All Benefits technology articles – Page 48
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ArticleAccess2Funding introduces menopause policy for employees
Research and development tax specialist Access2Funding has launched a menopause policy as part of its investment in workplace culture, people and employee wellbeing.According to the company, the new policy aims to raise awareness and understanding, outline the support available and allow colleagues to openly and comfortably instigate conversations about the ...
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Supplier articleStreamlining operational costs through a consolidated reward and communications hub for a national housing provider
Mears, a leading housing and care provider in the UK with 6,500 employees, was struggling to connect and engaged its dispersed workforce. The organisation needed a platform that was a one-stop shop, making it as easy as possible for employees to browse all of its initiatives and providing a strong ...
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Supplier articleHow internal communications analytics powers a compelling engagement strategy
You’ve heard the phrase if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? While I’m not here to argue the philosophy behind that particular phrase, I do think it can be applied to an employee communications strategy:If you write ...
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Supplier articleThe complete communications guidebook
Everything you need to get your people the employee benefits messages that matterYour new toolkit to all-things reward and benefits communications is here. The complete communications guidebook is a straightforward walkthrough to creating and sending impactful, engaging communications which hit the mark. Grounded in advice from our own team of ...
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Supplier articleHow to engage dispersed retail employees with innovative benefits
Engaging a dispersed workforce was a familiar challenge for Sofology, one of the UK’s leading sofa retailers with over 1,200 colleagues across 47 stores and a primary HQ. As the business experienced tremendous growth since its founding, the team needed to find a reliable platform to manage and promote colleague ...
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Article25% of 55-64-year-olds unaware of pension freedoms
More than six years after employees gained pension freedoms that gave them more control of their retirement savings, research has revealed one-in-four people aged 55-64 are not aware of them.This lack of knowledge among the age group most likely to need the freedoms was highlighted by Fidelity International. According to ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid declutters her inbox
Who are these people who achieve ‘inbox zero’ with their email? I think it must be an urban myth put about by people who have personal assistants. Still, I always used to aim for a white space at the bottom of my inbox by the end of the day. How ...
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Article58% think office working will repair their mental health
More than half of employees want to return to office life to improve their mental health after the isolation of remote working.This is the finding of new research by Canada Life, which revealed that 58% of those who will return to workplaces plan to do so because they are actually ...
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ArticleBBC Studios rolls out support for working parents
BBC Studios, the programming division of the BBC behind the likes of Strictly Come Dancing and A Question of Sport, has announced it is enhancing provisions for its working parents.The organisation has partnered with parental support provider, Parent Cloud, to give around 2,500 employees access to online and face-to-face resources. ...
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ArticleWorkplace conflict costs employers £30 billion
Workplace conflict costs employers nearly £30 billion per year, according to figures published by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).The research, published in the organisation's Estimating the cost of workplace conflict report, focused on figures from 2018-19. It found that such was the impact of workplace conflict - defined ...
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ArticlePension participation stalls for first time since 2012
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed 78% of people now have a workplace pension – up from 47% just eight years ago.The findings, which showed figures as at April 2020, also highlighted that last year was the first since 2012 where pension participation levels remained ...
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Article86% of largest employers commit to empty offices
A total of 43 out of the UK's 50 largest employers have told the BBC that they will not insist staff come back to offices permanently once the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has abated.In a poll carried out by the broadcaster, the overwhelming majority of organisations said they would embrace a ...
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Supplier articleThe psychology behind great communications
The key elements to any successful communication are that it’s relevant, timely, and personal. Putting this into practice, however, is easier said than done. Communications aren’t just about informing, educating, or engaging – they’re about guiding the reader and empowering them to make informed decisions.If you really want to ‘put ...
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ArticleGreater Than One hires Carol Fraser as CPO
Greater Than One Group – the global marketing and communications agency with offices in London, USA and Barcelona – has announced the appointment of Carol Fraser as its new chief people officer.Fraser will have responsibility for leading the company’s people and development strategy, with a specific remit to grow the ...
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ArticleKPMG unveils flexible hybrid working model
Accounting firm KPMG is to offer its UK employees the option to work from the office on a ‘four-day fortnight’ rotation, as a part of a new hybrid working model coming into force post-Covid-19 (Coronavirus).The deal, starting in June, gives staff the opportunity to spend up to four days of ...
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Article41% of employees trust financial wellbeing tools
Financial wellbeing tools must improve in the aftermath of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to new research.Willis Towers Watson's Future of financial wellbeing study revealed that only 41% of employees would trust financial wellbeing provisions provided by their employer. This figure was only 26% among Baby Boomers and 36% among ...
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Supplier articleThe Digital Watercooler: Keeping comms a constant through hybrid working
Communicating with a diverse and widespread employee base is difficult at the best of times. Add in a global pandemic, and many organisations have found themselves floundering.To mark the end of our ‘Comms Month’, Gethin Nadin is joined by Kathryn Kendall, Chief People Officer at Benefex, to look at how ...
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ArticleEmployers launch gender pay gap campaign
Major organisations, including Fawcett Society and Women on Boards UK, have backed a new gender pay gap campaign to speed up progress on reporting data.‘Reset the Timeline’, launched today (4 May) and led by pay gap specialist Spktral, is asking qualifying employers to not delay submitting their information until the ...
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ArticleEmployees still losing track of their pensions
Despite all the marketing and employee communications, the number of people who have lost track of at least one of their pensions has barely improved at all in the past five years, according to new research.Data released by Aegon has revealed 17% of those with multiple pensions do not readily ...
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ArticleStar Refrigeration converts to all EV car salary sacrifice
Glasgow-headquartered industrial refrigeration provider Star Refrigeration has announced it has switched its entire car salary sacrifice offering to electric vehicles (EV)-only.The company – which employs 400 people and has a fleet of more than 150 vehicles – said it made the decision in order to make its journeys more sustainable.The ...