All Benefits technology articles – Page 90
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk from 10-17 December 2015 What is driving employers’ flexible benefits strategies?EDF Energy consults on opening defined benefit pension scheme to new membersCouncil employees receive two-year pay rise offerGovernment confirms secondary annuity market will not extend to workplace pensionsCapita to acquire Work Group’s ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Withers goes green with benefits portal
EXCLUSIVE: Withers has enhanced its benefits portal to communicate annual salary increases and bonus payment updates to its UK employees, moving away from paper communications in line with its commitment to conducting business in a sustainable manner.The portal, provided by Staffcare, offers bespoke employee views that show compensation, including individual ...
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ArticleGHD launches employee engagement platform
GHD has launched an employee engagement platform to communicate its employee benefits, culture and values to staff.The engagement technology, provided by Reward Gateway, is designed to proactively communicate internal news and share best practice across GHD’s five UK offices.The hair product manufacturer also utilises the software as a common platform ...
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Case StudiesMartin Currie offers greater savings flexibility with new platform
Offering employees greater flexibility around how they save and broader access to the fund market were the key reasons behind investment management firm Martin Currie’s decision to introduce a workplace savings platform in 2013.Craig Gibson, head of reward, explains: “We offer all our employees membership of our self-invested personal pension ...
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AnalysisHow integrated to the workplace should an employee’s finances be?
If you read nothing else, read this…Workplace savings platforms allow employees to bring together their financial products to give them an overview and insight into their wealth.While some platforms offer access to a range of savings and investment products, others allow employees to pull together different products, including current accounts, ...
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ArticleSouth Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust launches benefits platform
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) has launched a bespoke employee benefits platform for its 7,500 members of staff.The platform, designed and administered by Ernest Grant Benefits, allows SWFT employees to actively engage with their current benefits, while delivering an expanding range of salary sacrifice schemes and a comprehensive range ...
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Benefits technology
The latest analysis, news, case studies and opinion in relation to the benefits technology used to deliver and communicate employee benefits, including gamification, apps and workplace platforms.
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ArticleBaker Tilly acquires Employer Services
Baker Tilly has acquired payroll, human resources solutions and business services firm Employer Services (ESL).The acquisition aims to expand on the services and expertise Baker Tilly offers to employers and enhance its existing outsourced payroll service.All 45 staff at ESL based in Brentwood, Essex, will join Baker Tilly. Stuart Hall, ...
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ArticleMultiple flex windows boost employee engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Multiple flexible benefit plan windows help to boost employee engagement, according to Donna Nind (pictured), reward director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Ricoh Europe.As part of her presentation at Employee Benefits Live 2015, entitled ‘Strategies for boosting the take-up of flexible benefits schemes’, ...
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AnalysisHow does the benefits app market compare with consumer apps?
If you read nothing else, read this…Mobile apps can provide employees with access to benefits wherever and whenever the need arises.Apps can complement traditional benefits communication and tap into the changing ways in which staff consume information.The increasing use of smartphones and the growing familiarity with digital technology in the ...
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ArticleGovernment to end union fee payments
The government plans to end state-run trade union subscription payments for all public sector workers.Under the current employer-administered process, known as ‘check off’, subscriptions are taken directly from the salaries of public sector employees that are union members.Following the removal of this practice, staff will instead pay union subscriptions by ...
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ArticleAlere refreshes benefits for multi-generational workforce
Alere is refreshing its employee benefits programme in the UK in order to increase engagement and provide more choice for the different generations within its workforce. The diagnostic device and service provider will enhance and expand its existing benefits package from September 2015. This will include the launch of new ...
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ArticleDoncaster Council switches voluntary benefits provider
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council has switched voluntary benefits providers. It launched a new platform, provided by Xexec, for its 4,800 employees on 6 July.The portal provides access to benefits such as retail discounts, a concierge service, tickets and travel, as well as a number of salary sacrifice arrangements including bikes ...
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ArticleSky uses film imagery to increase flexible benefits take up
EXCLUSIVE: Sky has increased the take up of its flexible benefits by more than 30% following the introduction of new communication techniques.The home entertainment and communications organisation embedded the characters from the Monsters University film into the workplace and used them to create awareness around its My Sky Rewards benefits ...
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ArticleCentrica adds new benefits to flex for 30,000 staff
EXCLUSIVE: Centrica has added three new benefits to its flexible benefits package for its 30,000 employees.The energy organisation, which owns British Gas (pictured), is also continually communicating the benefits through its summer roadshows to help drive up employee engagement with benefits.It launched the new benefits in its flex enrolment window ...
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ArticleNorthgate Vehicle Hire launches voluntary benefits
Northgate Vehicle Hire has enhanced its employee benefits package with a new voluntary benefits plan for more than 2,000 members of staff. The vehicle rental organisation rolled out its ‘Just for You’ voluntary benefits programme in April 2015 and offers employees a broad range of retail and lifestyle discounts, as ...
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ArticleHeinz boosts flexible benefits take up
EXCLUSIVE: Heinz has nearly trebled its flexible benefits submission rates in 2015 through the use of an online benefits portal and effective communication practices.The food manufacturer took a ‘learn, see, change’ approach to guide more than 2,500 employees through the annual enrolment window in November 2014 to help them digest ...
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Article17,000 Tata Steel staff to strike over pensions
More than 17,000 Tata Steel employees will strike on 22 June in an ongoing dispute over the organisation’s pension scheme changes. The action will include a ban on overtime and work-to-rule will be carried out next week by employees.The dispute is over the closure of the steel workers’ final salary ...
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ArticleEvidera achieves cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Evidera has achieved a cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme in the first 10 months of launch after £100,000 worth of investment. The pharmaceutical consulting organisation, which has more than 110 employees, has also saved a total of £8,184 on benefits costs pre-flex versus post-flex costs of £105,131 a year to ...
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ArticleHoliday buy and sell receive highest take up in flex
EXCLUSIVE: Holiday buy and sell, critical illness cover and travel insurance are among the benefits with the highest take up in flexible benefits, according to research by benefits consultancy and technology provider Vebnet. The research, which is from 52 employer clients across five different industry sectors that have a total ...