All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1063
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Case StudiesOliver Bonas redesigns benefits strategy to reflect core values
Lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas has reviewed and restyled its benefits strategy in order to reflect its core values: work hard, play hard, and be kind.With the majority of its 820 employees working part-time in stores, the organisation recognises that its benefits have to appeal to many different people, as well ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Oliver Bonas
The workplace benefits offered by Oliver Bonas include:PensionPension: Master trust, with standard contribution rates required under auto-enrolment. These currently stand at 1% from the employer and 1% employee.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance, employer funded, for senior managers and store managers.Health cash plans, employee paid, available through the benefits platform.Compay carsCompany ...
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ArticleNHS pay cap to be scrapped
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that the cap on NHS pay is to be scrapped.The seven-year cap on NHS staff wages will end next year.Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 October, Hunt said: “NHS staff do a fantastic job in tough circumstances, and pay restraint has been ...
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ArticleCivil Service to launch diversity and inclusion strategy
Employee Benefits Live 2017: The Civil Service is to launch a new strategy to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) within its workforce, in order to see improvements in its business performance.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2017 in a session titled How to make progress and impact with diversity and ...
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Supplier articleFive employee benefits your team can enjoy this autumn
By Jacqueline BenjaminAutumn is well and truly here. As the cold weather sets in and the clocks go back it can be harder than ever to motivate your staff and keep them feeling positive and engaged. With this in mind it’s worth considering which employee benefits will best resonate with ...
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Supplier articleWhy we are ditching the traditional learning management system
My last post ended like an episode of “24.” Right before the big reveal, the clock comes on and counts down to a black screen, leaving you frustrated and angry at the TV for the next week.“Why, Zach, why?!” You cried. “What happens next … what have you chosen?”Never fear, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 5-11 October 2017
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 5 and 11 October 2017 were: EY reports a 19.7% mean gender pay gapHigh Court to rule in Morrisons payroll data leak caseCarillion to withdraw discretionary increases in pension paymentsBBC reports a 10.7% mean gender pay gapBMW Group UK and Royal ...
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ArticleHoliday cruise organisation to pay new role in tea and cake
Something for the weekend: Although financial compensation is the norm for the majority of job roles, cruise line organisation MSC Cruises is taking an alternative approach for its new tea and cake taster position, offering to pay the successful applicant in Yorkshire tea and a variety of cakes.The tea and ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid reviews her EAP
You can't help but wonder why some people have end up in the jobs they have. Take one of my contacts at Smarmy Consulting, Barry. I recently bumped into Barry at a networking event and he backed me into a corner to tell me about his new job. Unlike his ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Travis Perkins and Hays tailor financial wellbeing messages
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Building merchant organisation Travis Perkins and recruitment organisation Hays have tailored their respective financial wellbeing communications in order to engage their differing workforces.Travis Perkins has centred its financial wellbeing communications on established health and safety messages, which its employees readily engage with. A large number of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Google advises employers to invest in people as much as technology
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Employers should ensure they invest in their people as much as in new technologies in order to create an empowering organisational culture and a strong business environment.In the closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2017 in a session titled ‘How can HR lead the workplace ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business
Lloyds Banking Group is to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business in a deal including assets under administration of more than £15 billion.The acquisition, which is due to partially close in the first quarter of 2018, is aligned with Lloyds Banking Group's growth strategy. This includes accelerating the ...
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ArticleUBS encourages personal development with international assignments
Employee Benefits Live 2017: UBS encourages junior staff to take advantage of international relocation opportunities as part of its approach to personal development.Speaking in a session titled ‘The changing nature of international HR and global reward’ at Employee Benefits Live 2017, Claire McDonagh, international mobility services, HR at UBS, explained ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail wins High Court injunction to postpone strike action in pensions dispute
Postal organisation Royal Mail has won an injunction from the High Court to postpone planned strike action in an ongoing dispute over pensions.The High Court ruled yesterday (Thursday 12 October) that contractual dispute resolution procedures included in the Agenda for Growth agreement between Royal Mail and trade union Communications Workers ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published details of proposed legislation which would entitle working parents to paid leave following the death of a child.The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill, which was introduced by Member of Parliament Kevin Hollinrake, proposes that employed parents who lose a ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust abolishes lowest pay grade
Employee Benefits Live 2017: Kent-based Medway NHS Foundation Trust has abolished its lowest pay grade in order to improve the financial wellbeing of its employees.Speaking in a panel discussion session titled ‘The financial wellbeing journey’ at Employee Benefits Live 2017, James Devine, executive director of HR and organisational development at ...
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Article37% see a clear link between their pay and performance
More than a third (37%) of employee respondents working in the UK see a clear link between their pay and performance, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2016 Willis Towers Watson global workforce study, which surveyed 36,000 full-time employees working in large and midsize organisations across 29 global markets, ...
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Article45% want a job with more flexible hours when returning to work after having a child
More than two-fifths (45%) of respondents who are parents want a job with more flexible hours when they return to work after having a child, according to research by New Skills Academy.Its survey of 124 parents also found that 98% of respondents feel that an understanding employer which recognises that ...
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ArticleStar-Dundee launches employee ownership trust
Aerospace engineering organisation Star-Dundee has launched an employee ownership trust.The organisation, which has 25 employees across offices in Dundee and Barcelona, has become employee owned in order to secure its long-term future and help to maintain its current organisational culture.Star-Dundee, which is now a part of the Employee Ownership Association, ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2017 speaker slides
Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2017, which took place on 10-11 October 2017 at Olympia, National.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakers:K1: Using strategic ...