All Flexible benefits articles – Page 10
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ArticleCountryside and PageGroup shortlisted for Best flexible benefits plan
Property development organisation Countryside and recruitment business PageGroup (pictured) are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best flexible benefits plan category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.This award celebrates the most effective use of a flexible benefits strategy within an organisation.The full category shortlist is:Countryside, Your Reward (Entered by Benefex)PageGroup, ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Kier Group
The workplace benefits offered by Kier GroupPension and financial benefitsA defined contribution (DC) master trust open to all employees, with matching contributions up to 7.5%.Sharesave and share incentive plan (Sip) open to all employees.Financial education.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance dependent on grade.Eyecare: employees can claim back the cost of an ...
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Case StudiesKier Group develops reward and benefits in line with business growth
Having gone through a period of considerable change in the last five years, construction, property and services organisation, Kier Group aims to be as flexible as possible with its reward and benefits offering.The organisation has developed from regionalised construction businesses to a national business, which has included the acquisition of ...
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ArticleInterContinental Singapore enhances benefits for 360 employees
Hospitality organisation InterContinental Singapore has enhanced its employee benefits package for the organisation’s 360 employees, effective from January 2018.The benefits changes, which includes extended maternity and paternity leave, have been introduced in order to promote better work-life balance and to support employees’ personal and professional development.Under the revised benefits provision, ...
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Article68% see increase in stress and mental health-related illnesses in the workplace
More than two-thirds (68%) of employer respondents have seen an increase in instances of stress and mental health-related illnesses in the workplace, according to research by Aon.Its Benefits and trends survey: January 2018, which surveyed 200 UK employers, also found that 41% of respondents are unaware of the implications of ...
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Supplier articleAddressing the challenges of the 4G workforce
The challenge of recruiting, retaining, managing and engaging a diverse workforce while remaining cost-effective has changed now that the era of one-size-fits-all benefits is over. Employers are now tasked with offering a wide range of benefits to appeal to employees at varying stages of their lives and who have different ...
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AnalysisCan flexible benefits technology improve employees’ engagement with their benefits?
Need to know:Technology is helping organisations to engage employees with flexible benefits.Easier access, more effective communication and better reporting means employees are more likely to engage with schemes.The use of mobile devices has helped to encourage staff to access systems while at home or on the move.Any employer investing significant ...
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ArticleFlorida state park seeks mermaids for flexible-working roles
Something for the weekend: Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is recruiting for mermaids to work flexible-working patterns at its location in Florida.The park, which is holding interviews and auditions on 13 January, is expecting approximately 200 would-be mermaids for the sought-after position.As well as having an unusual job title to ...
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Case StudiesSiemens UK launches benefits platform to align with business digitalisation
Global technology organisation Siemens has launched a new benefits platform for its 15,000 UK and Ireland-based employees in order to align its benefits technology with the organisation’s overall business focus on digitalisation.Heike Avramovic, head of reward for UK and Ireland at Siemens, says: “It’s about culture, and the culture needs ...
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ArticleSimplyhealth revamps benefits and reward proposition
Health cash plan provider Simplyhealth has revamped its benefits and reward proposition for its 1,300 UK-based employees, including enhancing the organisation’s defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, introducing financial education and launching a flexible benefits personal spending account.The changes to the organisation’s benefits offering, which were collectively effective from 1 January ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: GVA to launch online financial education programme
EXCLUSIVE: Real estate advisory organisation GVA is launching an online financial education programme for its 1,500 employees across 11 UK operating sites.The financial education programme, provided by Nudge, will be launched at the end of November 2017 to coincide with the organisation’s annual flexible benefit enrolment window. The new benefit ...
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OpinionTim Middleton: How should pensions communications be adapted for part-time and job-share employees?
Over the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of people working part-time. The need for flexibility in the workforce has seen many people take on more than one job and large employers can no longer assume that the majority of their employees are full-time. This ...
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ArticleSanofi uses roadshow to communicate benefits to dispersed workforce
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Pharmaceutical organisation Sanofi used a benefits roadshow to help launch a new flexible benefits offering to its dispersed and diverse UK workforce.The organisation has a total of 1,750 employees in the UK, with nearly 900 of these staff and contractors working in manufacturing roles. Sanofi additionally ...
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ArticleGreensill Capital launches new benefits package for UK staff
Financial services organisation Greensill Capital has launched a new package of benefits and online benefits platform for its 72 UK employees.Its online portal, Greensill Rewards, which was launched in August and is provided by Portus Consulting, provides staff with access to new employer-paid benefits, such as private medical insurance, a ...
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Case StudiesHermes to design new benefits strategy based on employee feedback
Hermes is looking to its 2,473 employees to direct a reward and HR transformation. The logistics organisation has designed a continuous employee feedback programme that it will use to create a new benefits approach specifically tailored to the wants and needs of its workforce.Jill Maples, HR director at Hermes, says: ...
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Case StudiesAnytime enrolment offers Kantar employees more flexibility
Kantar moved from an annual flexible benefits enrolment window to monthly election windows to improve the flexibility of its scheme.Its current scheme, which has been in place since January 2014, offers its approximately 4,000 employees the opportunity each month to make benefits choices.Previously, the flex scheme coincided with the organisation’s ...
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AnalysisWhat are the key considerations of offering anytime flexible benefits enrolment?
Need to know:Flexible benefits schemes have been moving towards anytime enrolment windows over the past few years to give employees more flexibility in accessing their benefits.Certain benefits, such as private medical insurance and group risk benefits, must have fixed annual enrolment periods due to arrangements with insurance providers.Anytime enrolment offers ...
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Infographic: How benefits strategy will change to adapt to future challenges
An infographic outlining how respondents see their benefits strategy changing to adapt to future challenges within the industry. (Source: Employee Benefits/Staffcare Benefits research 2017, May 2017)!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script"),d=o[0],r=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=r+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var a=e.createElement("script");a.async=1,a.id=s,a.src=i,d.parentNode.insertBefore(a,d)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","//e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Read moreWhat are the key considerations of offering anytime flexible benefits enrolment?Anytime enrolment offers Kantar employees more flexibility
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by BDO UK
The workplace benefits offered by BDO UK include:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension plan (GPP) with a matched contribution structure of 1% for all employees. If the scheme is joined voluntarily, an age-related matching contribution structure is used, ranging from a 2% employer contribution for employees under 25-years-old to a ...
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Case StudiesBDO UK launches wellbeing strategy to support organisational culture
BDO UK is turning to employee wellbeing to help enhance the organisation’s culture for its 3,600 staff members.The global tax, audit and advisory firm is in the process of introducing a new strategy to formalise its approach to employee wellbeing, which will be rolled out across its 18 UK sites, ...