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ArticleBuyer's guide to healthcare trusts
Credit: everydayplus/shutterstockWhat are healthcare trusts? Healthcare trusts enable employers to provide self-funded medical cover to employees. Unlike private medical insurance (PMI), healthcare benefits are paid for from a trust fund, set up with trust rules.The value of the fund is based on an estimated annual claims bill. There is an ...
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ArticleAxa extends global support benefits to UK employees
Insurance firm Axa has extended the support benefits available to UK employee who are parents, carers, experience the loss of a baby or are victims of domestic abuse from this month.Through its We Care programme, UK employees will be entitled to eight weeks of paid co-parent leave, an increase of ...
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ArticleGreenwich Leisure workers receive 20% sick pay increase
Workers employed by Greenwich Leisure (GLL) are set to receive a 20% increase in sick pay following a day of industrial action last week.From this month, the social enterprise has agreed to increase sick pay for all of its employees, including its leisure workers across the UK.This follows a 24-hour ...
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ArticleExclusive: 76% of UK employers measure impact of supporting staff health
More than three-quarters (76%) of employers measure the impact of supporting the health and wellbeing of their staff, according to research by Group Risk Development (Grid).The industry body for the group risk sector, which surveyed 500 HR decision-makers, found this is an increase on the 51% of respondents which measured ...
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Article47% of staff feel stressed or overwhelmed at work
Nearly half (47%) of employees feel stressed or overwhelmed at work, according to new research carried out by Oak Engage.The employee engagement and intranet solution spoke to more than 1,200 British employees for its Employee happiness survey. It found that more than one-quarter (26%) of respondents said they were unhappy ...
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ArticleMarvel to trial four-day working week
Gloucester-based recruitment firm Marvel will trial a new four-day working week for its employees from May 2024.The firm, which specialises in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, will reduce its working days from five to four as part of a three-month trial, with employees continuing to receive 100% of their ...
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ArticleExclusive: Employee Benefits Awards 2024 shortlist revealed
Superdrug, Natwest Group, Central Co-op and E.On are some of the employers that have made the much awaited shortlist for the Employee Benefits Awards 2024.The full list of finalists is available to read here.Employee Benefits would like to congratulate all of this year’s shortlisted finalists and offer thanks to everyone ...
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ArticleLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham worker wins £4.6m in discrimination tribunal
A worker employed by London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham who was dismissed after taking sick leave for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been awarded £4.6 million by an employment tribunal for disability discrimination.Rachael Wright-Turner had previously worked as a humanitarian assistance lead officer at the Royal Borough of Kensington ...
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ArticleGi Group to train employees to become mental health first aiders
Recruitment firm Gi Group is to increase the number of its employees who are trained mental health first aiders (MHFA) as part of its focus on employee wellbeing this year.The firm, which has almost 500 UK employees, currently has 45 qualified MHFAs across the business, with a further 55 planned ...
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ArticleMerck expands fertility benefit programme
Credit: ricochet64 / Shutterstock.comScience and technology organisation Merck has expanded its fertility benefit programme to employees in 11 additional countries.The benefit, which was first introduced in nine markets in October 2023, has now been rolled out to its workforces in Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, South ...
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ArticleExclusive: Plane Saver Credit Union rolls out health and wellbeing benefits for staff
Plane Saver Credit Union has introduced a range of lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits for its 36 employees.Through a partnership with Vivup, the credit union’s employees will be able to access an online GP for proactive wellbeing and preventative services, 24/7 support and information through health management platform Your Care ...
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ArticleGlasgow Clyde College receives menopause-friendly accreditation
Glasgow Clyde College has received menopause-friendly accreditation as part of its commitment to support employee wellbeing during a significant life transition.The accreditation, which is awarded by Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace, recognises high standards and proven practices of menopause in the workplace. In order to achieve this, employers must demonstrate ...
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ArticlePoor mental health in the workplace cost UK economy £102 billion in 2023
Poor mental health in the workplace cost the UK economy £102 billion in 2023, according to research by Axa UK.The healthcare group's fourth annual Mind health study, which surveyed 16,000 people aged 18 to 74 from 16 European, Asian and American countries, also found that around £26 billion was lost ...
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Article47% do not think occupational health taskforce will be successful
Employee Benefits poll: Almost half (47%) of organisations do not think the government’s new taskforce to improve occupational health in the workplace will be successful, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers.Less than one-quarter (22%) of respondents said they do think the government’s new taskforce to improve occupational health ...
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ArticleAsda introduces later-life care advice and mortgage advice benefits
Supermarket Asda has introduced a later-life care advice and mortgage advice benefit for its 150,000 employees.The later-life care advice benefit, offered by Legal and General’s Care Concierge service, provides employees with confidential one-to-one telephone services where they can receive support and advice about later-life care for their loved ones.The benefit ...
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ArticleCisco, Hilton and DHL Express among UK’s Best Workplaces for 2024
Valeriya Zankovych / Shutterstock.comDigital communications firm Cisco, hotel chain Hilton and logistics business DHL Express have been named as some of the UK’s Best Workplaces for 2024.Workplace culture organisation Great Place to Work surveyed more than 250,000 employees on how their employer supports their work-life balance, sense of fulfilment, job ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 8 - 14 March 2024
The top 10 most-read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 - 14 March 2024 were: KPMG to roll out wellbeing check-in initiative to US staffAldi raises pay rates for store assistants and store managersBank of England gives employees 4% pay riseHSBC implements fertility benefits for more than 3,000 UAE employeesLewis Silkin ...
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ArticleGoogle to enhance family-building benefits for UK staff
Google has announced that it will expand its UK family-building benefits this year as part of its commitment to supporting its employees in important life moments.From April, the employer’s UK family-building benefits package will include in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) through its private medical insurance (PMI) plan, allowing ...
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ArticleNHS England implements paid miscarriage leave for employees
NHS England has introduced up to 10 days of additional paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage, as part of new guidance issued to hospitals.Women who experience a miscarriage in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy will be offered up to ten days of paid leave and their partners ...
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ArticleKPMG to roll out wellbeing check-in initiative to US staff
Professional services firm KPMG is to roll out an energy check-in initiative to its 36,000 US employees and partners by the end of 2024.The organisation carried out a pilot of the initiative last year in one of its smaller divisions, with the aim of identifying employees who are at risk ...