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  • Lee Gruskin
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    Capita sees 200% increase in engagement with health and wellbeing campaign

    2016-06-20T10:17:10Z

    Capita achieved a 200% increase in employee engagement with its health and wellbeing campaign following a four-week engagement initiative.In November 2015, the organisation launched its Health and Body MOT campaign with the aim of engaging staff with their wellbeing and driving take up of the health screening available to them ...

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    Microsoft and Nationwide shortlisted for best flexible benefits

    2016-05-25T10:22:43Z

    JP Morgan, Microsoft and Nationwide Building Society (pictured) have been shortlisted for the Best flexible benefits plan award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2016.This award celebrates the most effective use of a flexible benefits plan within an organisation.The full category shortlist is:Callcredit Information Group, Benefits for people like you (Entered ...

  • Fox Agency
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    Fox Agency achieves 90% take-up rate for workplace fitness scheme

    2016-05-09T10:40:46Z

    Fox Agency has achieved a 90% take-up rate for its employee health initiative, which provides free personal training sessions to staff.The marketing organisation introduced the wellbeing scheme 18 months ago for its 16 staff members and any current freelancers in order to help staff improve their fitness levels.The initiative includes ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: 99% of Bibby Financial Services employees engage with flexible benefits

    2016-01-19T11:45:59Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Bibby Financial Services has achieved a 99% employee engagement rate with its flexible benefits programme.Just seven of the organisation's 763 employees did not make any changes to their flexible benefits package during its most recent window, which ran from 17 November until 6 December 2015.To achieve this level of ...

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    41 Simplyhealth industry insight - Flexible benefits – the answer to greater employee engagement

    2016-01-04T13:26:00Z

    Flexible benefits have certainly taken off in the last few years. With the cost of technology falling and more employers implementing a platform to support their pension auto-enrolment requirements, demand for flex keeps growing.Independent research commissioned by Simplyhealth in July 2015 showed that 51% of corporates surveyed revealed that they ...

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    Top 10 most read stories this week

    2015-12-17T16:41:49Z

    The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk from 10-17 December 2015 What is driving employers’ flexible benefits strategies?EDF Energy consults on opening defined benefit pension scheme to new membersCouncil employees receive two-year pay rise offerGovernment confirms secondary annuity market will not extend to workplace pensionsCapita to acquire Work Group’s ...

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    Coloplast communicates flexible benefits through roadshow

    2015-12-01T10:47:28Z

    Global medical services provider Coloplast hosted a flexible benefits roadshow to help its employees plan for their future.Coloplast, which has offered its staff flexible benefits since 2011, opted to stage the roadshow to give employees the opportunity to review their current benefit choices and discover new options to include in ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Callcredit uses communication to boost staff engagement with flex

    2015-11-27T12:19:06Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Callcredit has boosted employee engagement with its flexible benefits package by offering a wider choice of benefits for selection and running a multimedia communications campaign.Almost nine in 10 (89%) of the consumer data management agency's 1,000 employees logged onto its flexible benefits website over an 11-day enrolment period. The ...

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    53% view flexible working as key part of wellbeing

    2015-11-13T12:00:25Z

    Just over half (53%) of respondents view flexible working as a key part of their overall employee wellbeing strategy, according to research by Aon.Its 2015 employee benefits and trends survey, which is based on responses from 294 reward, compensation, pensions and benefits representatives, also found that 38% of respondents do ...

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    Flexible benefits

    2015-10-29T09:11:00Z

    The latest analysis, news, case studies and opinion in relation to flexible benefits.

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    Heinz boosts flexible benefits take up

    2015-06-15T11:43:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Heinz has nearly trebled its flexible benefits submission rates in 2015 through the use of an online benefits portal and effective communication practices.The food manufacturer took a ‘learn, see, change’ approach to guide more than 2,500 employees through the annual enrolment window in November 2014 to help them digest ...

  • Flexible benefits
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    Holiday buy and sell receive highest take up in flex

    2015-06-04T10:04:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Holiday buy and sell, critical illness cover and travel insurance are among the benefits with the highest take up in flexible benefits, according to research by benefits consultancy and technology provider Vebnet. The research, which is from 52 employer clients across five different industry sectors that have a total ...

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    81% offer some form of flexible benefits

    2014-10-07T11:16:00Z

    The popularity of flexible benefits plans has risen in the past ten years with 35% of respondents offering full flex compared to 11% in 2004, according to research by Staffcare.Its See the benefits: A whitepaper on the latest trends in flexible benefits and technology report, which surveyed 108 HR professionals, ...

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    JP Morgan boosts flexible benefits engagement

    2014-09-22T11:18:00Z

    JP Morgan has increased staff engagement with its flexible benefits scheme from 38% to 74% after revamping and relauching its benefits platform in 2012.Adam Brooke (pictured), employee benefits and wellness manager at JP Morgan, will discuss how the organisation achieved this increase in engagement in a session titled ’Communication strategies ...

  • Clare Bettelley
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    Clare Bettelley: Employee engagement drives flexible benefits growth

    2014-04-24T04:30:00Z

    A large majority of respondents (79%) use staff motivation or engagement to measure the success of their scheme, and 59% use staff retention as a measure. This suggests that the value of flexible benefits in helping to recruit, retain and motivate staff is increasingly important to employers in the war ...

  • Flexible Benefits April 2014
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    Employee Benefits / Towers Watson flexible benefits research 2014

    2014-02-24T00:00:00Z

    Read the digital edition of the Employee Benefits / Towers Watson flexible benefits research 2014.The supplement includes the following articles:Paul Brown: Fit-for-purpose and well-communicated benefits engage staffClare Bettelley: Employee engagement drives flexible benefits growthEmployee Benefits Flexible benefits research 2014: Key findingsFlexible benefits most successful in optimising tax and NI savingsStaff ...

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    Last chance to win an iPad with flexible benefits research

    2014-01-30T12:17:00Z

    This is your last chance to win an iPad mini in return for just 10 minutes of your time.Simply complete the Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible Benefits survey and we will enter you into a prize draw for the chance to win an iPad mini. We will also send you a ...

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    Win an iPad mini by completing flexible benefits survey

    2014-01-24T12:13:00Z

    Employee Benefits’ annual survey is designed to help employers benchmark their organisation’s flexible benefits plan with those of competitors. To have your say and gain an insight into how your flex plan compares with those of your peers’, please participate in this short survey by 31 January 2014.As a thank ...

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    Share your views on flexible benefits

    2014-01-21T12:30:00Z

    We are conducting our annual research designed to help benefits professionals benchmark their organisation’s flexible benefits plan.The Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible benefits research 2013 revealed that 92% of employers that did not offer flex viewed the cost of implementation as a barrier to doing so.And 55% of respondents believed that ...