All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 79
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Supplier articleWhat SME’s should consider when choosing employee benefits
57% of small business owners and employers want to increase the benefits they offer staff, while 34% plan to increase their employee benefits package significantly, according to research by MetLife UK. Health and wellbeing benefits were the most popular, of which around 19% of SME managers said they would specifically ...
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Supplier articleFinding your fitness motivation
We all have days when we wake up and think ‘today is the day’. With the best of interests in the world, we plunge ourselves full steam ahead into a fitness regime, which we keep for 3-to-4 days. Then we upset ourselves thinking we have failed, and promise to do ...
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Supplier articleWhat happens to your body when you eat too much sugar
Let’s be honest, we all love a sweet treat. In the UK, women are advised to have 90g of sugar a day (not including any natural sugars that are found in fruit and veg etc…), and men 120g per day. That isn’t a huge amount, and we dramatically eat a ...
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Supplier articleHow to improve your posture at work
The British Chiropractic Association has shockingly revealed that 33% of employees have taken at least one day off work due to back or neck pain last year, with almost half reporting that their pain is triggered by spending long periods of time sitting at their desks.British people spend on average ...
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Supplier articleResearch highlights the importance of financial education and guidance to prevent pension scams
The Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG), the voluntary body set up to support Trustees, providers and administrators in combating pension scams, has released its study findings[1] on the scale of scam activity affecting pension scheme members. It specifically reviewed suspected scam cases flagged by pension schemes on transfer requests.The report ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits: how to get your business known for the right things
As a business, you don’t need us to tell you that reputation matters; public perception of your brand can be critical to its success or failure. Over the past few years, Xexec has been regularly ranked in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 and we’ve seen first-hand the positive ...
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Supplier articleAdd more activity into your working day
It is hard to fit exercise, or any form of activity into your working day, when you are stuck at your desk working 8 hours a day, and deadlines are stacking up. There are a few things that can have a positive effect on your fitness levels.Start with your commuteWalk ...
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Supplier articleCreating healthy snacking choices in the workplace
Snacking can’t be helped when we sit at our desks for over eight hours a day. However, eventually those snacks add up, and all of a sudden, the weight can start to pile on. Creating healthy snacking choices in the workplace is not as hard as it seems.To begin with, ...
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Supplier articleFriday 1st March 2019 is Employee Appreciation Day
Employee Appreciation Day was started as an unofficial holiday in North America a few decades ago and has since been growing in popularity worldwide. Increasingly, UK companies are embracing Employee Appreciation Day as a way to recognise their staff for their efforts throughout the year. Here are three tips to ...
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Employee Rewards: who would you rather work for – Amazon or Apple?
Amazon and Apple are both among the most admired companies in the world. However, feedback from employees on Glassdoor.com suggests that both have historically somewhat struggled with employee engagement - which can cause a whole range of issues. The courses of action they have taken to address this through reward ...
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Supplier articleHow to keep a positive mindset at work
We all have days where we tend to struggle at work, whether it’s the thought of Monday morning or the realisation it’s only the middle of the week, those days do happen. As much as we love our job, and understand life takes a little bit of ...
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Supplier articleHow should you allocate your Reward and Recognition budget?
Reward and recognition is one of the hottest HR and benefits trends in 2019. This is definitely worth bearing in mind when it comes to setting your new budgets. Many set their new reward and recognition budgets in April, however this guide will apply to everyone. It’s also important to ...
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Supplier articleKeeping a check on your mental wellbeing at work
Mental wellbeing at work is just as important as physical wellbeing, and the two tend to go hand in hand. But many people forget to ensure to keep an eye on their mental health, and sometimes allow it to slip.Work is where you spend most of your time, and it ...
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Supplier articleShow your employees some love all year round
Money is not the thing people desire most at work. If you take a look at the renowned 1940s psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, you can see that salary really just scratches the surface. What’s much more important to employees is appreciation, respect and yes, even love.While February is ...
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Supplier articleHow to develop a new healthy habit
Have you ever started a diet, or exercise programme and struggled to make it last longer than a week? If you are like the millions of people, who have set out with the best intentions, full guns blazing, but lost your momentum – don’t worry.Research has shown that it takes ...
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Supplier articleWhy everyone is talking about flexible benefits
More and more companies are adopting flexible benefits. More and more employees are also looking for flexible benefits options from their employers, as shown in the statistics.So, what are flexible benefits? This can vary depending on what companies are willing to offer their employees.The most common version of flexible benefits ...
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Supplier articleHow to beat those hump day feelings in the office
We all need a pick me up in the middle of the week. After two long days in front of the computer, not doing much apart from thinking about your next snack, the deadline you have looming, and the boss chasing you for answers, it’s not surprising Wednesday’s feel like ...
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Supplier articleRemoving friction and barriers is key to financial wellbeing
Money worries are something most people can relate to – in fact research shows that UK workers often run out of cash before payday. For those that have little to no savings to fall back on, this has a detrimental impact on wellbeing. But this financial stress doesn’t just impact ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits: staying ahead of the competition in the fight for top talent
Last year, the UK employment rate reached 75.8% - up from 75.3% the previous year and the highest rate since comparable estimates began in 1971. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showed that the number of people in employment increased by 141,000 to a record high of 32.54 million ...
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Supplier articleTop 5 indicators of Millennial employee engagement
A little appreciation makes a world of difference, especially in the workplace. To perform at their best, employees need to know that their hard work is noticed and appreciated.Managers might not be around to witness each and every employee achievement. Often fellow employees are the ones who experience their peers’ ...