All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 18
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ArticleSinead Hall: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
Absolutely; everyone knows the saying don’t knock it until you try it and I certainly think this applies here. Four-day working is proven to lead to happier and more committed people. It may seem difficult as a business to initially implement but my advice would be to certainly try, because ...
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ArticleDave Newick: Should employers consider introducing a four-day working week?
The simple answer is yes. We had been supportive of the idea for some time, as studies show a four-day week boosts employee work-life balance and lowers burnout without sacrificing productivity, as well as challenging gender inequality and reducing carbon emissions. During the first lockdown, where everyone had to work ...
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Case Studies
Infographic: Pensions education in numbers
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Pension Protection Fund view: Education matters in safeguarding employees from pension scams
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has sadly had a significant impact on the employment circumstances and finances of many people across the UK; 11.6 million have been furloughed in part or full, and that doesn’t include the impact on the self-employed and other less visible groups. Some have been forced to take early ...
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Infographic: Group risk benefits engagement in numbers
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Herbert Smith Freehills
The benefits offered by Herbert Smith Freehills:PensionA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for all employees, with employer-matched contributions up to a total of 16% (employee/employer).Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance (PMI) scheme, employer paid for all employees and their families.Income protection, employer paid for all employees.Health screening, employee paid.Health cash plan, ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Herbert Smith Freehills ensures its reward strategy is pandemic proof
tynanbarton · Herbert Smith Freehills/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Ellie Vaughan, head of reward and benefits at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), talks about the changes the law firm has made to its reward strategy in the past year.When the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic hit, the employer quickly assessed which of its benefits were ...
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OpinionMartin Upton: Workplace financial education can support employees' savings goals
There have long been concerns about financial capability in the UK and calls for education to help people manage their finances. But should this be provided in the workplace?Clearly there is a demand for this. An Open University survey, published in December 2015, found that 81% of employees would like ...
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OpinionKeely Rushmore: How the change to the furlough scheme will impact employers
The news that a significant proportion of businesses are contemplating redundancies as the furlough scheme winds down is perhaps not a surprise.Based on the new rules set out by the government, employers are now being asked to contribute 20% towards the salaries of those whose wages are being subsidised by ...
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OpinionHayley James: Pensions engagement is becoming an increasingly important issue
The focus on the topic of engagement, meaning informing employees to encourage positive action, in retirement plans has increased recently. Despite the success of auto-enrolment in getting people to save, many are not contributing enough to ensure an adequate income in later life. Additionally, the pension freedoms mean that savers ...
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OpinionAmy McGarvey: Why organisations should engage in employer-supported volunteering (ESV)
People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. For some it offers the chance to give something back to the community or make a difference to the people around them, for others it provides an opportunity to develop new skills or build on existing experience and knowledge. Research conducted ...
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OpinionGemma Sharp: Volunteering opportunities help to improve employee wellbeing
Over the past 18 months employee wellbeing has played an increasingly prominent role for employers and this is something we have seen translate into the employee volunteering space too. At a time when people are feeling isolated and disconnected, volunteering offers employees the chance to give something back in an ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Global Marine Group adapts reward strategy to support staff wellbeing during pandemic
?tynanbarton · Global Marine Group/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Paul Rose, director of HR and talent at Global Marine Group, talks to Employee Benefits about how the organisation adapted its reward strategy to place a high focus on employee wellbeing, especially during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Rose explains that the offshore engineering orgnisation ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Global Marine Group
The benefits offered to UK employees at Global Marine Group:PensionA group personal pension (GPP) for all employees with matched contributions at 7.5%.Closed defined benefit (DB) scheme.Healthcare and group riskPrivate medical insurance (PMI) scheme with Axa PPP, employer-funded for all employees.Health cash plan for all employees with Medicash, employee paid.Employee assistance ...
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OpinionSarah Whitemore: Why should employers consider hybrid working?
Hybrid working is a form of flexible working that allows employees to split their time between the workplace and working remotely. Under hybrid working arrangements, an employee may have set days when they can work from home with the remaining days in the office, or a more flexible model where ...
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ArticleDr Zofia Bajorek: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
As the country continues its pathway out of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) lockdown, conversations have invariably turned to what a return to the workplace will look like, and what this means both in terms of the flexible working agenda and employee health and wellbeing. Some have labelled these last 18 months ...
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ArticleDavid Wood: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
Earlier in the year we asked our people for their feedback on how they'd found homeworking and their thoughts on what a return to the office could look like for them. Most people had really appreciated having the ability to work from home, and many said that they felt just ...
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ArticleSarah Way: What impact will the return to work have on employees’ work-life balance?
While Herrco Cosmetics has employees working in the factory producing essential goods, we also have a number of employees working from home. Working from home has been our norm for years, and so having teams working in a hybrid way wasn’t unfamiliar to us when the pandemic hit. Having the ...
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OpinionRebecca Florisson: Reward packages must be tailored to employees' needs post pandemic
As the Government’s guidance to work from home draws to a close, workers are not queuing up to get back into the office. Recent evidence published by the Office for National Statistics in June 2021, shows that the majority of those who worked remotely during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic (85%) ...
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OpinionSarah Casemore: Open discussions are vital for addressing mental health in the workplace
Anyone of us can feel stressed or overwhelmed at any time. But one in six employees in any week can feel symptoms of more common mental health issues resulting in 54% of all lost working days being attributed to stress, anxiety, or depression, according to the Health and Safety Executive's ...