All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1242
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ArticleNorth Carolina Supreme Court enhances secured parental leave for attorneys
The Supreme Court in North Carolina has amended its rules of practice to enable local lawyers to designate up to 12 weeks of secured leave, without court appearances, following the birth or adoption of their child.Chief Justice Cheri Beasley (pictured) confirmed this week (Tuesday 10 September 2019) that the Supreme ...
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ArticleHalf of UK residents are confident they can retire comfortably
Half (52%) of UK individuals are confident about their ability to retire comfortably, compared to 48% who agreed with this in 2017, according to research by Aegon.The Retirement confidence survey, which polled 830 UK residents, further found that 10% of individuals do not have any pension savings, while 36% have ...
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ArticleZurich enhances parental leave and family-friendly policies for 4,500 UK staff
Insurance organisation Zurich has enhanced its family-friendly policies for 4,500 UK-based staff; this includes equalising parental leave to offer secondary carers up to 16 weeks of leave at full pay.The paternity enhancement, which will come into effect from 19 December 2019, includes equalising maternity, adoption and paternity leave, so as ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Help staff avoid becoming a statistic
Tuesday 10 September marked this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day. According to statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published just a week earlier, there were 6,507 suicides in the UK during 2018; significantly up on the previous year, and the first increase since 2013.In a trend that has ...
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Supplier articleShould company culture come from the top-down or the bottom up?
By John StevensCompany culture is effectively an organisation’s personality and in many ways it can be as unique and complex as any individual. Just as our own personalities evolve and shift according to a whole host of environmental factors, it is likely that your business culture will also incur changes ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 5-11 September 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 5 and 11 September 2019 were: Thérèse Coffey appointed secretary of state for work and pensionsPots and Co seeks part-time pudding taster for work-from-home roleGeisinger launches paid parental leave for 32,000 staffDefined benefit pension deficit increases to £340 billion as at ...
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ArticleAsda searches for purrfect cat actor to star in Christmas advert
Image credit: Mark CornellSomething for the weekend: Retail organisation Asda is on the hunt for a talented cat actor to star in its upcoming Christmas advert, fulfilling the dramatic role of 'Mr Grumbles'.The war for the most heart-warming Christmas advert is on yet again, and retailer Asda is not kitten ...
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ArticleCisco, Salesforce and SAS recognised among UK’s Best workplaces in tech 2019
Adobe, Cisco (pictured), Indeed, Kronos, Salesforce, SAS and Workday are among the technology organisations recognised in the UK’s Best workplaces in tech 2019 report, compiled by Great Place to Work.The Best workplaces in tech report highlights the technology organisations that featured on Great Place to Work’s UK’s Best workplaces 2019 ...
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ArticleDaisy Corporate Services launches fitness discount benefit for 1,200 UK staff
IT and communications organisation Daisy Corporate Services (DCS) has launched a new gym and fitness discount benefit for its 1,200 UK-based staff.The new benefit, provided by Gympass, was implemented on 23 August 2019 to help empower the organisation's geographically dispersed workforce to focus on physical and mental health, by providing ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Charles Stanley to discuss engagement at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Griffiths-Lambeth (pictured), group HR director at wealth management firm Charles Stanley, will discuss how her organisation has improved and utilised employee engagement to create business transformation at Employee Benefits Live 2019.Her session, titled ‘Cultivating a more engaged and productive workforce’, will be delivered in conjunction with Denise Sanderson-Estcourt, ...
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Supplier articleAre Your Employees Pension Aware?
While many of us like to imagine the sort of life we might have after work, unfortunately not enough of us are making adequate financial provision to pay for that lifestyle. Despite approximately a third of employees having joined a pension scheme under auto-enrolment by the end of July 20191, ...
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OpinionMartin Parish: Money under the mattress - why support financial wellbeing
Although stashing money under the mattress is, we hope, a thing of the past, the legacy of bad money management continues. The Money Advice Service (MAS) estimates that four in 10 people in the UK have poor financial capability, meaning they cannot manage their money day-to-day, nor handle periods of ...
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Case StudiesAnglian Water provides for financial wellbeing across varied life stages
Utilities organisation Anglian Water has approximately 5,000 employees in the UK, half of whom are based across its main office locations, with the remaining half working operationally around the country.With such a varied workforce demographic, which also spans numerous generations, it is important that the organisation’s financial wellbeing support can ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reflecting on financial wellness
As our Financial Wellness Week, in association with Aon, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Not so long ago, I can remember writing about workplace savings platforms; at the time, a new benefits ...
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AnalysisHow should financial wellbeing approaches change during an employee’s journey?
Need to know:A multi-generational workforce will have myriad financial challenges, including home ownership, childcare and retirement savings, so it is important that employers address these issues within a flexible approach to financial wellbeing.Financial goals and life stages may not be clearly delineated by age, and employers should avoid assumptions.Life events, ...
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OpinionRachel Clift: How to support employees with money worries
We are currently living in uncertain times, with austerity and the constant pressure of cost saving taking its toll.UK household debt has hit a record high at £428 billion, according to figures published in January 2019 by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). With an average total debt per household of ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits: the start of your financial wellbeing strategy
Gethin Nadin, Director of Employee Wellbeing, BenefexIt’s now common knowledge among HR and Reward professionals that almost all employees and their work are negatively affected by money worries. Despite this, almost half of employers have yet to roll out a financial wellbeing strategy.For most of us, money is synonymous with ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare Research 2019
Click to download the Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 reportThe Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare research 2019 was conducted in July 2019 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 202 responses.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current health and wellbeing strategies, ...
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ArticleA third of employees at UK SMEs do not receive any workplace benefits
Just over a fifth (22%) of UK employees say that their employer does not provide any employee benefits; this increases to 34% for employees working at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to research by Moorepay.The engaged employer, a report which surveyed 2,053 employees and 556 employers in the UK, ...
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ArticleCapita to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage
Professional services and business process outsourcing organisation Capita is to pay all UK employees at least the voluntary living wage from April 2020, improving base salaries for approximately 6,000 members of staff.From next April, Capita will pay its UK-based staff at least £9.00 an hour, in line with the living ...