All Benefits technology articles – Page 65
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Improving the employee experience with technology
As our Benefits Technology Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Technology is constantly evolving, permeating all aspects of people’s lives, from their homes to their workplaces; ...
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Case StudiesRSK employees use technology to track steps in pedometer challenge
Engineering and environmental consultancy RSK encourages employees to track their fitness activity through wearable technology and its self-service HR system.Each year since 2015, the organisation has run a four-week pedometer challenge, inviting employees from all global offices to take part. This year, the challenge launched at the beginning of May, ...
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AnalysisThe impact of digital healthcare on health and wellbeing strategies
Need to know:Before investing in a digital healthcare solution, employers must consider their end goal, as well as the demands of the end-user.Organisations should build a strategy to ensure that digital interventions make a real difference to those employees that need it, rather than providing the newest trends.Virtual health can ...
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OpinionColin Barnes: Could mHealth technology transform wellbeing?
Transforming employee health and wellbeing is a challenge, with many programmes failing to deliver the desired results.It is easy to see why traditional health and wellbeing programmes do not always work. A one-size-fits-all approach is great for some employees, but can potentially alienate others. Similarly, offering a wide range of ...
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OpinionIan McKenna: Gamified apps help employees engage with benefits
Smartphones are embedded in the vast majority of consumers’ lives. This should make providing access to employee benefits and health interventions via an app a hygiene factor for any organisation, but is simply enabling an app enough to drive engagement?Phones are littered with applications that have been downloaded with enthusiasm ...
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ArticleNon-Standard Finance and Womble Bond Dickinson shortlisted for Best communications
Consumer finance business Non-Standard Finance and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson are among the employers included on the shortlist for Best benefits communications, small employer, at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This award will celebrate the achievements of an organisation with fewer than 1,000 employees, which has used effective and innovative ...
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AnalysisHow organisations can link motivation and recognition with employer brand
Need to know: Recognition strategies can help organisations avoid presenting a brand and set of values that do not resonate with the realities of the employee experience.Employers should take a creative, tailored approach to the perks on offer, as well as consider how the structure of the recognition programme itself ...
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Case StudiesWilliam Hill uses recognition to embed new employer brand and values
In February 2018, global betting and gaming organisation William Hill embraced a new set of organisational values. As part of the process of embedding these, the employer introduced a new system of recognition.William Hill comprises some 16,000 employees, globally, 12,000 of whom are based within its retail business in the ...
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ArticleBNP Paribas and Bakkavor shortlisted for Best use of benefits technology
Banking organisation BNP Paribas and international food manufacturer Bakkavor are among the organisations shortlisted for the Best use of benefits technology category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This award will recognise an employer that has used and adapted benefits technology in order to implement effective strategies for employee engagement, recognition ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid applies for a job
The wonderful thing about LinkedIn is that recruiters all over the country can get in touch, and get in touch they do. Don’t let anyone tell you the economy is slow; the job market is fairly speeding along. I am probably contacted once a week or so these days, but ...
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AnalysisWhat employees want: How to get the most value from a benefits offering
Need to know:Surveys, exit interviews and benefits usage data are all constructive ways of finding out what staff appreciate, but employers should be aware that some valuable benefits might still fall by the wayside.Eliciting feedback and suggestions from employees who have actively used less widely understood products, such as group ...
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ArticleCrown Agents Bank to implement new benefits platform for 150 employees
Crown Agents Bank (CAB) will implement a new benefits platform in June 2019 for its 150 employees.The platform, provided by Zest Technology, has been designed to offer employees easy and flexible access to both existing and new benefits at times that are relevant to them. The platform will help CAB ...
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Case StudiesRoyal Mail delivers financial wellbeing focus to support employee health
Between March and April 2019, national postal and courier organisation Royal Mail introduced a focus on financial wellbeing to better support its 140,000 staff and mitigate the effects that financial difficulties could have on employees’ overall wellbeing.Ian Dockerill, employee share plans and benefits manager at Royal Mail, explains: “We were ...
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AnalysisHow can organisations align their wellbeing strategies with inclusion?
Need to know: Making sure wellbeing works for everyone can help lower absence rates, reduce turnover and decrease stress.Some elements, such as the work-life balance benefits of flexible working, are universal, but employers could also consider segmenting their wellbeing interventions.Support networks, leadership buy-in and management training can all help facilitate ...
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OpinionDiane Lightfoot: Why talking about disability is vital for health and wellbeing strategies
Often, when people think of disability, they imagine a wheelchair user, and consider it to be something present from birth. In reality, the majority of conditions are not immediately visible, and most are acquired.As the likelihood of acquiring a disability increases with age, an ageing workforce means that more people ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Highways England launches engagement platform for 5,650 staff
EXCLUSIVE: Motorway and A-road maintenance and operations organisation Highways England has launched a new employee engagement platform for its 5,650 staff.The Extra Mile platform, provided by Xexec, was implemented on 1 April 2019 to offer employees access to more than 3,000 discounts and lifestyle services, as well as a dedicated ...
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Supplier articleFive creative ways to launch your employee communications programme
By Harriet Truman, Enterprise Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayYou did it. You launched your employee communications platform, got your team registered and sent out your welcomes and announcements. People are logging in and you’re posting more and more content. Now what?Maybe you’re worried that after a few months it ...
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ArticleNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Unilever shortlisted for Best benefits communications
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, construction business Kier Group, and consumer goods organisation Unilever are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best benefits communications, large employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This accolade recognises the most effective and engaging benefits communication strategies implemented by employers with more than 5,000 ...
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ArticleBT and Siemens shortlisted for Best pensions communications
Telecommunications provider BT, construction business Kier Group and technology organisation Siemens are among those shortlisted for the Best pensions communications category at this year’s Employee Benefits Awards and Summer Party.The Best pensions communications award celebrates employers that have implemented effective strategies in order to engage employees with their retirement savings ...
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AnalysisHow can benefits packages be tailored to meet the needs of both large and small organisations?
Need to know:Large employers are likely to have more resources, time and expertise to dedicate to building impressive reward packages, but smaller organisations can lead in innovation and communication.Smaller employers are arguably able to gather and respond to feedback in a more effective manner, and can therefore make quicker progress ...