All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 35
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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 ...
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AnalysisWhat can employers learn from Facebook's and Netflix's benefits strategies?
Need to know:Many organisations today offer enhanced work-life balance benefits such as bereavement leave, 12-months' paid parental leave, and unlimited holiday.While these benefits are not industry-specific, an employer looking to implement similar schemes must assess if they suit the work and job roles in their organisation, as well as if ...
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OpinionPatrick Woodman: Creating an attractive workplace culture must become a strategic priority
In December 2017, Glassdoor announced its 50 Best Places to Work 2018 based on a survey of hundreds of thousands of employees. The organisations topping the list range from blue-chip FTSE 100s and global technology behemoths, through to regional logistics small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is a disparate bunch ...
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Case StudiesAnglian Water focuses on benefits that support corporate strategy
Anglian Water ensures that the behaviours and values that are important to the organisation are woven in to its benefits strategy.The performance of the water organisation’s 4,000 employees is measured against its behaviours framework. One of the key components of this is customer service, which is underlined by the attitude, ...
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OpinionJo Moffatt: Benefits packages must be properly communicated to engage employees
A true story.A boardroom north of Milton Keynes.“Right guys. We’ve just signed off on a brilliant new benefits package, helping improve our people key performance indicators, as well as saving us money.”“Great. How are we launching it?”“Luckily, we don’t really have to do anything. The benefits provider has thrown in ...
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OpinionCedric Ramat: Measuring employee engagement is not a beauty contest
In 2017, we at Pernod Ricard contributed to the fourth edition of an independent employee opinion survey, run every two years by advisory firm Willis Towers Watson. The 'I Say' campaign consisted of just over 100 questions submitted to all our 18,500 employees across 86 affiliates worldwide, from Paris to ...
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OpinionDr David Cross: Communication is key to keeping dispersed employees engaged
Managing dispersed workers is complex. There are issues of out of sight, out of mind, loneliness and isolation, productivity tracking, trust, and a lack of organisational culture; they miss out on those 'water-cooler moments'. Actually, many of them work this way precisely to avoid office politics and supervision although it ...
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AnalysisInfographic: How engaged are employees with benefits in their organisation?
An infographic showing how engaged employees are with benefits in respondents’ organisations.!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Read more:How can employers ensure engagement is integral to a benefits strategy?MVF involves employees with benefits to boost engagement
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AnalysisInfographic: When respondents last overhauled their benefits portal
An infographic showing when respondents last overhauled their benefits portal to take advantage of new developments in technology.!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");
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OpinionAnna McCaffrey: How will GDPR affect processing of employees’ healthcare benefits data?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018.The good news for employers is that many GDPR rights are similar to those under the current Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).The bad news is that, as a general rule, GDPR expands existing rights, introduces a few ...
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OpinionSarah Thompson: The next steps in employers’ GDPR compliance
Last October, McGuireWoods covered some of the keys steps that reward professionals could take to get up to speed with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force this May. With fines of up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is greatest, at stake, GDPR ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2018 entry deadline fast approaches
The deadline for entries for the annual Employee Benefits Awards is fast approaching.Reward, benefits and HR professionals have until Monday 8 January to submit their entries to be in with a chance of gaining recognition for their organisation’s benefits achievements.Now in its 16th year, the Employee Benefits Awards celebrates best ...
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OpinionMaureen Herbert: Employers need to promote good mental health during stressful times
Winter can be a particularly challenging time for our mental health. Not only do the days grow shorter and colder, but we also have to contend with a number of added pressures, like Christmas and heating bills, that do not occur during the warmer months.In certain cases, this can lead ...
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OpinionNick Lawry: What does 2018 hold for employee benefits?
Pensions will continue to be a hot topic as auto-enrolment fully bites. So how will employers tackle the inherent conflict of trying to engage employees to save for retirement to prevent a high opt-out rate as auto-escalation kicks in, while trying to manage a benefits budget that will not automatically ...