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Case StudiesUnilever uses benefits platform to engage global workforce with benefits and obtain reward data
Consumer goods organisation Unilever uses a total reward platform to inform and engage its 155,000 global employees with its reward package.Its bespoke reward system, UFlexReward, feeds the employer data about its employees' benefits preferences to enable it to provide personalised benefits packages. It also collates all costs involved with benefits, ...
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Case StudiesAegon introduces mental health initiatives to help staff through the Covid-19 pandemic
At the height of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, financial services organisation Aegon launched a number of initiatives to ensure that its 4,500 employees receive the right level of support for their mental health.With all employees working remotely, in March 2020 the employer launched a virtual series of webinars offering internal ...
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Case StudiesKeeptruckin enhances mental wellbeing programme during Covid-19 pandemic
Global vehicle software solutions organisation Keeptruckin has enhanced its mental health wellbeing programme for all of its 1,500 employees worldwide. The organisation wanted to help support all of its employees' mental health needs to ensure that all employees, no matter what their state of mind, receive the support they need.Ron ...
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Case StudiesAdmiral Group adapts mental wellbeing strategy to support employees through the pandemic
Insurance organisation Admiral Group has adapted its mental health strategy to ensure its employees get the support they need during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Rebecca Walters, health and wellbeing manager at Admiral Group, says: "As an organisation, we felt it important to adapt our mental health strategy because of Covid. We ...
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Case StudiesKindred Group adapts end-of-year benefits for remote workforce
As is the case with many organisation, the Kindred Group is still at the planning stage with its end-of-year celebrations and festivities.In previous years, the gambling operator has held large Christmas parties for its 400 UK employees, but with government restrictions placed on large gatherings due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) ...
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Case StudiesLily's Kitchen serves up a suite of benefits to support employee wellbeing
From happiness packages to an employee assistance programme, Lily’s Kitchen has made innovative changes to its benefits package in 2020 in order to support the wellbeing of its employees.Georgina Cameron, HR director, explains: “I think there has been far more emphasis in the last six months on employee wellbeing, safety ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Lily’s Kitchen
The benefits offered by Lily’s KitchenPensionGroup personal pension plan with matching employee contributions from 1% to a maximum of 8%.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance for all employees, employer paid.Employee assistance programme.Enhanced sick pay up to 26 days per year.Mental health first aider.Family friendly and work-life balanceEnhanced parental leave of ...
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Case StudiesUltimate Software and Kronos ensures carers are at the heart of benefits strategy
Kronos Incorporated and Ultimate Software, soon to be known as Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG), has thought long and hard about its wellbeing strategy during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, ensuring that all of its 12,000 employees with caring responsibilities are not overlooked.Like most organisations, Kronos Incorporated and Ultimate Software has adopted ...
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Case StudiesAster Group offers resilience training as part of its overarching wellbeing strategy
Housing organisation Aster Group has a multi-faceted approach to its employee wellbeing which includes offering resilience training to its 1,400 employees. As well as working closely with Dorset Mind, a local-based mental health charity, the organisation took the unique approach of employing a mental wellbeing trainer on a permanent basis, ...
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Case StudiesTime Etc's organisational culture builds resilience among employees
Some organisations were better prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic because they had already established a culture that strengthened resilience among their employees, including Time Etc, a Birmingham-based virtual assistant service that employs around 40 people in its head office.Barnaby Lashbrooke, chief executive officer (CEO), says: “Resilience has little to do ...
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Case StudiesNHS Property Services adopts flexible-working policy to manage change
When lockdown restrictions were imposed during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in March 2020, employers like NHS Property Services (NHSPS) were faced with having to make significant changes to their businesses.With 1,000 of its 5,000 of its employees working primarily in office-based roles, NHSPS initially found it challenging to address the ...
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Case StudiesQuilter focuses on employees' mental and physical health during pandemic
Quilter is a financial services organisation providing advice, investments and wealth management in the UK and internationally. It employs around 4,500 people across its hubs in London, Newcastle and Southampton, but also in smaller offices throughout the UK and overseas.When lockdown was announced, employees’ health and wellbeing was a priority. ...
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Case StudiesSiemens uses pensions education to increase contribution levels
Global technology organisation Siemens launched a pensions education strategy for its 15,000 employees in January 2019 to increase the number of staff that contributed to their pension savings.Siemens found that, under its money purchase defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, 83% of its employees were predicted not to reach the Department ...
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Case StudiesJohn Lewis recommunicates health insurance to staff during Covid-19
Throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, John Lewis has recommunicated its group risk insurance benefits to its 83,000 employees.The employer recommunicated its private medical insurance, life assurance, and financial assistance options to employees by utilising its in-house support phone helpline in March 2020 to support employees who were looking for more ...
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Case StudiesNominet encourages employees to cycle to work
UK domain name registry Nominet is encouraging its 250 employees to get more active with its bikes-for-work scheme. Employees can buy a bike through the organisation’s salary sacrifice arrangement and purchase any model up to the value of £3,000, spreading payments over a 12-month period. Beverley Hamblet-Bowes, HR director at ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Natwest Group
The benefits offered by Natwest Group (previously RBS Group):PensionTrust-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme; employees are awarded 10% of their salary as pension funding.Save More Tomorrow initiative which automatically increases pensions contributions by 1% each year.Defined benefit (DB) pension, closed to new members.Group risk and protectionDisability cover, through the flexible ...
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Case StudiesNatwest Group's benefits agenda reflects its strategy of championing people potential
When Alison Rose was appointed the chief executive of Natwest Group in November 2019, she put forward her purpose-led strategy for the banking group: to champion the potential of people, families and businesses.It is this strategy that has been driving the reward and benefits agenda at the organisation. Sharon Midwinter, ...
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Case StudiesThree enhances private medical insurance provision for all employees
Three relaunched its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme in order to equalise its offering for all employees.The telecommunications firm previously had a PMI scheme in place which was only available to certain grades of its employee base. It has been working through a harmonisation project of its employee grades, so ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Nottingham offers private medical insurance as part of a broad wellbeing approach
The University of Nottingham introduced its private medical insurance (PMI) scheme in January 2019.There were a few reasons behind the organisation's decision to implement the benefit:, explains Ben Hadwin, HR project manager: “We really tried to step up our wellbeing offering in general, and my view is that it’s about ...
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