All articles by Louise Fordham – Page 6
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ArticleRoyal Mail introduces separation support service
EXCLUSIVE: Royal Mail has introduced a new pilot scheme to support the wellbeing of employees who are separating from their spouses.The pilot initiative, known as Dialogue First, aims to help employees reach an early-stage agreement with the partner with whom they are separating, while also supporting the mental and emotional ...
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ArticleUK median gender pay gap higher than EU average
Employee Benefits Live 2015: The gender pay gap stands at 19.1% in the UK in terms of median pay rates for all employees (full-time and part-time), higher than the EU 2014 average of 16.4%.When looking at full-time earning metrics, women in the UK receive 9.4% less than male workers.The different ...
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ArticleIBM and BT proactively support mental health
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Technology firm IBM takes a well-rounded, holistic approach to employee health and wellbeing, which is enabled by ensuring that all elements of its support strategy are not conducted in silos.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2015, in a session titled ’Taking a proactive approach towards mental health ...
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ArticleNovartis uses total reward to retain talent
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Novartis Oncology is using its approach to total reward to support its transition from a highly performance-driven culture to a more collaborative environment. Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2015, in a session titled ’Developng an effective total reward strategy, Marie-Noelle Gagnon, human resources business partner at ...
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Article34% offer separate work-life balance programmes
Around a third (34%) of respondents offer standalone work-life balance programmes for employees, according to research by Britain’s Healthiest Company.Its survey of 32,538 employees across 112 organisations, conducted by the University of Cambridge and RAND Europe, found that, on average, just 8% of staff who have access to separate work-life ...
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ArticleLouise's Lowdown: Will the new wage bring relief or confusion?
The Summer Budget announcement that a new national living wage will come into play from April 2016 elicited a range of responses: a welcome step in the right direction to nudge up pay for workers struggling with the rising cost of living; reservations surrounding the limitations of the new rate ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 17-23 September:JLT to acquire Close Brother’s corporate businesses.The benefits of being a mermaid.How are the pension reforms impacting employers?Wearables could boost staff health.Follow the action at Employee Benefits Live.Delta Airlines to increase pay and pension contributions.Pension Wise to move to the ...
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Case StudiesMulti-channel strategy at Royal Mail wins hearts and minds
Royal Mail has engaged in a broad spectrum of communication channels to ensure that its 143,000 employees are well informed about the share schemes available to them, a strategy that helped the organisation to win the ‘Best employee share schemes’ category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.Royal Mail offers two ...
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ArticleBenefits do not necessarily require generational segmentation
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Martha How, partner at Aon Employee Benefits, warned against segmenting benefits for employees based on sweeping assumptions about generational attitudes. Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2015 in the session entitled ‘Is age just a number?’, How presented the results of several pieces of research that examined ...
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OpinionJo Broadbent: Addressing long-term sick leave during unit transfers
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision found that an employee on long-term sick leave did not transfer under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Tupe) to a new employer with other employees when the part of the business in which he worked before his absence transferred.In the case of ...
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ArticleNetwork with industry experts at Employee Benefits Live
Alongside a packed conference programme, delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2015 will have the opportunity to network with more than 100 providers, advisers and consultants in the reward and benefits industry.Aon Employee Benefits is headline sponsor for this year’s event. On 21 September, the opening keynote session is sponsored by ...
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ArticleHow are the pension reforms impacting employers?
Take part in exclusive pensions research to see how your organisation’s pensions strategy compares with other employers and industry peers.The Employee Benefits/Close Brothers pensions research 2015 is designed to help benchmark your firm’s pensions approach.We want to hear your experiences and opinions on the pension reforms and how they have ...
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ArticleLidl UK to introduce the living wage
Lidl UK is to introduce the living wage from 1 October 2015.The supermarket will pay its 17,000 employees staff a minimum of £8.20 an hour, and £9.35 in London. These are the hourly rates it expects the Living Wage Foundation to recommend when it recalculates its voluntary living wage rates ...
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ArticleKeynote speakers turn their attention to the future
The focus will be on the future for the keynote sessions on the opening day of Employee Benefits Live 2015.Jane Marsh, group people director at Innocent Drinks, will open the conference on the morning of Monday 21 September to examine the most effective ways to engage the workforce of the ...
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ArticlePension Wise to move to the Department for Work and Pensions
Responsibility for providing the Pension Wise service will transfer from HM Treasury to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Harriett Baldwin, economic secretary to the Treasury, has announced. The move will take place by 31 March 2016. The service and delivery partners will remain unchanged.Baldwin also announced that the ...
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ArticleBT, L'Oreal, Siemens and Sky to share their experiences
Delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2015 will have the opportunity to learn from a number of employer experiences and case studies. Among others, this will include:Kim Smart, senior HR consultant at Jose Cuervo International, will discuss pay management in a global arena.Karen Gaynor, head of reward at Siemens, will focus ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk from 10-16 September:1. Police officer takes tongue-in-cheek approach to appraisal.2. European Court rules that travel time is work.3. PMI to discuss auto-re-enrolment challenges.4. Martha How to discuss benefits segmentation.5. Innocent Drinks to discuss the workforce of the future.6. Heineken agrees £2.4bn pension ...
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AnalysisHow does the benefits app market compare with consumer apps?
If you read nothing else, read this…Mobile apps can provide employees with access to benefits wherever and whenever the need arises.Apps can complement traditional benefits communication and tap into the changing ways in which staff consume information.The increasing use of smartphones and the growing familiarity with digital technology in the ...
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ArticleJLT to acquire Close Brother's corporate businesses
Pension and benefits consultancy JLT Employee Benefits (JLT EB) has entered into an agreement with Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) to acquire its three corporate businesses.The transaction aims to further strengthen JLT EB’s market presence. It will include: CBAM’s employee benefit solutions business, which delivers pensions advice and defined contribution ...
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Article84% are not charged a pension exit fee
More than four-fifths (84%) of consumers aged 55-years-old and over do not experience an exit charge when accessing their pension savings, according to data collected and analysed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).Its findings also revealed that 204,581 pension policies were accessed in the three months following the introduction of ...