All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1226
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ArticleTotal pay has increased by 1.4% in real terms since May 2018
Total pay for employees in the UK, including bonuses, increased by 1.4% in real terms for the periods March 2018 to May 2018 and March 2019 to May 2019, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).The Average weekly earnings in Great Britain: July 2019 report also found ...
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ArticleWandsworth-based CT Plus staff strike in pay dispute
Around 60 members of the GMB trade union who are employed by transport services organisation CT Plus, part of the HCT Group, in Wandsworth are conducting strike action today (Wednesday 17 July 2019) in a dispute over pay.The dispute involves 70 school transport staff who transfer special educational needs students ...
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ArticleNHBC equalises paid parental leave for 1,260 staff
New home warranty and insurance organisation NHBC has equalised its parental leave benefit for 1,260 staff, offering up to 13 weeks of parental leave at full pay for male and female employees.The enhanced policy, which is effective for babies due on or after 4 August 2019, will enable both male ...
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OpinionEsther Langdon: How can parental leave impact employee engagement?
Most employers would agree that staff who are engaged at work perform well and contribute more. To be engaged, employees need to feel secure, not only in their work, but also in their own wellbeing.There is nothing like parental leave and a new baby to shine the spotlight on personal ...
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Poll: Would your organisation offer life leave to support work-life balance?
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Tackling sickness absence moves up the agenda
Tackling pay disparity within the workforce has been a hot topic in recent years, with many organisations now going beyond gender pay gap reporting obligations to also analyse areas such as ethnicity pay gaps. Yet, alongside these oft-discussed areas of disparity, there is also currently a marked difference in how ...
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Case StudiesO2 enhances paternity leave to boost inclusion and engage diverse families
In April 2019, telecommunications organisation O2 enhanced its paid paternity leave to align with its wider ambitions for inclusion, and to engage diverse families within its 7,000-strong UK employee base.The enhanced policy enables birth fathers, as well as those who become parents through adoption or surrogacy, to take up to ...
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AnalysisHow to maximise employee engagement through parental leave benefits
Need to know:Communicating the inclusive nature of parental leave benefits can demonstrate to employees that the organisation’s values align with their own.Fathers are more likely to feel they are catered for if offered enhanced paternity leave, allowing them to take a more active role in childcare.Enhancing parental leave policies identifies ...
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Supplier articleCommon employee protection questions employers are googling
When you speak to employers about their employee benefits or reward packages they may talk about their generous pension scheme or their excellent private medical insurance. But mention employee protection and they may struggle to explain what it is, or the benefits of offering it to their staff.That’s why we’ve ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Elsevier hosts wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based staff
EXCLUSIVE: Information analytics organisation Elsevier has hosted a wellbeing day for 700 Oxford-based employees as part of its global health and wellbeing initiative, MindLife.The inaugural wellbeing day, held in July 2019, aimed to promote the overall health and wellbeing of employees working at Elsevier’s Oxford operating site.The wellbeing day enabled ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Four in 10 employers struggle to offer competitive workplace benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Around four in 10 (42%) UK employers struggle to offer competitive employee benefits to their staff, according to research by insurance organisation Aviva.Its survey of 502 UK managers and 2,011 UK-based employees also found that, of those employers that found it difficult to offer competitive workplace benefits, 64% cited ...
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Supplier articleTackling mental wellbeing in the workplace
Claire Reading, Senior Scheme Design ConsultantThere’s a common misconception that when we talk about mental health it must be severe, when in fact we all have mental health, it just depends on where it is on the scale of well to unwell. In the past week alone, it’s estimated that ...
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Supplier articleCould the digitalisation of workplace health reduce public spending?
James Akers, Director of Product Management.It’s no secret that the British healthcare system is under-pressure and that a huge proportion of this weight could be removed if we all looked after our health a little better. One in four people still die due to preventable diseases, such as heart or ...
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ArticleNottinghamshire County Council increases pay for foster carers by 27%
On Monday 15 July 2019, Nottinghamshire County Council's Children and Young People’s Committee approved plans to increase payment rates for council-employed foster carers by at least 27% from August 2019.The pay rise forms part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s attraction and retention strategy, which aims to encourage more local individuals to ...
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ArticleEdgewater, Chicago residents vote to give pets a shot at being top dog
Image credit: A Hairy Winston / FacebookSomething for the weekend: Edgewater, a neighbourhood in Chicago, is currently running a competition to recruit an animal mayor, who will represent the wellbeing needs of the ever-growing local pet population in a specially created new role. The hopeful candidates include dogs Ballew, Bug, ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 11-17 July 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 11 and 17 July 2019 were: DWP opens consultation into statutory sick pay for staff on minimum wageMultivitamin subscription organisation to pay vitamin testers £5,000 eachTelstra offers 16 weeks of paid parental leave for 30,000 employeesBarclays and Vodafone among top global ...
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ArticleDeb Oxley: The employee ownership sector is growing
When I talk about the reasons for becoming employee-owned, I like to use an analogy: who washes a hire car? There is a mental change that happens when you own something; it drives behaviours that relate to what needs to be done, rather than what you want to do.Evidence shows ...
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Supplier articleEverything You Always Wanted To Know About Financial Wellbeing* *(But Were Afraid To Ask…)
Whatever life we have, whatever circumstances we face, and ultimately whether we like it or not, money plays a crucial role in our lives and a lack of confidence, with accompanying feelings of stress or anxiety, can have a significant impact on our mental and physical health and wellbeing.17% of ...
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ArticlePoll: 52% believe a broad range of benefits is best for a multigenerational workforce
Employee Benefits poll: Around half (52%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that offering a broad range of benefits is the best way to tailor reward for a multigenerational workforce.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 71 responses, also found that 38% of readers think that providing flexible or agile ...
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ArticleGovernment to consider neonatal leave and pay within parental leave consultation
The government has today (Friday 19 July 2019) launched a consultation to explore potential changes to parental leave entitlements, including the introduction of a new neonatal leave and pay benefit.The consultation, launched by outgoing prime minister Theresa May (pictured), aims to review existing parental leave benefits, proposing amendments that ensure ...