All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1012
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AnalysisHow to support cardiovascular health in the workplace
Need to know:Encourage staff to adopt healthy behaviours to help reduce the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.Raise awareness of heart health and ensure staff feel able to engage with the health interventions available to them.Support for employees returning to work after a cardiac event should take into account both ...
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Case StudiesRSK supports heart health and wider wellbeing through staff pedometer challenges
In February 2015, environmental consultancy RSK launched an employee pedometer challenge to encourage staff to stay active as part of Healthy Heart Month. The challenge, which saw 50 teams of five employees achieve a total step count of 62,624,561 over the course of the month, ran alongside a range of ...
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OpinionMichael Jenkins: Empower staff to work in a healthy way to support cardiovascular health
In a world where we are increasingly exposed to longer working hours, reduced time for exercise, an increased sugar intake and weight gain, focusing on health in the workplace could not be more important.The Circulation Foundation, the charity affiliated to the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, is committed ...
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Article14% plan to ask for a pay rise in 2017
More than one in 10 respondents (14%) plan to ask for a pay rise in 2017, according to research by job site Adzuna.Its survey of 700 jobseekers also found that 38% of male respondents plan to ask their employer for both a pay rise and a promotion in 2017, compared ...
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ArticleGlaxoSmithKline and Liverpool Victoria shortlisted for benefits team of the year
GlaxoSmithKline, Liverpool Victoria, and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are among the organisations that have been shortlisted in the benefits team of the year category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.The award, sponsored by Conduent HR Services, celebrates the achievements of an in-house benefits team that works together to deliver benefits ...
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OpinionMark Smith: Inequalities in survivors' pension rights
The course of true love never did run smooth and nor, it seems, does the law on the pension rights of survivors. Three recent cases show the limits of how far the courts will go in filling the gaps left by Parliament as it struggles to keep up with the ...
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12-14: Strategy
Why respondents’ organisations offer benefitsThey are an effective retention tool 82%They are an effective recruitment tool 81%To support employee health and wellbeing 80%They support the employer brand 61%Because their industry or regional competitors do 49%They promote work-life balance 48%They are seen as entitlement by staff 39%They have to by law ...
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18-19: Employee engagement
How respondents measure employee engagementAnnual employee survey 66%Pulse style research 23%They do not measure employee engagement levels 16%Employee engagement platform 11%Bi-annual employee survey 4%Other 7%Sample: All respondents (169)What respondents see as the main barriers to improving employee engagement in their organisationBudget 53%Time or resource 43%Lack of executive or senior management ...
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16-17: Technology
How respondents usually source benefits technologyThey go direct to a provider 52%Via a broker 36%Via a pensions provider 3%Other 9%Sample: All respondents (225)What respondents look for in benefits technologyEase of use 88%Functionality 81%Low cost 62%Integration with other systems 61%Data security 58%Data analysis 52%Automation 46%Communications support 44%Governance 36%Outsourcing 8%Sample: All respondents ...
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OpinionLouise Lawrence: Excel worker-status ruling adds to growing body of gig economy case law
Boxer v Excel follows a string of other similar rulings in deciding that an individual who was engaged by a gig economy organisation as a self-employed contractor was, in fact, a worker and therefore entitled to holiday pay.The case emphasises again that the Employment Tribunal will look beyond what is ...
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ArticleUS security firm UAT Group launches paid bereavement and family leave benefits
US security and defence organisation Umbra Applied Technologies (UAT) Group has introduced paid bereavement leave and paid family sick leave as part of its revamped employee benefits package.Under the new bereavement leave policy, employees will be able to take 10 days of paid leave to grieve for an immediate family ...
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ArticleStarbucks China to introduce critical illness insurance for employees’ parents
International coffee organisation Starbucks is to launch a new parent care programme in China, providing employer-paid critical illness insurance for the parents of its full-time employees.The benefit, effective from 1 June 2017, will be available to parents of full-time employees who have at least two years’ service and who work ...
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ArticleMore than 500,000 employers complete their auto-enrolment duties
More than half a million (503,178) UK employers have completed their pensions auto-enrolment duties as of 31 March 2017, according to research by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Its Declaration of compliance report, which is based on information submitted by employers when they complete their declaration of compliance documentation, also found that ...
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ArticlePalm Beach County to introduce six weeks' paid parental leave for staff
Palm Beach County is to introduce paid parental leave for state staff.The new benefit, which will come into effect at the end of April, will enable eligible employees to take six weeks of parental leave at full pay for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child. The benefit will ...
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ArticleFinancial Conduct Authority consults on new financial advice factsheet for employers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on proposed guidelines designed to clarify the regulatory framework around financial advice, including the development of a factsheet for employers and pension trustees.The consultation is based around four of the recommendations made in the Financial Advice Market Review (FAMR), which was ...
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ArticleCity of London Corporation achieves 9% take-up of stair climbing challenge
The City of London Corporation achieved a 9% take-up rate for its first employee stair climbing challenge.The challenge, which took place between 23 January and 17 February 2017 in conjunction with StepJockey, aimed to encourage employees to collectively climb to the summit of Mount Everest using the stairs within the ...
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AnalysisHow to incorporate corporate social responsibility into a motivation strategy
Need to know:Corporate and social responsibility (CSR) activities can include a range of initiatives such as payroll giving, charitable fundraising, volunteering, and environmentally-friendly schemes.While large employers have a duty to report their corporate sustainability actions, employers can benefit from promoting CSR through the attraction and retention of key talent.Engaging employees ...
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OpinionAndy Melia: Employee volunteering has benefits beyond corporate social responsibility
Employee volunteering gives staff the opportunity to connect with a community, build their knowledge of the needs and challenges in society and deliver value through sharing skills and expertise. This can help to generate trust in the business and help staff to feel more involved in the towns, cities or ...
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Case StudiesRBS boosts employee motivation and engagement through its CSR approach
As part of its aim to become more efficient and environmentally responsible, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) launched a reward scheme that engages employees with its corporate and social responsibility (CSR) goals.Mike Lynch, sustainable workplace culture manager in the workplace specialist services team at RBS, says: “The bank is aiming ...