All articles by Julie Gilbert
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AnalysisTop tips for creating an effective wellbeing week
Need to know:Before creating a wellbeing week, employers should assess the wants and needs of their workforce, to ensure it is as relevant as possible.An effective wellness week should aim to build connections and behaviours that last well into the future, rather than just create a flash in the pan.Strong ...
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Case StudiesSyngenta showcases employees' passions through wellbeing week
Agricultural business Syngenta, which has 680 employees at its research and development campus in Bracknell, hosted a wellbeing week that highlighted the skills of its own employees.The programme of events, which ran from 15 to 19 July 2019, saw one member of staff, a keen rambler, host a daily walking ...
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AnalysisTotal reward trends: What will shape benefits in 2019 and beyond?
Need to know:Flexible working continues to be a top trend for 2019, as work-life balance remains a key priority for employees.Technology can help create the consumer-based experience that employees increasingly expect from their interactions with benefits packages.Employers must take into account changing attitudes to career trajectories, and the presence of ...
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Case StudiesBromford uses trust-based working as foundation for holistic reward package
Affordable housing social enterprise Bromford uses a holistic benefits package to empower its 1,800 employees to plan for the future, as well as looking after their health, finances and work-life balance in the present.A key element of this approach is the organisation's commitment to allowing its workforce, which includes field ...
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AnalysisTop tips for using workplace-led interventions to improve employee wellbeing
Need to know:Workplace-led interventions aiming to improve employee wellbeing should be simple and accessible.Environmental changes, such as providing showers or bike storage facilities, can help encourage healthier staff behaviour.Employers should involve employees in the implementation and maintenance of wellbeing initiatives, for example by using internal champions.Employee wellbeing is a common ...
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Case StudiesBSUH uses health and psychotherapy service to improve staff wellbeing
Donna Butler, lead psychotherapist and HELP service manager at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH), strongly believes that to ensure the professional and compassionate patient care that is expected within the NHS, it is vital to maintain the wellbeing and health of staff.The organisation, therefore, launched a health, ...
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Case StudiesWeetabix Food Company tailors benefits platform to employee preferences
In February 2017, cereal manufacturer Weetabix Food Company launched a combined flexible and voluntary benefits platform, to align with the needs of its 1,000 UK-based employees.The platform, provided by Edenred, was designed to engage and retain Weetabix's varied workforce, as well as to attract new staff.Stuart Branch, group HR and ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Weetabix Food Company
The benefits offered by Weetabix Food Company:Pension and group riskDefined contribution group personal pension plan, available for all employees alongside pre-existing defined benefit scheme, which closed in 2013.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance, employer-funded for all employees. Available for employees' family members as a flexible benefit.Dental insurance, employer-funded for all employees ...
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Case StudiesFitFlop puts the feel-good factor into its benefits strategy
Footwear retailer FitFlop has personalised its health and wellbeing strategy by creating its own programme, structured around five key areas.With offices in Putney, as well as in the United States, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Germany, the company was determined to create an all-encompassing strategy that would have a positive impact ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by FitFlop
The benefits offered by FitFlop:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension scheme.Income protection (directors only).Health and wellbeingEither Private medical insurance (PMI) by AXA PPP, or dental cover by Denplan. Employees can choose only one option, but also have the option to fund PMI themselves. Eyecare vouchers, on-site optometrist and free eye ...
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Case StudiesZPG takes a holistic and inclusive approach to its benefits strategy
ZPG brings a holistic and inclusive element to its employee benefits strategy, and strongly believes that one size does not fit all.When it overhauled its strategy in 2017, ZPG felt that it needed to make some changes. The property information provider decided that taking a holistic viewpoint, while focusing on ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by ZPG
The employee benefits offered by ZPG:Pension group and risk Group personal pension scheme. Matching contributions up to 7.5%. Life assurance. Critical illness insurance.Health and wellbeing Private medical insurance provided by AXA PPP. Health cash plan. Eyecare vouchers. Dental care vouchers. Employee assistance programme (EAP). Office gym for office-based staff, including ...
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AnalysisWhat do flexible benefit schemes look like in the modern workplace?
Need to know:Flexible benefit schemes are becoming more popular as employees come to expect more individuality, and employers focus on retaining them.Advancements in technology allow for more variety in terms of both the communication of benefits, and employees' means of accessing them.Organisations can offer a wide range of benefits, but ...
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Case StudiesPageGroup incentivises employees to find out more about their flexible benefits package
Recruitment organisation PageGroup has found a fun way of promoting its flexible benefits offering to all 1,500 of its employees, across 25 UK locations.The organisation decided that just inviting staff to a presentation to find out more about the flexible benefits package was not tempting enough, so it entered every ...
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Case StudiesSkyscanner keeps employees engaged with bespoke benefits package
Leading global travel search site Skyscanner has found a number of ways to keep its employees at the heart of its strategy; ensuring they remain engaged and happy as well as reflecting its business objectives.The organisation has made significant changes to its flexible benefits package and launched Your World in ...
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AnalysisEmployee engagement in numbers
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ArticleLuton Airport employees vote for strike action over pay
Employees who are members of trade union Unite and are directly employed by London Luton Airport, are planning to undertake strike action from Friday 25 May 2018 to 6.30 am on Wednesday 30 May 2018, in a dispute over pay and zero hour contracts.Unite members, including firefighters and security guards, ...
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Article37% believe stress-related absence has increased over past year
More than one-third (37%) of respondents report that stress-related absence has increased over the past year and only 8% have seen a decrease, according to research by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and SimplyHealth. The Health and wellbeing at work report, which surveyed 1,000 HR professionals, also found ...
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ArticleThree UK engages employees with wellbeing benefits strategy
Three UK brings to life its wellbeing strategy by communicating benefits in real life situations for its employees to relate to.The British telecommunications organisations that employs just under 5,000 employees is trying to expand away from traditional benefits and focus on wellbeing, and wants employees to visualise benefits in their ...
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ArticleChicago restaurant employees earn $2,000 tip
Something for the weekend: A customer dining at a restaurant in Chicago generously gave employees a total of $2,000 in tips.The diner, Mike, who was visiting from Seattle, was so impressed by his dining experience at Boka, Chicago, he claimed it was the "absolute best service and food I have ...