All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1060
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Supplier articleWhy traditional one-size-fits-all employee benefits schemes no longer work
Companies can no longer rely on traditional employee benefit schemes to attract and retain talent. An increasingly diverse workforce requires flexibility, imagination and innovation from its employer’s reward and recognition programme.Though there is still much to be done to promote diversity the modern workplace has never been so varied. Over ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of back-care awareness
Your back is an important muscle in your body. It has a level of strength and flexibility to carry you through your day that is phenomenal – however, because of this, it is also susceptible to problems. This week is back care awareness week so here at Health Shield we ...
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Race to cash in pension pots could spell retirement disaster
Bumper pension scheme transfer values are luring thousands of individuals to cash-in their final salary pension pots – also known as defined benefit (DB) schemes – which could spell disaster for their retirement plans.Individuals are being offered lump sums worth anything up to 40 times the value of the annual ...
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Supplier articleNow is the time to prepare your employee benefits for the Christmas season
by Kylie Green, Director of ConsultancyThe truth is it’s never too early to start planning for Christmas when it comes to your benefits programmes.You want to have all your employee benefits programmes launched and running smoothly before your employees begin Christmas shopping or planning their summer holidays in order to ...
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ArticleMetropolitan Police to discuss the business case for diversity at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Gibson (pictured), strategic workforce planning leader at the Metropolitan Police, will discuss how diversity and inclusion strategies can be used to improve an organisation’s bottom line and address gaps in the workforce at Employee Benefits Live 2017.The session, titled ‘Championing a diverse and inclusive culture in benefits strategy', ...
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ArticleBrakes Group appoints Smith
Food and drink organisation Brakes Group has hired Eleanor Smith as head of reward, Europe.Smith has experience across all areas of total reward, including pension trustee and management experience. She has expertise in executive pay, HR systems and payroll, performance management and talent development.Previously, Smith was head of reward at ...
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ArticleDeloitte and Unilever recognised for family-friendly policies
Professional services organisation Deloitte and consumer goods business Unilever have been recognised by employees for their family-friendly policies at 2017’s Mumsnet Family Friendly Awards.Unilever won the Mumsnet Employer of the Year Award, based on responses from nearly 1,000 staff surveys. For this category, employees ranked organisations on how family-friendly policies ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail employees vote for strike action in dispute over pensions
Employees who work for postal organisation Royal Mail and are members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) trade union, have voted in favour of strike action in an ongoing dispute over the planned closure of the organisation’s defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual.Nearly three-quarters (73%) of the CWU’s ...
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OpinionJo Dodds: Wellbeing and engagement can improve organisational performance
The Marmot Review, published in February 2010 showed that work can either be good or bad for health.Within the Engage for Success movement, we understand that there is not one particular definition of what employee engagement is. When our founders, David MacLeod and Nita Clarke, researched Engaging for Success, otherwise ...
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ArticleCatto takes on reward at Howden
Mechanical and industrial engineering organisation Howden has appointed Julie Catto as its new global head of reward.Previously, Catto was employed as global reward and benefits director at analytics consultancy Wood Mackenzie. She has also worked at the UK Ministry of Defence as benefits manager, and as head of reward and ...
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ArticleCheaney returns to Coffin Mew
Liz Cheaney has returned to law firm Coffin Mew as its new director of HR and communication.Cheaney, who is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and has more than 20 years of experience in the professional services sector, will bring her expertise in staff ...
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ArticleBean joins Thomsons Online Benefits
Global benefits management and employee engagement software organisation Thomsons Online Benefits has hired Joanna Bean as its new head of people.In her new role, Bean will be responsible for implementing the organisation’s people strategy, as well as overseeing all aspects of the HR function, which includes business partnering, benefits and ...
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Case StudiesLeonard Design engages employees with working environment initiatives
Architectural firm Leonard Design offers a range of low-cost perks to its 80 employees, based around improving their working lives. John Morgan, director, says: “We spend a lot of time in the office so these should be fun, engaging and interesting places.”Each Leonard Design employee is given £100 a year ...
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AnalysisCan quick wins create lasting employee engagement?
Need to knowOffering ‘quick wins’ can deliver an immediate impact on employee morale and engagement.Possible initiatives include relaxing an organisation's rules, free lunches or additional days off.In the longer-term, it is important to look at the overall employee experience to deliver lasting benefits.Many organisations facing a drop in morale or ...
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Article16% say in-house childcare would make a difference in fulfilling caring responsibilities
Just under one-fifth (16%) of respondents cite in-house childcare or crèche facilities as the one family-friendly benefit not currently available to them that they feel would make a difference in allowing them to fulfil their caring responsibilities, according to research by Mumsnet.Its The Mumsnet survey 2017, which surveyed 1,411 parents ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: Benefits engagement: quick communication wins
Taking insights from our recent UK Employee Benefits Watch research, we’ve launched the industry’s first and only podcast series! Our experts discuss how to manage a market-leading benefits programme. Benefits engagement: quick communication winsIn this podcast, take away actionable top tips and real life examples on how ...
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Supplier articleHow to help your employees engage with wellbeing strategies
By Richard Ellis, sales director at VivupIntroducing wellbeing initiatives into the workplace, such as smoking cessation or cycle to work schemes are a great way to encourage your staff to keep fit, but you also need to find ways in which to help your employees engage in these activities for ...
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Article94% of group personal pension members invest in default fund
The majority (94%) of group personal pension (GPPs) members invest in their scheme’s default fund, according to research by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) and Columbia Threadneedle.Its annual The future book: unravelling workplace pensions report, based on data from from sources including the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the ...
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ArticleBBC reports a 10.7% mean gender pay gap
Media organisation the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 10.7% as at 31 March 2017 for its public service staff.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the public sector ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Countrywide to discuss cost-effective benefits at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Goodwin (pictured), head of reward, HR at property services organisation Countrywide, will discuss how employers can implement a cost effective and flexible benefits approach at Employee Benefits Live 2017.The session, titled ‘Structuring a cost effective and fluid benefits strategy’, will form part of the benefits on a budget ...