All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 68
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Supplier articleVSP backs PHE’s Stoptober anti-smoking campaign, says smoking can damage your eyesight
Eyecare specialist, VSP Vision Care, is backing Public Health England’s (PHE’s) Stoptober anti-smoking campaign due to the impact that smoking can have on the eyesight.VSP Vision Care, the world’s largest not-for-profit vision care services company with almost 90 million members worldwide, notes that smokers are at much greater risk of ...
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Supplier articleBenefex announces major UK expansion to support global growth
Employee Experience platform provider expands Southampton headquarters with state-of-the-art innovation lab, creating over 50 new jobs.Benefex, the people behind the award-winning employee experience platform, OneHub, today announces the major expansion of its headquarters in Southampton. The announcement comes following the company’s investment from Bain Capital Private Equity last year, and ...
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Supplier articleWhat is employee disengagement actually costing you?
by Megan Watts, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward Gateway Just last week, I was having a chat with the HR Director of a financial consultancy organisation – let’s call her Julie– and Julie was telling me that her business had set out an ambitious mission in turning its traditional culture ...
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Supplier articleWhy putting managers first is key to building an ideal recognition culture
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Services at Reward GatewayIt’s no surprise that employees crave recognition in the workplace and modern workers expect consistent recognition.In fact, in our recent study we found that 75% of employees in the UK agreed that motivation and morale would improve at their company if ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits: the start of your financial wellbeing strategy
Gethin Nadin, Director of Employee Wellbeing, BenefexIt’s now common knowledge among HR and Reward professionals that almost all employees and their work are negatively affected by money worries. Despite this, almost half of employers have yet to roll out a financial wellbeing strategy.For most of us, money is synonymous with ...
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Supplier articleAre Your Employees Pension Aware?
While many of us like to imagine the sort of life we might have after work, unfortunately not enough of us are making adequate financial provision to pay for that lifestyle. Despite approximately a third of employees having joined a pension scheme under auto-enrolment by the end of July 20191, ...
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Supplier articleShould company culture come from the top-down or the bottom up?
By John StevensCompany culture is effectively an organisation’s personality and in many ways it can be as unique and complex as any individual. Just as our own personalities evolve and shift according to a whole host of environmental factors, it is likely that your business culture will also incur changes ...
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Supplier articleHelp members achieve better outcomes at-retirement
This summer, we hosted the ‘help members achieve better outcomes at-retirement’ event at The Shard to discuss how leading employers and Trustees tackle the issues members face at-retirement.The session was hosted by Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work and included other key industry professionals including Lesley Sutherland, Group Pensions Manager ...
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Supplier article6 stories to inspire employee recognition success
By Megan Gough, Head of Client Success at Reward GatewayA key ingredient to empowering your people is continuous recognition. The right kind of employee recognition can drive forward alignment with your organisation’s mission, purpose and values, plus encourage behaviour that leads to greater business value.And that’s a winning combination any ...
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Supplier articleThe Wonderful World of Financial Products
Navigating the vast array of financial products available nowadays can be a mind-boggling experience. Not only is the sheer choice often overwhelming, but there are many potential pitfalls to avoid along the way. All too often, financial products are marketed heavily and come with a ‘hard sell’. Consumers may end ...
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Supplier articleHow to seamlessly integrate recognition into your organisation
Let’s face it: a strategic reward system focusing on four key elements: recognition, appreciation, remuneration and benefits is a basic need in every company. The main issue with reward and recognition programs in many organisations nowadays lies in the lack of one or more of these elements. Additionally, the aspects ...
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Supplier articlePensions dashboards enters a new phase
Chris Curry appointed as Principal of the Pensions Dashboard Industry Delivery GroupAs the Pensions Dashboards project moves forward and, in particular, standards are set for data, will employers and their pension providers be ready to provide all the requisite data within the required timescales?Furthermore, will employees be able to understand ...
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Supplier articleSuperheroes need help: My experience with EAP and Income Protection
Kimberley Williams, Corporate Benefits AdministratorThere are many hats that I wear: mum, wife, family, friend and work colleague to name a few. I try to do the best I can to care for the people in my life, but I’ve struggled to juggle everyone and everything.Suffering in silenceI think the ...
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Supplier articleEight essentials that deliver high engagement in employee benefits
By Catrin Lewis, Global Head of Engagement at Reward GatewayMany employers are disappointed by the lack of engagement in their employee benefit initiatives. Whether it’s down to poor design, poor execution by the provider or inadequate communication strategies, getting your staff to get the best out of your benefits package ...
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Supplier articleBack to School!
September is upon us, the long summer holidays are over, and so we start the new academic year with great enthusiasm and drive in our vision for people of all ages to learn how to get to grips with their money. We believe a critical part of our work is ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Innovation generation: explaining the HR tech disconnect
Thomsons Online Benefits’ research found that the top global benefits strategy objectives of 2019 are attracting and retaining talent and enhancing employee engagement.Technology is integral for organizations to achieve these objectives. However, there is a disconnect between how HR professionals approach technology and how they are using it in practice. ...
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Supplier articleHow you can help keep your staff healthy this winter
It might seem a bit early to be planning your employees' wellbeing for this winter. But planning early could make a huge difference to your staff sickness absence. A minor illness, such as flu, is the most common cause for short-term sickness among employees in the UK. And can even ...
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Supplier articleMy own reward and recognition journey as a manager
By Becs Thomas, Corporate Client Success Team Manager at Reward GatewayLast year, I had a big stepping stone in my career. I went from managing two people to eight. The level of responsibility grew for me, but I also had another weight on me: How to make my team feel ...
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Supplier articleAligning benefits and business
How can you build or adapt your benefits scheme to ensure it aligns with your business strategy?According to research, employees are missing one thing from their working lives: value. Do they see the value in the work they’re doing? Do they feel valued for the effort they put in? Are ...
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Spectrum Life
Spectrum.Life is an innovative, integrated workplace wellness platform designed to make wellbeing programmes easier for HR professionals to manage in one place, and more engaging for employees to participate in.Access a unique marketplace through the employer portal to book onsite workplace wellness activities, from mental health seminars to fitness classes ...