All Benefits technology articles – Page 53
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Supplier articleLatest innovation in Customer Loyalty
2020 has been one of the most challenging years ever for customer facing businesses and those in the business of customer loyalty. We have had restrictions placed on the food and beverage industry, the travel industry and of course high street shopping, to name but a few who have all ...
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ArticleAegon signs Race at Work charter to address racial inequality
Financial services organisation Aegon has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality ...
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ArticleIpsos Mori wins Grand Prix at Employee Benefits Awards 2020
Market research organisation Ipsos Mori was awarded the coveted Grand Prix title at the Employee Benefits Awards 2020.The organisation impressed the judges with its approach to mental wellbeing and the overhaul of its defined contribution (DC) pension scheme strategy. The Grand Prix is awarded to the winner of one of ...
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Supplier article8 virtual team building ideas to improve connections with remote workers
At Reward Gateway, a lot of planning has gone into designing our workspaces to be an extension of our workforce. With every buildout, we have always prioritised creating a collaborative, comfortable and buzzing environment.But now, many of our workspaces are our home offices, and like you, we are working on ...
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ArticleReddit introduces remote-working policy
US social news aggregation organisation Reddit has enhanced its remote-working policy to give employees more flexibility over where they work.Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the majority of employees at Reddit have already adopted a remote-working pattern. Due to its success, the organisation has extended this giving employees the option ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BT enhances communications strategy
Telecommunications organisation BT has enhanced its communications strategy to ensure its employees feel more connected during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The employer, which has 80,000 employees working in 54 countries, has expanded on the services it uses through connectivity platform Workplace. BT believes that the communication tool will help create an ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group extends remote-working policy
Financial services organisation Lloyds Banking Group has extended its remote working policy due to the health risks of Covid-19 (Coronavirus).Following prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement on 22 September that employees should work from home where possible due to Coronavirus, the organisation has asked all of its employees to work from ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Fujitsu UK and Ireland
The benefits offered by Fujitsu UK and Ireland:PensionsA master trust pension scheme for all employees. Double matched employer contributions, for example if an employee pays 3%, the employer pays 6%, with employer contributions are capped at 10%. Contributions can be changed on a monthly basis.Healthcare and group riskGroup income protection ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 28% of employees do not understand the benefits available to them
Just over a quarter (28%) of employers believe that their employees do not fully understand the benefits that are available to them, according to research by industry body Grid.In survey of 1,675 HR decision makers and employees also found that 10% of employers believe their workforce is only aware of ...
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Supplier articleAre your employees facing a reduced household income?
Making your financial wellbeing strategy count in difficult timesThere have been many recent redundancy announcements and even with the new job support scheme, it sadly seems inevitable that more will be announced over the coming months.Of those who have a job, many are learning to cope with a reduction in ...
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ArticleMercer signs Race at Work charter to improve ethnic equality
Consulting firm Mercer has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, developed in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality for ...
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Supplier articleCollective Benefits and Gympass join forces to bring wellness platform to self-employed workers
Collective Benefits – the world’s first benefits platform for self-employed, flexible and independent workers – has joined forces with Gympass to bring an entire suite of wellness benefits to its members.There are six million self-employed workers and freelancers in the UK and the gig economy is continuing to grow as ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: TSB Bank and Charles Stanley adapt technology to support remote working
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: TSB Bank and Charles Stanley have enhanced their technology strategies to ensure that employees are working effectively from home.The session titled 'Technology 101: Getting your tech strategy right for your employees', which was chaired by Blair Pleasant, president and principal analyst at Commfusion, delved into integrating ...
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AnalysisWhat technology innovations has the benefits world seen during the pandemic?
Need to know: Technology has been a key asset in helping organisations and their workforces adapt to remote working patterns.Technology will be important in order to support employees working flexibly for the foreseeable future.Benefits portals are likely to become important tools that employers can use to both facilitate access to ...
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OpinionJonathan Mansfield: Managing benefits technology in a changing world
UK businesses have shown impressive adaptability during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic; driven by necessity and helped by technology, employers set up millions to work from home at short notice.Coming out of the crisis, an increasing number of businesses will be looking to maximise flexibility in the range of benefits offered ...
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Case StudiesUnilever uses benefits platform to engage global workforce with benefits and obtain reward data
Consumer goods organisation Unilever uses a total reward platform to inform and engage its 155,000 global employees with its reward package.Its bespoke reward system, UFlexReward, feeds the employer data about its employees' benefits preferences to enable it to provide personalised benefits packages. It also collates all costs involved with benefits, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: HLM Architects embraces technology to connect with employees
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: HLM Architects has embraced the changes brought on by the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic by embracing a digital world.In a session titled ‘Technology meets HR: connecting office-based employees, remote workers and line managers’, Marcus Earnshaw, technology director at HLM Architects, explained that this is the perfect opportunity ...
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ArticleBartle Bogle Hegarty welcomes staff back to the office with a virtual sheep
Something for the weekend: Employees at Singapore-based creative agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) returned to the office to be greeted by a black virtual sheep.With offices opening back up after the government in Singapore announced it was safe to return from 5 October 2020. BBH decided to spread some cheer ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco introduces regular check-ins during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cisco has introduced a weekly check-in meeting for all of its 70,000 global employees.On the third day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 7 October, Shelia Champion-Smeeth, global head of wellbeing and people at Cisco, discussed what ...
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OpinionKathryn Barnes: Returning to work on good terms
Many employees are living through profound and possibly permanent changes in workplace culture, processes and conditions. The situation for traditional office-based work remains difficult to predict. While the office culture many of us know is not disappearing entirely, neither is it likely to return in full to pre-pandemic levels.Employers and ...