All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 134
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Beware of expat maternity costs
The subject of expatriate maternity packages is a complicated one and can leave both employers and individuals with many questions. With the cost of having a child varying greatly around the globe, as well as the standard of healthcare and the coverage from International PMI, this issue of pregnant employees ...
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Fit for Work: An image problem?
As we have mentioned here before, the new Fit for Work service is now available right across England and Wales.The aims and objectives of this important new service can be best summed up by the below from the Fit for Work website: “Fit for Work is a Government-funded initiative. Fit ...
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Flexible healthcare plans to replace historic defined structure
Employers are predicting a more flexible future for employee healthcare plans, according to new research we have recently carried out. Taking an analogy from the world of pensions, 55 per cent of employers believe that today’s structured and fully-funded comprehensive, defined benefit-style of health plans will be replaced by a ...
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Employers need to consider alcohol consumption strategies within health and wellbeing schemes
During Alcohol Awareness Week (16-20 Nov) and with Christmas not far away, Buck Consultants has produced guidance for employers on the importance of alcohol consumption strategies within their health and wellbeing schemes.Chris Evans, senior consultant, Buck Consultants at Xerox, says: “Whilst formally reported alcohol consumption has been falling consistently in ...
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A funny old year
The past 12 months have been turbulent – just take a look at this chart of the FTSE 100 over the last year. There have been some points which I’m sure would have caused your clients some concern, and possibly even had them looking for an alternative investment with reduced ...
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Unlike credit card deals, a master trust is for life
The People’s Pension has announced that they will be introducing a £500 setup fee later this month for all new schemes. This move suggests that big master trusts have been subsidising the setup costs for employers out of reserves, a method which is unsustainable in the long term.We are still ...
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Income Protection: Not just a nice to have…
An increasing number of UK employers now offer Group Income Protection cover to some or all of their employees. That said, we’re aware that many HR and Finance professionals are still confused about the nature of such plans, so let’s start at the beginning.Income Protection is an insurance product that ...
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Why Workie is so important…
We recently highlighted that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new advertising campaign to alert employers to pension Auto-Enrolment requirements.The adverts feature a large friendly monster called Workie, and have been screened at peak times on national TV. For those that have missed the adverts – ...
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Is your company approaching its re-enrolment date?
Some of the UK’s largest employers will see thousands of people who opted out of workplace pensions re-enrolled as the government scheme reached its third anniversary in October. While it is compulsory for employers to set up, and contribute to workplace pensions for their staff, the employee can opt out ...
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Workers return to work too early when suffering with workplace stress
According to research from LV=, almost three quarters (70%) of respondents return to work early when they are suffering with workplace stress. The survey consisted of 2,005 working-age adults, who stated that 16% of them continue to work after being diagnosed with the illness.Angela Jones, Protection, Health and Wellbeing Senior ...
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National Stress Awareness Day: Employee wellbeing is a worthwhile investment in your business
This week, on 4th November, is it National Stress Awareness Day 2015 and this year the theme is “Employee Wellbeing as a Worthwhile Investment in Your Business”. We couldn’t agree more!What’s the issue? Most employers now recognise the importance of looking after their employees’ wellbeing, and they understand that it ...
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Pensions: Reading the tea leaves…
Last week it was widely reported that The Chancellor, George Osborne, has signalled that there will be no announcements from him in response to the “Strengthening the Incentive to Save” consultation until the 2016 Spring Budget statement.This continued uncertainty has left commentators sifting through the tea-leaves in an effort to ...
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Get ready for Christmas with a Holiday Savings Club
November is upon us, so now is the time to start thinking about Christmas 2016! Yes, really!What’s the issue? Many individuals leave it too late to plan for Christmas and buy lots of gifts on credit – this often results in a big bill in January – we’re sure this ...
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Neptune Global Income: Is Japan the best dividend market in the world?
By George Boyd-Bowman, Fund Manager at NeptuneThe Neptune Global Income Fund seeks exposure to the very best – and often overlooked – income opportunities from across the world. Unconstrained by benchmarks, the fund currently has 24 per cent invested in Japan, differentiating the high conviction portfolio from many of its ...
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Workplace pensions go a bit furry…
It’s not often that the opportunity presents itself for something light-hearted – but the DWP’s new pension awareness campaign is one such moment.For last week the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) unleashed a large blue furry monster into the world of Workplace Savings. Workie will be seeking to raise ...
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Pot Follows Member – or does it?
One of the perceived problems with pensions Auto-Enrolment was the number of small pension “pots” that would be created given that the average UK worker changes employer many times throughout their career. In the early stages of the Auto-Enrolment project this was deemed to be a major challenge, and therefore ...
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An open door for scammers?
Recent reports highlight that the Work and Pensions Select Committee of MPs are concerned about the potential for scams following the introduction of Pension Freedoms this year.This is a subject that we have already featured several times on the Jelf Blog, and one that we think is really important for ...
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Money worries stop employees taking sick leave
A quarter of respondents are working whilst ill due to financial concerns, according to a survey by National Accident Helpline. The research also found that 13% have been threatened with disciplinary measures as a result of taking sick leave.The investigation was conducted on 1,000 UK residents and revealed that 19% ...
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caboodle
About usRun by a team of employee benefits and communications specialists, caboodle (formally known as Salary Exchange) has a wealth of experience in providing innovative solutions. We were first established in 2009, and our continual growth and product development means that we are now one of the UK’s leading employee ...
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Boots UK
Let Boots help you keep your employees healthy this winter with our winter flu vaccination scheme.Seasonal flu is one of the biggest causes of short-term illness in the UK and generally 15-20 per cent of the population get flu each year.Boots provides a cost-effective and simple way of helping to ...