All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 85
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Supplier articleNew figures show individuals pay almost 20 times more in tax for breaching the Lifetime Allowance
- Nearly 2,000% more than ten years ago when the allowance was introduced HM Revenue & Customs has released new figures* showing that the tax collected from individuals breaching the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) has rocketed by £97m since it was introduced in 2006, with the latest figures showing that ...
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Supplier articleMental health in a changing world
Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people, and 1 in 4 adults. Shocking research by the Mental Health Foundation has found that 50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by aged 24! With high statistics concerning mental health, there needs ...
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Supplier articleWays to Build Self-Confidence and Stand Out at Work
The secret to successfully leading meetings and standing out during appraisal time? It’s all about feeling more confident in yourself.We’ve all felt butterflies before a big meeting or felt our hands shaking while giving a big presentation, but more of us are struggling with confidence than you might think. A ...
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Supplier articleEmployee engagement – looking into the future with Generation Z
In recent time gone by, it seems like professionals couldn’t go a day without hearing about the Millennials and how to attract, retain and manage them, their values and needs in a company. Fast forward to the present, these millennials are now mostly well past junior roles and the buzzword ...
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Supplier articlePart Two: Your Employee Engagement Platform Implementation Checklist (Launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation Specialist Launching any sort of HR system can be daunting, especially if it’s a brand new platform that your business has never used before. Our new clients often come to us with similar concerns and we empathise — HR tech can be a big investment ...
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Supplier articleAon’s Global Defined Contribution Points of View August 2018
Around the globe, Aon is helping our clients tackle the challenges that come with the growing reliance on defined contribution savings. We are happy to share our findings with you. Download the report here »
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Supplier articleThe big thing you’re missing that will boost your Employee Value Proposition
By Didi Kirova, Head of Learning & People ExperienceWhy do you prefer one brand of ice cream more than another? Does the entire experience – from purchase to that first spoonful – make you happy? Or more importantly, does this experience keep you connected and coming back for more? The ...
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Getting the best out of different generations in the workplace
Continual social and economic changes affect people in different ways which mean that different generations will have changing job needs. Businesses need to be in tune with the needs of the different generations they employ, so they can get the best out of their workforce and continue to attract the ...
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Supplier articleHow to foster better employee engagement through Voluntary Benefits: e-Book and Metropolitan Police Case study
Voluntary benefits schemes - such as salary sacrifice and cycle-to-work - have become a major talking point in recent times, particularly in light of changing regulations. Voluntary benefits schemes can make staff salaries go further and support their lives outside of the workplace. However, they need to be well designed ...
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The Future of At Retirement July 2018
In this paper, we are not asking whether retirement itself is an outdated concept that needs to be retired – a subject deserving of a paper in itself. Rather we are discussing here what is happening now, and needs to happen in the near and medium term, in the ‘at ...
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Why employee benefits influence job choice
It’s probably no great revelation, that having a good employee benefits package can really help with recruitment and retention of staff.A fact borne out by research, carried out by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). Their findings showed that 78% of employees say that the employee benefits package on offer, ...
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Supplier article6 Ways to Show Your Workforce that You’re Really Listening
By Natalie Baumgartner is the Chief Workforce Scientist, AchieversIt’s no secret that the majority (87 percent) of today’s workers feel disengaged in the workplace. While there are many reasons for this high level of disengagement, employee complaints about employers not listening to them certainly ranks high on the list. In ...
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Supplier articleEmployee Recognition for the Modern Workforce: e-Book and Grant Thornton case study
There has been a lot of talk in recent months about the rise of millennials and how they are impacting the workforce. The rapid growth in technology has led to a generation gap between older workers and millennials; each with distinct attitudes, behaviours and characteristics. The complexity in managing and ...
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Supplier articleFinancial Wellbeing – An Employer Point of View July 2018
Aon has recently conducted a study of multinational organizations into how employers are responding to the emerging trend of Financial Wellbeing. The study involved complete responses from 159 different multinationals and the results were presented back via a series of web events. Download the slides here » ...
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The LISA should stay
By Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at workThe LISA (Lifetime ISA) at present is quite complex as it is trying to do too many things – help with a first house purchase whilst at the same time be a potential savings vehicle for retirement. Instead of ditching the LISA completely, thought ...
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Supplier articleThe seven critical elements of a competitive Employee Value Proposition
By Robert Hicks, Group HR DirectorFinding top talent that will help drive productivity and your purpose, mission and values is tough, but getting them to choose you amongst a sea of competitors can be even harder. Excellent candidates are likely to have the freedom of choice about where they want ...
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Supplier articleIs assumption killing your employee communications
By Pippa Arthur-Van Praagh, Global Employee Communications Evangelist When I started out in internal communications and engagement (almost a decade ago), I thought it was all about getting the right message out. That a well-crafted email or a catchy poster would be enough to engage people or change their behaviour. ...
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Supplier articleHow the right company culture can help remove the 'leadership pedestal'
By Catrin Lewis, Head of Global Engagement We’re on a mission to make the world a better place to work. If you’re scrolling through our website or reading our blog, this is pretty apparent. Aligning our workforce with our purpose, mission and values is a huge part of my job ...
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Physical inactivity in the workplace
Around 20 million adults in the UK are physically inactive [1] and globally 1 in 4 adults are not active enough. [2] World Obesity Day is on the 11th October and provides people with practical solutions to help people achieve and maintain a health weight to reverse the obesity crisis. ...
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How ‘Happiness’ benefits can improve productivity
Everyone knows that happiness is a beneficial, positive state of mind, but did you know that happy employees mean better business?HR managers have long understood that happier employees mean fewer sick days, reductions in accidents and greater staff engagement but can happier employees really increase business profits?Researchers at Warwickshire University ...