All Case studies articles – Page 12
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Case StudiesTrayport adds group income protection to reassure employees post-Covid
Energy trading software firm Trayport introduced group income protection via Zurich during the pandemic in January 2021, to provide added reassurance to its UK employees.David Glennon, rewards manager at Trayport, says: “When Covid came along, we wanted to find opportunities to give our employees additional peace of mind. We already ...
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Case StudiesRoyds Withy King provides compassionate and bereavement leave to support staff
Royds Withy King is a top 100 UK law firm based in London that employs 550 members of staff. The organisation has a compassionate and bereavement leave policy to support its staff when they need it most, whether that is to assist a close relative who is seriously ill, emergency ...
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Case StudiesBenefits offered by Murphy Group
The benefits on offer at construction and civil engineering business Murpy Group:Pension and group riskThree pension schemes including a trust-based defined contribution scheme and two master trusts. Employer contributions range from the minimum of 3% through to 12% depending on role, scheme and personal choice.Life insurance for all employees, employer-paid. ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Murphy Group recognises the value in providing a holistic benefits provision
tynanbarton · Murphy Group/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Murphy Group recognises the importance of providing a benefits provision that is easy to adapt and evolve in order to meet the needs of its workforce.In this edition of the Employee Benefits podcast, Dawn Moore, group people and communications director, discusses how the construction ...
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Case StudiesHackajob backs employees looking to help Ukrainian refugees
Technical talent marketplace Hackajob has 85 employees, with 45 in the UK and the remaining 40 in Iasi, Romania. The office there is on the border with Moldova, and around 100km from Ukraine.When the war started, it became clear that many people in the Romanian office were involved in helping ...
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Case StudiesPromoVeritas focuses on pay to provide security for staff
In a move to help staff cope with the soaring cost of living, promotional marketing agency PromoVeritas announced an across-the-board 6.5% pay rise for its 40 employees in March 2022, and a rise of 8% for those who achieved a performance score of eight out of 10 or higher in ...
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Case StudiesITM switches to master trust to ease burden and boost engagement
Independent data consultancy ITM switched from a group personal pension (GPP) to a Cushon master trust in January 2021.Hilary Chapman, head of HR at ITM, says: “We previously had a GPP and were looking to move from our previous pension provider because of issues with administration and lack of member ...
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Case StudiesGeneral Mills aims to break barriers with staff IVF support
General Mills is a global food business that produces and distributes to more than 100 brands on six continents. It employs more than 35,000 employees, with half located outside the USA and 240 in the UK and Ireland.As part of its recognition that infertility can affect many people, the organisation ...
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Case StudiesHalfords supports staff financial wellbeing with savings and budgeting app
Halfords is a provider of motoring and cycling services and products, with more than 10,000 member of staff working in 404 stores, three performance cycling stores and 604 garages across the UK.Every Halfords employee has access to a financial planning app, which was introduced last September in partnership with fintech ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by London City Airport
The benefits offered by London City Airport:PensionDefined contribution pension scheme with salary sacrifice option. Employer contributions range from 4% to 10%, depending on length of service.Healthcare and wellbeingEmployer-paid private medical insurance (PMI) for all employees after five years' service. After 10 years, they receive family PMI cover. Any employee can ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: London City Airport promotes use of benefits to tackle cost of living increases
tynanbarton · London City Airport/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Michael Spiers, chief people officer at London City Airport discusses how the employer is taking steps to ensure employees are fully utilising their benefits schemes.The employer recognises the impact that the cost of living rises can have on employees' lives so is making ...
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Case StudiesCare provider Elder uses reward package to attract talent to the sector
Attracting and retaining talent is a key part of care provider Elder’s strategy, both for its own employees and the 5,000 self-employed carers who find work through its platform. It set out to disrupt the market when it launched in 2015.Pete Dowds, CEO of Elder, says: “Care isn’t well incentivised ...
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Case StudiesMilk and Honey empowers staff through employee ownership
PR agency Milk and Honey was founded in 2017 by group CEO Kirsty Leighton. After starting life as a limited liability partnership, last year it converted to an employee ownership trust (EOT), which saw 52% of the agency’s 27 members of staff become co-owners.Leighton explains that this is a much ...
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Case StudiesNominet offers targeted mental health support to staff
Oxford-based technology firm Nominet, which has more than 250 employees, has for the past 25 years run the .UK domain name internet infrastructure that underpins network detection and response solutions used by governments to mitigate cyber threats.As part of its mental health support approach, the organisation places significant emphasis on ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Lincoln supports staff with retirement planning
The University of Lincoln employs more than 2,000 workers in a range of both academic and professional roles and is one of the largest employers in the city of Lincoln.The university acknowledges that in academia, people can, and often do, work into their later years, and often receives requests from ...
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Case StudiesSalesforce puts health at the heart of hybrid working
Customer relationship management organisation Salesforce employs 75,000 people globally including several thousand in the UK and Ireland across a variety of customer-facing and global shared-services roles.Looking after all aspects of their health has always been important. Terri Moloney, senior director, employee success, at Salesforce, says: “We have a very diverse ...
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Case StudiesM&C Saatchi gets support message across to carers
In January this year global marketing firm M&C Saatchi introduced a programme of support for the carers among its workforce, including young adults.The organisation employs around 700 people in the UK and has partnered with childcare provider Bright Horizons to deliver the initiative nationwide.Annabel Mackie, managing partner at M&C Saatchi, ...
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Case StudiesLogistics firm Europa relaunches organisational values to staff
Logistics organisation Europa has several organisational values that it believes are central to the way in which it treats employees, and what it expects in return. These include key principles such as driving out complexity, acting reasonably, creating a family spirit, and allowing people to ask so-called ‘dumb’ questions.The values ...
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Case StudiesReboot creates a glow with a four-day week
For Naomi and Shai Aharony, co-founders of online marketing business Reboot, the pandemic brought about a huge change in mindset.“We both came from very demanding jobs at American [organisations] where to leave your desk before 8pm was looked at in disgust,” says Shai.However, enforced home working during the lockdowns led ...