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Article45% of organisations find it difficult to meet expectations around benefits
Almost half (45%) of organisations find it difficult to meet employee expectations with their current benefits packages, according to research by employee benefits software firm Benify.Its Boost competitiveness by leveraging global benefits and total rewards report, which was sponsored by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and surveyed 214 HR leaders ...
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OpinionKevin Gude: Why should employers consider a corporate healthcare trust?
Employer-funded healthcare trusts are an established, tax-efficient way to deliver the benefit of medical treatment to employees without having to buy employer-paid health insurance.Traditional insurance involves paying an insurance firm a premium, including 12% in tax, that reflects the insurer’s prediction that claims will be made by employees, as well ...
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ArticleEncirc rolls out personalised employee wellbeing development platform
Glass container design, manufacturing, bottling and logistics firm Encirc has introduced a personalised development platform for wellbeing to its employee benefits package.The firm, which operates for the UK, Irish and European food and beverages industries, employs almost 2,000 staff across its three sites in the UK, which include Derrylin in ...
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ArticleUK Power Networks and Principality Building Society sign up to heating benefit scheme
Electricity distribution network operator UK Power Networks, Principality Building Society, asset management firm QEQ and advertising business Oliver Agency have signed up to a home heating employee benefit scheme.Run by Heat Scheme, the benefit will give employees at the firms access to one to one consultations, heating efficiency assessments and ...
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ArticleBrowne Jacobson appoints Shelley Sutton as people director
UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed Shelley Sutton as its new people director.Sutton takes over the role from Declan Vaughan, who retires this month after holding the role for six years and working at the firm since 2017.She joined Browne Jacobson in 2019 as a HR business ...
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ArticleBecome a Wombat Walker through Tourism Tasmania’s Odd Jobs initiative
Something for the weekend: We all have an idea about what would constitute an odd job, but it is a whole different definition down under.Tourism Tasmania has launched its Odd Jobs initiative as part of its off season campaign this year to encourage Australians and holiday makers to sign up ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read articles between 28 June - 4 July 2024
The top 10 most read articles between 28 June - 4 July 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Moody’s introduces global parental leaveHays implements one week of paid carer’s leaveBarts NHS Trust facilities staff receive special leave equivalent to paymentExclusive: 34% of employers say staff not aware of or do not understand ...
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ArticleBMS Group appoints new group chief people officer
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS Group has appointed Ali Trauttmansdorff group chief people officer.Trauttmansdorff, who will be based in London, will report to Nick Cook, chief executive officer of BMS Group, and join the executive committee.In her role, Trauttmansdorff will be focused on supporting the group’s merger and acquisition ...
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OpinionDebbie Coyne: Managing Euro 2024 and staff leave
With Euro 2024 football fever sweeping the country, employers are once again facing the age-old conundrum of balancing productivity and business operations with giving their staff the chance to watch their nation at a major summer tournament.Legally, employers are not obliged to provide time off for employees to watch Euro ...
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ArticleMenzies completes £260 million pensions buy-in
Aviation services firm Menzies has completed a £260 million pensions buy-in for its Menzies Pension Fund.The transaction secures the benefits of more than 3,000 members, including almost 1,400 pensioners and 1,650 deferred members.The process included a secondary market sale of an illiquid asset and deferral of premium, which enabled the ...
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ArticleExclusive: 34% of employers say staff not aware of or do not understand benefits
One-third (34%) of employers admitted that their staff are not aware of or do not understand the benefits they are offered, according to new research conducted by Group Risk Development (Grid). The industry body for the group risk sector surveyed 500 HR decision-makers at UK businesses and ...
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ArticleECI Partners hires head of people
Mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners has increased its HR team with the appointment of Tamsin Webster as its new head of people.Webster will help develop ECI’s team for future growth and will build on its ongoing diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. She has built and led people and culture ...
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ArticleTikTok video shows jobs dogs would be qualified for
Something for the weekend: Have you ever (jokingly) thought your dog wasn’t pulling its weight around the house, and wondered what job it would actually be qualified to do?TikTok user @MyBrownNewfies, the owner of a couple of Newfoundlands and a Corgi, created a video of all of the jobs that ...
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ArticleBarts NHS Trust facilities staff receive special leave equivalent to payment
Credit: Kam Hus / Shutterstock.comNearly 700 employees at Barts NHS Trust have received ‘special leave’ to the equivalent value of a Covid-19 lump sum payment to which other NHS employees were entitled.The employees, who are members of trade union Unite, work as porters, cleaners and facilities at the trust. During ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read articles between 21 - 27 June 2024
The top 10 most read articles between 21 - 27 June 2024 on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Nike doubles parental leave benefit for all US employeesGraham introduces employee wellbeing app59% of staff rank financial wellbeing as most wanted support from employerGames Workshop awards employees bonus paymentTribunal rules Wrexham bakery did not make ...
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ArticleNokia appoints Lorna Gibb as chief people officer
Telecommunications firm Nokia has appointed Lorna Gibb as chief people officer and member of the group leadership team, effective immediately.Gibb will be based in Finland and report to Nokia’s president and chief executive officer, Pekka Lundmark.She joined the firm in 2020 and has been interim chief people officer since March. ...
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ArticleChancery Lane moves to four-day working week
Retirement income planning firm Chancery Lane has switched to a four-day working week in order to support its employees with family commitments and responsibilities.Under the new working structure, the firm’s financial planners and wealth managers will be contracted to work from Monday to Thursday, while retaining their previous salaries. It ...
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ArticleMS Amlin introduces paid carer’s leave policy
Insurance and reinsurance firm MS Amlin has introduced a paid carer’s leave policy to support its employees.Under the policy, all employees will be entitled to up to five days' paid leave a year to care for a spouse, civil partner, child, parent, another dependent household member or a neighbour with ...
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Article47% of employers are unsure if wellbeing provision meets employees’ needs
Employee Benefits poll: Almost half (47%) of organisations are unsure if their wellbeing support provision is meeting employees’ needs, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers. Meanwhile, just 18% of respondents said the believe that their wellbeing support provision was meeting employees’ needs, while 35% answered ...
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ArticleScientific Games recruits Amy Steinman as chief human resources officer
Global lottery organisation Scientific Games has recruited Amy Steinman as its new chief human resources officer and the newest member of its executive leadership team.Scientific Games is a partner to 150 lotteries in 50 countries around the globe and provides games, technologies, analytics and services to beneficiary programmes.Steinman will lead ...