All articles by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam – Page 4
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 January – 20 January 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 January – 20 January 2021 were: Morrisons to increase pay for 96,000 store employeesWhat issues are impacting employers' 2021 pay strategies?Unions promise to fight working week and holiday pay ‘dilutions’Lovewell's logic: Farewell for now!Employment tribunal rejects Ryanair’s case for removing striking ...
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ArticleTypical pay awards could fall to 1%
Annual pay awards have steadied at a median of 2% in the three months to the end of December 2020 and are unchanged for the third consecutive rolling quarter, but early indications suggest pay settlements in 2021 could be half as much.Whole-year data shows the extent to which pay awards ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Preparing for future challenges
As our Future of Work Week, in association with Aon, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.Ensuring benefits provisions are fit for the future has long been on the agenda for many employers. However, ...
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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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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Identifying the right mental health support
As our Mental Health Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.The issue of mental health has slowly been climbing its way up employers’ agendas, with an increasing ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid examines HR policies
I am still reeling from the shock. Big Bad Boss has called me in and said they (presumably the Higher Beings on the third floor) want me to update the intranet. What all of it? Big Bad Boss seems to think so. He waves my concerns away with the back ...
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Kavitha Sivasubramaniam: Welcome to Mental Health Week!
Welcome to Mental Health Week in association with Benenden.This dedicated week is designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions, uncovering the latest trends and best practice in supporting mental health at work.The issue of mental health has slowly been climbing its way up employers’ agendas, with an increasing number ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Employee benefits keep one in six at work after 65
Around seven in 10 UK employees expect to work past the age of 65, while almost two in five anticipate retiring after they turn 75, research from Canada Life Group Insurance revealed earlier this week.More than 70% of those set to continue working beyond their 65th birthday attribute this to ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Improving the employee experience with technology
As our Benefits Technology Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Technology is constantly evolving, permeating all aspects of people’s lives, from their homes to their workplaces; ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Employers must prioritise mental health and wellbeing
This week has seen the issue of mental wellbeing take centre stage, thanks to Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from 13 to 19 May.The initiative, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, highlights just how widespread the matter is, the impact that mental health issues can have within organisations, and ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid applies for a job
The wonderful thing about LinkedIn is that recruiters all over the country can get in touch, and get in touch they do. Don’t let anyone tell you the economy is slow; the job market is fairly speeding along. I am probably contacted once a week or so these days, but ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Health and wellbeing is high on the benefits agenda
For the second consecutive year, organisations report that the main reason they offer perks is to support the health and wellbeing of their workforce. According to our Benefits research 2019, this has overtaken recruitment and retention as the primary motivation, clearly demonstrating just how much employers are realising the value ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Mind the ethnicity pay gap
As an Asian woman, how employers can address the ethnicity pay gap and improve employment opportunities and equality for people from ethnic minority backgrounds is an issue close to my heart.At the Westminster Employment Forum policy conference on Bame (black, Asian and ethnic minority) equality in the workplace: tackling discrimination ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid tackles the gender issue
What a relief to have help with the gender issue; our pay gap reporting. We now have a hobbit to manage all HR data reporting, including the gender package. Yes, I know I shouldn’t think of her as that, but she is small, hairy, and well, remarkably hobbit-like. I say ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Promoting and communicating benefits adds to their value
As our Maximising Benefits Week in association with Tusker draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.This dedicated week was designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions, uncovering the latest trends and best ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Attitudes towards gender pay are changing
This week, we reported that almost seven in 10 employees in Europe would contemplate leaving their organisation if they knew it had an unfair gender pay gap.Interestingly, the research, carried out by HR management software organisation ADP, found that this figure rose to four in five among 16 to 34 ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Employee happiness should be employers' focus
As our Well at Work Week in association with Benenden Health draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Most employers know that employee illness and stress can have significant cost implications, not least because ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid seeks financial support at work
I’ve decided to do something about financial support at work and financial wellbeing in general. Not just my own; you only have to look around the office to see how stressed out and worried everyone is. It’s hard to know if they are lying awake at night over their mortgage, ...
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ArticleKavitha Sivasubramaniam: Evolving to become about much more than physical health
As our Occupational Health Week, in association with Health Shield, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.In recent years, health and wellbeing strategies have evolved to become about much more than just physical ...