All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1096
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OpinionKatie Streeter-Hurle: How can employers create an engaging workplace culture?
Today’s employees have growing expectations of the organisation they work for. For ambitious organisations, engagement has got to be top of the agenda in order to attract the best talent and to retain them over time. So what does it take to create an engaging workplace culture in 2018?Employers have ...
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Supplier articleQuick wins when you're low on budget
It’s time to start having some fun with your benefits communications! Have you got benefits that go unloved and unnoticed? Thomsons’ Benefits Experts will pull you out of your communications rut with a series of quick wins. When it comes to benefits they believe: If you’ve got it. Flaunt it!Thomsons’ ...
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The Autumn Budget 2017 Client Briefing
The Autumn Budget laid out on 22 November 2017 by the Chancellor, Phillip Hammond, was positioned as supporting Britain’s need to prepare ‘to meet the challenges ahead’, driving for ‘a dynamic and innovative economy’. Within the context of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s downgrades in productivity assumptions and cuts to ...
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ArticlePerpetual Guardian to pilot four-day working week
New Zealand-based statutory trust organisation Perpetual Guardian is to pilot a four-day working week for its 200 employees.The six-week trial, which will begin in March 2018, will enable employees to nominate and receive a day off each week to reduce their number of working days from five to four. Under ...
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ArticlePinsent Masons reports a 22.4% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Pinsent Masons has reported a 22.4% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.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 deadline of 4 April 2018. Its data reflects ...
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Article33% believe employers should pay employees for keeping healthy
A third (33%) of UK respondents believe their employers should pay them for keeping healthy, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its 2017-2018 Global benefits attitudes survey, which surveyed 31,000 employees across 22 markets, including 2,824 employees working for medium and large-sized private sector organisations in the UK, also found ...
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Case StudiesUK Power Networks uses benefits to switch on employee engagement
For those that work or live in the south east of England, a UK Power Network van and engineer is a familiar sight. With 6,000 employees that help power homes and businesses across East Anglia, London and the south east of England, the electrical network operator distributes around 27% of ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by UK Power Networks
The workplace benefits offered by UK Power Networks:Pensions and financial wellbeingElectricity supply industry final salary pension scheme, closed to new entrants.EDF Energy defined benefit scheme, closed to new entrants.Defined contribution (DC) group personal pension scheme open to all employees. Matching 2:1 contributions, up to 10% from the employer.Tenancy loan deposit ...
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Epoq Legal
Epoq Legal is an established provider of online legal document and advice services.In 2016, we launched our employee benefit, Legal for Life, which is designed to help employees deal with legal matters throughout their lives – quickly and conveniently online or over the phone.A natural complement to benefits such as ...
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OpinionKate McGough: How does Carillion's situation impact employment law?
In January 2018, various Carillion organisations went into liquidation, putting at risk around 20,000 jobs in the UK.In a normal liquidation, the impact on the organisation's employees is quite drastic. The organisation stops trading straight away and its employees are automatically redundant at the same time. If the organisation cannot ...
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Supplier articlePodcast: Deliver your benefits communications with limited resources
Are your benefits going unloved and unnoticed? Are you striving to make them central in improving your employees’ experience at work, but don’t have the time or budget to achieve this? Thomsons Online Benefits’ latest research shows you are not alone! Listen to Thomsons’ brand new podcast ...
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ArticleGeneral Electric reports an 8.8% mean gender pay gap
Digital industrial organisation General Electric has reported a 8.8% consolidated mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 13 UK legal entities.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 deadline ...
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Article49% of men feel there is a societal stigma to taking shared parental leave
Under half (49%) of male respondents believe that there is a societal stigma attached to taking shared parental leave, and that it is not considered the normal course of action for men to take, according to research by TSB.Its survey of 2,000 individuals also found that 37% of respondents had ...
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ArticleTaylor Wessing reports a 13.5% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Taylor Wessing has reported a 13.5% 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 deadline of 4 ...
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Taking a preventative approach to your employees health
The majority of employers now recognise the importance of having a fit, healthy and happy workforce; the impact it has on motivation, performance and even reducing staff absenteeism. A company with a focus on a wellbeing strategy will want to ensure their employee benefits deliver healthy outcomes. There are numerous ...
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'Start small but think big' for effective recognition
“Start small but think big” to achieve success in the development of an effective recognition programme, argues Head of Organisational Effectiveness at Sainsbury’s.At a macro level, employee recognition can make a huge difference to operational performanceStarting small is crucial to the success of initiativesChange is coming for the role of ...
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ArticleBird and Bird reports a 14.5% mean gender pay gap
International law firm Bird and Bird has reported a 14.5% 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 deadline of ...
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ArticleTotal Media gains living wage accreditation
Media strategy organisation Total Media has been accredited as a living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation.The organisation has committed to paying its 129 permanent employees, as well as any third-party contractors, at least the voluntary living wage rate of £8.75 an hour for staff working in the UK ...
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ArticleAlan Chambers MBE and DLA Piper to speak at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Former royal marine and polar adventurer Alan Chambers MBE (pictured) will deliver the closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, while global law firm DLA Piper will discuss the future of performance.Concluding the conference programme on Wednesday 28 February 2018, Chambers’ closing keynote address, titled ‘The only limits ...
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Supplier articleHow to keep your employee engagement flame alive
By Joy Adan, Content Journalist Whether you’re a die-hard romantic or err on the side of cynicism when it comes to love, you probably know that February 14 is St Valentine’s Day — it’s a bit hard to ignore the walls of red greeting cards or the spike in the ...