All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1152
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ArticleIn numbers: What factors motivate employees across Europe?
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Case StudiesE-book: Wellbeing case studies
Today’s employees expect support from their employers with their health and wellbeing. Check out these case studies from some of our award-winning and market-leading clients on how they have created a wellbeing programme and interconnected all aspects of their mental, physical and financial wellbeing benefits to meet ...
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Supplier articleFour ways to transform your reward and recognition programme from ‘ok’ to ‘awesome’
By George Dixon, Employee Engagement ConsultantThe employee/employer relationship has changed significantly in the past decade; employees crave regular feedback, they want to be connected to something bigger than themselves, and they want trust and autonomy. Well, that’s what studies are telling us, and that means everything to do with the ...
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ArticleMaster trust pension schemes now required to apply for TPR authorisation
Legislation now in force means all new and existing master trust pension schemes must apply to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) for authorisation to show they meet a revised set of safeguarding standards.A master trust is an occupational pension scheme that provides money purchase benefits for multiple, unconnected employers.From 1 October, ...
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ArticleA third of younger applicants worried to ask about employers' flexible working policies
Nearly a third (30%) of 18 to 34-year-olds would be worried to ask about flexible working policies during a job interview, according to a survey commissioned by Direct Line Group.Almost a quarter (23%) of all 2,003 respondents to the Opinium research, carried out between 7 and 11 September 2018, expressed ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live 2018 set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London
Employee Benefits Live 2018, the largest dedicated reward and benefits event in Europe, is set to welcome delegates to ExCeL London for its 20th anniversary this week.The event, held on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 October 2018, will allow HR, reward and benefits professionals to explore the latest industry innovations ...
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OpinionJonathan Maude: The legal perspective on flexible working arrangements
'Flexibility' is the buzzword around modern working. If employers do not embrace a flexible working pattern, they are likely to lose talent to competitors, and in the current uncertain market and economic conditions, this is the last thing they can risk. So, employers need to fully embrace flexibility for the ...
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ArticleNearly a third of employees say they are not motivated at work
The proportion of people saying they are not motivated at work rose to 29% in 2017, from 18% the previous year, according to a study by reward and recognition consultant Motivates.The April 2018 survey of 2,000 UK employees for the report Living to work asked respondents to reveal the causes ...
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Case StudiesPWC introduces flexible recruitment programme to attract top talent
In August 2018, professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) brought flexible working to the forefront of the employee experience by introducing it into the job application process itself with the launch of its Flexible Talent Network.Helen Hopkin, head of UK workforce strategy at PWC, says: “There’s a misconception around working at ...
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OpinionRosie Gloster: Embedding flexible working into your organisational culture
In some organisations, employees who work flexibly can experience a lack of skills development, or pay and career progression, while workplace cultures and practices can at times leave flexible or part-time employees in isolation.This seems to be a negative outcome of the discord between HR policies and the realities of ...
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AnalysisHow can employers fully embrace flexible working practices?
Need to know:Flexibility in working practices is in high demand and accommodating this can influence an organisation's performance; but this takes careful planning to implement effectively.Leadership buy-in, role models and strong communication are all elements of laying the groundwork for flexible working practices, as is ensuring that internal systems are ...
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ArticleG Man Insulation to pay over $270,000 due to wage law violations
Insulation and drywall organisation G Man Insulation has been ordered to pay $272,253 (£208,413.76) in back wages, damages and penalties.The fines are the result of an investigation by the US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD), which uncovered violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) affecting 39 ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 47% cite mental health as major cause of sickness absence
EXCLUSIVE: Mental health issues have risen as a major cause of sickness absence in respondents' organisations, from 39% to 47% over the past year, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018 report, which surveyed 162 respondents in July, found that mental health ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Google uses data to inform mental health approach for 52,000 global staff
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Technology organisation Google uses industry data and employee feedback to help inform its approach to mental health supports and ensure its health and wellbeing provision is tailored to employee need.In the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018, titled ‘Putting health and wellbeing at the ...
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OpinionHannah Ball: Employers need to consider national minimum wage in conjunction with TUPE employees
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has changed the way it enforces the national minimum wage following a transfer of employees under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE).Since 2 July 2018, all national minimum wage liabilities are being enforced against the new employer, whereas previously the old ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Diageo aligns internal and external branding to boost its EVP
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Multi-national beverage organisation Diageo focuses on aligning its internal and external branding, to help ensure that its image as an employer is linked directly with the factors that make it successful as a business.In a leadership panel at Employee Benefits Live 2018, Else Russell, global talent ...
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Supplier articleYour employee engagement platform implementation checklist (pre-launch)
By Federica Silvi, Senior Implementation SpecialistFinding a HR technology vendor to launch your employee engagement software can often feel like a risky process - after all, if you’ve never launched anything like this for your company, how do you know that you’re getting the help you need? HR solutions can ...
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Supplier article‘I’ before ‘E’ when it comes to ‘VP’
Whether you refer to it as an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) or not, most companies have one in place. In a nutshell, an EVP is the all-encompassing package you offer your employees; their salary, the benefits you provide, your culture. However, putting an EVP in place is often seen as ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Employers need to be aware that “transitioning is a journey”
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Employers need to be aware that gender “transitioning is a journey; it doesn’t necessarily have a prescribed end” when considering strategies around diversity and inclusion and employee wellbeing.In a session titled ‘Gender dysphoria: the individual, the workplace and the healthcare provider’, Pete Mercer, head of public ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Google uses data to inform mental health approach for 52,000 global staff
Employee Benefits Live 2018: Technology organisation Google uses industry data and employee feedback to help inform its approach to mental health supports, and ensure its health and wellbeing provision is tailored to employee need.In the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2018, titled ‘Putting health and wellbeing at the ...