our focus, of course, is much more on the side of pay rises, rather than ad-hoc bonus payments.There are a few reasons for this, one of which is that our campaign at the Living ...