All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1143
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Supplier articlePart Two: Your Employee Engagement Platform Implementation Checklist (Launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation Specialist at Reward GatewayLaunching any sort of HR system can be daunting, especially if it’s a brand new platform that your business has never used before. Our new clients often come to us with similar concerns and we empathise — HR tech can be a ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Is money on everyone's minds?
New research has revealed that nearly half of businesses have no financial wellbeing strategy in place to help staff. And, although 84% of those surveyed recognise there is a need education and guidance around money, 60% do not offer any form of guidance for their workforce.The study by pensions and ...
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ArticleTGI Friday's employees commence fifth strike over tip and pay policies
Workers at American restaurant chain TGI Friday's who are members of the union Unite have begun strike action today (24 August 2018), in continuation of a dispute regarding tips and minimum wage.The strike is being undertaken by employees at restaurants in Milton Keynes, Covent Garden and Stratford City. Protests will ...
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ArticleTwo US-based lawn care organisations fined $59,926 in back pay
The US Department of Labor has fined two US-based lawn care organisations, Super Cutz Lawn Care and Precision Cut Lawn Service, a total of $59,926 (£46,748.27) in back pay for 92 employees, for failing to pay overtime and for not keeping records of staff working hours.The Wage and Hour Division ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employee Benefits Live partners with Employee Assistance Professionals Association
EXCLUSIVE: Europe’s largest employee benefits and reward event, Employee Benefits Live, has partnered with the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAP Association) for 2018’s event at the ExCeL, London.The EAP Association is a not-for-profit organisation that represents the interests of both organisations and individuals concerned with employee assistance and psychological health ...
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Supplier articleThe big thing you’re missing that will boost your Employee Value Proposition
By Didi Kirova, Head of Learning & People Experience at Reward GatewayWhy do you prefer one brand of ice cream more than another? Does the entire experience – from purchase to that first spoonful – make you happy? Or more importantly, does this experience keep you connected and coming back ...
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Case StudiesCA Technologies broadens wellbeing programme to support global diversity
Global software technology organisation CA Technologies has re-launched its wellbeing programme in order to promote a broader and more inclusive definition of wellbeing among its 10,500 international employees.The initiative was originally implemented 10 years ago, and was re-launched in May 2017 to feature a new ‘Five ways of wellbeing’ structure. ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by CA Technologies
The benefits offered by CA Technologies:Pension and group riskDefined contribution group personal pension plan: employees contribute 3% and CA Technologies contributes 6%. Available for all employees.Income protection for 66% of employees’ income, employer-funded for all employees.Personal accident insurance at two times base salary, employer-funded for all employees.Employee share scheme.Life insurance ...
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ArticleCommunisis employees suspend strike as discussion commences over pay dispute
Strike action due to commence today (Tuesday 28 August 2018) and last for 48 hours has been put on hold, as digital printing organisation Communisis has agreed to enter into discussion over pay with employees who are members of trade union Unite.Unite members voted 77.5% in favour of strike action ...
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Supplier articleConnect the dots: three advantages of a benefits ecosystem
Authored by David Dodd, Consulting Director, Thomsons Online BenefitsDo you remember ‘Connect the dots’, the childhood game that kept you busy for hours? By connecting dot one all the way up to dot 100 or further, you revealed a hidden picture on the page. The picture was already there, it ...
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ArticleIndiana-based restaurant to award $45,828 in back pay
Indiana-based restaurant The Journey is to award $45,828 (£35,525.87) in back pay to 16 employees after violating overtime and record keeping regulations.An investigation by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) at the US Department of Labor found that 'back of house' employees, such as line cooks, dishwashers and food preparation ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group signs charter to support terminally ill employees
Financial services organisation Lloyds Banking Group has signed the Trades Union Congress' (TUC) 'Dying to work' charter, in order to offer greater security to employees who are living and working with a terminal illness.The voluntary charter forms part of the TUC's wider 'Dying to work' campaign. This seeks to have ...
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OpinionJulia Waltham: Childcare vouchers are crucial for working families
Childcare is a crucial issue for many families in the UK. For a large majority, their decision to work is dependent on the availability of good quality, local, and crucially, affordable childcare. But for many families, the numbers just do not add up. Family and Childcare Trust's Childcare Survey 2018, ...
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Individuals pay 10 times more in tax for breaching the Lifetime Allowance
The tax collected from individuals breaching the Lifetime Allowance (LTA) has rocketed by £100m since it was introduced in 2006, with the latest figures showing that £110m in tax was collected from individuals exceeding the allowance during 2016/17, compared with less than £10m in 2006/7 when the LTA was introduced.WEALTH ...
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Supplier articleAre you falling victim to boring employee communications?
By Pippa Arthur-Van Praagh, Global Employee Communications Evangelist at Reward GatewayWhether communicating to a workforce of three hundred, three thousand, or three hundred thousand, you need to make sure your message is wrapped in an exciting employee communication idea. Gone are the days when sending a memo around the office ...
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ArticleA third of employers have the appetite to pay for employees' financial advice
A third (33%) of organisations have the appetite to pay for financial advice for their employees in 2018, according to corporate advisory firm Chase de Vere and research organisation Lightbulb.Their research, which involved phone calls with 10,000 UK employers and in-depth interviews with 300 senior HR decision makers from organisations ...
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ArticleKiwiRail agrees to a two-year pay deal for 2,319 RMTU members
New Zealand-based transport operator KiwiRail has agreed a two-year pay deal with trade union The Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU).The deal, which is effective from 1 July 2018, will award 2,319 RMTU members working at KiwiRail a flat rate of higher pay across all salary bands, rather than a ...
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ArticleUS-based Mexican restaurant chain Taqueria Chapala Jalisco fined $208,642 in back pay
Texas-based Mexican restaurant chain Taqueria Chapala Jalisco is to award 69 employees $208,642 (£161,811.26) in back pay, after a US Department of Labor investigation found it had violated minimum wage, overtime and record keeping requirements across four of its operating sites.The investigation, conducted by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), ...
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OpinionAsher Primrose: Organisational culture does not need to be office-based
Creating a strong organisational culture is not easy with a virtual team. Employees cannot ask each other about their weekend when walking to the office kitchen or decorate each other's desks for birthdays. But at Allied Health Media, the parent organisation of online continuing education business Continued, our team is ...
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ArticleJohn Chilman: Should employers encourage taking retirement sabbaticals?
The concept of retirement sabbaticals sounds great in theory. However, the challenge in retirement comes after six months, following the rest, holiday, and completion of jobs that have been put off for years, when you wonder what you are going to do every day. To really work, sabbaticals would need ...