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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Mental health matters when it comes to wellbeing
On day one of this year’s Employee Benefits Live, which took place on 2 and 3 October at ExCeL London, Google’s Cayla Kitayama delivered the opening keynote address which explored how to put health and wellbeing at the heart of an organisation’s benefits strategy.Kitayama, who is responsible for the technology ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Behavioural science around power is key to preventing sexual harassment
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Understanding behavioural science around power and authority is key to preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.In a session titled ‘#MeToo – from a moment to a movement', Andrew Armes, UK head of talent acquisition at Roche, and Elizabeth Prochaska, legal director at the Equality and Human ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Rolls-Royce's Roomes says focus on performance to make business case for wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2018: To make the business case for wellbeing to the board of an organisation, HR leaders should focus on performance.In a session titled ‘Bringing health and wellbeing into the boardroom, the business case’, as part of the diversity and inclusion stream on 3 October, David Roomes, group ...
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ArticleJob applicants can hit the jackpot as a professional competition enterer
Something for the weekend: Individuals can strike lucky in the job market by applying to work as a professional competition enterer, being paid up to £20 an hour to enter competitions on behalf of time-poor members of the public.Bark.com, a website providing access to local service professionals in the UK, ...
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Poll: Do your organisation’s HR policies incorporate the needs of transgender employees?
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 27 September-3 October 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 27 September and 3 October 2018 were: PHMG adds paid wedding leave and 'proud parent' leave to staff benefitsEXCLUSIVE: Google uses data to inform mental health approach for 52,000 global staffWork-life balance management causes stress for 75% of working parentsMaster trust ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Paralympic athlete Marc Woods says pay cannot be sole reason why employees do their jobs
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Paralympic gold medallist, BBC commentator and author Marc Woods (pictured) explained that pay cannot be the sole motivator for employees to do their jobs, in his closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018 on Wednesday 3 October.“The gold medal might be a little bit like ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Addison Lee’s Mat Davies describes the future of HR as “heavy metal HR”
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Mat Davies (pictured), HR director at premier taxi organisation Addison Lee, has described the future of human resources as “heavy metal HR”, stating that the HR industry needs to mirror the music genre in challenging norms and authority, as well as in creating change, if it ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: DWP calls for HR professionals to act as workplace pensions advocates
Employee Benefits Live 2018: HR professionals and employers can help the Department for Work and Pensions communicate the benefits of saving into a workplace pension.In a session titled ‘Auto-enrolment – what can HR learn from the DWP’s national multichannel campaign’, Mary Hennessey, head of marketing and communications at the DWP, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Unilever chatbot to transform HR services in 106 countries
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Unilever has reimagined HR services using artificial intelligence (AI), with a chatbot to go live in 106 countries.In the closing keynote session on day one (Tuesday 2 October 2018), titled ‘Reimagining the employee experience: adventures in artificial intelligence’, Keith Williams (pictured), reimagine HR services director at ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: RBS’ Cowan says changing workplace requires individual pensions approach
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Changes to the workforce mean the days of a one-size-fits-all approach to lifetime savings are over.In a session titled ‘Lifetime savings for a changing workplace culture and demographic’, Jim Cowan, head of benefits at RBS Group, told delegates that personalisation is the key to the future ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Google uses data to inform mental health approach for 52,000 global staff
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Technology organisation Google uses industry data and employee feedback to help inform its approach to mental health supports, and ensure its health and wellbeing provision is tailored to employee need.In the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018, titled ‘Putting health and wellbeing at the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employers need to be aware that “transitioning is a journey”
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers need to be aware that gender “transitioning is a journey; it doesn’t necessarily have a prescribed end” when considering strategies around diversity and inclusion and employee wellbeing.In a session titled ‘Gender dysphoria: the individual, the workplace and the healthcare provider’, Pete Mercer, head of public ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Diageo aligns internal and external branding to boost its EVP
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Multi-national beverage organisation Diageo focuses on aligning its internal and external branding, to help ensure that its image as an employer is linked directly with the factors that make it successful as a business.In a leadership panel at Employee Benefits Live 2018, Else Russell, global talent ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Google uses data to inform mental health approach for 52,000 global staff
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Technology organisation Google uses industry data and employee feedback to help inform its approach to mental health supports and ensure its health and wellbeing provision is tailored to employee need.In the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018, titled ‘Putting health and wellbeing at the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 47% cite mental health as major cause of sickness absence
EXCLUSIVE: Mental health issues have risen as a major cause of sickness absence in respondents' organisations, from 39% to 47% over the past year, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018 report, which surveyed 162 respondents in July, found that mental health ...
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ArticleG Man Insulation to pay over $270,000 due to wage law violations
Insulation and drywall organisation G Man Insulation has been ordered to pay $272,253 (£208,413.76) in back wages, damages and penalties.The fines are the result of an investigation by the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) affecting 39 ...
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ArticleNearly a third of employees say they are not motivated at work
The proportion of people saying they are not motivated at work rose to 29% in 2017, from 18% the previous year, according to a study by reward and recognition consultant Motivates.The April 2018 survey of 2,000 UK employees for the report Living to work asked respondents to reveal the causes ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2018 set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London
Employee Benefits Live 2018, the largest dedicated reward and benefits event in Europe, is set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London for its 20th anniversary this week.The event, held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October 2018, will allow HR, reward and benefits professionals to explore the latest industry innovations ...
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ArticleA third of younger applicants worried to ask about employers' flexible working policies
Nearly a third (30%) of 18 to 34-year-olds would be worried to ask about flexible working policies during a job interview, according to a survey commissioned by Direct Line Group.Almost a quarter (23%) of all 2,003 respondents to the Opinium research, carried out between 7 and 11 September 2018, expressed ...