All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1105
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The Employee Awards
Celebrating great people doing great workThe Employee Awards is the first national awards scheme that recognises and celebrates great people doing great work, enabling colleagues and bosses to pay tribute. It is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company with employees at its heart.PRODUCTSWe believe that every employee deserves to be recognised. ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Is government backtracking on tax-free childcare?
On Tuesday (13 March), the government announced that it is to delay the closure of workplace childcare voucher schemes by six months, extending the April deadline for employees to sign up to a scheme.Since it was announced that childcare vouchers would be phased out to make way for the government’s ...
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ArticleClaire Foy paid less than Matt Smith for starring in The Crown
Something for the weekend: British actress Claire Foy may have to consider raiding the Crown Jewels for a payday bonus after it was reported that she was paid less than her male co-star Matt Smith for playing leading monarch Queen Elizabeth in the hit Netflix drama The Crown.According to Hollywood ...
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Switch up your health and fitness routine for Spring
The 20th March will mark the start of Spring and hopefully what will be better weather! It will be time to start changing your wardrobe and bringing out lighter clothes, which means you should be doing something similar for your health and fitness routine.Kick off Spring right by revamping your ...
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ArticleHSBC Bank reports a mean gender pay gap of 59% for 2017
Banking and financial organisation HSBC Bank has reported a 59% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay across 23,507 employees for 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data across seven legal entities in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private ...
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Article70% call EAP for mental health problems
Nearly three-quarters (70%) of employees have called their organisation's employee assistance programme (EAP) for help with mental health problems, according to research by Unum.Unum's analysis of the 12,610 calls made to its EAP service, provided in conjunction with Lifeworks, between 1 December 2016 and 30 November 2017 also found that ...
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ArticleUnited Utilities employees strike in dispute over pensions
Employees at water service organisation United Utilities who are members of Prospect, Unison and Unite trade unions are undertaking two days of strike action in a dispute over pensions.Approximately 1,500 employees will take part in the industrial action, which is taking place today (Friday 16 March 2018) and on Monday ...
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How to stay healthy over Easter
Easter is just around the corner and it brings with it unhealthy tasty goods. It is near enough impossible to avoid all Easter temptation when supermarkets bring out Easter chocolates in February or even earlier. You don’t have to hibernate from it all, you can indulge in Easter treats and ...
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Aon Client Briefing - Spring Budget
It is clear that the Chancellor wishes to “keep his powder dry” for what promises to be an eventful 2017. Whilst a relatively uneventful Budget, this should not mask the changes currently underway from previous Budgets. Many of these are significant for Employee Benefits and in need of urgent review ...
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ArticleStephenson Harwood reports a 24.7% mean gender pay gap
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has reported a 24.7% 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 deadline of 4 April ...
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ArticleAshurst to revamp bonus structure to include all staff
Multinational law firm Ashurst is revamping its bonus structure to enable all staff to be eligible for bonus payments.The firm’s existing bonus structure only awards its lawyers and non-legal business services staff who are at manager level or above, however the new changes will allow all global employees, including secretaries ...
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ArticleGoldman Sachs International reports 55.5% mean gender pay gap
Goldman Sachs International (GSI) has reported a 55.5% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.In addition, Goldman Sachs (UK) SVC (GSUL) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 16.1% for fixed hourly pay.Collectively, the two UK entities of investment banking organisation Goldman Sachs employ 9,000 employees. The organisation ...
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OpinionLuke Menzies: Are organisations playing by the gender pay gap reporting rules?
As employers’ 2017 gender pay gap statistics slowly drip in to the government’s website, I and my fellow gender pay gap nerds are reading the reports with interest. With only around 1,600 reports in so far and approximately 8,000 left to go, with only a few days until the deadline, ...
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AnalysisHow can employers build personal learning and development into a reward strategy?
Need to know:Learning and development opportunities that focus on employees’ personal interests and goals can support employers' employee engagement, recruitment and retention strategies because employees can see they are being invested in as individuals.Employers can offer access to personal learning and development, such as language classes or a cookery course, ...
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JLT
A competitive flexible benefits strategy will help attract and retain talented employees, reduce both employer and employee National Insurance (NI) payments and deliver tangible value for both employees and employers. The benefits you offer need to be competitive, relevant and valued by your employee.At JLT we provide a comprehensive flexible ...
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Case StudiesAllianz Worldwide Partners holds annual week to support employees’ personal learning
Automotive and travel insurance organisation Allianz Worldwide Partners hosts an annual Learning at Work Week for its 500 UK employees to help staff develop new skills, as well as try out new hobbies.Its Learning at Work Week, held in May each year, forms part of Allianz Worldwide Partners’ employee engagement, ...
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OpinionVlatka Hlupic: New learning shared among employees can increase creativity and innovation
Employers can build personal learning and development opportunities into a total reward strategy in order to impact employee motivation.Opportunities for learning, development and personal growth form a major part of the shift in individual mindsets that would lead to higher levels of motivation, engagement and performance. This is particularly important ...
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ArticleHigher earners most likely to experience work-related stress
Just under three-quarters (72%) of respondents earning more than £40,000 per annum experience work-related stress, making this the most likely earnings group to do so, according to research by Perkbox.Its 2018 UK workplace stress survey, which surveyed over 3,000 British workers over the age of 18, also found that long ...
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ArticleGovernment publishes white paper on defined benefit pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a white paper on defined benefit (DB) pension schemes setting out the government’s intentions to give The Pensions Regulator (TPR) stronger powers to take action against company directors who commit reckless action in relation to a pension scheme, strengthening scheme funding ...
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ArticleH&M Group UK reports 8.06% mean gender pay gap
H&M Group UK has reported an 8.06% mean gender pay gap for fixed hourly pay.The H&M Group UK is part of the H&M brand, which comprises eight entities: H&M, COS, & Other Stories, Cheap Monday, Weekday, H&M Home, Monki and Arket. It employs 9,907 employees in the UK arm of ...