All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 34
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ArticleEmma Codd: How have employers prepared for the second gender pay report?
Deloitte reported under the government’s regulations for a second year last summer. While our second statutory report showed a mixed picture, with some movement up and some down, we knew that some of the steps we were taking to address gender balance in our organisation might have a short-term adverse ...
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ArticleRuth Buchanan: How have employers prepared for the second gender pay report?
There is less than a month to go before the 4 April 2019 deadline for employers to publish their gender pay gap data for the second time. They should be more confident about the mechanics of producing the figures this time around; nevertheless, the regulations are complex. Indeed, many will ...
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OpinionDr James Chandler: Occupational health is a valuable employer investment
The value of occupational health, whether to stakeholders, employees, employers or the government, is well documented. It has been highlighted by two in-depth reports, Occupational health: The value proposition, and Occupational health: The global evidence and value, published in May 2017 and April 2018 respectively, by the Society of Occupational ...
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OpinionDr Sayeed Khan: Valuable occupational health services need better marketing
Occupational health is not marketed as well as it should be, that much is clear. We need to get the message across that occupational health nowadays is much more than just screening and surveillance.Physicians often discuss three tiers of occupational health practice. The first is around surveillance and screening, which ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Knowing the business case for benefits will help gain approval
Employee Benefits Connect 2019: When building a benefits business case, being able to explain the reasoning behind an initiative's introduction is the most important factor, according to Jonathan West (pictured), client development director at Let’s Connect, a Personal Group company.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Connect 2019 on Wednesday 27 February, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Wellbeing strategies need effective communication to engage
Employee Benefits Connect 2019: Employers need to invest more into effective communication and engagement strategies when it comes to health and wellbeing initiatives, according to Mark Witte (pictured), head of health and risk consulting at Aon, and Sarah Robson, senior communications consultant at Aon.Addressing delegates as part of the health ...
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OpinionDuncan Brown: Is total reward flexibility the wrong target?
Reward professionals have, quite rightly, been obsessing for many years about the need for greater flexibility, a desire which in fact drove the whole total rewards movement. Uniform market-identikit packages with a lack of innovation and no element of flexibility are limited in their perceived value, and restrict female and ...
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AnalysisTop tips to support employees with unhealthy financial habits
Need to know:Addictive and unhealthy financial habits, such as gambling, are hard to spot, so financial wellbeing initiatives must offer a variety of supports to help employees with a wide range of needs.Looking into staff behaviours and demographics can help tailor communications and construct a strategy that fits with the ...
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Case StudiesHays places financial support at the centre of its wellbeing strategy
Global recruitment organisation Hays recognises the importance of supporting staff with their financial concerns, and addresses this as one of its key pillars of wellbeing.Hays' financial wellbeing strategy covers a range of issues, including debt consolidation and everyday savings. As part of this, Hays promotes its employee assistance programme (EAP) ...
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OpinionHelen Undy: Employers should help staff build financial resilience
Overstretched, overdrawn, underserved: Financial difficulty and mental health at work, published by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute in May 2017, found that two-thirds of UK employees who are struggling financially also show at least one sign of mental ill-health. These are issues that could affect their ability to ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Kier Group
The workplace benefits offered by Kier GroupPension and financial benefitsA defined contribution (DC) master trust open to all employees, with matching contributions up to 7.5%.Sharesave and share incentive plan (Sip) open to all employees.Financial education.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance dependent on grade.Eyecare: employees can claim back the cost of an ...
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Case StudiesKier Group develops reward and benefits in line with business growth
Having gone through a period of considerable change in the last five years, construction, property and services organisation, Kier Group aims to be as flexible as possible with its reward and benefits offering.The organisation has developed from regionalised construction businesses to a national business, which has included the acquisition of ...
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OpinionDr Amy Armstrong: The importance of people-centred cultures
Last month, the Sunday Times announced its Best Companies to Work For list for 2018. One factor that appears to remain constant in organisations that achieve the highest levels of employee motivation and engagement is the importance they place on creating people-centred cultures.If we see engagement as a climate in ...
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OpinionDuncan Brown: Reward strategies must bring value to both employers and employees
‘We don’t have a reward strategy anymore’, a well-respected benefits director told me about this time last year. ‘We wait to hear what the Chancellor says in the Budget’. Certainly in this current highly uncertain, volatile, pre-Brexit period, with record low levels of unemployment and widespread skill shortages, and increasing ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by UK Power Networks
The workplace benefits offered by UK Power Networks:Pensions and financial wellbeingElectricity supply industry final salary pension scheme, closed to new entrants.EDF Energy defined benefit scheme, closed to new entrants.Defined contribution (DC) group personal pension scheme open to all employees. Matching 2:1 contributions, up to 10% from the employer.Tenancy loan deposit ...
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Case StudiesUK Power Networks uses benefits to switch on employee engagement
For those that work or live in the south east of England, a UK Power Network van and engineer is a familiar sight. With 6,000 employees that help power homes and businesses across East Anglia, London and the south east of England, the electrical network operator distributes around 27% of ...
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OpinionStephen Haynes: Changing views on mental health
While the construction industry has made significant inroads into safety in recent decades, there has been less focus on the ‘health’ in health and safety. However, in recent years the industry has united to improve focus on health, and one of the areas in which we have seen increased attention ...
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AnalysisHow can technology support workplace mental wellbeing strategies?
Need to know:Technology provides a quick and easily accessible route for employees to access information about positive mental wellbeing.Although the mental health technology market is still relatively young, there are apps and platforms that employers can promote to staff to support their mental wellbeing.The workplace provides an ideal setting in ...
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Case StudiesThames Water uses technology to train mental health first aiders
Water services provider Thames Water has increased its support for mental wellbeing in the workplace, using technology as part of its training strategy.Four years ago, the organisation increased its focus on the wellbeing of its employees, including the promotion of good mental health. This involved providing managers with awareness training ...
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OpinionChris O'Sullivan: Digital mental health interventions need more investment
In recent years, we have seen a proliferation in digital mental health tools, and a challenge on the part of researchers and innovators to adequately evidence the efficacy of these new tools. These challenges both inhibit progress, and create a risk that ineffective, or even damaging, tools are adopted. In ...