All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1238
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Supplier article4 Ways to Support the Mental Wellbeing of Your Employees
Good wellbeing is essential to the health and happiness of your employees. It is important to support the mental wellbeing of your employees and raise awareness about mental health in the workplace.Especially since, more than three-quarters of managers believe businesses lack key support and education around mental wellbeing in the ...
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ArticleZappos.com launches music-based wellbeing programme
Online retailer and customer service business Zappos.com has launched a new music-based wellbeing programme for its Las Vegas-based employees, encouraging staff to learn an instrument as a means to reduce stress.The new programme, Strum for the Sole, was implemented on 27 August 2019 in partnership with music brand Fender. The ...
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ArticleBabcock Airport staff at Heathrow vote to accept two-year pay deal
Staff employed by engineering services business Babcock Airport, based at Heathrow, have voted to accept a two-year pay deal, averting potential strike action.The pay deal, which is the result of eight of months of negotiations between trade union Unite, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) and Babcock Airport, includes ...
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ArticleLondon has the UK’s largest gender pay gap at 30.4%
London has been found to have the largest gender pay gap in the UK, with women earning 30.4% less than men, according to research by Paymentsense.Analysis of 2018 data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) further found that this equates to female staff earning £8,303 less than their male ...
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ArticleMcBride-Morse joins Suddath
Global transportation, relocation and logistics business Suddath has hired Heather McBride-Morse as its new chief people officer.McBride-Morse, who has 20 years of industry experience, specialises in helping organisations to grow, both organically and via mergers and acquisitions, and in creating top-tier employee experiences.She will be replacing Elizabeth Spradley, who is ...
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Supplier articleOne Of The Things I Read Without Fail
The Money StatisticsThe world of money can be a confusing and overwhelming place. Where can any of us go to for an accessible and concise summary of the state of the UK’s finances and a truly impartial picture of how we are all using our money?Since 2005, The Money Charity ...
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Benefex
Who we are:Hello! We’re Benefex. We’re the people behind OneHub: the home of award-winning employee benefits, reward, recognition, and communications.Supporting nearly 1 million employees in 150 global organisations across 30 countries, Benefex’s OneHub platform is transforming how people experience work every day.Our platform enables customers to design, manage and deliver ...
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OpinionNicola Mohns: No one size fits all - wellbeing needs to get personal
Whether boosting resilience, backing better work-life balance or creating behavioural change for a healthier lifestyle, it is important to make an effort where it counts for wellbeing.During the Second World War, the American Air Force wanted to find ways to reduce the number of casualties. Studying the planes that came ...
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OpinionFaye Whitmarsh: Family-friendly policies create a culture of care that benefits everyone
At Nationwide, we know people achieve more together than they can alone. Being a building society, this is one of the things that sets us apart from our competitors.That said, delivering on our ambitions and living up to our values is no small task; we need to make sure our ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: A holistic approach to wellbeing
As our Employee Wellbeing Week, in association with Axa PPP Healthcare, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.The past few years have seen some employers make major strides forward in moving to a ...
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Case StudiesThe Audit Lab creates culture of flexibility for working parents
Providing support for working parents while maintaining operational efficiency can be particularly challenging for employers with small teams. Bolton-based marketing agency The Audit Lab understands this particularly well, because it employs nine people, four of whom have young children.Sometimes, the secret to creating the right culture is trial and error, ...
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AnalysisHow can employers create a culture of care for working parents?
Need to know:The foundation for a caring culture is a sense of flexibility, empathy and understanding, particularly when unexpected issues arise.Offering enhanced maternity and paternity leave and pay can help support new parents, as can access to childcare facilities or financial schemes.Benefits such as life insurance and critical illness cover ...
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Supplier articleSix millennial motivators that will impact your reward and recognition strategy
By Adam Williams, Employee Engagement Consultant at Reward GatewayYears ago, millennials copped a lot of bad press. This generation of employees, born anywhere between 1977 to 2000, was often described as “entitled” or “unmanageable.” But the tide is turning, and it may simply be because the oldest members of this ...
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ArticleDonald Trump increases federal pay by 2.6% but leaves locality rates at 2019 levels
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump (pictured), has confirmed that federal employees will receive a 2.6% base-pay increase across the board. However, locality rates will remain at the current 2019 levels.Under law in the US, employees on the General Schedule, the predominant pay scale for federal ...
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ArticleDepartment for Education to increase teacher starting salary and pension contributions
The Department for Education has announced today (Monday 2 September 2019) that starting salaries for new teachers will increase to £30,000 a year by the 2022-2023 financial year, and that employer pension contributions will rise to 23.6%.Education secretary Gavin Williamson (pictured) has confirmed that new teacher salaries will increase by ...
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ArticleUK-based Ryanair pilots undertake three-day strike
UK-based pilots employed by airline Ryanair who are members of The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), are undertaking three days of strike action, starting today (Monday 2 September 2019).Balpa members employed by Ryanair were balloted in August 2019 with regards to industrial action; based on a 72% turnout, 80% voted ...
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AnalysisAre non-traditional working patterns the key to wellbeing?
Need to know:Flexible-working structures that give employees’ autonomy over their working hours can improve the wellbeing and work-life balance of all, especially among working carers, or those with fluctuating health conditions.Alternative leave policies allow for life events and unexpected personal demands, while leaving holiday allowances free for relaxing and boosting ...
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Case StudiesProctor and Stevenson uses flexible working plan to improve wellbeing
Marketing and communications agency Proctor and Stevenson introduced a five-pronged flexible working plan for its 70 UK-based employees in March 2019, to reflect employee demand around work-life balance, as well as bolster retention and industry competitiveness.The plan, which was developed in conjunction with consultancy and recruitment firm Flexology, targets five ...
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Case StudiesRadioactive PR boosted work-life balance with four-day working week
Gloucestershire-based agency Radioactive PR has improved the work-life balance of its 15 employees, and reduced sickness absence rates in the process, by introducing a four-day working week.In June 2018, it started the six-week trial of a new, shorter working week, subsequently choosing to implement the new system permanently, due to ...
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OpinionProf Stephen Wood: Flexible working awards autonomy to improve employee wellbeing
The ideal job is one with challenging but not excessive demands, a high degree of autonomy to meet these demands, and a supportive environment. Occupants of jobs with these characteristics will have higher levels of satisfaction and wellbeing and, in turn, may perform better and have better general health.If flexible-working ...