All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 19
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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 ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Investigo closely aligns reward strategy with employee value proposition
Listen: Sarah House-Barklie, people and culture director at Investigo, talks to Employee Benefits about the global recruitment agency's reward strategy, and the initiatives it has introduced to support its employees' wellbeing during the pandemic.At a glanceInvestigo is a multi-specialist recruitment agency which deals with a number of different sectors such ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Investigo
The benefits on offer at Investigo: Pension and group riskAuto-enrolment pension scheme for all employees on completion of three months' service, with 5% of qualifying earnings minimum contribution for employee and 3% for the employer. Employees can increase their contributions.Group income protection, employer paid, for all employees after probation period.Financial ...
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OpinionJoanne Waterworth: Family-friendly benefits can help attract and retain key talent
As we move gradually out of restrictions and work together to create our ‘new normal’, we know that many employers are looking at how they can support their staff members in keeping and improving on some of the flexible and family-friendly ways of working that many of us have experienced ...
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OpinionJames Delves: Effective communication is vital for boosting employee engagement
The past 18 months have underlined the importance of internal communications. Since the first lockdown started, employers have had to adapt quickly, helping staff to embrace working from home and adopting new technologies seamlessly to help organisations survive these uncertain times.For many of us, it was the most intensive ...
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OpinionJim Saker: Electric company cars need a balance between incentives and practicality
The future growth in electric cars provided as a benefit to employees relies on a balance between the hype, the incentives and the practicality. With the government announcement of the 2030/35 ban on the sale of conventional petrol and diesel cars, most of the manufacturers have trumpeted the arrival of ...
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OpinionAlison Pay: We are at a critical junction for workplace mental health
Over the course of the last year the signs are that we’ve become more comfortable to talk about our mental health at work. The pandemic has impacted most people and both the shock and discomfort of finding ourselves in lockdown, on furlough or working virtually prompted many employers to either ...
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OpinionChris Brooks: Changes are needed to help women save more for retirement
In our increasingly uncertain world, building a future income by saving into a pension is very important. Auto-enrolment has helped many people to do this, with more than 10 million new savers since its inception, which is the start of building a platform for people’s later life.However, women are still ...
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OpinionAmmer Malik: Employees' financial wellbeing should be a top priority
Balancing the wellbeing of employees with the devastating economic impacts of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has been an unparalleled challenge for many employers over the last year. With Covid impacting the incomes of people across the country, both directly and indirectly, helping restore employees’ financial wellbeing should be at the top of ...
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Case StudiesFlexibility is a key focus of Aster Group's reward approach
The reward strategy at Aster Group is very much led by the inclusive approach that the employer takes to managing its people. In placing a strong emphasis on recognising that individuals will want different things from their experience at work, Aster aims to retain its position as an employer of ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Aster Group
The benefits on offer at Aster Group: Pension and financial wellbeingThe Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) master trust, available for all employees with auto-enrolment contribution levels of 4% employee and 4% employer.Financial webinars.Pension one-to-ones, employer-paid.Retirement modeller.Healthcare and wellbeingHealth cash plans with Simply Health for all employees, employer-funded at level one, ...
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OpinionKaren Holden: Why aren’t all employees offered paid leave after miscarriages?
When an employee has a miscarriage, they have a number of options in terms of leave. They can be signed off sick by their doctor, however, that may only allow them statutory sick pay, depending on their contract. Unpaid leave may be negotiated, or they may be able to use ...
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OpinionDavid Phillips: Talent engagement and retention will require new training opportunities
As restrictions begin to ease, we can expect to see employers across the UK beginning to scale up recruitment once again. However, the pandemic has brought huge changes in the way we work which employers will need to adapt to in order to secure highly sought-after skills.In sectors where skills ...