All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1058
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AnalysisTop tips to control the costs of group risk benefits
Need to know:Providing group risk benefits through a flexible benefits scheme enables employers to set a base level of cover at a fixed cost, which helps to manage expenditure.Larger employers can consolidate multiple group risk policies in order to use their scale to generate a more competitive price from providers.The ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: PWC to discuss the gig economy and flexible working models at Employee Benefits Live 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Julian Sansum (pictured), partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), will discuss the tax implications of the gig economy and flexible working models, as well as how employers can practically utilise these employment structures, at Employee Benefits Live 2017.The session, titled ‘Managing policy and tax differences in global benefits’, will form part ...
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Supplier articleWhat is learning and development?
By Zachery Wilkinson, learning development manager at Reward GatewayI have frequent blogged about my views on L&D (Learning and Development) and how we’ve made a big shift here at Reward Gateway.But why does L&D matter? Learning and development is critical to any organization. The person or people that make up ...
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Article57% of retail employees are unhappy with their pay
More than half (57%) of retail employees are unhappy with their pay, with average advertised salaries for retail positions of £29,042 a year, according to research by Adzuna.Its analysis of employment satisfaction levels across 1,000 UK employees also found that 55% of respondents in the teaching profession are unhappy with ...
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Article38% plan to increase their employee benefits offering in 2017
More than a third (38%) of employer respondents plan to increase the number of options in their employee benefits package in 2017, according to research by Mattioli Woods.Its 2017 Employee benefits insight report, which surveyed 300 employers and gathered data from 2,692 UK organisations, also found that 21% of respondents ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 97% include employee assistance programmes in mental health support
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly all (97%) employer respondents that have a strategy to support the mental health of their workforce cite an employee assistance programme (EAP) as part of this, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2017, which surveyed 121 employer respondents in July ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid looks at gender pay reporting
The can of worms is open and wiggling across my desk. Gender pay gap reporting has forced the Higher Beings to look more closely at pay, and although it is not published yet, I can tell you the results of our report are shocking.However, the real problem is not so ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week: 21-27 September 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 21 and 27 September 2017 were: Google, Lego and Microsoft top 2017's best corporate social responsibility listHogwarts seeks to recruit wizarding staffYum! Brands holds employee development weekEmployment tribunal rules in favour of Addison Lee drivers in worker-status caseThe Work and Pensions ...
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ArticleFrench Post Office staff farm vegetables in office rooftop garden
Something for the weekend: Post Office staff in northern Paris have taken health and wellbeing in the workplace to dizzying new heights by growing their own fruit and vegetables in an office-based rooftop garden.The 900-square metre rooftop farm, which is surrounded by tower blocks, is manned by approximately 500 postal ...
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Poll: Should employers in the gig economy be required to provide a minimum level of benefits?
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Age UK to discuss employee engagement at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Tammy Palmer (pictured), head of people development and engagement at charity Age UK, will discuss how community opportunities can work as a low-cost employee engagement tool at Employee Benefits Live 2017.The session, titled ‘Creative and cost-effective employee engagement strategies’, will form part of the employee engagement conference stream on ...
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ArticlePoll: 55% believe the public sector pay cap should be lifted
Employee Benefits poll: More than half (55%) of respondents think the public sector pay cap should be lifted for all public sector employees.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 55 responses, also found that 35% of respondents believe the 1% cap on pay rises for public sector staff should ...
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ArticleAverage contribution rate for DC schemes is 4.2% of pensionable earnings
The average total contribution rate for occupational defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the private sector was 4.2% of pensionable earnings for 2016, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Occupational pension schemes survey: UK, 2016, also found that for private workplace DC pension schemes, average total ...
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ArticleDefined benefit pension funding deficit remains at £460bn at September 2017
The funding deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK remained at £460 billion at the end of September 2017, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its Skyval index, which is based on data relating to 5,800 DB pension funds and collected through the Skyval pensions platform used by ...
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OpinionDr Zofia Bajorek: Integrating health and wellbeing with good work can lead to employee engagement
Over the last decade, there is no denying that ‘employee engagement’ has become a buzzword in both the academic and business world. Not a week goes by where engagement is not mentioned in articles concerning employee wellbeing, productivity and what employers can do to improve methods through which they value ...
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Employee reluctance to access pension advice not only a cost issue
In the Government's second Finance Bill 2017, a new income tax exemption to cover the first £500 worth of pensions advice provided to an employee was introduced.It will be implemented retrospectively from April 2017 and allow advice not only on pensions, but also on the general financial and tax issues ...
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6-7 Government reforms
Pension reforms mean more employees looking for advice on retirement issuesSaving for retirement is high on employee’s agendaEmployees' desire for guidance continues to be prevalent due to the greater choice afforded to them following the introduction of the pension freedoms in 2015, with a third (33%) of respondents saying that ...
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Article83% value employer pension contributions
More than four-fifths (83%) of employee respondents whose employer currently contributes to their workplace pension value these contributions, according to research by The People’s Pension.Its survey of 1,008 UK employees and 500 UK-based HR decision makers also found that 54% of employees would increase the amount of money they contribute ...
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Article40% of expatriates do not have employer-provided medical benefits
Two-fifths (40%) of expatriate respondents say they are not provided with medical benefits by their employer, according to research by Cigna.Its 2017 Cigna 360 wellbeing survey: globally mobile individuals report, which surveyed 2,003 individuals who work in markets outside of their birthplace in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and ...
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ArticleCMS extends paid maternity and parental leave for UK staff
Law firm CMS has enhanced its paid maternity and shared parental leave packages for over 2,000 UK staff.Its enhanced maternity policy now allows new mothers to take 26 weeks of leave on full pay, followed by 13 weeks of leave on statutory pay. Previously, the firm offered 10 weeks of ...