All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1066
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ArticleCity of Pittsburgh adds gender affirmation surgery to medical insurance plan
The City of Pittsburgh has extended its medical insurance coverage to include surgical treatments for full gender affirmation surgery.The benefit, which was announced by Mayor William Peduto on 19 October 2017, will apply to all city employees and their dependents who are enrolled in the city’s medical insurance plan.Employees can ...
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ArticleJust 22% of New Zealand employers offer parental leave on equal terms
Just over a fifth (22%) of respondents who are working fathers based in New Zealand say their employer offers parental leave on equal terms to their female counterparts, according to research by Hays.Its survey of 173 employees in New Zealand, which comprised 53% women and 47% men, also found that ...
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As we head towards the first autumn Budget on 23 November, speculation is rife about Chancellor Philip Hammond’s possible changes to pensions. This is hardly surprising given the vast pace of change experienced in the pensions industry over the past few years. In many cases, employers have found it necessary ...
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OpinionSally Hart: What are the latest trends in promoting voluntary benefits?
No longer limited to generic vouchers, voluntary benefits now form a significant part of the overall reward package. In promoting a wider range of benefits, one size no longer fits all.Increasingly, employers are customising benefits communications to help employees make relevant choices. HR data is used to tailor content to ...
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Case StudiesAssurant uses employee forums for face-to-face benefits communication
Mobile and electronics protection organisation Assurant uses quarterly update meetings with employee forum representatives to cascade information about its voluntary benefits scheme to its 1,000 employees across three UK sites.A member of the HR team attends each quarterly meeting with representatives from the organisation’s two employee forums in order to ...
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AnalysisWhat are the most effective forms of communicating voluntary benefits?
Need to know:A communications strategy can help employees see the value of a voluntary benefits scheme, especially in a time when so many group-buying discount sites are available.A communications strategy must take into account different working environments and how different employee groups access information.Digital communications, such as apps and text ...
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Article66% view being valued and recognised as most important aspect of employment
Two-thirds (66%) of respondents view being valued and recognised by their employer as the most important aspect of employment, according to research by Sage People.Its Why your workforce isn't working report, which surveyed 3,500 employees aged 16 or over who work at organisations with between 200 and 5,000 employees across ...
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ArticleSandwell Council to pay living wage to 800 employees
Sandwell Council will enhance pay to the voluntary living wage rate for 150 council employees and 650 school staff.The pay increase, which will be effective from April 2018 and apply to staff currently on pay band A and the lower increments of pay band B, will see cleaners, learning support ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Fitflop holds global step challenge for 200 staff worldwide
EXCLUSIVE: Global shoe retail organisation Fitflop is holding a global step challenge for its 200 employees in seven countries to improve employee health and wellbeing.The challenge, which started on 9 October 2017, was set up by the organisation’s employee feel good champions as part of Fitflop’s overall wellbeing strategy. The ...
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Case StudiesArrow Global draws on data to shape its reward and benefits strategy
Debt management business Arrow Global has made use of three data sources to try to perfect the right mix of benefits for its staff: its online flexible benefits package provided by Aon Employee Benefits, a national pay and benefits survey in late 2015, and an organisation-wide engagement survey in mid-2016.The ...
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ArticleClare Sheridan: Do not make workers put away their everyday selves when it comes to online benefits
It is Monday morning. Put aside your everyday self until next weekend; it is time to adopt your work self, catch the early train and face the week. And then, repeat until you retire.There are still jobs and organisational cultures that fit this rather dispiriting mindset, but the world of ...
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AnalysisHow can data from benefits technology be used to inform a reward strategy?
Need to knowEffective analysis of benefits data can help ensure packages are meeting the needs of employees.This can help businesses benchmark themselves against peers or competitors.Data can be used to tweak reward strategy in line with specific organisational priorities.The old phrase ‘knowledge is power’ was not designed for employee benefits ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Harnessing the power of technology
As our Benefits Technology Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.The speed of technological evolution constantly seems to be accelerating. It is strange to think that ...
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OpinionRaoul Parekh: Why are more dads not taking shared parental leave?
Let’s turn our minds back to 2015, when employment lawyers and HR professionals were busying themselves by poring over the five sets of regulations that established the new shared parental leave regime. We prepared clear, straightforward policies for employees. We designed simple forms, and carefully uploaded them to the organisation ...
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ArticleNew Zealand to increase minimum wage to $20 an hour
The national minimum wage in New Zealand is to increase by 27% to $20 (£10.50) an hour by 2020.The increase, which forms part of a coalition agreement between the New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand First, will see the hourly minimum wage progressively rise from $15.75 (£8.27) an hour ...
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Supplier articleSix tips to keep the small-company feel as your business grows
When a company grows and starts to get over 20 or so employees, it can start to lose that ‘small company feel’. People might stop talking to each other, and you can lose the close-knit culture and co-operative energy your success was originally built on.By encouraging more internal interaction between ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: The new era of wellness: digital revolution
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. The new era of wellness: digital revolutionIn this podcast, take a deep dive into employee wellness ...
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ArticleSavers access £14.2bn through pension freedoms
Retirement savers have accessed approximately £14.2 billion through the pension freedoms since the pension reforms were introduced in April 2015, according to data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).Its Flexible payments from pensions: October 2017 report also found that the number of individuals who have received flexible payments from their ...
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Benefits technology in numbers
Facts and figures relating to benefits technology in the workplace:36% of employee respondents cite increased productivity as a benefit of using wearable technology in the workplace.Source: Office Genie June 201739% of employer respondents rank their intranet as a very valuable form of benefits technology.Source: Employee Benefits and Staffcare18% of employer ...
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ArticleWeetabix Food Company reports a 5.4% mean gender pay gap
Food and cereal manufacturing organisation the Weetabix Food Company has reported a mean gender pay gap of 5.4% for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data, published in its 2017 Gender pay gap report, in line with the government’s gender pay ...