All Benefits technology articles – Page 72
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mundipharma offers choice and convenience with new flexible benefits strategy
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Pharmaceutical organisation Mundipharma’s overhauled flexible benefits package offers wider choice to employees.In a session entitled ‘Building a flexible benefits strategy for the future’, which took place as part of the benefits strategy stream at Employee Benefits Live on Tuesday 2 October, Amy Goodwin, head of reward ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: Mental health matters when it comes to wellbeing
On day one of this year’s Employee Benefits Live, which took place on 2 and 3 October at ExCeL London, Google’s Cayla Kitayama delivered the opening keynote address which explored how to put health and wellbeing at the heart of an organisation’s benefits strategy.Kitayama, who is responsible for the technology ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Behavioural science around power is key to preventing sexual harassment
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Understanding behavioural science around power and authority is key to preventing sexual harassment in the workplace.In a session titled ‘#MeToo – from a moment to a movement', Andrew Armes, UK head of talent acquisition at Roche, and Elizabeth Prochaska, legal director at the Equality and Human ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Rolls-Royce's Roomes says focus on performance to make business case for wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2018: To make the business case for wellbeing to the board of an organisation, HR leaders should focus on performance.In a session titled ‘Bringing health and wellbeing into the boardroom, the business case’, as part of the diversity and inclusion stream on 3 October, David Roomes, group ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: DWP calls for HR professionals to act as workplace pensions advocates
Employee Benefits Live 2018: HR professionals and employers can help the Department for Work and Pensions communicate the benefits of saving into a workplace pension.In a session titled ‘Auto-enrolment – what can HR learn from the DWP’s national multichannel campaign’, Mary Hennessey, head of marketing and communications at the DWP, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Unilever chatbot to transform HR services in 106 countries
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Unilever has reimagined HR services using artificial intelligence (AI), with a chatbot to go live in 106 countries.In the closing keynote session on day one (Tuesday 2 October 2018), titled ‘Reimagining the employee experience: adventures in artificial intelligence’, Keith Williams (pictured), reimagine HR services director at ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: RBS’ Cowan says changing workplace requires individual pensions approach
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Changes to the workforce mean the days of a one-size-fits-all approach to lifetime savings are over.In a session titled ‘Lifetime savings for a changing workplace culture and demographic’, Jim Cowan, head of benefits at RBS Group, told delegates that personalisation is the key to the future ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Diageo aligns internal and external branding to boost its EVP
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Multi-national beverage organisation Diageo focuses on aligning its internal and external branding, to help ensure that its image as an employer is linked directly with the factors that make it successful as a business.In a leadership panel at Employee Benefits Live 2018, Else Russell, global talent ...
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AnalysisHow can employers fully embrace flexible working practices?
Need to know:Flexibility in working practices is in high demand and accommodating this can influence an organisation's performance; but this takes careful planning to implement effectively.Leadership buy-in, role models and strong communication are all elements of laying the groundwork for flexible working practices, as is ensuring that internal systems are ...
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OpinionRosie Gloster: Embedding flexible working into your organisational culture
In some organisations, employees who work flexibly can experience a lack of skills development, or pay and career progression, while workplace cultures and practices can at times leave flexible or part-time employees in isolation.This seems to be a negative outcome of the discord between HR policies and the realities of ...
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ArticleNearly a third of employees say they are not motivated at work
The proportion of people saying they are not motivated at work rose to 29% in 2017, from 18% the previous year, according to a study by reward and recognition consultant Motivates.The April 2018 survey of 2,000 UK employees for the report Living to work asked respondents to reveal the causes ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2018 set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London
Employee Benefits Live 2018, the largest dedicated reward and benefits event in Europe, is set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London for its 20th anniversary this week.The event, held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October 2018, will allow HR, reward and benefits professionals to explore the latest industry innovations ...
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ArticleA third of younger applicants worried to ask about employers' flexible working policies
Nearly a third (30%) of 18 to 34-year-olds would be worried to ask about flexible working policies during a job interview, according to a survey commissioned by Direct Line Group.Almost a quarter (23%) of all 2,003 respondents to the Opinium research, carried out between 7 and 11 September 2018, expressed ...
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ArticleA fifth believe the pensions dashboard would most encourage them to save for retirement
A fifth (21%) of respondents believe that the pensions dashboard is the online technology that would most encourage retirement saving, according to research by pensions consultants Lane Clark and Peacock (LCP) and YouGov.Its survey of 2,008 UK adults also found that 57% of overall respondents would not trust retirement planning ...
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ArticlePizza taste testers to get a slice of the action
Something for the weekend: Everyone has their own idea of the best job in the world, but this one will take some topping. Pizza oven organisation Ooni is looking for taste testers, who will eat "pizza, pizza and more pizza" and get paid for the privilege.Ooni claims to produce ovens ...
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Case StudiesAvios Group builds staff engagement using ideas campaign
Avios Group, which has 500 UK-based employees, operates the Avios reward currency for the British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, AerClub, Vueling Club and Meridiana Club, as well as the Avios Travel Rewards Programme in South Africa. It is also the currency for kulula.com and Flybe frequent flyers.The Avios UK ...
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ArticlePWC, Motor Neurone Disease Association and Deloitte to speak at Employee Benefits Live
PWC, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Deloitte are among the organisations that will address attendees at Employee Benefits Live 2018 on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October.During the course of the two-day event, delegates will hear experts discuss a wide variety of topics impacting the reward, benefits and compensation ...
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ArticleAnglia Ruskin University pilots gamified sustainability programme
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has launched a new sustainability and wellbeing behaviour change initiative, using gamification to drive engagement.ARUgreen, operated by Green Rewards through its JUMP engagement programme, is being piloted for six months, initially covering 700 of ARU's 18,000 employees. The pilot launched on Monday 17 September 2018.The initiative ...
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AnalysisHow to motivate employees with effective gamification strategies
Need to know:Gamification is more than just badges and leaderboards; it in fact helps to systematise, unify and measure long-standing motivation techniques.Effective gamification involves in-depth strategy, careful testing, and judicious application.To truly make the most of a codified system of goals and achievements, employers should embrace the advantages technology can ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Keeping employees motivated and engaged
As our Motivation Week, in association with Motivates, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Today’s employers are increasingly able to recognise the strong link between motivation and performance, and ultimately, the bottom line. ...