All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1101
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: DLA Piper develops collaborative feedback performance management
Employee Benefits Connect 2018: Global law firm DLA Piper is developing a collaborative feedback performance management approach in order to increase staff engagement and unlock workplace potential.Speaking as part of the performance conference stream at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 on Wednesday 28 February, Jean Slater-Romp, head of compensation and benefits ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: New technologies can boost employee engagement
Employee Benefits Connect 2018: Introducing new technologies into a benefits strategy can improve employee engagement.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 on Wednesday 28 February, in a session titled ‘Key technologies to engage employees with their benefits', Jon Bryant, head of online benefits and communications at Aon Employee Benefits, explained ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is your workforce fit for the future?
What does the future workforce look like in your organisation?Is it likely to be more diverse than ever, with up to five generations now present in many workforces? Is it likely to include more millennials than ever, with the new expectations that they bring? Or will it comprise older employees ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: An integrated approach is the future for financial wellbeing strategies
Employee Benefits Connect 2018: Employers are looking for an integrated financial wellbeing strategy that features both employee benefits products and financial education.Speaking as part of the wellbeing stream at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 on Wednesday 28 February, Monica Kaila (pictured), co-founder and director at Neyber, and Nick Burns, chairman of ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 22-28 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 22 and 28 February 2018 were: Admiral Group, EE and TSB Bank among Best Big Companies to Work For in 2018Herbert Smith Freehills launches gender affirmation surgery benefit for UK staffTesco reports a 12% mean gender pay gapMetropolitan Police takes constable to ...
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ArticleEasyjet hires Bennett
Airline organisation Easyjet has hired Ella Bennett as its group people director.Bennett, who will begin in her new role on 21 May 2018, has experience in both the UK and internationally. She specialises in reward, remuneration, talent development, large-scale change and digital transformation.Currently, Bennett is working as HR director at ...
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ArticleBjorn Borg holds compulsory exercise hour for Swedish employees
Something for the weekend: Sports clothing retail organisation Bjorn Borg holds a weekly mandatory exercise hour for 212 Sweden-based employees in order to increase employee productivity.Every Friday between 11am and 12pm, the Stockholm-based office is closed for business as employees attend a nearby gym for a specially arranged exercise class ...
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How to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day every day
On the first Friday of every March, Employee Appreciation Day is celebrated throughout the United States and Canada. Over twenty years ago, this holiday was created as an opportunity for companies to practice recognition in the workplace, thanking employees for their hard work and efforts over the past year by ...
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5 steps to a healthier you inside and out
We all want to be that little bit healthier, however, making those lifestyle changes can be difficult and daunting. The foods you consume, the quantity of sleep you have and the amount of physical activity you do all has an impact on your health. Here are 5 steps to help ...
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ArticleAsda reports a 12.5% mean gender pay gap
Retail organisation Asda has reported a 12.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 149,000 UK employees as at 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 ...
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ArticleWestern Power Distribution employees accept two-year pay deal
Employees who work for electricity distribution organisation Western Power Distribution, and who are members of the trade union Unite, are to receive a two-year pay deal effective from April 2018.The pay deal, which will benefit 6,000 employees based across the South West, Midlands and Wales, includes a 4.2% pay increase, ...
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Employee Benefits Connect 2018 speaker slides
Where speakers have given approval, we have uploaded the speaker slides for the keynote and conference sessions at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, which took place on 28 February 2018.Thank you very much to all of the speakers for sharing their ideas, experiences and insights.Keynote speakers:K1: Opening keynote: Building the future ...
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ArticleThree promotes Davidson
Telecommunications organisation Three has promoted Jenny Davidson to director of people propositions.Davidson, who has experience across a variety of industry sectors, specialises in remuneration committee advice, sales incentive plans, executive and non-management short-term incentive plans, mergers and acquisition processes, European pensions design and legislation and employee benefits programmes.Previously, Davidson was ...
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Now is the time for a fresh look at company pensions
As the pensions industry continues to come to terms with enormous changes over the last five years, business leaders are looking again at the defined contribution pension arrangements they’re offering employees. Read our article, first published in the Workplace Pensions Report, distributed with The Times.Download the article here
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit falls to £72bn
The accounting deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK’s top 350 organisations has decreased by £1 billion, from £73 billion at the end of January 2018 to £72 billion at the end of February 2018, according to research by Mercer.Its research, which analyses pension deficits calculated using ...
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ArticleMorrisons to face legal action over equal pay
Retailer Morrisons is to face legal action over equal pay from current and former female store-based employees who claim they are paid less than male staff working at the retailer’s distribution centres.The equal pay claims regard the disparity in earnings between female employees working across Morrisons’ 498 UK stores compared ...
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ArticleKingfisher reports a 9.6% mean gender pay gap
Retailer Kingfisher Group has reported a 9.6% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across its 34,000 UK employees as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across its four legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead ...
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Case StudiesHays addresses gender pay differences as part of pensions education
Recruitment organisation Hays has run pensions education presentations for its 3,200 UK employees to ensure that staff understand the basic concepts of how their workplace pension works.Improving employees’ fundamental knowledge of pensions can help them to pinpoint wider issues that may impact their retirement savings, for example, the potential impact ...
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OpinionJames Walsh: UK should take a leaf out of Australia's book to increase pensions understanding
The pensions sector needs to think afresh about how best to communicate with savers, especially women. A Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) survey, published in May 2017, showed that millennial women feel more financially anxious than their male peers. If even this group, which has the smallest male-female pay ...
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AnalysisIs there a need for better targeted pensions education for female employees?
Need to know:Research published by Aon in 2016 indicates that women have lower levels of financial confidence than men. This has a domino effect on how they then make decisions around saving for retirement.A pensions education programme that discusses retirement savings in relation to taking time away from work to ...