All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 112
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WEALTH at work online poll
WEALTH at work is currently running an online poll on whether employers provide a guidance service* on financial issues such as pensions and retirement income options for their employees.*By guidance we mean a one to one conversation which helps employees clarify elements of their financial situation either in the workplace ...
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Five self-improvement apps for a productive day
by Megan Gough, Head of Client CommunicationsYour resolution for 2017 may have included a nod toward improving your physical fitness routine. But whether or not you’re making good on that promise we have a couple other ways to improve wellbeing that looks beyond your gym or fitness goals.Let us help ...
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What has been the impact of pension freedoms?
Jonathan Watts-Lay, director, WEALTH at work, comments: “The pension changes have brought a whole new range of options to consider. Individuals now have to think about whether they want an annuity, drawdown, cash or a combination of options; when to access their pension; if it is better to use savings ...
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Introducing organic exercise at work
by Nick Hudson, Head of Physical ActivityWhat’s the number one reason your employees give for not taking part in physical activity? Yes, you guessed it: There’s not enough time. You may have tried to argue along the lines of “If you really wanted to, you’d make time,” but I doubt ...
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State pension age rise and retirement planning
From 2019, the state pension age will start to increase for both men and women to reach 66 by 2020. The government is planning further increases, which will raise the state pension age from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work, said: “It’s vital those ...
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How income protection can help SMEs
Ellipse discusses the importance of SMEs staying on top of absence and how income protection products can help, following two sets research. Commissioned by Ellipse, Censuswide surveyed 1,005 employees and 504 SME decision makers in October 2016.Typically an SME employee takes 4.8 sick days per year, costing an average of ...
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The future of reward and recognition
By Sally Duckworth, CEO, You At WorkThe immediate impact of Brexit is of course well known but as we head into negotiations to leave the EU, the medium to long-term effects are more uncertain. The experts’ post-Brexit predictions on the economy, output, and jobs is being challenged and common opinion ...
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Reward Gateway creates employee engagement mobile app for HR
Employee engagement company, Reward Gateway launches the first HR facing employee engagement mobile app giving access to detailed, real time engagement analytics in the palm of a hand.Employers and employees expect to be able to get work done when they want, and through the device of their choice. Reward Gateway ...
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The importance of financial wellbeing in the workplace
Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work, a leading provider of financial education, guidance and advice in the workplace discusses the importance of financial wellbeing in the workplace.What is the impact of being financially unwell on employees?It is not uncommon for employees to face financial worries at various stages of their ...
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Five ways to boost your peer-to-peer employee recognition programme
by Debra Corey, Group Reward DirectorThere’s something about a high five, something that makes you instantly feel joy, excitement, and quite pumped.I felt this recently at the end of a spinning class when the teacher instructed us to turn to our neighbors and high five them. Now I didn’t know ...
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Video: Addressing the employee engagement gap
by Glenn Elliott, CEO and Founder We have a near 50-point employee engagement gap. Almost three-quarters of business leaders surveyed by Harvard Business Review said that employee engagement was critical to their long-term success. But only 24% of the same leaders described their workforce as highly engaged.Gallup has been measuring ...
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Three key ways to enhance your employee value proposition
by James Edwards, Client Success Director Your employee value proposition (EVP) is crucial if you want to attract the best talent, but in a world where employees put different values on different benefits it’s a difficult area to tackle and get right.Enhancing your EVP and attracting top candidates should be ...
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Employee engagement and internal communications software
By Sally Duckworth, CEO, You At WorkWe check our mobile phones and social channels 85 times each day.* Assuming we are awake for 15 hours per day, that equates to us engaging with our phones approximately every 10 minutes. There have been numerous studies into our mobile phone habits and ...
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Video: How mobile technology is changing HR
by Ross Webb, senior mobile product manager According to Deloitte’s Global mobile consumer survey, 97% of adults aged 18-24 check their mobile phones within three hours of waking up and check their mobile devices an average of 74 times per day.We’ve explored how technology will change HR’s relationship to their ...
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Removing the parenting taboo
by Kathryn Kendall, Chief People Officer, Benefex (pictured centre)If we want to avoid the human race dying out, it is a requirement that we continuously repopulate. Each generation takes on the responsibility for bringing up and raising the generation that follows. In very simple terms: if our generation doesn’t have ...
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Lifetime ISAs: what young employees should know
The Lifetime ISA has been referred to as the government’s ‘silver bullet’ when tackling the two main savings challenges of buying a new home, and contributing to a pension. You’re busy; you need a summary of what it is, what it does, and what you need to be aware of. ...
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Video: How to kick start your own internal communications TV show
by Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications Manager Mastering internal communications is tough. Coming up with ideas, measuring success and keeping your employees (and your boss) happy can be hard to navigate. But along the way, I've picked up a thing or two that I hope can be helpful in your own ...
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Four ways to get approval for an employee benefit proposal
You’ve just come up with a great idea for a new benefit, or possibly a change to an existing one (and yes, they both require a budget). You’re all ready to begin work on it and then you remember, darn, you have to go to your board or leadership team ...
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The benefits of health screening
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkThis time last year I went for my first ever health screening. I was 43 and painfully aware that, although I had lost a lot of weight, started exercising a year to two before and ate fairly well, I hadn’t always treated ...
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How to balance bottom-up with top-down research in constructing multi-asset credit portfolios
In this short video, Azhar Hussain, head of global high yield at Royal London Asset Management, explains how his team balance bottom-up with top-down research in constructing multi-asset credit portfolios.Watch the video in fullThe value of investments and the income from them is not guaranteed and may go down as ...