All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 116
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Seven ideas for internal communications that engage your people
Employee communications are notorious for being lost in the large volume of other content they get every day. And they are often overloaded with information for multiple audiences. With the amount of media, advertising and work emails our people are bombarded with every day, it’s essential to use best practices ...
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Employees care about their health
It’s important employers remember this like an alarm going off in their head. Employees care about their health. And they’re calling on employers to provide them with health benefits.In a survey we conducted, we asked 1,005 UK SME employees to choose the top three employee benefits they would value most: ...
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Using a discounts platform to engage employees – case study
Learn how iForce extended its benefits offering through an innovative discounts platform to produce tangible savings for its employees – and the business.Download the free case study to learn how you can:Create a centralised and branded hub for your company benefits and communications that makes employees want to visit on ...
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Are salary sacrifice cars still appropriate for your staff?
If your organisation has a salary sacrifice car scheme, the changes announced by the chancellor in the autumn will apply to your scheme. In a nutshell, it means that in the future, cars will need to have emissions under 75g Co2 to obtain the optimum tax benefit. Most makes and ...
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Global benefits trends in 2017
by Sophie GaneAfter quite a dramatic 2016, we have very little to fear, as far as we know, in 2017. No referendum, no US election, no World Cup or European Cup for the home nations to disappoint in.According to Fortune, the biggest priority, and concern, for business leaders in 2017 ...
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An introduction to employee engagement on Glassdoor
As C-level executives, it’s your job to inspire, motivate and engage with your audience. Whether that’s potential investors, employees (past, present or potential) and potential clients. If you’re not already taking advantage of all that Glassdoor has to offer – it’s time to change.This handy eBook offers practical advice from ...
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A guide to auction finance in 2017
Matt Tooth, Chief Commercial Officer, LendInvest Over the coming weeks, property auction houses across the country will begin sending out their catalogues to prospective buyers in time for the first auction series of 2017. It’s an exciting time for investors, well aware of the opportunities the properties on the lot ...
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How Krispy Kreme increased and centralised its employee engagement
Learn how Krispy Kreme increased its employee engagement with an easy-to-use centralised hub.Download the free case study to learn how you can:Create a centralised and branded hub for your company benefits and communications that makes employees want to visit on a continual basis.Deliver and amplify exceptional benefits for your employeesmaking ...
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Challenges for employers in 2017
Jonathan Watts-Lay, director at WEALTH at work, discusses the challenges for employers in 2017.Recent data from the ABI shows that in Q1 of this year, 695 people cashed out pension pots worth over £100,000 in full: meaning that they would likely end up paying huge sums in tax. The question ...
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Generations in the workplace – Generation Z comes of age
by Gethin Nadin, director of ecosystemsThere’s been a lot of debate and research into the different generations currently in the workplace, and how their attitudes to work are shaping and evolving HR. So how do you accommodate the newest generations with very different wants and needs to their predecessors?The phrase ...
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Understanding and preparing for salary sacrifice changes
The benefits landscape has changed, but there are measures you can take to try and regain control of the new world of salary sacrifice. But as an HR professional, why does this matter? Many companies have been using the tax savings to fund other HR programmes or pass along savings ...
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Sports psychology and the workplace
by Sophie GaneRemember the Olympics last Summer? If you spent those couple of weeks tuning into the Beeb, you probably heard a lot of comments along the lines of the athletes “breaking through barriers”, “showing great mental strength”, or being “in the zone”. Although clichéd at times, this vernacular shows ...
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Discounted brand-new cars on affordable monthly leases and finance
Being able to offer a fantastic benefits package to your staff is everyone’s goal but the reality of making it happen can be very different. With a wide range of ages and personalities across most organisations, finding something to suit everyone can be difficult. Traditional benefits are well established, but ...
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World Cancer Day 2017 – support your staff with cancer
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkTomorrow is World Cancer Day. A day on which millions of people unite to raise awareness and funds to fight cancer. Researchers have made great strides in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and although some types are becoming more manageable, the ...
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Debbie Kennedy - My top three predictions for 2017
It was great to see our industry picking up on the themes of product relevance in 2016 and making it easier to access protection cover. But the biggest change I saw in 2016 was a shift to talking more about the end customer and building the right propositions for them.Following ...
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Partied out and penniless
December has left me destitute. My piggy bank lies broken and empty, my lunchtime meal deal feels like an extravagant expense and I’m down to the Bountys in my box of Celebrations.But I won’t mourn my dearly departed pennies. Between buying gifts for loved ones (then deciding to keep them ...
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Trusts: Easier than you think?
Protection providers often extol the benefits of placing plans in trust. The advantages for clients are widely recognised and numerous – inheritance tax mitigation, avoiding probate delay, controlling claim proceeds, and so the long, familiar list continues.Yet, dismissed as unnecessary form-filling, or simply viewed as irrelevant in the context of ...
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Choose life...
Sarah Scott - Marketing Consultant, Royal London This month sees the return of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie and Spud in the sequel to the film Trainspotting.Just over 20 years later, we return to see exactly how life treated the characters whose lifestyle was less than ideal back in 1996. Did they ...
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HMRC helping to remove artificial gains
An investment bond offers investors certain tax advantages, one of which is the ability to take partial surrenders from the investment. This facility allows the policyholder to withdraw amounts up to 5% of the amount invested each policy year on a tax deferred basis, without incurring any immediate tax liability. ...
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Changes to workplace savings from April 2017
A number of key changes to workplace savings are due to come in that employers and employees should be aware of.WEALTH at work has outlined below some of the key changes coming up.Salary sacrifice – The government has announced from April 2017 it is limiting the range of benefits that ...