All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 9
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Case StudiesPodcast: Fox Agency's benefits proposition fully supports hybrid-working employees
Listen: With a hybrid-working employee base, Fox Agency reviewed its benefits proposition to ensure that it offers rewards that are meaningful to its staff.In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Emma Loizidis, head of people at the marketing agency, explains why it was important for the business to create ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Fox Agency
Benefits on offer at Fox Agency:PensionSalary sacrifice pension arrangement; employees are automatically enrolled after three months' service. Employee contribution 5% and employer contribution 3%.Healthcare and wellbeing£25 monthly wellbeing allowance.Employee assistance programme: 24-hour helpline for all issues and telephone counselling if required.In-house mental health first aider.Personal trainer and Yoga sessions, every ...
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ArticleNatalie Leask: How do you celebrate and demonstrate Pride in the workplace?
Savills is celebrating Pride across the UK this month, holding a number of events across the country from a Pride-themed bake off in Inverness, to taking part in the parade in Cardiff. This year, we are also proud to be partnering with the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT), the LGBTQ+ youth ...
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ArticleCharlie Elek: How do you celebrate and demonstrate Pride in your workplace?
We know how important it is to foster an inclusive workplace culture to attract and retain great talent in the hospitality industry. For many years our team has done an outstanding job organising charity outreach and celebrating key calendar moments and awareness days, including LGBTQIA+ Pride. Following a record-breaking year ...
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ArticleAlessandro Storer: How do you celebrate and demonstrate Pride in your workplace?
Here at Ovo, Pride is so much more than just a month. All year round, we are doing everything we can to ensure that everybody in the workplace feels recognised, safe, and valued.Research we published in June 2023 shows that LGBTIQ+ professionals are 20% less likely to consider working in ...
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OpinionMel Duffield: Could conditional indexation deliver high value pension benefits?
There has been much recent discussion in the UK about whether there are new ways of sharing pension risks. These might potentially give greater stability of outcome and cost than the current very distinct alternatives of either defined benefit (DB) or defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.Much of this discussion has ...
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OpinionNaomi Brown: Should pension scheme trustees think of their members as customers?
How was your pension scheme experience today? We are all used to businesses telling us that we are valued customers, asking us for feedback, how likely we would be to recommend them to a friend, or simply to rate our experience by choosing from 🙂😐☹️.But is it time for pension ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid can't take leave of holiday policies
Just when I am considering taking some well-earned annual leave, I get landed with yet another joint venture to deal with. Local HR seems to be getting all stressed about the new location’s benefit plans and I must do a benefits inventory and comparison to existing plans.Really, it seems quite ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by XDesign
Benefits on offer at XDesign:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension (GPP) plan with salary sacrifice arrangement for all employees. Employer and employee contributions of 4%, matched up to 5%.Life insurance.Critical illness leave at full pay for the first six months, and half pay for the following six to nine months.Healthcare ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: XDesign ensures its benefits strategy is an ever-evolving offering
?Employee Benefits · XDesign podcastListen: Digital consultancy XDesign has grown rapidly in the past two years and increased its headcount from 50 employees to over 450.In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, chief people officer Ciji Duncan, explains how the organisation has adapted and expanded its benefits offering in ...
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OpinionPaul Gilshan: Are employee benefits as important as salary?
Employee benefits are an important aspect of any job, but can be overlooked when thinking about changing roles. Depending on those on offer, benefits can be just as valuable as a pay rise, and in some cases, even more valuable.It is quite natural for us to focus on salary. After ...
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ArticleLisa Pearl: What weight does an employer accreditation add to your people strategy?
At Anchor, we are dedicated to supporting our employees who deliver high standards of care and great places to live for our residents every day. In 2022, we became an accredited real Living Wage employer and this year we were delighted to have achieved Gold accreditation in the Inclusive Employers ...
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ArticleRhian Langham: What weight does an employer accreditation add to your people strategy?
We are always proud and humbled to receive any employer accreditation, especially when it is a direct result of our employees’ feedback which helps us look at how we can improve every year.We have been named a Great Place to Work For by the Great Place to Work Institute and ...
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ArticleCorinne Mills: What weight does an employer accreditation add to your people strategy?
Our menopause-friendly employer accreditation is something we are very proud of. With an 81% female workforce, it means a lot to our people and our Menopause Matters Network, who were fundamental in securing this recognition. It has meant that menopause, and other important topics, are highly visible and openly discussed ...
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OpinionDavid Glennon: Celebrations like the Coronation help to further engage staff
Post-pandemic we appreciate more than ever the value of in-person connection, and as a company we are increasingly looking for opportunities to get people together in-person; to build relationships and connect with colleagues from other teams across the business.Socials are a great way to achieve this, and while there is ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Ogi
The benefits on offer at Ogi:PensionGroup personal pension (GPP) plan, with an employer contribution of 5% and minimum employee contribution of 4%. Employees can choose to contribute through salary sacrifice or from net pay.Healthcare and wellbeingHybrid private medical insurance (PMI) and health cash plans available through employer-funded flexible benefits scheme, ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Ogi takes a flexible approach to benefits in order to attract top talent
Employee Benefits · Employee Benefits/Ogi podcastListen: For Ogi, the Welsh broadband and internet service provider, a comprehensive benefits suite is a key tool in its talent attraction strategy. In this episode of the Employee Benefits podcast, Lisa Hand, people experience director, explains how having a benefits package that is truly ...
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OpinionOliver Topping: What do employers need to know about pensions dashboards?
Pensions dashboards will give employees more visibility than ever before regarding their retirement savings. All pension pots, and the state pension, will be shown digitally in one place.What does this mean for employers?Dashboards will take a lot of work to get up and running. But it’s pension schemes, not employers, ...
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OpinionKathy Abernethy: The correlation between menopause and stress in the workplace
April marks the start of Spring, but did you know that April is also stress awareness month? For employers, this is an important annual reminder of the modern-day stress epidemic, its causes and cures. Now is the time to check in on your own wellbeing, as well as your ...
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OpinionRiaan van Wyk: What positive versus negative resilience means for employers
UK employees have not had it easy over the last few years. Pressures on their finances, mental wellbeing and physical health have been almost ever present since the start of the pandemic in 2020, and the last six months has seen a cost-of-living crisis amplify these pressures further.To understand how ...