All Benefits technology articles – Page 55
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AnalysisWhat are the latest trends in voluntary benefits?
Need to know:Bikes-for-work schemes and buying equipment for the home office have seen a surge in popularity.Communicating what voluntary benefits are on offer will help to engage employees, particularly if budget restrictions are limiting new benefit offerings. Core voluntary benefits will predominately remain the same but how these are delivered ...
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ArticleCalifornia Court of Appeals grants Uber and Lyft extension over ruling
The California Court of Appeal has granted US ridesharing businesses Uber and Lyft an extension to classify their drivers as employees during the appeal process in its ongoing court case.On 10 August 2020, the superior court of the state of California, ruled that over 750,000 Uber drivers and over 1.4 ...
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ArticleHomeserve signs Race at Work charter to improve workplace equality
Emergency repairs and improvements organisation Homeserve has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that ethnic minority employees face in the workplace.The race charter, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out ...
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Supplier articleKeeping race on the agenda
The recent Black Lives Matter protests and wider civil rights movements have brought the topic of race and racism into the foreground throughout society. To help maintain this momentum, clinical psychologist Dr Fabienne Palmer outlines how employers and business leaders can continue conversations about race equality in ...
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Supplier articleHow to craft blog headlines for effective employee communications
For many businesses, blogs are an essential channel to relay important company updates and news to their employees. In the age of COVID-19, this has become increasingly important as businesses around the world are dealing with dispersed workforces, with a mix of remote workers and frontline employees. But what is ...
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Supplier articleWEBINAR: Shaping the future of UK employee benefits: trends, action and technology
The world of work is changing at an unprecedented pace, impacting how we source our talent, retain, and engage them. Against this ever-changing backdrop, the need to evolve our employee benefits strategies and programmes has become even more important.As we move into the new world of work, companies need to ...
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ArticleUS Supreme Court rules Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees
US ridesharing organisations Lyft and Uber will have to identify all drivers as employees and not independent contractors, following on from a ruling by the superior court of the state of CaliforniaThe court ruled that over 750,000 Uber drivers and over 1.4 million Lyft drivers have been misclassified as independent ...
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ArticleFacebook extends remote working policy until July 2021
Technology giant Facebook has extended its remote working policy until July 2021 for all of its 52,534 US employees.The enhanced policy allows employees to take their time to return to the offices, when they are open, by giving them the option to remain working-from-home either full or part-time until 30 ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: 8 ways to cultivate connection, productivity and culture
Over the last couple of months we’ve had many conversations with HR leaders who are working incredibly hard to support their people and companies through this time.Whilst many of us are maintaining our ‘swan-like presence’ for our Zoom meetings, beneath the water we’re paddling like crazy as the speed and ...
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ArticleUber and Metro Bank extend remote working policies to 2021
Ridesharing business Uber and retail banking organisation Metro Bank are extending their home working policies to 2021.Uber plans to open its local offices in the US over the coming months, however, US-based employees can still take up the option of continuing to work from home until at least 31 June ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2020 moves to October 2021
Employee Benefits Live 2020, which was due to take place on 6-7 October 2020, has been postponed until 2021 due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The event, in its 22nd year, will now take place Tuesday 12 October and Wednesday 13 October 2021 at ExCeL London.The difficult decision was based on ...
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Supplier articleWhat can organisations learn from Twitter and Facebook during a pandemic?
2020: we're living through a change in history that will be noted for evolving how our so called hard-coded realities have shifted almost overnight. The current pandemic we find ourselves in has brought about so many unprecedented changes in all aspects of both our personal and professional lives. Nothing could ...
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ArticleBarclays, Sky and Royal Mail recognised as top employers for women
Barclays (pictured), Sky and Royal Mail are just three of the organisations that have been recognised in The Times' Top 50 Employers for Women list, compiled by the broadsheet and business community outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC).In its tenth year, the unranked alphabetical list credits organisations that have ...
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Case StudiesSiemens uses effective communication to keep employees informed of their benefits
Technology organisation Siemens promotes its benefits offering to potential and current employees as much as possible to ensure that they are aware of what is available to them, and how they can make any amendments to their package.The package is promoted on both internal and external job adverts, and more ...
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ArticleCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims total £31.7 billion
Claims to date under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme total £31.7 billion as at 26 July 2020, an increased of £1.9 billion since 19 July 2020.According to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) data, 9.5 million employees in the UK have been placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ...
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ArticleGoogle extends working from home policy to July 2021
Technology giant Google has extended its working from home policy to 30 June 2021 to support the health and wellbeing of its 200,000 employees during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The voluntary benefit gives employees the option to continue working from home, even if restrictions from the pandemic are lifted, and not ...
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Supplier articleApproaching difficult conversations in the workplace
Like it or not, offices can’t always be harmonious places to work. At some point you’ll need to address an issue with a colleague, but what’s the best way to handle this? According to the Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most book by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and ...
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Supplier articleGoing global
After a successful domestic employee benefits launch, many companies begin thinking about implementation in their other locations. But where do you start? What factors do you need to consider and how can you sell this internally?There’s a myriad of reasons why you would wish to roll out a tech solution ...
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Supplier articleMass redundancies: How HR can make the hardest conversations better
Let’s get things out in the open: Your business may be facing an impossible situation. And sometimes those impossible situations lead to bad news for your employees, such as redundancies.This bad news – telling someone something they do not want to hear is not what people in HR like doing. ...
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Article31% of employees do not feel supported by their employer while working remotely
One-third (31%) of employees feel that their employer does not support them when they work from home according to research by Unipos.The survey, published July 2020, which surveyed 300 employees, found that 83% of businesses do admit that their organisation has attempted to support them while working remotely.Over three-quarters (79%) ...