All articles by Clare Bettelley – Page 11
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AnalysisFamily-friendly benefits for the school summer holidays
If you read nothing else, read this…Childcare vouchers are a popular family-friendly benefit that employers offer staff.Flexible working and discount vouchers can be equally valuable.Employers should ensure they do not discriminate against staff without children.But employers can offer considerable support to help them cope, and at relatively little cost.Childcare vouchers ...
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AnalysisAt-retirement options glossary
AnnuityA type of insurance policy that employees can buy from an insurer, often their pension scheme provider, at retirement using their pension savings in return for an income for life.Enhanced annuityWorks in the same way as a standard annuity, but offers better income levels for employees in poor health, caused ...
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AnalysisHow to educate staff about at-retirement choices
If you read nothing else, read this…At-retirement education programmes should focus on employees’ desired lifestyle when they stop work.Employers should also consider employees who may want to work longer.Competent pensions managers can offer cost-effective financial education programmes in-house.Employers should first focus on educating employees about the lifestyle changes they are ...
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BAT reviews allowances for expat staff
British American Tobacco (BAT) is reviewing the cash allowances it provides to employees deployed to work in high-risk countries.These include countries suffering political unrest and economic hardship.In a session titled What to expect in global mobility compliance at Employee Benefits Connect on 27 February, Catherine Birchall, global mobility and reward ...
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ArticleHR increasingly keeps flex savings for its own projects
This is in line will with this research conducted over the past six years.However, the proportion of respondents that are keeping any savings within the HR department has increased steadily over the years. The proportion that keep the savings to fund other HR initiatives has now grown to 9%, from ...
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Case StudiesThe employee benefits offered by law firm Withers to its staff
The law firm reviewed its benefits and providers and conducted a staff survey in 2013 to ensure staff would be engaged and enthused by the offering.PensionA group personal pension in which Withers matches employee contributions up to 5%HealthcareLife assurance is employer-funded and available at four-times salary, up to £750,000, which ...
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AnalysisThe impact of an ageing workforce on a benefits strategy
If you read nothing else, read this…Older employees may choose to work because they enjoy their job, not because they can’t afford to retire.An ageing workforce requires employers to rethink the make-up of their benefits.Workforce planning should be about employees’ skillsets, not their age.Employees aged over 50 make up 27% ...
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ArticleSalary sacrifice cars to see big growth in flex
Some 22% of respondents plan to add this perk to flex, while 10% of employers plan to add low-emission cars to their plans.Some 18% of employers currently offer salary sacrifice cars and 11% of employers currently offer low-emission cars through their flex plans. Dining cards, such as Tastecard and Gourmet ...
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Article86% of employers offer childcare vouchers via flexible benefits
This means that childcare vouchers are the perk that most employers offer, although this benefit does tend to see low take up among employees. Generally, tax-efficient benefits are commonly offered because of the income tax and national insurance (NI) savings (both for employers and employees) that these can bring. This ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits / Towers Watson flexible benefits research 2014
Read the digital edition of the Employee Benefits / Towers Watson flexible benefits research 2014.The supplement includes the following articles:Paul Brown: Fit-for-purpose and well-communicated benefits engage staffClare Bettelley: Employee engagement drives flexible benefits growthEmployee Benefits Flexible benefits research 2014: Key findingsFlexible benefits most successful in optimising tax and NI savingsStaff ...
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Last chance to win an iPad with flexible benefits research
This is your last chance to win an iPad mini in return for just 10 minutes of your time.Simply complete the Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible Benefits survey and we will enter you into a prize draw for the chance to win an iPad mini. We will also send you a ...
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AnalysisEmployers’ legal requirements for workplace management
Welfare provisionsToilets.Hand basins with soap and towels or a hand-drier.Drinking water.A place to store clothing and somewhere for employees to change/lockers.Somewhere for employees to rest/eat food, which could be their desk.Health provisionsA supply of fresh, clean air from outside, either from open windows or via a mechanical ventilation system, such ...
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Case StudiesStaff wellbeing underpins building design at Great Ormond Street Hospital
The building, which opened in 2012, has seven floors, one of which is the staff restaurant, which has wall-to-ceiling glazed windows and runs along the entire length of the building.Unlike the traditional hospital set-up, there is a staff room away from the ward area, with views over Coram’s Fields, an ...
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Case StudiesNicolas Tye Architects supports staff with environmentally-friendly office
The glass box-shaped building’s stone flooring and the employer’s footwear-free office policy (staff wear slippers) helps to minimise allergies.The office optimises its air quality with a mechanical cooling system, which provides comfort cooling in summer and pre-heats cool air coming from outside in the winter. The air is filtered, providing ...
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AnalysisHow workplaces can affect employee health
If you read nothing else, read this…Good office design can boost employee health and wellbeing .But corporate culture is just as important and must be driven from chief executives down through organisations.Offices that encourage physical activity can help combat disorders such as obesity .For example, the design features of Long ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to flexible benefits technology 2014
THE FACTSWhat is flexible benefits technology?It is a technology system, operating in-house or from cloud-based servers, that provides a platform to deliver a flexible benefits scheme. Increasingly, systems are designed to interface with other elements of benefits and reward, including pensions, and often have interactive and data-modelling tools that can ...
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Win an iPad mini by completing flexible benefits survey
Employee Benefits’ annual survey is designed to help employers benchmark their organisation’s flexible benefits plan with those of competitors. To have your say and gain an insight into how your flex plan compares with those of your peers’, please participate in this short survey by 31 January 2014.As a thank ...
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AnalysisAverage price paid for health cash plans
Read the digital version of our Health cash plan supplement 2014 in full.
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AnalysisHow to align health cash plans with employees' healthcare needs
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers must first identify which employees would benefit from health cash plans.Staff surveys and management information can then help to identify employees’ healthcare needs.But employers must also consider their own business objectives.Laing and Buisson’s Health Cover UK Market Report 2013 , published in July ...