All Editorial articles – Page 44
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ArticleThompsons Solicitors reduces pay and hours for staff by 20%
Law firm Thompsons Solicitors is reducing pay and hours for its employees to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Effective immediately until August 2020, the organisation will reduce hours and pay by 20% for senior lawyers and business heads.Additionally, the organisation will be reducing the pay and ...
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OpinionColin Barnes: How will benefits, wellbeing and employee expectations change as we reshape in a post-Covid-19 world?
It goes without saying that Covid-19 has forced immense change.Although there is some degree of uncertainty over how the workplace will look once the pandemic has finished, there are some key areas emerging where we are predicting great change. We have defined four key phases which business will go through: ...
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ArticleStepnell lifts 20% Covid-19 pay cuts two weeks earlier than planned
Construction organisation Stepnell has stopped its pay cuts two weeks earlier than planned due to a positive growth period.The organisation introduced the 20% pay reductions for all of its 370 employees, in April 2020 and anticipated this would be in place until June 2020, however employees are now back to ...
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ArticleWelsh agency social care and ancillary staff to receive £500 reward bonus
Ancillary staff working in care homes in Wales, as well as agency nursing staff, will receive a £500 bonus payment to reward them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Domestic cleaners and kitchen staff, as well as agency nurses employed in care home, home care workers and personal ...
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ArticleEtihad Airways extends pay reductions until September 2020 for 20,000 employees
International airline Etihad Airways has extended its pay reductions to deal with the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.20,000 existing employees will be affected by the organisation's decision, with junior employees and cabin crew continuing to receive a 25% pay reduction in salary. Approximately half of employees at managerial ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Managing Our Way Out of COVID-19
Employee benefits provider Busy Bees Benefits believe that returning businesses to full economic activity will be a difficult task that requires business leaders to use their ingenuity.As business leaders, you need to make sure that you take the right steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of your employees ...
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ArticleWhat does the future hold for industry events?
2020 has seen unprecedented events worldwide, which no one could have predicted or prepared for. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live and, for many of us, how we work.The UK has begun the gradual process of easing restrictions, but it is still unclear what the ...
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Supplier articleCommunications in a crisis
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexRecently, I caught up with Sian Myers – Culture Transformation Director at property developer, Countryside – to talk about how to handle communications in a crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic. Throughout our discussion, Sian honestly and sensitively shared her experiences of guiding her employees through ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets to grips with online meetings
I am about ready to throw something at someone; only there is no one here because I am working at home. Most of the office is working from home just now. Big Bad Boss has scheduled weekly catch up calls so we don’t ‘lose touch’. I don’t know about losing ...
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Article50% of employers are topping up employees' furlough pay
Half (50%) of employers are topping up employees' furlough pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its survey of 996 UK and Western Europe employers also found that 71% of employers are taking advantage of government support in their local areas to deal with financial ...
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Article65% of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health
Just under two-thirds (65%) of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its survey of 6,000 employees found this was up by 9% from its previous survey in 2018, which found that just over half ...
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ArticleIan Hodson: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
At the University of Lincoln, we are certainly preparing all our responses to have longevity as well as meeting the short-term needs.At face value, nothing has changed since we went into lockdown other than controlling the spread through lockdown and social distancing, therefore, we have to believe that as restrictions ...
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ArticleNick Thorpe and Hannah Disselbeck: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Things are ostensibly returning to normal during the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent glorious sunshine has brought many of us out and about, and the sociable smell of barbeques pervades our towns and cities again. Offices and worksites are raring to bring employees back to their desks.And yet, all is perhaps not ...
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ArticleIlan Kelman: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Lockdown in the UK for over two months has saved thousands of lives, while imposing a heavy burden on employers and employees. Imagine this situation as an irregular cycle. Who is preparing and can we actually prepare?To avoid repeating the horror of tens of thousands of deaths from Covid-19 (Coronavirus), ...
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Supplier articleThe Dangers of Selling ‘360-Degree Wellness’
A thought piece by James Shillaker, Founding MD of Incorpore Limited’I have an objection to the term ‘360-degree wellness’.At best, the term has no clinical validation whatsoever. It is simply management jargon. At worst, it could be marketing a misleading message and preventing people from accessing more accurate clinical help. ...
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ArticleSouthwest Airlines offers employees six months leave at 50% pay
Southwest Airlines is offering employees the opportunity to take temporary leave at 50% pay to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Its voluntary Covid-19 Extended Emergency Time Off policy, which is available to contract employees, specified front-line supervisors and eligible non-contract staff or work groups, will allow ...
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ArticleDirect Insurance Group offers employees permanent remote working policy
Direct Insurance Group (DIG) has committed to a remote working policy for all 160 employees, following the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All employees that wish to work from home, following the easing of lockdown, will have the option to do so.The organisation will continue to keep its eight offices open in the ...
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OpinionNatasha Broomfield-Reid: Promoting employee wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown
As the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forces many to continue to work from home and others to accept furlough, a proactive, well-planned approach to employee wellbeing could make all the difference to employees' happiness, motivation and productivity.Whether this focus comes in the form of a dedicated employee wellbeing manager, or HR ...
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ArticleAegon UK enhances employee wellbeing programme for 2,000 staff
Aegon UK has enhanced its employee wellbeing programme by launching a series of wellbeing videos to support its 2,000 staff, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The videos, which form part of the organisation's wellbeing hub, will be hosted by employees and guests vloggers and will feature gardening tips, a cycle repairs ...
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AnalysisWhere do the parameters of employers' responsibility to wellbeing lie?
Need to know: We live in a very open age, but employers must still tread carefully when it comes to employees’ personal lives.Physical, mental and financial wellbeing is all-important to employees' productivity and they will be looking to employers to help in the midst of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employers ...