All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1160
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Case StudiesCamden Town Brewery offers flexibility around pay to support employee financial wellbeing
Camden Town Brewery Company is a London-based drinks and hospitality organisation with a total of 160 employees. With bars as well as a brewery in operation in the North London area it has a diverse workforce, ranging from marketing and sales teams, to engineers and warehouse staff.The organisation became aware ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 87% cite reasonable cost as key influence when buying healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: The majority of respondents (87%) state that reasonable cost is a key factor that influences their decision to buy or continue to offer healthcare benefits, a trend which continues from 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018, published in August, ...
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ArticleEnterprise Rent-A-Car announces new benefits for working parents
UK employees of Enterprise Rent-A-Car are to receive a new family support benefits package through a partnership with childcare search organisation Parental Choice.The range of benefits, available to Enterprise Rent-A-Car's 5,000 UK-based employees from the end of November 2018, includes an interactive nursery search. Designed and implemented by Parental Choice, ...
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ArticleJust 12% of UK SMEs prioritise employee engagement strategies
While 87% of UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) claim they are taking active steps to improve employee engagement, only 12% list it as a business priority, according to research by marketing organisation Propellernet.The September 2018 survey of 250 senior managers and 250 employees at UK SMEs also revealed an ...
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ArticleTwo-thirds of employees feel benefits package is not applicable to them
HR professionals in large UK organisations tend overestimate employee satisfaction with rewards and benefits programmes, according to a report by Hawk Incentives.Surveys in September 2018 by Sapio Research, which canvassed 500 employees and 103 HR professionals, revealed that around half of employees (52%) said they are happy with the benefits ...
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ArticleAnxiety sufferer seeks babysitter to take kids trick or treating
Something for the weekend: A mother of three in Wirral, Merseyside, who suffers from social anxiety is offering to pay a babysitter up to £50 an hour to take her children trick or treating on Halloween.In an advert placed on Childcare.co.uk, she explained: “I get very scared at Halloween because ...
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ArticlePoll: 35% do not incorporate the needs of transgender employees in HR policies
Employee Benefits poll: Over a third (35%) of respondents’ employers don not have HR policies in place that incorporate the needs of transgender employees.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 31 responses, also found that the workplaces of 23% of respondents do have HR policies in place to cater ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 18-24 October 2018
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 18 and 24 October 2018 were: Morrisons loses High Court appeal over breach of payroll dataGlasgow City Council workers strike over equal pay claimsBain and Company tops workplace rankings for culture and leadershipApple takes top spot in Indeed rankings of Britain’s ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society achieves Leaders in Diversity accreditation
Leeds Building Society has received a Leaders in Diversity accreditation from the National Centre for Diversity.The accreditation process acknowledged progress in establishing colleague forums to promote gender equality and mental health awareness, the training of mental health first aiders, the launch of a colleague social media map, sharing good practice ...
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ArticleMedian gross weekly earnings increased by 3.5% for full-time employees
The median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees in the UK was £569 as at April 2018, a 3.5% improvement since 2017, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Employee earnings in the UK: 2018 report, which uses data from the Annual survey of hours and earnings ...
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Article90% not offered support when returning from maternity leave
The majority (90%) of respondents who have returned to work after maternity leave state that they were not offered support, either through a return-to-work programme or one-to-one coaching, according to research by working parents’ website MMB.Its Maternity returners survey, which polled 1,008 maternity returners in the UK working at management ...
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ArticleJapanese organisation Crazy rewards staff for sleeping six hours or more
Japanese wedding planning organisation Crazy has introduced a new wellbeing initiative that rewards employees for getting six or more hours of sleep for a minimum of five days across the week.The initiative was launched on 10 October 2018, in conjunction with Air Weave, to help enhance employees’ overall health and ...
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AnalysisIn numbers: Financial worries among UK employees
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Supplier articleHow to set the stage for the IMPACT model and create an effective employee recognition communications plan
By Debra Corey, Group Reward DirectorOnce upon a time, I built what my team and I thought was the best recognition programme ever. It was fantastic, and we were extremely proud of it.“But when I pressed go and released it into the world… nothing happened. So much so, that I ...
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ArticleKeep up to date with the Autumn Budget 2018
Chancellor Philip Hammond will deliver his Autumn Budget 2018 speech at approximately 3.30pm on Monday 29 October 2018.Stay tuned to the Employee Benefits website for all the latest updates on how the Autumn Budget could impact employers and staff.In the Autumn Budget 2017, key announcements included: an increase in the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 39% do not know the cost of providing healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly two-fifths (39%) of respondents do not know the approximate cost of providing healthcare benefits, an increase of 9% since 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits and Health Shield.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2018, which surveyed 162 respondents and was published in August, also found that, of ...
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ArticleWorkchain staff fined and sentenced for illegal pension opt-outs
Directors and senior staff at Derby-based recruitment organisation Workchain have received suspended prison sentences, and have been ordered to pay more than £280,000 in fines for plotting to illegally opt workers out of their pension scheme.Owners and directors Phil Tong and Adam Hinkley encouraged five senior Workchain staff members to ...
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Supplier articleGet ready for Movember
Movember UK is a charity dedicated to tackling testicular cancer, prostate cancer, mental health and suicide prevention and improving the quality of life for men. Movember is every November and this year they have one goal, which is to stop men dying too young.The Movember Foundation states “the state of ...
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Supplier articleHow can Artificial Intelligence impact employee engagement?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is infiltrating every aspect of our lives today and there’s no difference in businesses, both large and small. The rate of technological advancement and disruption is the market is off the charts, so what better time than now for companies to embrace it and use it to ...