All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1051
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AnalysisHow paternalistic should employers be around staff health and wellbeing?
Need to know:A paternalistic approach to health and wellbeing does not have to be overbearing, but a shared responsibility, led by the employer to create an environment that supports staff participation in relevant initiatives.Employers should use a wide selection of data sets to get a clear picture of workforce health ...
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AnalysisCourtney Marsh: A focus on workplace wellbeing
Workplace wellbeing is now well and truly established, bringing with it an increased focus on how organisations can keep their staff happy and healthy. Employers now appreciate that a business is only as good as its people, and if they are engaged and full of energy, performance and productivity will ...
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ArticleUKFast gives staff day off for children’s first day at school
Technology organisation UKFast has given all employees who have children starting at primary school today (Monday 4 September 2017) the day off in order to help parents be a part of their child’s first day at school.The organisation, which has more than 350 employees across sites in Manchester, London and ...
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ArticleCambridge and Crayford-based McDonald’s staff strike over pay and conditions
Staff at McDonald’s Cambridge and Crayford branches are undertaking strike action today (Monday 4 September) in a dispute over pay and conditions.The 24-hour strike, which began at midnight at the two specified restaurants, was arranged after 95.7% of the 40 staff members balloted by the Bakers Food and Allied Workers ...
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ArticleDiageo gains living wage accreditation
Global drinks organisation Diageo has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation and Scottish accreditation body Poverty Alliance.Diageo has committed to paying its 5,000 UK-based staff, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour. Diageo has ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017 was conducted in July 2017 among readers of www.employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 121 responses.The report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key trends and issues shaping organisations’ health and wellbeing ...
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OpinionJudith McNulty-Green: A holistic approach can support staff health at all ages
By 2030, it is expected that older workers, those aged over 55, will make up more than 30% of the UK’s workforce, according to Priorities for occupational safety and health research in Europe: 2013-2020, published in 2013 by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.This is influenced by ...
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Supplier articleTop tips to transform your employees’ wellbeing
By Luke Prankard, Practice Lead, Health and Wellbeing, Thomsons Online BenefitsOur recent Global Employee Benefits Watch 2016/17 research found that over half of employees think their workplace has a negative impact on their wellbeing. That is a shocking statistic, especially as improved employee financial, physical and mental wellness can bring ...
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Supplier articleFour ways to align induction with your Employee Value Proposition
By Didi Korova, Head of Learning & People Experience at Reward GatewayWhen new employees start, it can be both an exciting and anxiety-filled time for everyone at the workplace, from existing employees to managers and, most especially, to the new hires themselves. You want to educate your starters with important ...
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Supplier article5 top tips for employees attending a networking event
Networking is important for both employee and business development, but it’s no secret that most people hate doing it.Connecting online is so easy. Sadly in life, when you’re faced with a room full of people, there’s no ‘connect’ button to hide behind. But the magnetism that comes from having a ...
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Case StudiesHome Instead Senior Care supports the mental and physical wellbeing of its caregivers
Home Instead Senior Care provides care to elderly people in their own homes. Run as a franchise, it has 190 offices throughout the UK with around 9,000 people working for it.Across the organisation, more than 45% of its employees are aged 50 plus, with its oldest, an 83 year old ...
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AnalysisWhat does the rise in state pension age mean for employers' healthcare strategies?
Need to knowHealth risk increases with age, with 44% of people aged 50-64 having at least one long-term health condition such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or cancer.As well as preventing health problems, a health and wellbeing programme can slow and stop the onset of many conditions.Policies such as flexible working, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 63% plan to increase focus on communicating health benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly two-thirds (63%) of employer respondents plan to put a greater focus on communicating their healthcare benefits in the coming 12 months, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017, which surveyed 121 employer respondents in July 2017, also found that just ...
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Article27% of company car drivers unaware of tax changes
More than a quarter (27%) of employee respondents who drive a company car are not aware of the tax changes affecting company cars introduced by the government in April 2017, according to research by OSV.Its survey of 527 company car drivers also found that 46% of those respondents who are ...
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ArticleDeloitte and Metropolitan Police to speak at Employee Benefits Live 2017
Deloitte, Hays, and the Metropolitan Police are among the organisations that will address delegates attending Employee Benefits Live 2017 on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 October.During the course of the two-day event, delegates can hear experts discuss a range of hot topics impacting the reward, benefits and compensation industry. The ...
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OpinionOlga Tregaskis: Workplace learning provides an opportunity to improve wellbeing
The joy we feel when we master a new skill, the sense of accomplishment we get from a job well done, the buzz we get from helping others or the fading of our anxieties as we see solutions yield results. This is wellbeing.We might reasonably expect, then, that training that ...
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Employee Benefits Wired: Supporting good governance on demand
Employee Benefits Wired: Supporting good governance took place at 11am on 30 August 2017, in association with Nest.Topics discussed included why good governance is important, what this looks like, how employers can be sure a master trust is delivering good governance, how frequently schemes should review pensions governance policies and ...
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ArticleItsu rolls out employee wellbeing and recognition programme
Asian restaurant organisation Itsu is rolling out a new employee wellbeing and recognition programme to 70 of its restaurants to help improve staff communication and support the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of its 1,300 employees.Itsu began the roll out of the new programme, provided by LifeWorks, in September 2017 ...
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ArticleScottish government commits to removing 1% pay cap for public sector staff
The Scottish government has committed to removing the 1% pay cap for public sector employees from 2018-2019.Nicola Sturgeon, first minister for Scotland, announced her government’s intention to lift the 1% limit on pay increases for public sector staff in a speech to the Scottish Parliament yesterday (Tuesday 5 September 2017).The ...
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ArticleWatch Employee Benefits Wired: Supporting good governance on demand
Employee Benefits Wired: Supporting good governance is now available to watch on demand. The 30-minute panel discussion can be viewed online anytime on the Employee Benefits video channel. The live panel debate took place on Wednesday 30 August 2017 in association with Nest. The panel included Debbie ...