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Case StudiesUniversal Music Group offers virtual GP service to all UK staff
Universal Music Group’s UK division provides a virtual GP benefit as part of its health and wellbeing strategy.The organisation, which employs over 1,300 staff across its business entities in the UK, including Capital Records, Island Records, Virgin EMI and Abbey Road Studios, launched the virtual GP service in May 2015, ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Explore Learning
The employee benefits offered by Explore Learning:Pension and group risk Group personal pension scheme. Matching contributions up to 4% for assistant managers, and up to 8% matched by employer for centre directors and head office staff.Life assurance for centre directors with over two years’ service.Critical illness insurance.Health and wellbeingPrivate medical ...
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Case StudiesExplore Learning uses employee feedback to tailor benefits strategy
Private education organisation Explore Learning takes employee feedback on board when fine-tuning its benefits strategy.Its expanding benefits package includes a health and wellbeing toolkit, enhanced maternity pay, a maternity package which includes its tailormade Mum's the Word scheme, and the option to buy or sell holiday. In April, Explore Learning ...
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Case StudiesEY uses diversity and inclusion strategy to address gender pay disparity
Professional services organisation EY is tackling its gender pay gap disparity using a range of policies and programmes within its diversity and inclusion strategy, aimed at improving gender balance across the business.The firm, which has 15,000 employees in the UK and Ireland, reported a 19.7% mean gender pay gap for ...
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Case StudiesAccenture equalises parental policies to encourage male take up
Global management consultancy and professional services organisation Accenture equalised its shared parental leave and maternity leave policies to give employees equal opportunities to manage their work and family lives after the birth of a child.The organisation, which has 11,500 employees in the UK, introduced its shared parental leave policy in ...
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Case StudiesSener supports expatriates with wide range of benefits
Engineering and technology organisation, Sener, has more than 2,500 employees around the world. As well as its head offices in Spain, it also has a presence in regions including the UK, Poland, US, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, South America and the Middle and Far East.To ensure the right expertise is ...
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Case StudiesKier Group consolidated pensions into master trust arrangement
Property, construction and services group Kier previously ran a number of different defined contribution schemes, but moved to a master trust in July 2016.Mark Bradshaw, group reward and benefits director, says: “We wanted just one, to make communication of our pension offering easier for [employees] to understand, as well as ...
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Case StudiesSage uses data research software to drive benefits communications strategy
Sage uses data technologies to streamline its benefits communication strategy more effectively. The accountancy software organisation uses the Darwin Analytics software, provided by Thomsons Online Benefits, to enable Sage's benefits team to analyse the engagement levels and spend of its 13,000 employees. The technology also enables them to drill down ...
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Case StudiesACCA uses behavioural economics to engage staff with financial health
Global professional accountancy body the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) offers its employees financial benefits via an online platform that places behavioural economics at the heart of its philosophy.The organisation, which employs 900 people in London and Glasgow, sends out personalised emails or text 'nudges' through its programme based ...
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Case StudiesAllianz Worldwide Partners holds annual week to support employees’ personal learning
Automotive and travel insurance organisation Allianz Worldwide Partners hosts an annual Learning at Work Week for its 500 UK employees to help staff develop new skills, as well as try out new hobbies.Its Learning at Work Week, held in May each year, forms part of Allianz Worldwide Partners’ employee engagement, ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Kier Group
The workplace benefits offered by Kier GroupPension and financial benefitsA defined contribution (DC) master trust open to all employees, with matching contributions up to 7.5%.Sharesave and share incentive plan (Sip) open to all employees.Financial education.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance dependent on grade.Eyecare: employees can claim back the cost of an ...
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Case StudiesKier Group develops reward and benefits in line with business growth
Having gone through a period of considerable change in the last five years, construction, property and services organisation, Kier Group aims to be as flexible as possible with its reward and benefits offering.The organisation has developed from regionalised construction businesses to a national business, which has included the acquisition of ...
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Case StudiesHow Redington is creating a great employee experience
Investment consultancy Redington has embraced the challenge of creating a great employee experience.Kavish Patel, people director at Redington, says: “I think the reason benefits have had to step up and become more creative is we have gone from work where you go to the office, come back and have your ...
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Case StudiesAdmiral provides enhanced optical benefits to support employee health
Insurer Admiral provides enhanced optical benefits to its 6,521 UK staff to ensure employees maintain good overall health.As part of its wider health and wellbeing strategy, Admiral introduced its eyecare benefit, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, in April 2017. The benefit is designed to fulfil the organisation’s statutory requirements by ...
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Case StudiesHays addresses gender pay differences as part of pensions education
Recruitment organisation Hays has run pensions education presentations for its 3,200 UK employees to ensure that staff understand the basic concepts of how their workplace pension works.Improving employees’ fundamental knowledge of pensions can help them to pinpoint wider issues that may impact their retirement savings, for example, the potential impact ...
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Case StudiesSSE provides contractors with same financial wellbeing benefits as permanent staff
Energy provider SSE believes that all employees, whether they are employed permanently, on a fixed-term contract, or as part of its trainee programme, should have the same access to the organisation's financial wellbeing benefits package.Its 200,000 employees, which includes 500 trainees and a large number of contractors, have access to ...
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Case StudiesMitie used workplace loans to launch financial wellbeing strategy
Outsourced facilities management organisation Mitie introduced workplace loans for its 53,000 UK employees in order to kickstart its financial wellbeing strategy.Its workplace loan scheme, which was introduced in December 2017 and is provided by SalaryFinance, is aimed at helping Mitie to facilitate access to a practical financial benefit that enables ...
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Case StudiesGVA uses online financial education as basis for financial wellbeing strategy
Commercial property organisation GVA began to create a non-invasive financial wellbeing strategy with the launch of an online financial education programme for its 1,500 UK employees based across its 11 national operating sites.It implemented its financial education programme, provided by Nudge, in November 2017 following the launch of its physical ...
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Case StudiesAshford Borough Council reforms benefits strategy to meet future business challenges
When Ashford Borough Council took the decision to overhaul its benefits strategy in 2011, one of its key motivations was to create a system that would help it attract and retain talent at a time when the public sector was not seen as an attractive destination.Susanna Aiano, personnel projects and ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by UK Power Networks
The workplace benefits offered by UK Power Networks:Pensions and financial wellbeingElectricity supply industry final salary pension scheme, closed to new entrants.EDF Energy defined benefit scheme, closed to new entrants.Defined contribution (DC) group personal pension scheme open to all employees. Matching 2:1 contributions, up to 10% from the employer.Tenancy loan deposit ...