All Benefits technology articles – Page 60
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AnalysisHow can high-profile figures create a culture of openness around mental wellbeing?
Need to know:High-profile figures can create a public and wide-reaching forum for discussion of a topic that is still hindered by harmful stereotypes and taboos, such as mental health.Employers enlisting, for example, sports personalities to help instigate discussion can also draw parallels with topics such as teamwork, resilience, wellness and ...
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Case StudiesMediacom uses high-profile internal champion to promote mental health
As Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) chief executive officer of global media agency Mediacom, Josh Krichefski leads 4,400 employees across 37 offices, including the UK, Germany, Italy and Portugal. He is a vocal supporter of mental health in the workplace, both in his own organisation and beyond.In May 2019, ...
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Supplier articleAligning benefits and business
How can you build or adapt your benefits scheme to ensure it aligns with your business strategy?Anecdotally, it seems that even the most successful employees are missing one thing from their working lives: value. Do they see the value in the work they’re doing? Do they feel valued for the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 67% have undertaken pensions communications within the last year
EXCLUSIVE: Employers are responding to the challenge of ensuring staff are saving enough for a comfortable retirement by continuing to open up communications channels around pensions, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019, which was conducted during October 2019 among 135 HR decision makers, ...
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Case StudiesOvo Energy targets employee financial wellbeing with benefits strategy
Utilities provider Ovo Energy has experienced a sharp growth trajectory over the 10 years it has been operating, and as such, has created a benefits strategy that can both meet the needs of a fairly young workforce, while also supporting a talent management strategy that focuses on attracting and retaining ...
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VideoVideo: Benefits priorities in EMEA
Enhancing employee engagement is one of the top objectives for EMEA organisations. To hear about how adopting technology can help achieve this objective, Thomsons Online Benefits’ Managing Director, Chris Bruce, has recorded a two-minute video giving his thoughts on benefit priorities for EMEA organisations. In the video ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Innovation generation: Priorities for EMEA
Are you analysing your data to increase employee engagement?Thomsons Online Benefits have released a new infographic, ‘Innovation generation: priorities for EMEA’, which highlights our key research findings on one easy-to-digest page.Read the infographic for how organisations in EMEA are collecting and analysing employee data to enhance the employee experience. And ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 34% have widened communications due to auto re-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Under auto-enrolment legislation, employers are required to re-enrol employees into a pension scheme every three years. Many employers have used this as a lever to expand their communications strategy. For example, 34% of respondents have introduced, or plan to introduce, wider communications around pensions and retirement saving, while 23% ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters provide online access to employee benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Three-quarters (75%) of employers are now offering employees access to their benefits online, according to research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.The research, which surveyed 500 HR decision makers and heads of businesses, also found that 44% of respondents administer all benefits online, with a further third (32%) hosting some benefits ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Lincoln uses targeted communications to position pensions
With about 2,000 employees enrolled across six pension schemes, the University of Lincoln faces a considerable challenge when it comes to reaching its entire workforce, let alone effectively engaging staff with pensions.To position retirement savings as a key element of the employee journey and the overall reward package, the university ...
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Supplier articleRecruitment: What do 79% of job seekers use to find their next role?
According to research by Recruitics, 79% of job seekers use social media in their job search. This figure goes up to 86% for younger job seekers in the first 10 years of their career.Before we look into why social media is so popular, it’s worth considering which social media channels ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Dakota Hotels staff save £15,000 through perks platform
EXCLUSIVE: As at 7 November 2019, and since launching a new perks and recognition platform in January 2019, hotel chain Dakota Hotels has seen its 490 employees share 318 moments of thanks and save an estimated total of £15,000 through discounted and free perks.The hotel chain has locations in Glasgow, ...
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ArticleAmazon pilots virtual healthcare service for US employees
Online retailer and technology organisation Amazon is piloting a virtual healthcare service, Amazon Care, for its US employees, with a view to ultimately making it available to all 650,000 employees enrolled in an Amazon health insurance plan.The primary care service, which is currently being tested by a group of Seattle-based ...
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AnalysisHow will AI change the world of benefits and HR communications?
Need to know: Using the wealth of data available, artificial intelligence can ensure that employees understand the value of benefits to them as individuals.The conversational tone of chatbots can help employees navigate complex subjects, while also combating isolation as workforces become more remote.Anonymity mixed with seemingly human interactions can be ...
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OpinionMark Brill: Artificial intelligence and the Wizard of Oz effect
In the last 18 months, a painting created by artificial intelligence (AI) was sold at Christie's for €400,000, a writing bot at tech magazine TNW out-performed its journalist colleagues, and Google announced that it had achieved quantum supremacy in a computation that would have taken a binary computer 10,000 years. ...
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Case StudiesRicoh uses chatbot to engage remote staff with financial wellness communications
Multinational document services, consulting, software and hardware provider Ricoh has 2,400 employees spread across the UK, including a large base in both Northampton and London.Toni Smith, reward and insights manager at Ricoh, says: "Reaching [office-based] employees with communications is quite easy. The challenge that we have with anything we roll ...
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Case StudiesJohnson Matthey uses intuitive technology to make pensions personal
Johnson Matthey is a multinational specialty chemicals and sustainable technologies business, employing 4,300 people in the UK across 14 sites. Our workforce is very diverse, ranging from production workers to scientists.Our pension scheme has a complex benefit structure, offering members different retirement savings options, encompassing career average revalued earnings, closed ...
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Case StudiesCharles Tyrwhitt refreshed benefits to embed new organisational values
Two years ago, global menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt began a largescale project to update its organisational values, purpose and behaviours. Alongside this, it refreshed its reward package to better reflect its new cultural approach.Sarah Mortimer, talent acquisition and employer communications manager at Charles Tyrwhitt, says: “We had a set of ...
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Supplier articleCaboodle Technology Launch Brand New Instant Discounts and Cinema Benefits
Caboodle Technology have introduced brand new Instant Discount codes and Cinema Benefits to its comprehensive employee benefits and engagement platform. Instant Discount codes give employees access to instant savings at the UK’s favourite stores and high street retailers. A brand new Cinema Benefits offering gives employees instant access to ...
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ArticleOrganisation behind Bella Italia and Café Rouge launches reward and recognition scheme
Restaurant organisation Casual Dining Group (CDG), which owns brands including Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas, has launched a new reward and recognition scheme for its 7,000 employees in the UK.The new programme, provided by Each Person, was implemented on 17 October 2019 to help boost employee satisfaction and ...