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AnalysisIn numbers: The challenges of flexible benefits in a modern workplace
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OpinionProfessor Dan Cable: A flexible benefits package is essential in the modern workplace
If you want your employees to be at their best, it makes sense for them to have a say on their reward package. As a result, I believe flexible benefits are fundamental.Importantly, flexible packages are a way for employers to show that they care about their employees by offering a ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Skyscanner
The employee benefits offered by Skyscanner:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension scheme. Matching contributions for all staff.Life assurance.Income protection.Will writing.Health and wellbeing Private medical insurance.Health screening.Employee assistance programme (EAP).Gym membership.Bikes-for-work scheme.Headspace subscription.Work-life balance32 days' holiday as standard, which includes bank holidays as staff can work on public holidays.Employees can buy ...
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OpinionSir Cary Cooper: Employee engagement and wellbeing at work
Employee engagement has been the buzzword of the last 15 years, as HR has been looking for the magic bullet that will transform British businesses in terms of their poor productivity performance and high levels of workplace stress.The problem is that, over this period, we have scarcely moved on the ...
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The benefits at Three UK
The benefits at ThreePension Non-contributory group personal pension for retail employees, with 3% employer contribution. Group personal pension scheme for head-office staff, with 2% employee contribution and 8% from Three.Healthcare Private medical insurance for management-level staff and above. Available to all staff through flexible benefits scheme. Income protection for senior ...
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OpinionKatharine Moxham: Why group risk protection benefits tick all the boxes
Given that the government is drawing back, no one should be without a way to protect their own financial stability and that of their family, especially because according to the Office for National Statistics' (ONS’) Quarterly sector accounts, UK: October to December 2017, published in xx the UK household’s savings ...
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AnalysisInfographic: Why employees do not always seek medical advice promptly
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OpinionTim Reay: Multinational employers need to adopt key global benefits
More and more people are being sent by their employers to work in other countries; some estimates show that there are up to 50 million expatriates within multinational employers, which represents a 25% increase in the last decade.The old way of keeping an expatriate on home country terms, with all ...
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OpinionMark Brill: Working smarter with artificial intelligence
There is a lot of talk, even hype, about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it will take over the world. We are understandably concerned about how this technology might disrupt work or take jobs away. Some, including the late Stephen Hawking, who spoke openly about AI in an interview with ...
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ArticleStefan Martin: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
According to newspaper reports, several supermarket chains are either already facing, or are preparing to face, large numbers of equal pay cases. Female workers in stores are claiming that they are engaged in work of equal value to that of male employees working in distribution centres and are entitled to ...
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ArticleDónall Breen: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
As the saying goes, learn from the mistakes of others because you cannot afford to make them all yourself. Especially not ones as big as a mass equal pay claim. That is why so many private sector employers, lawyers and campaigners are closely following the Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and, most ...
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ArticleDonald MacKinnon: What can employers learn from the Tesco and Morrisons equal pay cases?
Tesco is one of the latest supermarket retailers to face equal pay claims from female staff claiming that their work is of equal value to that of higher-paid male colleagues. Over 200,000 staff could be affected which would give rise to a potential liability of over £4 billion. The potential ...
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AnalysisInfographic: The main financial wellness drivers for employees in 2018
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Connect 2018 speaker slides
Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, which took place on 28 February 2018.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakers:K1: Opening keynote: Building the future ...
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Employee Benefits Connect 2018 speaker slides
Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, which took place on 28 February 2018.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakers:K1: Opening keynote: Building the future ...
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ArticleTim Goodwin: Does the government’s response to the Taylor Review go far enough to protect workers?
The government has finally set out its response to the Taylor Review, which looked at how changes in the workplace, and in particular, the rise of the gig economy, affect our employment rights. Unfortunately, the response is not particularly inspiring.For starters, there is not an awful lot in it. Rather ...
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ArticleRuth Buchanan and Hannah Martin: Does the government’s response to the Taylor Review go far enough to protect workers?
The future of work is here; or is it? In February 2018, the government released its response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices and there are likely to be a lot of changes for employers to get to grips with.The government proposes to take action on 52 of ...
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ArticleKatie Bailey: Does the government’s response to the Taylor Review go far enough to protect workers?
The government’s eagerly awaited and lengthy response to the Taylor Review, which was published in February, has elicited mixed commentary. On the one hand, Matthew Taylor himself has welcomed the fact that virtually all of his recommendations were accepted in principle, and the commitments expressed by the government to improve ...
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ArticleChristina McAnea: Does the government’s response to the Taylor review go far enough to protect workers?
Workers in the UK are struggling. People are trying to build families, but living on poverty pay it is nigh on impossible for them to plan for the future or get out of debt.Short-term and temporary contracts can cause just as much insecurity as zero-hours ones. Unscrupulous employers are getting ...
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OpinionJulia Hanna: Financial fitness is a win-win for employers and employees
There is increasing evidence that financial anxiety impacts mental, physical and social wellbeing. This, in turn, impacts attendance and performance at work.With stagnant wages, increased life expectancy, and an uncertain economy and job prospects, according to PWC’s Employee financial wellness survey, published in April 2015, about a third of us ...