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ArticleOrganisations should embrace transparency to reinforce employer brand
Employee Benefits Live 2016: Organisations can build and reinforce their employer brand by embracing the opportunities that social sharing and transparency bring.Delivering the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2016, Diarmuid Russell (pictured), vice president of international at Glassdoor, explained that employees’ ability to share information and experiences online ...
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Article33% feel comfortable talking to their employer about mental health issues
A third (33%) of respondents would feel comfortable talking to their employer about a mental health issue such as depression, according to research by Capita Employee Benefits.Its Employee insight report, which surveyed 3,006 UK employees, also found that 44% of respondents know a colleague who has had to give up ...
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ArticleNational Day Nurseries Association launches health cash plan for staff
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a new healthcare cash plan for its 64 employees.The Yorkshire-based charity has provided all employees with access to the employer-paid benefit to enable staff to proactively manage their own health and wellbeing.The health cash plan, delivered in partnership with Sovereign Health Care, will ...
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ArticleFollow the action at Employee Benefits Live 2016
Employee Benefits Live, Europe’s largest employee reward and benefit event, returns for its 18th year on 11 and 12 October 2016 at Olympia National, London.Delegates will be able to attend sessions spanning six conference streams on each day of the event, such as workplace pensions, workplace equality and diversity, global ...
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ArticleGovernment to develop single body for pensions and debt guidance
The government is to develop a single, public financial guidance body to provide individuals with easy access to pensions and money guidance, and debt advice.The new body will replace Pension Wise, The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), and the Money Advice Service.Plans laid out in the March 2016 Budget originally set ...
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ArticleHow can employers support staff around pension investment decisions?
Need to know:The majority of employees are in their employer’s default pension fund.Many employers are nervous about providing financial guidance to staff.Sourcing investment fund information may be difficult.The majority (90%) of active defined contribution (DC) pension scheme members invest in their employer’s default pension fund, according to the Pensions and ...
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ArticleBritish Gas Court of Appeal decision confirms inclusion of commission in holiday pay
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that holiday pay calculations should include a representative amount of commission-based pay.In the case of British Gas v Lock, Lock, a sales consultant for British Gas, brought an employment tribunal claim for outstanding holiday pay when this was calculated according to his basic salary ...
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Article81% who experience mental health issues see adverse impact on physical health
More than three quarters (81%) of respondents who have experienced mental ill-health issues have found that their physical health has suffered too, according to research by Axa PPP Healthcare.Its survey of 4,183 British adults, of which 2,470 work full or part time, also found that 52% of respondents who have ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: University of Sheffield to discuss financial wellbeing at Employee Benefits Live
The University of Sheffield will discuss financial wellbeing in the workplace at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Andrew Dodman (pictured), chief HR and corporate officer at the University of Sheffield, will present the session titled Understanding the DNA of financial wellbeing and its impact on the UK workforce, alongside Heidi Allan, head ...
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The survey, which was conducted in September 2016 among readers of Employee Benefits and www.employeebenefits.co.uk, received 250 responses. Due to rounding, percentages may not add up to 100.Key findings:68% of respondents want to support staff in making more informed decisions at retirement.45% of respondents see auto-re-enrolment as an opportunity to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Scottish Power to discuss performance management at Employee Benefits Live
Scottish Power will discuss the organisation’s experience of implementing an online performance management system at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Gillian Thomson (pictured), reward manager at Scottish Power, will speak alongside Evan Davidge, head of reward at Arup, in the session titled Reinvigorating the performance management process on Wednesday 12 October.Thomson will ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: PWC to discuss gender pay gap regulations at Employee Benefits Live
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) will discuss the key considerations for organisations ahead of the introduction of the gender pay gap reporting requirements at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Anna Sanford, solicitor at PWC, will speak alongside Helen Corden, legal director at Pinsent Masons, in a session titled Mind the gender pay gap on Tuesday ...
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Article43% of employers say the living wage improves morale and productivity
Just under half (43%) of employer respondents have found that paying the voluntary living wage improves employee morale and productivity, according to research by Middlesex University London and the University of Liverpool.The Putting the living wage to work study, which surveyed 250 small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), also found that ...
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ArticleFinancial Conduct Authority consults on transaction cost disclosure for workplace pensions
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation around proposals for standardising the procedure for disclosing transaction costs in workplace pension schemes.Its proposed guidance suggests that asset managers should be subject to the same transaction cost reporting structures as independent governance committees (IGCs) and trustees, ensuring a consistency of ...
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ArticleCould the smell of technology enhance the employee experience?
Something for the weekend: The physical work environment plays an important role in the employee experience; a number of organisations are creating workplaces that are optimised to support employee wellbeing, collaboration, and innovation.But, when considering the elements that contribute to an optimal working environment, how high would smell rank on ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 29 September and 5 October 2016 were: National minimum wage rises to £6.95EXCLUSIVE: BT to consolidate benefits in global online platformCurrent government consultations could impact employee benefits strategiesKevin Hart laughs his way to the world’s highest-paid comedian spot63% feel obliged to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Duncan Brown to discuss pay structures at Employee Benefits Live
Duncan Brown, head of HR consultancy at the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), will discuss the challenges surrounding pay structures and benchmarking in the current climate at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Brown will close the performance and talent conference stream on Wednesday 12 October with his session entitled Benchmarking reward and ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Central government to launch online benefits platform
EXCLUSIVE: The UK central government is to launch a benefits platform to provide 418,000 civil servants with online access to their employee benefits package.The bespoke platform has been developed by Edenred, which has been appointed the sole provider of employee benefits to UK government staff through the Employee Services framework, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TalkTalk to discuss benefits engagement at Employee Benefits Live
TalkTalk will discuss benefits engagement strategies at Employee Benefits Live 2016.Sam Kirk, reward director at TalkTalk, will present the session titled Making employees fall in love with their benefits, alongside Dr Neil Lancaster, people and social responsibility director at Gamestec Leisure, on Tuesday 11 October.During the session, Kirk will provide ...