All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1074
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OpinionKatharine Moxham: Group risk providers go above and beyond claim payments
We all expect insurance policies to pay out when we need them and group income protection is no exception, but that is not all it does.Group risk benefits are mostly associated with catastrophic life events, such as illness, accidents, disability and death, but they can, and do, provide everyday help ...
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ArticleManchester-based Mears employees to strike in a dispute over pay
Housing maintenance employees who work for repair and maintenance organisation Mears in Manchester and who are members of the trade union Unite are undertaking strike action in a dispute over pay.The industrial action will commence with a 48-hour strike today (Thursday 16 November 2017), with 49 scheduled strike days planned ...
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ArticleBritish Steel offers 4% pay rise to 4,800 staff
Steel manufacturing organisation British Steel has offered a 4% pay increase to 4,800 employees based in the UK and France.The pay rise, which will be delivered over a two-year period, forms part of an in-principle agreement with trade unions Community, GMB and Unite for 2017’s pay and conditions claim.Formal agreement ...
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Supplier articleImproving workers’ financial wellbeing through to retirement
Over half of employers say that poor financial wellbeing has had a detrimental impact on their workers’ performance, according to The DNA of financial wellbeing report, published by Neyber in May 2017. It is therefore unsurprising that this is an issue on many employers’ minds.Auto-enrolment has certainly helped the UK ...
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Video: Supporting good pension scheme governance
This live panel debate took place on Wednesday 30 August 2017 in association with Nest.The panel included Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, editor at Employee Benefits, Paul Budgen, director of business development at Nest, Laura Andrikopoulos, senior DC consultant at Hymans Robertson, and Will Aitken, director at Deloitte Total Reward and Benefits.Topics discussedWhat ...
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Video: The importance of pensions governance
This five-minute video, presented by Camilla Egginton, director of product and solutions at Nest, covers the following areas:Why is governance important?What does good governance look like?How can an employer review the governance standards of a workplace pension provider?How does an employer know what is value for money?To watch the same ...
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Supplier articleHow people analytics gives HR better vision
By Gethin Nadin, Director, Global PartnershipsOn occasion, an aircraft will fly directly through a cloud. This might make some passengers nervous as they’ll no doubt wonder what the risk is by the pilot not being able to see the sky ahead of him. The basics of flying require a pilot ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 9-15 November 2017
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9-15 November 2017 were: Amazon investigates delivery drivers paid below minimum wageTribunal rejects Uber appeal in employment-status caseLloyds Banking Group and McDonald's among 2017's top employers for gender diversityStotts Tours Oldham guilty of pensions auto-enrolment non-complianceIndependent body rules Deliveroo riders are not ...
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ArticleJapanese rail organisation apologises for train departing 20 seconds early
Something for the weekend: UK commuters using public transport are well-versed in dealing with delays, whether these are caused by passenger alarms pulled by squashed tube commuters, or autumnal leaves cluttering overground rail lines. In contrast, Japanese train organisation Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company issued an apology on Tuesday 14 November ...
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AnalysisGroup risk in numbers
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ArticleSalary Exchange rebrands to Caboodle
UK employee benefit provider Salary Exchange has rebranded to Caboodle.The organisation, which was founded in 2009, has changed its name in order to reposition itself in the employee benefits market, as legislative changes and industry developments have enabled the business to expand its offering from tax-efficient benefits. This includes its ...
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ArticlePoll: 44% plan to offer a party or event as a Christmas incentive for staff
Employee Benefits poll: More than two-fifths (44%) of respondents are planning to offer a party or event as a Christmas incentive for their employees this year.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 54 responses, also found that 24% of respondents are planning to give staff a gift or a ...
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ArticleEnter the Employee Benefits Awards 2018 to showcase successful benefits strategies
The Employee Benefits Awards 2018, which are returning for their 16th year in 2018, are now open for entries for employers to showcase their exceptional work.The Employee Benefits Awards are an opportunity for employers to demonstrate and celebrate the outstanding work they have carried out on their reward and benefits ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mace holds global wellbeing week for 5,300 staff in 12 countries
EXCLUSIVE: International consultancy and construction organisation Mace has held a global wellbeing week for its 5,300 employees in 40 operating locations across 12 countries.The global wellbeing week, the organisation’s first, is running this week from Monday 13 November to Friday 17 November, except in the United Arab Emirates where the ...
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Supplier articleThe Living Wage matters to everyone
By Kathryn Kendall, Chief People OfficerIn April 2016, Benefex became a Living Wage Employer, and to this day, I would still chalk it up as one of the proudest days of my career. To know that we took such a significant step towards improving the day-to-day lives of our hard-working ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: GVA to launch online financial education programme
EXCLUSIVE: Real estate advisory organisation GVA is launching an online financial education programme for its 1,500 employees across 11 UK operating sites.The financial education programme, provided by Nudge, will be launched at the end of November 2017 to coincide with the organisation’s annual flexible benefit enrolment window. The new benefit ...
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ArticleHealth Shield acquires Medex Protect
Health cash plan provider Health Shield has acquired specialist private medical insurance (PMI) excess and shortfall protection organisation Medex Protect.As a result of the acquisition, Health Shield will be able to add a complementary bolt-on service to its existing range of products, to enable clients to receive refunds for the ...
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ArticleCIPD reports a 14.9% mean gender pay gap
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 14.9% and a median gender pay gap of 10.8% as at 5 April 2017.The CIPD has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead ...
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ArticleUniversities UK proposes closing USS pension scheme to future accrual
Universities UK (UUK), the representative organisation for UK universities, has proposed closing the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to future accrual and moving members to a defined contribution (DC) arrangement in order to tackle the scheme's deficit and the rising cost of future pensions.The USS, which is one of the largest ...