All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1220
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ArticleRadioactive PR improves work-life balance with four-day working week
Gloucestershire-based PR agency Radioactive PR has improved work-life balance and halved employee sick days for its 15 employees since introducing a four-day working week in June 2018.The organisation initially launched its new shorter schedule as a six-week trial last June, and made the arrangement permanent after positive staff and client ...
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ArticleBarclays, Centrica and Financial Ombudsman Service recognised as family-friendly employers
Banking organisation Barclays (pictured), energy business Centrica and the Financial Ombudsman Service are among the employers recognised at the Working Families Best Practice Awards 2019.Now in their 10th year, the Working Families Best Practice Awards, organised by work-life balance charity Working Families, recognises employers across 12 different categories, celebrating organisations ...
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ArticleHalf feel employers should support staff more in achieving work-life balance
Just under half (49%) of respondents feel that their employers should support them more in achieving a healthy work-life balance, according to research by Thomsons Online Benefits.Its survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that 31% are kept awake at night because of workplace stress, while 26% stated that long ...
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Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust streamlines voluntary benefits platform
XXX WAITING FOR IMAGE XXXWhen Fiona Lee, salary sacrifice and staff benefits manager at Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, joined the organisation in July 2013, the Benefits Everyone platform was not user-friendly. Despite dealing with a limited budget, the Trust needed to simplify and modernise the way it packaged ...
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OpinionLouise Allen: Aligning employees with business goals is a win-win situation
We have a lot of successes to shout about at BHP, from increasing turnover to more than £20 million to being recognised as one of the Sunday Times' Top 100 Best Companies to Work For.All of these successes are testament to one thing: putting our people first.BHP’s leading core value, ...
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AnalysisHow can employers use total reward to align staff with business goals?
Need to know: Providing employees with shares, or aligning financial reward with business performance, can give staff a vested interested in organisational goals.Aligning recognition with the employer's values and objectives can influence employee engagement and behaviours, but should be carefully considered so as to avoid damaging objectives.Using effective communications and ...
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Case StudiesEuropcar Mobility Group uses share scheme to invest employees in business goals
Europcar Mobility Group houses 12,000 employees globally, with 2,400 in the UK alone. Having gone through a period of rapid growth following various acquisitions, the organisation decided to give employees the opportunity to benefit from the transformation and success it was working towards.In May 2019, the employer launched its new ...
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Supplier articleIntrinsic motivation in the workplace: Getting rid of the carrot
by Toni Whitehouse, Head of Sales Development at Reward GatewayWhen you were in elementary school, you probably had a teacher who used some kind of sticker reward chart (I know I did). The concept was simple: The better behaved I was, the more stickers I saw go up. The more ...
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ArticleCisco and Etsy among 2019’s best North American organisations for engagement
Technology organisation Cisco (pictured), e-commerce website Etsy and global food manufacturer Mars are among the organisations recognised at the 2019 North American Employee Engagement Awards, organised by The Employee Engagement Awards (EE Awards).The annual event is designed to celebrate organisations based in North America that put employee engagement at the ...
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ArticleWagada wins regional workplace wellbeing award
St Albans-based digital marketing agency Wagada has won the Workplace wellbeing award at the Inspiring Herfordshire 2019 Awards, organised by the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce.The awards event, which was initially launched in 2012, celebrates the achievements and contributions of local businesses and individuals to the growth of Hertfordshire.Wagada, which employs ...
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ArticleBenchmark best practice in exclusive healthcare benefits research
What factors influence decision-making around healthcare benefits? What benefits and strategies do different organisations offer to support employees’ mental health? How do employers calculate the return-on-investment for health-related benefits?Employee Benefits is offering readers the opportunity to take part in the exclusive Employee Benefits/Health Shield healthcare research 2019, which is designed ...
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ArticlePamplin joins Deloitte
Sharron Pamplin has joined professional services firm Deloitte, as its new partner for human resources.Pamplin has 30 years of leadership experience across consulting, business and HR roles. During her career, she has tackled business transformation projects, as well as talent and reward programmes for both public and private sector organisations ...
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OpinionMarc Long: Are there hidden dangers when staff tip each other?
Peer-to-peer reward technology provides employees with a budget to tip each other small amounts of money each month, to reflect what they consider to be good work.On the face of it, a scheme that allows co-workers to ‘tip’ colleagues they think are doing a good job is a positive one. ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Upgrade Pack trials four-day working week
EXCLUSIVE: Flight and hotel upgrade organisation Upgrade Pack has commenced a trial period in which its 24 employees will move to a four-day working week.Marking its first year as an organisation, Upgrade Pack will now work on a compressed four-day, 38 hour basis. Previously, employees were contracted for 40 hours ...
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Bodyworlds
International leaders in human anatomy, BODY WORLDS has recently opened its permanent and flagship venue at the iconic London Pavilion, 1 Piccadilly Circus. Already accredited TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice “Top 10 London Attractions”, this is London’s newest must see! Over 200 exhibits of real human bodies tell the story of the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Three in 10 plan to adapt to future challenges using better communications
EXCLUSIVE: In order to adapt to future challenges in the industry, fewer than three in 10 (28%) intend to use better or more targeted communications, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Benefits research 2019 report canvassed the views of 290 HR decision-makers, and was published in May 2019. It also ...
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ArticleFlexible working valued by a third of those likely to work past age 65
The majority (71%) of employees plan to work beyond the age of 65, and 32% feel that flexible-working initiatives are the best way to attract and support older employees, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.The survey, conducted among 1,002 full- and part-time employees in April 2019, also found ...
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OpinionStuart O'Brien: Be aware of updates to statements of investment principles
From October 2019, trustees of all occupational pension schemes with more than 100 members must update their pension scheme’s statement of investment principles (Sip) to cover the trustees’ policies on environmental and other sustainable investment issues.It is important that employers are aware of these changes and discuss approaches with their ...
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OpinionClare James: Increasing focus on ESG factors could help engage employees with pensions
The deadline for updated statements of investment principles (Sips) on 1 October 2019 is fast approaching; this time round they will need to include the trustees’ policy in relation to economic, social and governance (ESG) and other financially material considerations. It is no surprise, then, that ESG has been a ...
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AnalysisHow are ESG factors impacting pension engagement strategies?
Need to know:Awareness of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors in pensions investment is increasing as regulatory requirements push it up the agenda.Employers can align the ESG considerations in their pensions investment strategy with their own corporate and social responsibility (CSR) policies.More employee education is needed to ensure they ...