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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employer relationships weakened by Covid-19
EXCLUSIVE: Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has permanently changed employer-employee relationships, including employee attitudes to benefits, according to research by MetLife exclusively shared with Employee Benefits.The study, presented in a report entitled ‘Re:Me’, questioned 300 employers and 900 workers and found 62% of staff felt their relationship with the employer had changed, with ...
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ArticleCronkshaw Fold Farm offers goat cameos to combat Zoom fatigue
Something for the weekend: If you're suffering from Zoom fatigue, Cronkshaw Fold Farm might just have the solution to keep spirits up during virtual communications.You may be used to colleagues ‘butting in’ during video calls, but how would you feel if a goat popped up on your screen?The Lancashire farm ...
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Article45% of employees do not feel supported by their employer
Under half (45%) of staff believe that their employer is not doing enough to support them, according to research by Tiger Recruitment.The organisation's Salary and Benefits Review 2021, which surveyed 2,126 employees in the UK, found that more than half (51%) of respondents believe their employer could have communicated their ...
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ArticleHargreaves Lansdown signs Race at Work charter to tackle racial inequality
Financial services organisation Hargreaves Lansdown has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid experiences a distanced office environment
There are days when I wish I was still working from home all week. I have come in on a Monday morning to see that facilities have had another go at moving the desks around to keep us safely apart. Gone is my nice corner next to the plants. Instead, ...
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ArticleGamestop launches TikTok competition for employees
Something for the weekend: American electronics retail organisation Gamestop has given employees the opportunity to put on their dancing shoes and get posting on TikTok.Employees have the chance to bring out their social media influencing skills and knowledge, by battling it out with their fellow co-workers for a chance to ...
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ArticleAegon signs Race at Work charter to address racial inequality
Financial services organisation Aegon has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that employees from ethnic minority groups face in the workplace.The race charter, created in partnership with the UK government and charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out to improve the workplace quality ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: BT enhances communications strategy
Telecommunications organisation BT has enhanced its communications strategy to ensure its employees feel more connected during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The employer, which has 80,000 employees working in 54 countries, has expanded on the services it uses through connectivity platform Workplace. BT believes that the communication tool will help create an ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 28% of employees do not understand the benefits available to them
Just over a quarter (28%) of employers believe that their employees do not fully understand the benefits that are available to them, according to research by industry body Grid.In survey of 1,675 HR decision makers and employees also found that 10% of employers believe their workforce is only aware of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco introduces regular check-ins during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cisco has introduced a weekly check-in meeting for all of its 70,000 global employees.On the third day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 7 October, Shelia Champion-Smeeth, global head of wellbeing and people at Cisco, discussed what ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Zurich UK to discuss embracing flexible-working at EB Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Francis, diversity and inclusion lead at insurance organisation Zurich UK will discuss how businesses, have and can, further adapt to flexible working among their workforce at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘Embracing flexible working’ will take place at 2.30pm on Monday 5 October in the first ...
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Article67% of staff are looking forward to connecting with colleagues when returning to the office
Just over two-thirds (67%) employees in the UK are most looking forward to communicating with their fellow colleagues when returning to the office, according to research by CIPHR.The study of 1,000 UK employees, published in September 2020, also found that over half (53%) are looking forward to free food and ...
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ArticleHomeserve signs Race at Work charter to improve workplace equality
Emergency repairs and improvements organisation Homeserve has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that ethnic minority employees face in the workplace.The race charter, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out ...
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Jennifer Hill: Making a return to the workplace
As lockdown is relaxed throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus), employers need to plan carefully for employees’ return to the workplace to accommodate for effective communication, wellbeing, and healthcare.Crucially, employees should continue to work from home if they can, and employers should take all reasonable steps to help employees to do so.Employers ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets to grips with online meetings
I am about ready to throw something at someone; only there is no one here because I am working at home. Most of the office is working from home just now. Big Bad Boss has scheduled weekly catch up calls so we don’t ‘lose touch’. I don’t know about losing ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Four-fifths use digital communications to boost benefits engagement
EXCLUSIVE: Digital communications are steadily increasing as a method of improving engagement with benefits, up from 68% in 2016 to 78% this year, according to research by Employee Benefits.While this might indicate the move towards a reliance on technology, it is worth noting that the Benefits research 2019, published in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three in 10 plan to adapt to future challenges using better communications
EXCLUSIVE: In order to adapt to future challenges in the industry, fewer than three in 10 (28%) intend to use better or more targeted communications, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report canvassed the views of 290 HR decision-makers, and was published in May 2019. It also ...
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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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ArticleNon-Standard Finance and Womble Bond Dickinson shortlisted for Best communications
Consumer finance business Non-Standard Finance and law firm Womble Bond Dickinson are among the employers included on the shortlist for Best benefits communications, small employer, at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This award will celebrate the achievements of an organisation with fewer than 1,000 employees, which has used effective and innovative ...
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ArticleNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Unilever shortlisted for Best benefits communications
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, construction business Kier Group, and consumer goods organisation Unilever are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best benefits communications, large employer category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2019.This accolade recognises the most effective and engaging benefits communication strategies implemented by employers with more than 5,000 ...
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