All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1188
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OpinionCharlie Barnes: Iceland’s Christmas savings scheme could cost £21m in back pay
Prior to Christmas, retailer Iceland was told by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that it owed employees up to £21 million in back pay due to its Christmas savings scheme. The reason? The national minimum wage.Under the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015, certain deductions made by the employer count towards ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Discuss wellbeing strategies at Employee Benefits Connect in one week
EXCLUSIVE: There is one week to go until Employee Benefits Connect 2019, at which delegates will hear from Mark Witte (pictured), head of health and risk consulting at Aon, and Sarah Robson, senior communications consultant at Aon, about how to review benefits investment and devise a forward-thinking, data-based strategy to ...
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Supplier articleHow to develop a new healthy habit
Have you ever started a diet, or exercise programme and struggled to make it last longer than a week? If you are like the millions of people, who have set out with the best intentions, full guns blazing, but lost your momentum – don’t worry.Research has shown that it takes ...
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ArticleTotal pay has increased by 1.3% in real terms since December 2017
Total pay for employees in Great Britain, which includes bonuses, increased by 1.3% in real terms between the periods of October to December 2017 and October to December 2018, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK labour market: February 2019 report also found that regular pay ...
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ArticleBlackhawk Network acquires Gift Voucher Shop
Global financial technology organisation Blackhawk Network has acquired gifting and reward business Gift Voucher Shop (GVS), the founding firm of the One4All umbrella brand and An Post subsidiary.The acquisition aims to strengthen Blackhawk Network’s position in the digital gift card market, as well as supporting the continued growth of GVS ...
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OpinionDuncan Brown: Is total reward flexibility the wrong target?
Reward professionals have, quite rightly, been obsessing for many years about the need for greater flexibility, a desire which in fact drove the whole total rewards movement. Uniform market-identikit packages with a lack of innovation and no element of flexibility are limited in their perceived value, and restrict female and ...
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Case StudiesStone Junction offers flexible reward to support employees' work-life balance
Specialist technological PR agency Stone Junction was established in 2016, at which point founder and managing director Richard Stone created a system of clearly defined, personalised objectives for each member of staff. This system allows employees to progress through salary scales and gain promotions by achieving set goals.As a result, ...
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AnalysisShould employers offer staff increased pay flexibility?
Need to know:Employers are catering to increasingly diverse workforces, many of whom want autonomy over their benefits and remuneration.Flexible benefits packages facilitate those employees who want to focus on their finances, while also providing a range of perks to appeal to many demographics.Flexibility when it comes to working hours and ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Two-fifths of organisations offer cash to staff who reach lifetime or annual limits
EXCLUSIVE: Two-fifths (42%) of organisations offer cash as an alternative to pension contributions for those employees that reach their lifetime or annual allowance limits, according to research by Employee Benefits and Barnett Waddingham.The Employee Benefits/Barnett Waddingham pensions research 2018, published in December 2018, gathered 246 responses. It found that the ...
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Article
Beem
Beem is an enterprise mobile platform that allows an organisation to connect with their entire workforce, whether they are frontline, employees on the go, new starters, or contract workers.With only 5% of information shared across corporate intranets being relevant to non-desk based employees. Our main focus is to ensure relevancy ...
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ArticleIllinois raises minimum wage to $15 an hour
On 19 February 2019, Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker signed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 (£6.31) an hour to $15 (£11.48) an hour by 2025.The SB 1 minimum wage legislation is set to benefit 1.4 million employees.Illinois last increased its minimum wage nine years ago, and ...
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Supplier articleShow your employees some love all year round
Money is not the thing people desire most at work. If you take a look at the renowned 1940s psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, you can see that salary really just scratches the surface. What’s much more important to employees is appreciation, respect and yes, even love.While February is ...
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ArticleA quarter of small to medium employers are too busy to support mental health
More than a quarter (28%) of small to medium employers state that they are too busy to think about supporting mental health in the workplace, with 48% believing they could be doing more in this area, according to research by small business platform Xero.Its survey of 500 small and medium ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 14-20 February 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 and 20 February 2019 were: Heal's boosts wellbeing with puppy love on Valentine's DayThree-fifths cite having more than 28 days of annual leave as an important benefitLegal action continues against Morrisons in equal pay caseLeonardo launches roadshows and employee networks ...
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ArticleSheffield Forgemasters International promotes Allchin
Engineering organisation Sheffield Forgemasters International has promoted Gemma Allchin to HR director.In her new role, Allchin, who originally joined Sheffield Forgemasters International nine years ago, will focus on delivering a cohesive HR strategy for the organisation's 680 staff; this will be designed to tie in with its five-year business plan.During ...
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ArticleNew mother draws attention to the need for breastfeeding provisions at work
Image credit: Emily EdgingtonSomething for the weekend: A new mother working at Ohio Family Dollar in Mansfield, US, had to temporarily close the store earlier this month, in order to pump breast milk after being left alone to man the cash register.In the US, the Affordable Care Act requires employers ...
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Supplier articleKeeping a check on your mental wellbeing at work
Mental wellbeing at work is just as important as physical wellbeing, and the two tend to go hand in hand. But many people forget to ensure to keep an eye on their mental health, and sometimes allow it to slip.Work is where you spend most of your time, and it ...
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Supplier articleHow should you allocate your Reward and Recognition budget?
Reward and recognition is one of the hottest HR and benefits trends in 2019. This is definitely worth bearing in mind when it comes to setting your new budgets. Many set their new reward and recognition budgets in April, however this guide will apply to everyone. It’s also important to ...
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ArticleMore than four in 10 employers believe salary and benefits drive employee motivation
More than four in 10 (45%) employer respondents believe that an attractive salary and benefits package is the main driver for employee motivation, according to research by professional recruitment consultancy Robert Walters and online job board CV Library.Meeting demands through the job offering, a report which surveyed around 2,500 employees ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Learn to make the business case for benefits at Employee Benefits Connect
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan West (pictured), client development director at Let's Connect, will be discussing how to gain leadership buy-in, create an appealing benefits package and ensure engagement at Employee Benefits Connect 2019.West's presentation, titled 'Building the business case for better benefits', will form part of the technology conference stream on Wednesday ...