All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 24
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OpinionVickie Graham: Workplace financial education is incredibly important during the pandemic
2020 has been a year where all aspects of our lives have been impacted. From a workplace standpoint, the global Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has impacted how we do business, how we interact with people, how we conduct meetings and events, how we engage and motivate our teams, and crucially how ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Sir Robert McAlpine
The benefits offered by Sir Robert McAlpine:PensionsA defined contribution stakeholder pension scheme for all employees, with matched contributions from the employer.Healthcare and group riskPrivate medical insurance: employer-paid for all employees. Staff members are able to pay to add spouse and children.Group income protection: available through an employee's annual flexible benefits ...
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Case StudiesSir Robert McAlpine builds on its future-proofed reward strategy with a family focus
As a construction and civil engineering business with a history spanning over 150 years, family-friendly benefits may not be an obvious thing that springs to mind when considering Sir Robert McAlpine’s reward strategy. However, as a family-owned and run organisation, the employer recognises the importance of providing support and assistance ...
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AnalysisHow can voluntary benefits support organisational culture during a time of dramatic change?
Need to know:Voluntary benefits can help to support an organisation's purpose: by placing a focus on environmentally-friendly schemes, such as electric car schemes or bikes for work for example, employees can share the employers goals.Access to affordable health and wellbeing benefits, such as health cash plans, will help reiterate that ...
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Case StudiesMoneysupermarket Group uses benefits package to support organisational values
Moneysupermarket Group uses its range of employee benefits to offer choice and flexibility to its workforce, while reinforcing the values of an inclusive culture.The price comparison website business' reward package includes a range of core, flexible and voluntary benefits to ensure there are perks that appeal to all 800 employees.Neil ...
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OpinionLesley Alexander: Do pensions require a radical re-think?
I am taking over the presidency of the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) against a backdrop of a global pandemic and the potential of further restrictions to our personal freedoms as we face a second wave of the Covid-19 virus.It seems a lifetime ago, not a year ago, since I chaired ...
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OpinionRichard Fitzjohn: Effective pensions communication is essential during pandemic
For Thames Water, it is not simply that we are an important service, we deliver life’s essential service so that our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. As such, meeting the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic matters not only to our employees, but also to every home, every business, ...
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OpinionCaroline Gatrell: Does flexible working in the time of Covid-19 create a sense of entitlement?
Flexible working has perhaps never been more important than it is now. For employed parents of school age and pre-school age children seeking to manage their commitments to both work and family, whether they are working from home or out at work due to being designated essential workers, employer support ...
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OpinionSophie Sinclair: Employee feedback is the best source for ascertaining wellbeing priorities
As managers, most of us are experienced in organisational change and supporting employees to navigate the uncertainty that it brings. But the unique demands of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic have brought new and additional stresses. Every day, the conflicting and often frightening messages from government and the media make it ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Fujitsu UK and Ireland
The benefits offered by Fujitsu UK and Ireland:PensionsA master trust pension scheme for all employees. Double matched employer contributions, for example if an employee pays 3%, the employer pays 6%, with employer contributions are capped at 10%. Contributions can be changed on a monthly basis.Healthcare and group riskGroup income protection ...
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Case StudiesFujitsu responds to Covid-19 pandemic with a focus on employees’ physical and mental wellbeing
At Fujitsu, employees’ wellbeing and safety has always been a high priority. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic placed this even more under the spotlight.Paula Evans, head of pensions and benefits, UK and Northern Ireland, explains how the organisation’s thinking behind its benefits strategy seeks to support this: “[The philosophy] is really ...
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ArticleTesco employees appeal Employment Tribunal equal pay decision
Employees at supermarket chain Tesco plan to appeal a decision made by the Employment Tribunal which states that a job evaluation study is unreliable.The study, carried out by Tesco’s reward managers in 2014, found that 22 hourly-paid shop floor roles were equivalent to three higher-paid distribution centre roles.Tesco abandoned the ...
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OpinionKeith Richards: Employers must monitor the gender pay gap to tackle the pensions gap
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, women already faced a pension deficit that meant they retired on roughly a fifth of the amount a man had accrued.Data collected by the Chartered Insurance Institute’s Insuring Women’s Futures initiative before Covid-19 showed career breaks and part-time work reduce women’s prospects of getting a promotion, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Wilson James Group adapted digital engagement strategy due to Covid-19
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Wilson James Group had started on a journey of digital engagement in order to keep in regular contact with employees.Speaking as part of the Employee Benefits Reset 2020 online conference series, Samantha Rope, former HR director at Wilson James Group, explained ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: NHS organisations offer a multi-faceted financial wellbeing approach
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: As one of the largest employers in Europe, with 1.5 million employees across multiple organisations, the NHS recognises the importance of making sure that financial wellbeing is a key component of the reward strategy.Speaking as part of Employee Benefits Reset 2020 online conference series, Cat Clark, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Special Olympics' leadership approach creates strong sense of belonging
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: In the opening keynote on day six of the Employee Benefits Reset online series, Olga Yakimakho, director of leadership and organisational development at Special Olympics International (pictured), discussed the importance of creating a sense of employee belonging through strong leadership, and how this can impact both ...
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OpinionLouise Aston: Employers must commit to long-term mental health support
If, at the start of 2020, I had been asked whether organisations had the insights, structures and ability to support their workforce through upheavals like those we have been over the last eight months, I would have had had my doubts. But everything I have seen since Covid-19 has proved ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Royal Mail Group enhances mental health support during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Royal Mail Group has supported its employees through the Covid-19 pandemic with a wide-reaching mental health strategy.The organisation launched its Healthy Minds Matter five-year plan in 2017, and has enhanced its offering in light of the pressures that the current pandemic has placed on employees. The ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft UK adapts benefits strategy during the pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: During the pandemic, Microsoft supported its employees by expanding and enhancing its benefits proposition.In the opening keynote presentation of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 5 October, Tim Robertson, UK compensation and benefits lead at Microsoft, talked about the impact that the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic ...