All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1090
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AnalysisInfographic: How engaged are employees with benefits in their organisation?
An infographic showing how engaged employees are with benefits in respondents’ organisations.!function(e,t,s,i){var n="InfogramEmbeds",o=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],d=/^http:/.test(e.location)?"http:":"https:";if(/^\/{2}/.test(i)&&(i=d+i),window[n]&&window[n].initialized)window[n].process&&window[n].process();else if(!e.getElementById(s)){var r=e.createElement("script");r.async=1,r.id=s,r.src=i,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,0,"infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Read more:How can employers ensure engagement is integral to a benefits strategy?MVF involves employees with benefits to boost engagement
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Mental wellbeing in numbers
Facts and figures relating to mental wellbeing50% of respondents do not feel like they can open up to their colleagues about their mental health.(Source: Peldon Rose)43% view mental health as the top current concern on their agenda(Source: Aon employee benefits)29% go in to work when suffering from a mental health ...
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AnalysisHow can employers ensure engagement is integral to a benefits strategy?
Need to know:It can be all too easy to put employee benefits in place and then think about how to engage people with them. Instead, corporate vision and an engagement strategy should provide a framework for the employee benefits on offer.Weaving employee engagement through an organisation’s reward and benefits strategy ...
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Case StudiesMVF involves employees with benefits to boost engagement
Customer generation firm MVF was ranked sixth in the top 10 of the Sunday Times' Best Places to Work For list in 2017. Translating business strategy into employee benefits is critical to maintaining this ranking.Andrea Pattico, chief people officer, says: “You can have the best strategy, but if people aren’t ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reflecting on employee engagement
As our Engagement 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 benefits.This dedicated week was designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions uncovering best practice on employee engagement in ...
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OpinionJerry Edmondson: Take employee engagement off your to-do list
Given the economic climate and levels of uncertainty around Brexit, improving employee engagement is set to be a key item on most organisations’ HR agendas for 2018. By increasing engagement, it can make it easier to retain expert and experienced employees and improve workforce efficiencies.But, while the economic and political ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis Partnership reports a 13.9% mean gender pay gap
John Lewis Partnership has reported a 13.9% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay based on data from April 2017.The retailer 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 deadline of 4 April ...
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ArticleHigh Court rules BT cannot change index used to calculate future pension increases
The High Court has ruled that telecommunications organisation BT cannot change the index it uses to calculate pension increases for its defined benefit (DB) scheme.BT went to the High Court in December 2017 to seek a decision on whether it could change the index it uses to calculate pension increases ...
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ArticlePersonal Group revamps benefits for its 250 UK staff
Employee benefits provider Personal Group has revamped its benefits package for its 250 UK-based employees.Its enhanced package includes the introduction of private medical insurance as a core benefit, access to an employee loan scheme, and increased basic holiday allowance from 24 days a year to 25 days a year. Employees ...
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AnalysisHow can employers reach a remote workforce with employee engagement initiatives?
Need to know:Employers need to ensure that engagement initiatives reach and resonate with remote workers through effective communication.For a widely dispersed workforce, employers should communicate every day.Personalised and multi-channel communications can help engage a remote workforce with engagement initiatives.With rail fares rising by 3.4% for 2018 and two-hour daily commutes ...
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OpinionDr David Cross: Communication is key to keeping dispersed employees engaged
Managing dispersed workers is complex. There are issues of out of sight, out of mind, loneliness and isolation, productivity tracking, trust, and a lack of organisational culture; they miss out on those 'water-cooler moments'. Actually, many of them work this way precisely to avoid office politics and supervision although it ...
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Case StudiesKeolis Nottingham drives benefits engagement among remote staff with mobile app
Around 80% of the 294 employees at Keolis Nottingham, formerly Nottingham Trams, work remotely, whether as drivers, engineers, maintenance staff or roving revenue officers.Trevor Stocker, operations manager, says: “Drivers, for example, sign in, are given the keys and away they go [for] four to five hours out in the tram. ...
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ArticleBournemouth University rolls out staff wellbeing and sustainability programme
Bournemouth University is rolling out a sustainability and employee wellbeing programme to its 2,000 employees.Its Green Rewards programme, which will launch to all staff in January 2018, is designed to help employees boost their health and wellbeing as well as work to reduce carbon emissions to create a more sustainable ...
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Article80% participate in sharesave schemes because they are a convenient way to save
Four-fifths (80%) of respondents who participate sharesave employee share schemes do so because they believe they are a convenient way to save, according to research by Proshare.Its Attitudes to employee share ownership report, which surveyed 1,699 employees across 11 UK organisations, also found that 67% of respondents find the matching ...
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ArticleBritish employees want pay rise of £7,200 to lead a comfortable life
Employees in Britain believe they need a pay rise of £7,200 in order to lead a comfortable life, according to research by Indeed.Its survey of 1,001 UK employees also found that 38% of female respondents plan to ask for a pay increase this year, compared to 51% of male respondents. ...
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OpinionPaula Bailey: Gender pay gap reporting is not about equal pay
2018 is set to be a hugely challenging year for big employers, with issues such as worker status and rights, and the gender pay gap firmly on the agenda. What is more, it looks like these crucial issues will be played out under the full glare of the national press.We ...
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Supplier article
Better employee mental health and wellbeing - step by step guide
What is wellbeing?Wellbeing encompasses many aspects of the way individuals feel about their everyday lives, from their health to their relationships with others to their jobs. Mental wellbeing refers specifically to the mental state of an individual, how they feel and how well they are able to cope with everyday ...
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Five tips to maximise your health kick
The beginning of the year is the most popular time to join a gym and to start a health kick. Most people will be cutting down on alcohol or doing dry January, limiting their food intake, detoxing, partaking in juice diets and going to the gym frequently. However, those good ...
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Supplier articleFive steps to better everyday wellbeing and performance for business
In this guide: building a business caseHR professionals are more frequently required to produce business proposal documents for their employee benefit recommendations which are reviewed by decision makers, such as CEOs, Managing Directors or Procurement teams. This document describes why health and dental plans are important, how businesses will benefit ...
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50% consider cost perception as the biggest barrier to workplace wellbeing
Half (50%) of respondents consider the perception of cost as the biggest barrier to workplace wellbeing, according to research by Warrington-based business park Birchwood Park.Its survey of 156 employees based in the north west of England also found that 35% of respondents believe mental health in the workplace will be ...