All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1079
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ArticleChinese man repaints road signs to speed up commute
Image credit: Modern ExpressSomething for the weekend: Although most employees would move mountains in order to avoid rush hour traffic on the way to work, one Chinese employee has taken a more direct approach by repainting road signs to ease congestion on his daily commute.The 28-year-old employee, Cai, has been ...
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Supplier articleHow to develop a health and wellbeing strategy
Creating a health and wellbeing strategy not only demonstrates care for employees, but it can also result in a healthier, more engaged and more productive workforce. It has been reported that every pound spent on employee wellness results in a saving of £2.50, thanks to reduced sickness ...
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Supplier articleFour untapped inspiration resources in your internal communications
By James Edwards, Client Success Director Your employee engagement hub is one of the primary tools you’ll use to share company information and to communicate with your employees. And if you don’t keep it updated regularly, employees will quickly learn that you’ve got nothing new to say and they’ll stop ...
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ArticlePoll: 46% believe Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally
Employee Benefits poll: Under half (46%) of respondents feel that Uber drivers and Deliveroo riders should be treated equally in terms of access to employment rights, such as receiving holiday pay and the national minimum wage.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 52 responses, also found that 31% are ...
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ArticleEarthmiles app to launch to employers
Healthy lifestyle reward app Earthmiles will be launching to UK employers from April 2018.The new app, Earthmiles@Work, will enable employees to earn points for completing exercise either at work or outside the workplace by gathering data from health apps and wearables that employees currently use. The collected points can then ...
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ArticleShell UK reports a 22.2% mean gender pay gap
Energy and fuel organisation Shell UK has reported a mean gender pay gap of 22.2% for fixed hourly pay across its seven employing entities with more than 250 employees and five employing entities with less than 250 employees as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap ...
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ArticleAccenture reports a 16.7% mean gender pay gap
Global management consultancy and professional services organisation Accenture has reported a 16.7% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission ...
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Supplier articleThe Engagement Excellence Awards
By Charlie Taylor, Growth Marketing ManagerThe Engagement Excellence Awards are one of my - if not absolute - favourite times of year. The awards celebrate companies that are leading the way in employee engagement and those working to make the world a better place to work.Beyond the canapes and glasses ...
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ArticleHigh Court rules Morrisons is liable in payroll data leak case
The High Court has ruled that retailer Morrisons is legally responsible for a payroll data leak committed by a former employee.The two-week High Court trial, which commenced on Monday 9 October 2017, was a class action lawsuit brought by 5,518 current and former Morrisons employees, seeking compensation after a payroll ...
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ArticleAdvertised salaries increase by 1.9% year-on-year
Advertised salaries in the UK have increased by 1.9% year-on-year as at November 2017, according to research by CV Library.Its analysis of its job market data also found that advertised UK salaries increased by 1.3% between October 2017 and November 2017.Advertised salaries for jobs in the education sector in the ...
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Article53% of employers cannot afford non-performance-related benefits
More than half (53%) of employer respondents cannot afford to provide non-performance-related benefits because their organisation does not have sufficient budget, according to research by One4all Rewards.Its survey of 1,024 UK employees and 476 UK employers also found that 10% of employer respondents are currently making use of the tax ...
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AnalysisInfographic: How is private medical insurance (PMI) offered to employees?
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AnalysisWhat can employers do to make PMI more cost effective?
Need to know:Integrating private medical insurance (PMI) into an overall health and wellbeing strategy can cut long-term costs.Excesses and benefit caps enable employees at every level to have access to PMI with lower overheads.Introducing incentives to improve employee health and wellbeing can be more effective than cutting services.Private medical insurance ...
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OpinionTerry Woolmer: Private medical insurance benefits both employers and employees
EEF’s annual sickness absence surveys have consistently shown that employers believe some form of incentive to provide private medical insurance (PMI) for their employees would be beneficial. In EEF's Employee health: Making industrial strategy work for Britain – Health, work, wellbeing and sickness absence survey 2017, published in August 2016, ...
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Supplier articleCan employee recognition be as easy as a deck of cards?
By Debra Corey, Group Reward DirectorHere’s a simple fact - employees feel more motivated when they receive a simple thank you. Surprised? Of course not, for as human beings gratitude is something we crave. And why not, think of how you feel when someone thanks you. Doesn’t it make you ...
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ArticleBritish Airways suspends pension transfer values for active members
British Airways (BA) has temporarily suspended the provision of transfer values to all its active British Airways Pensions members.The suspension will apply to active members of the airline's defined benefit (DB) New Airways Pension Scheme (Naps) and the Airways Pension Scheme (Aps), unless the transfer values are being requested for ...
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ArticleLegg Mason enhances paid parental leave for US staff
Legg Mason has enhanced paid parental leave for its 785 US-based employees.The investment management firm's new parental leave offering, which will be effective from 1 January 2018, will enable both men and women who are new parents and who have at least one year of service to take up to ...
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Article36% say workplace pensions are the most valuable employee benefit
Just over a third (36%) of employer respondents say that workplace pensions are the most valued employee benefit, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown.Its Workplace benefits: the employer view report, which surveyed 349 UK employers, also found that 15% who rank private medical insurance as the most valuable, while 12% ...
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Supplier articleUltimate Red Letter Days experience ends on a high for the dragons
Following 12 years' ownership of Red Letter Days, Dragons’ Den stars Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones CBE have successfully concluded a sale of the business to Smartbox Group, for an undisclosed sum.Theo commented, "although not an official pitch this has undoubtedly been one of the most successful business ventures ever ...
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Nine reasons to encourage employees to exercise this winter
It is easy to go into hibernation mode in Winter and trying to avoid the outdoors. However, it is the most important time of the year to exercise as people spend a lot of time lazing around and eating higher calorie foods. Regular physical activity is always beneficial, it’s never ...