All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1041
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Case StudiesPWC’s culture of care supports employees during times of crisis
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has increased its focus on building a supportive culture in order to help employees generally in day-to-day life, but also in the event of a critical incident.Over the past year, the global professional services firm launched a new set of values, one of which is care. Laura Hinton, ...
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How to use an all-in-one engagement platform to centralise key HR tasks
by Robert Hicks, group HR director If your organisation is on the smaller side (or if you’ve got a small team), likely one of the largest frustrations you’ve got is wasting valuable time answering questions such as:Where can I find that?What does this mean?How much holiday time do I have?When’s ...
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Article9% offer emergency adult and eldercare support
Less than in 10 (9%) employer respondents offer emergency adult and eldercare support, according to research by My Family Care and Hydrogen.The Childcare and family-friendly benefits: employer survey and parental leave benchmark report, which surveyed 300 HR professionals, also found that 12% of respondents provide back-up care for childcare emergencies.The ...
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ArticlePoll: 26% believe dependent contractor status will provide greater clarity
Employee Benefits poll: More than a quarter (26%) of employer respondents believe the dependent contractor status proposed in the Taylor Review will bring greater clarity.A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 23 responses, found that 22% of respondents feel the new term will cause confusion.The Taylor review of modern working ...
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ArticleGovernment to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040
The government has confirmed that it will end the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040 in order to tackle air pollution levels.The UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations, produced by the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the ...
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ArticleDeloitte UK reports a 18.2% mean gender pay gap
Professional services organisation Deloitte UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 18% for hourly fixed pay at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay data in its 2017 gender pay report, in advance of the government’s April 2018 deadline for compliance with gender pay gap reporting ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week 20-26 July
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 20 and 26 July 2017 were: Supreme Court rules that employment tribunal fees are unlawfulLunch and learn with Employee Benefits Summer SchoolDWP consults on auto-enrolment measures for DB schemes and offshore staffBBC to hold consultation meetings with staff to address gender ...
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ArticleLouise’s lowdown: Supporting corporate social responsibility through benefits
US marketing agency Havas Chicago has a novel approach to engaging staff with charitable causes that adds a little summer fun into the mix. If employees could reach a set fundraising target then they received the day off after the organisation's summer party on 27 July.Havas Chicago set up an ...
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ArticleGerman employee swims 2km to work
Something for the weekend: The daily commute to and from work can have a significant impact on an employee’s overall wellbeing, whether they arrive at work stressed due to train delays or unexpected traffic on the road, or they get home feeling unwell after overheating on a stuffy tube carriage. ...
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ArticleGovernment waives penalties for underpaying social care staff on sleep-in shifts
The government has waived financial penalties for employers in the social care sector that relate to the underpayment of staff during sleep-in shifts up to 26 July 2017.A sleep-in shift is when an employee completes an overnight shift where they have to be on the employer’s premises, for example a ...
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ArticleSupreme Court rules in favour of employee’s former spouse in pension divorce case
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal from the former spouse of a retired British Coal employee in a case concerning the period of pension scheme membership that should be taken into account upon the division of assets.The Scottish case, McDonald v Newton or McDonald, relates to Mr McDonald, who ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator fines Barnet Council for failing to submit pension documentation
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued the London Borough of Barnet Council’s pension scheme manager with a £1,000 fine for failing to submit legally required documents.The fine, which was issued in relation to the Local Government Pension Scheme for England and Wales, was delivered to the London Borough of Barnet’s ...
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Article44% believe gender pay gap reporting will not encourage action to close the pay gap
More than two-fifths (44%) of employer respondents believe that the gender pay gap reporting requirements will not lead to organisations taking action to close the gender pay gap, according to research by the Young Women’s Trust.Its survey of 800 HR professionals also found that 10% of respondents are aware of ...
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Supplier articleHyper-personalising the employee experience
by Sophie Gane, Copywriter‘Hyper-personalisation’ sounds like one of those phrases that you would hear on Top Gear and pretend to understand, while making a mental note to Google it later. What it actually refers to is “the use of data to provide more personalised and targeted products, services, and content”. ...
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5 Key findings
The survey, which was conducted in July 2017 among users of www.employeebenefits.co.uk, received 121 responses. Respondents are involved in the purchase of healthcare benefits at their organisation, either as a primary decision maker or a decision influencer.69% of respondents do not calculate the return on investment for their healthcare benefits ...
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Why a social recognition programme is no longer scary – it’s necessary
by Debra Corey, Group Reward DirectorI remember the first time I heard about using social media within an employee reward and recognition system — making employee recognition public, for every employee to see. I wasn’t excited. I was nervous, not knowing what to expect, and what exactly ‘social recognition’ really ...
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ArticleCook moves into new role at Royal Bank of Scotland
Helen Cook has taken on a new role at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), becoming the banking organisation’s chief human resources officer.Cook joined RBS in 2001, and has held a variety of HR roles across the business. Most recently this includes director, organisation and performance, HR director, corporate and ...
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ArticleYoung moves to Novartis
Sean Young has joined multinational pharmaceutical organisation Novartis as head of compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).Young, who has over 15 years of industry experience, will be based in Singapore for his new role.Prior to joining Novartis, Young held a number of total reward director roles at ...
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ArticleCourt of Appeal rules in BBC's favour in pensionable pay case
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against the BBC in a long-running pensions case after the broadcaster introduced a 1% cap on increases in pensionable salary in a move aimed at reducing its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes deficit.In the case of Bradbury v British Broadcasting Corporation, the ...