All Financial wellbeing articles – Page 87
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Elsevier hosts wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based staff
EXCLUSIVE: Information analytics organisation Elsevier has hosted a wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based employees as part of its global health and wellbeing initiative, MindLife.The inaugural wellbeing day, held in July 2019, aimed to promote the overall health and wellbeing of employees working at Elsevier’s Oxford operating site.The wellbeing day enabled ...
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Supplier articlePutting Your Customers’ Financial Wellbeing Front and Centre
If you’re keen and eager to integrate financial wellbeing into what you offer but just don’t know where to start, we can help!The Money Charity has a long history of working with financial services and credit industries. However, we believe the need for greater financial capability and awareness, leading to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: More than half provide season ticket travel loans
EXCLUSIVE: The most common workplace savings benefit is the season ticket travel loan, provided by 52% of organisations, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report, which surveyed 290 HR professionals, was published in May 2019. It found that, of those that provide season ticket travel loans, 30% ...
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Supplier articleCommercial Workshops
With organisations increasingly being asked to included financial capability within their wellbeing offering, The Money Charity, the UK’s leading financial capability charity, represents a credible and impartial solution. We deliver workplace training to support employees in achieving positive financial wellbeing and are now working with clients across a wide range ...
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Case StudiesDeloitte Ireland uses sports and social clubs to boost employee wellbeing
Professional services firm Deloitte Ireland currently runs 15 different sports and social clubs, available for all employees. The organisation has 2,500 employees across five locations in Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick, around 2,000 of whom are based in Dublin.Among the most popular is its running club, which has 80 ...
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Supplier articleAn Introduction to The Money Charity
The Money Charity is the UK’s financial capability charity and our vision is for everyone to be on top of their money as a part of everyday life. We empower people across the UK to develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours which help them to make the most of ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by CGI UK
The benefits offered by CGI UK:Pensions, pay and group riskA contract-based group personal pension (GPP), defined contribution (DC) scheme is used for auto-enrolment when employees reach two months of service. Minimum contributions are 9%, with at least 3% contributed by employees and 6% provided by CGI UK. This increases depending ...
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Supplier articleRevealed: The five myths of financial wellbeing
Financial wellbeing is often misunderstood. This article will reveal the five myths of financial wellbeing that hold organisations from viewing it as a priority. Myth 1: Financial education is the same as financial wellbeingFinancial education and financial wellbeing both play an important role in a holistic financial wellbeing strategy but ...
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ArticleHalf feel employers should support staff more in achieving work-life balance
Just under half (49%) of respondents feel that their employers should support them more in achieving a healthy work-life balance, according to research by Thomsons Online Benefits.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 31% are kept awake at night because of workplace stress, while 26% stated that long ...
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ArticleKavitha's keynote: A simple ‘thank you’ is often enough
Earlier this week, we reported that creative practitioners working in London’s West End who are members of the trade union Equity voted to accept a deal which included pay increases and more flexible working opportunities.While employment disputes over pay are increasingly common, what struck me about this case was the ...
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AnalysisTop tips on getting senior level buy-in for financial wellbeing initiatives
Need to know:Employers can create targeted financial wellbeing interventions specifically for senior leaders to enable them to experience the benefits first-hand.Data, such as absence rates and engagement scores, can offer tangible evidence to help present the business case.Linking mental health and financial wellbeing can help draw senior leaders’ attention to ...
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Case StudiesSunLife shares employee stories to ensure leadership buy-in for financial wellbeing
At insurers SunLife, which has 110 employees, financial wellbeing is one pillar of a broader health and wellbeing strategy that includes emotional and community wellness.To tackle financial wellbeing, the organisation sought to introduce an education programme that covered a variety of subjects, beyond the basics of pensions and retirement, to ...
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OpinionSian Evans: Why financial wellbeing should be part of an employer's duty of care for staff
Employers have many duties towards staff, but there is one that is rarely mentioned: a duty of care towards employees' financial wellbeing.Why is financial wellbeing potentially awkward to discuss? Perhaps employers feel that offering financial assistance represents too much involvement in an individual's life. Or maybe employees feel that if ...
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Supplier articleIncreasing numbers of workplaces now offer access to financial advice for employees
Latest research[1] has found that increasing numbers of employers are now offering financial advice as part of their workplace benefits. The survey of employers found that 35% currently offer their employees access to financial advice, compared to 12% last year.Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work, comments;“It’s great to see that ...
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Supplier articlePoll results: 90% of employers believe that a financial wellbeing strategy is increasingly important in the workplace
iQoncept, ShutterstockA recent poll* of employers by WEALTH at work has found that 90% of respondents believe that it’s becoming increasingly important to have a financial wellbeing strategy in the workplace.Jonathan Watts-Lay, Director, WEALTH at work, comments;“It’s great to see that so many employers are recognising the increasing importance of ...
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ArticleHalf believe benefits are not meeting the needs of multigenerational workforce
Half (50%) of employers do not think their benefits offering is meeting the needs of all generations within their workforce, with 89% believing that they will need to change their package to suit future generations entering the workforce, according to research by Aon.The Benefits and trends survey 2019, which polled ...
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ArticleRicher Sounds and SSE support new campaign to tackle low pay
Retail organisation Richer Sounds, energy business SSE and investment firm Standard Life Aberdeen have been accredited as living hours employers as part of a new initiative by the Living Wage Foundation.The Living Hours campaign, which launched this week, has been designed to tackle insecurity around employee pay and hours, and ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: ActionAid employees save £22,841 through benefits platform
EXCLUSIVE: Employees at international charity ActionAid have saved approximately £22,841 since March 2018 by using the organisation’s benefits platform to access retail discounts and free products.ActionAid, which employs around 200 staff in the UK, launched the platform in March 2018, in partnership with provider Perkbox. The platform, which is designed ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: A quarter provide shares or share options to staff
EXCLUSIVE: Since 2018, there has been little change when it comes to the proportion of respondents that offer shares or share options to staff, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019, which canvassed the views of 290 HR professionals and was published in May 2019, found that 25% ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Almost nine in 10 employers feel responsibility to provide financial wellbeing
EXCLUSIVE: Almost nine in 10 (88%) HR and benefit professionals have stated that it is their responsibility to provide support to employees on financial wellbeing, according to research by Smarterly.Realigning the workplace savings offering to meet the needs of millennials, which surveyed 1,248 employees and 508 HR professionals in the ...