All Benefits technology articles – Page 89
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AnalysisAre apps increasing the take-up of voluntary benefits?
Need to know:The convenience and functionalities apps bring provide an opportunity to boost employee engagement with voluntary benefits.Good user experience and compelling content can ensure repeated use of an app.For maximum effect, mobile offerings should be strategically integrated into employers’ benefit programmes.In 2015, smartphones surpassed laptops as the most popular ...
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to flexible benefits technology
What is flexible benefits technology?This is a technology system, operating in-house or from cloud-based servers, that provides a platform to deliver a flexible benefits scheme. Increasingly, systems are designed to interface with other elements of benefits and reward, including pensions, and often have interactive and data-modelling tools that can be ...
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ArticleLondon City Airport introduces financial wellbeing app for staff
London City Airport has introduced a financial wellbeing app for its 500 employees.The app, provided by Squirrel, helps employees to manage their money and save directly from their pay.The financial wellbeing app was implemented in January 2016, with employee take up of 15% within the first month.Michelle Truss, HR business ...
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ArticleScottish Power introduces retirement savings portal
Scottish Power has introduced an online portal to help its employees meet their retirement saving goals.The portal, provided by Hymans Robertson, enables the 2,500 members of Scottish Power's defined contribution (DC) pension scheme to set a retirement income target and helps them to make informed decisions to meet that target.Around ...
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Supplier article
Ducks in a row: how to create the vision for HR technology
HR technology, when applied well, has the potential to make a positive difference in the lives of employees and improve organisational results. Lori Block, an expert in Communication and Technology, looks at a global approach to defining an HR technology strategy for the future.There may be nothing more powerful and ...
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ArticleWeigh up all the pros and cons of technology
Love it or loathe it, there’s no getting away from the fact that technology has made many aspects of our lives much easier. Everyday tasks can now be carried out at a touch of a button wherever we are and it has never been easier to keep in contact with ...
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ArticleRift Group launches employee engagement platform
Tax prediction services provider Rift Group has launched an employee engagement, reward and recognition platform for its 150 members of staff.The platform was launched in December 2015 so that employees could take advantage of retail discounts ahead of Christmas.The organisation introduced childcare and bikes-for-work vouchers for employees on 1 January, ...
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AnalysisGetting the balance right in a technology-dominated world
Need to know:An employer could draw up technology etiquette covering areas such as the time emails can be sent and when employees can log on to help create a healthy work-life balance.Employers could use a variety of communication methods, including more traditional presentations, desk drops and brochures alongside benefits portals ...
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Case StudiesAlfresco uses on and offline channels to engage staff with benefits
Alfresco is a content and business process management organisation employing around 400 people in 13 countries around the world, including the UK, where its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters are based. It provides its employees with a benefits package, including medical and dental insurance, childcare vouchers, group income ...
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Case StudiesAllpay encourages breaks away from technology
Technology is a key part of the working day at payments specialist Allpay. The organisation, which employs around 300 people, provides a range of services, including bill payment, prepaid cards and cashless payment systems. Ensuring staff take regular time away from technology, therefore, is actively encouraged throughout the organisation.Steve Foulger, ...
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OpinionDr Christine Grant: Employers can provide training and education to help staff switch off
The switched-on culture is becoming a well-used phrase that describes many of us with constant access to technology. It seems that we can never fully remove ourselves from the impulse to gaze at a screen, leading us to merge together work and non-working activities. Organisations are becoming concerned with the ...
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AnalysisInfographic: How does technology influence working hours?
An infographic outlining the influence of technology on employees' working hours. (Source: Chartered Management Institute's The quality of working life report, January 2016).Read more about getting the balance right in a technology-dominated world.
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ArticleSouthwark Council achieves 12% take-up rate for retail discount scheme in first three months
More than one in 10 (12%) of Southwark Council's 4,500 employees have signed up for its retail discount scheme in the three months since the benefit was introduced.Southwark Council launched a tailored platform, provided by Sodexo, that incorporates its existing employee benefits and two newly introduced benefits: childcare vouchers and ...
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ArticleHeight for Hire to launch employee engagement and communication portal
Access platform rental firm Height for Hire is to launch an employee engagement and internal communications hub for its 200 employees.The portal, provided by Reward Gateway, will enable Height for Hire’s staff to access existing benefits, as well as instant rewards and recognition schemes, through a centralised online hub using ...
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Case StudiesKingfisher uses gaming app to engage staff with long-term saving
In November 2014, the Kingfisher Group launched an app, Bolt to the finish, to encourage its 36,000 employees to engage with retirement saving.The app is part of an integrated five-year campaign, Saving for your future, which was developed together with agency Teamspirit following the successful auto-enrolment of 14,000 Kingfisher Group ...
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OpinionDr Penny Simpson: Consider key elements for effective gamification design
Gamification is ‘the use of game design elements in non-game contexts’ (From game design elements to gamefulness: defining gamification, Deterding et al., 2011). By drawing upon game design elements, mechanics and techniques, organisations hope to engender, in work, the type of experience that we find motivating, engaging and fun when ...
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AnalysisHow could gamification be used to support a financial education strategy?
Need to know:Gamification provides an additional channel through which staff can learn about financial matters.Introducing gamification into a financial education programme could help to increase employee engagement with financial wellness, particularly among younger staff.Embracing digital game elements that can be accessed on a number of devices can tap into the ...
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AnalysisInfographic: The reach of gaming across age groups
An infographic outlining gaming habits across age groups (Source: ISFE/Ipsos Connect’s GameTrack Digest: Quarter 2 2015, published in September 2015).Read more about how employers can use gamification to support a financial education strategy.
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Supplier article
A US revolution: Investing in creative destruction
The theme of ‘creative destruction’, or the impact of new technology, gathered pace in 2015. But which companies make an attractive investment? Stephen Moore, manager of the Artemis US Extended Alpha Fund, reviews.Click here to read the full article
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AnalysisFive predictions for employee benefits in 2016
Need to know:April 2015’s pension freedoms have formed a gap in the market for bespoke pensions.Increasing pressure to publish pay data may lead to more employers doing so voluntarily.Technology and staff-driven benefits are likely to increase in popularity.Through 2016 and beyond, employee benefits will evolve as staff wants and needs ...