All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 11
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AnalysisBuyer’s guide to car salary sacrifice schemes
Car salary sacrifice arrangements remain a popular employee benefit; in its January 2023 Leasing Outlook, the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) found a 20.5% year-on-year increase in company cars funded through salary sacrifice to quarter three in 2022.What are car salary sacrifice schemes?A car salary sacrifice scheme allows ...
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OpinionAvneet Kaur: Diversity, equity and inclusion policies must align with employee benefits
A global pandemic and economic volatility, along with Black Lives Matter and trans rights movements, have all brought about seismic shifts in attitudes. Added to this, the modern workforce is multi-generational and diverse in culture, experience, and identity.Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies must therefore align with employee benefits in ...
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ArticleBarton’s blog: What are the limits to employers’ cost-of-living support?
This week we have seen more employers implement policies to help staff with cost-of-living increases, but it poses the question: how far will employers go in their efforts to offer support?In recent months we have seen examples of energy bills paid for by employers, as well as pay rises and ...
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ArticleNick Pahl: Can employers' healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?
Employers will be concerned that high NHS waiting lists are blocking their employees with ill health issues from either staying, or returning to work after sickness absence. However, it is not only the NHS waiting lists that are to blame; sickness absence is now the key contributor to increased levels ...
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ArticleSusan Gee: Can employers' healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?
Offering employee benefits to support access to private healthcare can be cost-effective for employers in the UK, given the demands and waiting times on the NHS.While private healthcare services can be more expensive than NHS services, the benefits of reduced waiting times and improved access to care can have a ...
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ArticleGary Stanton: Can employers' healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?
Providing security services, including security guarding, front-of-house and reception employees, means Atlas Security is a people-oriented business. We operate in a highly competitive and mature market, where the introduction of employee benefits above statutory requirements can be a common challenge. With an aspiration to sit at the front of our ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with data audit
Data is misery. You would think with a central HR system like Choreday, we would have all the HR data we need. Well, think again. For some of our locations, the HR system is connected via payroll so naturally the salary and allowance data is correct; if not, people would ...
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AnalysisHow to implement affordable healthcare benefits in a cost-of-living crisis
Need to know:The cost of providing or accessing benefits is always going to be a big factor for employers and employees.Many healthcare benefits can be implemented at low cost to the organisation and no cost to the employee.Redirecting benefit spend to schemes which are more valued will ensure employees are ...
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Case StudiesTyler Grange benefits from funding staff wellbeing support
Tyler Grange has implemented a range of initiatives to ensure it fully supports its employees' health and wellbeing at no cost to its workforce.The environmental consultancy provides an employee assistance programme to all of its 72 members of staff, which offers financial and wellbeing advice, second opinion on medical diagnoses, ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Wave
The benefits on offer at Wave:PensionA master trust pension scheme for all employees. Those aged 22 and over are auto enrolled, but it is open to all employees.Matching contribution levels: 3% employee contribution, 6% employer; 4% employee 8% employer; 5% employee and 10% employer. Employees can contribute as much as ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Wave designs a benefits proposition in response to employee need
Employee Benefits · Employee Benefits/Wave podcastListen: A fairly young organisation, national water supplier Wave, has always ensured that employee wellbeing is weaved into the fabric of the business.Since its launch in 2017, the organisation has ensured that its benefits proposition offers staff a range of wellbeing support for any circumstance. ...
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OpinionKaty Harries: To consolidate or not to consolidate, that is the question
We have now reached 10 years of automatic-enrolment, which has led to an increase in the value of pension savings and the number of people saving for their retirement. The vast majority of these people were enrolled into defined contribution (DC) schemes.As more people joined DC schemes, the government raised ...
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ArticleWendy Swash: How do you help employees beat the January blues?
January is a good time for reflecting on achievements and lessons learned, as well as goal setting. However, it can be a tough month to get motivated, with Blue Monday, which falls on Monday 16 January, this year, reportedly one of the most depressing days of the year. At Moneypenny, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We’ve just started the annual review process and the whole Reward team have to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to ‘partner’ through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up can ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid helps with inflation
We have just started the annual review process and the whole reward team has to get stuck in. Each of us has a part of the business to partner through the process. To me that means chivvying each management level along to complete their planning, so the next level up ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid has leadership training
I am deeply worried. It might seem a strange thing to get upset about, but I have been put forward for our ‘special’ effective leadership training. There are only two ways to get on the programme: one is to be assessed as high potential, the other is if you are ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Central Co-op introduces new reward hub to enhance benefits offering
tynanbarton · Employee Benefits/Central Co-op podcastListen: Retail co-operative society, Cental Co-op, has launched a new reward and benefits platform to offer a centralised benefits hub with essential support for employees during difficult financial times.In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Jen Roberts, senior reward and wellbeing manager at Central ...
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Case StudiesBenefits on offer at Central Co-op
Benefits offered by Central Co-op:Pension and group riskA group personal pension for all employees, with varying contribution levels.Life assurance, funded by the employer.Healthcare and wellbeingHealth cash plan, funded by the employee.Employee assistance programme, employer paid.Line manager mental health training.Mental health champions.Free flu jab.Menopause support policy.HolidaysHoliday puchase: employees can buy up ...
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ArticleJess Badley: Should hybrid working include a move away from the traditional nine-to-five?
Yes, that should be an option for individuals. We know flexibility is important to people, but that flexibility takes many forms, so it is about ensuring organisational objectives are met with individual needs. I think hybrid working is most successful when organisations create systems, processes and most importantly a high ...