Case studies – Page 9
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Case StudiesMexa Solutions goes beyond pay to support everyday financial wellbeing
IT recruitment consultancy Mexa Solutions, founded by brothers Simon and Bob Bath seven years ago, gave its team a 10% pay rise in October 2022 to mitigate the financial burdens they may be facing in the current uncertain times.The pay rise did not come with any stipulations about increased output ...
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Case StudiesTyler Grange benefits from funding staff wellbeing support
Tyler Grange has implemented a range of initiatives to ensure it fully supports its employees' health and wellbeing at no cost to its workforce.The environmental consultancy provides an employee assistance programme to all of its 72 members of staff, which offers financial and wellbeing advice, second opinion on medical diagnoses, ...
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Case StudiesUnique Vacations UK improves benefits as part of workforce investment
Unique Vacations UK (UVUK) is the UK sales and marketing representative for holiday firm Sandals and Beaches Resorts. The team, which comprises 48 employees, works closely with its sister firm Unique Caribbean Holidays (UCHL), which is the UK tour operator for Sandals and Beaches Resorts and employs 47 workers.In December ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Wave
The benefits on offer at Wave:PensionA master trust pension scheme for all employees. Those aged 22 and over are auto enrolled, but it is open to all employees.Matching contribution levels: 3% employee contribution, 6% employer; 4% employee 8% employer; 5% employee and 10% employer. Employees can contribute as much as ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Wave designs a benefits proposition in response to employee need
Employee Benefits · Employee Benefits/Wave podcastListen: A fairly young organisation, national water supplier Wave, has always ensured that employee wellbeing is weaved into the fabric of the business.Since its launch in 2017, the organisation has ensured that its benefits proposition offers staff a range of wellbeing support for any circumstance. ...
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Case StudiesWeber Shandwick ensures recognition for employees in all locations
Global communications agency Weber Shandwick is focused on equipping both its managers and employees with the skills to ensure that no member of the workforce, wherever they choose to work, is out of sight or mind.The agency, which employs around 1,000 employees in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ...
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Case StudiesSiemens encourages young staff to start building up pension contributions
Global technology organisation Siemens, which employs approximately 7,000 employes in the UK, believes it is important for its younger employees to understand that pension saving is most effective when they start early on. This gives them more time to build up contributions and investment returns, and make the most of ...
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Case StudiesMoore Kingston Smith ensures its pay and benefits strategies are sustainable
Professional services firm Moore Kingston Smith looks to balance salary, recognition and benefits equally as part of its holistic approach to its people and their reward.The organisation, which employs 75 partners and 700 employees based in and around London, regularly reviews its pay strategy according to the current climate, the ...
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Case StudiesShoosmiths supports staff with sustainable pay strategy
In 2022, London-based law firm Shoosmiths not only gave its employees a discretionary thank you payment equal to 3% of their salary in May, but also awarded them a £1,000 cost-of-living payment in September.The organisation, which employs more than 1,500 members of staff across 14 locations, also received living wage ...
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Case StudiesHootsuite uses feedback from LGBTQIA+ employees to inform its benefits package
Social media management organisation Hootsuite, which employs around 1,000 people, has implemented a range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and more (LGBTQIA+)-friendly initiatives. These include a restructuring of employee benefits, with increased coverage for mental health, fertility treatment, and gender affirmation surgeries, and the establishment of a ...
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Case StudiesSnowflake measures success of automated benefits programme
As a rapidly growing international cloud computing business, Snowflake knew it could no longer rely on a manual benefits system and started to look for a digital alternative.Jennifer Burnett, director, US benefits, says: “We wanted a platform that could be a single point of truth for employees; one place for ...
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Case StudiesBonnier Books UK encourages conversations around fertility issues
Publishing house Bonnier Books UK, which employs more than 300 members of staff in the UK, recognises the importance of opening up conversations and raising awareness of women’s health topics, such as fertility, menopause and pregnancy loss.The organisation has partnered with pregnancy charity Tommy’s to access training and resources in ...
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Case StudiesJ Murphy and Sons tailors fertility support to individuals
Civil engineering business J Murphy and Sons, which has 3,600 employees across the UK, Ireland and Canada, recognises that when it comes to providing support for fertility issues, circumstances can be very diverse, therefore, assistance cannot be offered on a one-size-fits-all basis.As a starting point, the organisation offers five days' ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Central Co-op introduces new reward hub to enhance benefits offering
tynanbarton · Employee Benefits/Central Co-op podcastListen: Retail co-operative society, Cental Co-op, has launched a new reward and benefits platform to offer a centralised benefits hub with essential support for employees during difficult financial times.In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Jen Roberts, senior reward and wellbeing manager at Central ...
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Case StudiesBenefits on offer at Central Co-op
Benefits offered by Central Co-op:Pension and group riskA group personal pension for all employees, with varying contribution levels.Life assurance, funded by the employer.Healthcare and wellbeingHealth cash plan, funded by the employee.Employee assistance programme, employer paid.Line manager mental health training.Mental health champions.Free flu jab.Menopause support policy.HolidaysHoliday puchase: employees can buy up ...
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Case StudiesBrambles engages and motivates employees with holistic approach to benefits
During what have been turbulent times for many, Brambles has ensured that it engages and motivates employees through its benefits proposition, while also fully supporting all areas of wellbeing.Recognising the strain that working through the pandemic has had on some employees, Brambles continuously informs staff about their benefits so that ...
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Case StudiesBizay prioritises staff feedback to maximise engagement
Bizay, a global operating system for product customisation, always takes each employee's individual needs into account when presenting its total reward package, which it built in order to better fit the needs of each member of its workforce.The organisation, which operates across Europe, South and North America and employs 180 ...
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Case StudiesMaterial Impact ensures pension investment plan aligns with sustainability ethos
Material Impact is a marketing and PR firm based in London, whose experience includes 61 clients in five continents, ranging from JP Morgan and $130 billion fund administrator Crestbridge to the Institute of Neurodiversity and Imperial College Business School. Established in January last year, it has eight members of staff, ...
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Case StudiesThames Water offers bespoke return-to-work plans for its workforce
Thames Water, which employs more than 7,500 members of staff, operates tailored, individual return-to-work plans for sick or injured employees.The water and wastewater services provider, which operates across London, the Thames Valley and surrounding areas, has an in-house occupational health team, which receives management referrals for employees who are unwell ...
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Case StudiesWalton Centre NHS Foundation Trust assists staff with long Covid
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, which focuses on the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, supports every member of staff with long Covid-19 (Coronavirus) to recover at their own pace, as each case is individual.Clinicians from the trust, which employs 1,535 members of staff, led an ...