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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Hear the future of financial wellbeing at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Delegates at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 will be able to gain an insight into the future of financial wellbeing strategies.Monica Kalia (pictured), co-founder and director at Neyber, will present a session titled ‘The employer view on what the future of financial wellbeing looks like’ as part of the wellbeing ...
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ArticleSea Containers completes £187m pensions buy-out
Marine container asset leasing organisation Sea Containers has completed a £187 million bulk annuity buy-out transaction to insure the defined benefit (DB) pension liabilities for 750 pension scheme members.The transaction, which was completed with Aviva, insures the DB pension liabilities of the Sea Containers 1983 Pension Scheme in order to ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Maximising the effectiveness of financial wellbeing
As our Financial Wellbeing Week, in association with Wealth at Work, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Over the past few years, we have seen employers’ approaches to supporting their employees almost go ...
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ArticleAllianz Worldwide Partners UK holds wellbeing week for 500 staff
Insurance and technology organisation Allianz Worldwide Partners UK has hosted a wellbeing week for its 500 employees.The Work Well Week, which ran from 5 February 2018, was designed to promote both mental and physical wellbeing, advocating an all-round healthy lifestyle for employees in and out of the workplace.Activities during the ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator fines schemes non-compliant with basic auto-enrolment duties
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published the names of workplace pension schemes whose trustees have been fined for not providing legally required documentation.Fines were issued to pension trustees for failure to submit scheme returns after receiving a warning from TPR, and for failure to prepare a chair’s statement or for ...
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ArticleLawn Tennis Association reports a 31% mean gender pay gap
Tennis’ national governing body the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has reported a 31% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 April ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid attends benefits training
Big Bad Boss has decided I should go to a benefits training seminar. Sounds like it won’t be much of a jolly or he would be going himself. Smarmy Consulting, our pension advisor, run all sorts of events from splendid banquets to low-budget breakfast meetings. It is typical that I ...
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ArticleBahamas hotel resort seeks chief flamingo officer
Something for the weekend: Not many job descriptions hit the holiday hallmarks of sun, sea and sand, however wildlife-loving job-hunters could strike it lucky thanks to Baha Mar, a new hotel resort in the Bahamas, which is advertising for a chief flamingo officer to join its team.The chief flamingo officer, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 8-14 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 and 14 February 2018 were: EXCLUSIVE: SSE launches online financial education programmePinsent Masons reports a 22.4% mean gender pay gap33% believe employers should pay employees for keeping healthyLinklaters reports a 23.2% mean gender pay gapStotts Tours Oldham fined £60,000 for failing ...
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ArticleChipotle awards bonuses and extends paid parental leave for 71,000 US staff
Mexican food retailer Chipotle has improved its employee benefits offering to award 71,000 US-based employees cash and stock bonuses, as well as enhancing its paid parental leave policy.The changes, which the organisation is rolling out to employees, have been designed to help support and advance employees' professional and personal lives.Its ...
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ArticleOmni-Serv bus drivers at Gatwick Airport accept two-year pay deal
Airside bus drivers at Gatwick Airport, who are employed by Omni-Serv and are members of the trade union Unite, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal.Approximately 80 employees will benefit from the deal which includes a total pay increase of 5% for affected employees, as well as a £600 ...
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ArticleLearn how a healthy workforce impacts business at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Delegates at Employee Benefits Connects 2018 will be able to learn how to quantify the business case for an employee health and wellbeing strategy, as well as gain insight into how a healthy workforce can impact organisational goals and success.Greg Levine (pictured), director, sales and distribution at Vitality Health ...
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ArticleAlan Chambers MBE and DLA Piper to speak at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Former royal marine and polar adventurer Alan Chambers MBE (pictured) will deliver the closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, while global law firm DLA Piper will discuss the future of performance.Concluding the conference programme on Wednesday 28 February 2018, Chambers’ closing keynote address, titled ‘The only limits ...
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ArticleTotal Media gains living wage accreditation
Media strategy organisation Total Media has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 129 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour for staff working in the UK ...
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ArticleBird and Bird reports a 14.5% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Bird and Bird has reported a 14.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of ...
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ArticleTaylor Wessing reports a 13.5% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Taylor Wessing has reported a 13.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline of 4 ...
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Article49% of men feel there is a societal stigma to taking shared parental leave
Under half (49%) of male respondents believe that there is a societal stigma attached to taking shared parental leave, and that it is not considered the normal course of action for men to take, according to research by TSB.Its survey of 2,000 individuals also found that 37% of respondents had ...
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ArticleGeneral Electric reports an 8.8% mean gender pay gap
Digital industrial organisation General Electric has reported a 8.8% consolidated mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 13 UK legal entities.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline ...
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Epoq Legal
Epoq Legal is an established provider of online legal document and advice services.In 2016, we launched our employee benefit, Legal for Life, which is designed to help employees deal with legal matters throughout their lives – quickly and conveniently online or over the phone.A natural complement to benefits such as ...
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Article33% believe employers should pay employees for keeping healthy
A third (33%) of UK respondents believe their employers should pay them for keeping healthy, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2017-2018 Global benefits attitudes survey, which surveyed 31,000 employees across 22 markets, including 2,824 employees working for medium and large-sized private sector organisations in the UK, also found ...