All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1246
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OpinionCharlotte Lockhart: A four-day week is the productivity answer we have been waiting for
Significant technological improvements, the rise of the internet and social media has formed a hyper-connected world, with innovation disintermediating established organisations and industries. Surprisingly, there has not been a corresponding advance in overall productivity.In 2018, we made a bold decision to test our assumptions around productivity with a landmark four-day ...
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OpinionCharles Cotton: Christmas rewards can recognise the year's achievements
March 2015 research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Show me the money: The behavioural science of reward, found that money can help incentivise employee behaviour in a variety of ways. For example, when promised money for a later task, people start to perform intermediate tasks better, ...
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Case StudiesEvolved Search takes all employees to Amsterdam for Christmas treat
Evolved Search, an SEO and content marketing agency with 31 members of staff, replaced the traditional office party with an adventure in Amsterdam for the 2018 festive celebration.The idea originally came about as a way to please everyone, taking into account that some of Evolved's employees are teetotal, some are ...
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AnalysisHow should employers position Christmas rewards and incentives?
Need to know: As employees become more concerned about health, social responsibility and the environment, Christmas rewards are changing and adapting accordingly.Sustainable options include e-vouchers, experiences and paid time off; while volunteering leave can cover both wellbeing and social responsibility.Rather than encouraging staff to drink and eat more during this ...
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Supplier articleAdapting to a changing workforce: the impact of continuous employee recognition
By Sevi Rahimova, Head of Product at Reward GatewayBillions are spent on employee recognition and employee recognition programmes every year. But is our money misplaced? By investing in the right kind of employee recognition, you'll build a better foundation to improving employee engagement.To get ahead of your competition, it's time ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 71% offer support and counselling services to employees
EXCLUSIVE: Support and counselling services remain the most popular type of healthcare benefit in 2019, with seven in 10 (71%) employers offering something in this category. This type of benefit has remained in the top spot for three consecutive years, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Health Shield Healthcare ...
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Supplier articleHelping Employees Get to Grips With Money
No matter what job you have, keeping on top of all the financials involved can be challenging. There is a lot to get to grips with, from understanding how to read your payslip and checking you are on the right tax code, to being aware of the full range of ...
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ArticleLabour pledges 32-hour week, end of zero hours and to tackle menopause stigma
During the 2019 Labour Party Conference, which took place from Saturday 21 to Wednesday 25 September, shadow chancellor of the exchequer John McDonnell MP (pictured) committed the party to start work implementing a 32-hour average working week, with no reductions to pay, during its next term in government.The move to ...
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ArticleGravity Payments to extend $70,000 minimum wage to new staff
Seattle-based credit processing and financial services organisation Gravity Payments has announced that employees in its new Boise office will start earning a minimum wage of $70,000 (£56,833) per year by 2024.In 2015, Gravity Payments made the commitment to implement this minimum wage for its employees, for the purpose of which ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 19-25 September 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 19 and 25 September 2019 were: Accenture, Diageo and L’Oreal among top employers for diversity and inclusionFive Guys recognised for employee value proposition in hospitality industryOgilvy UK launches employee support network focused on neurodiversityO2 pledges commitment to disability inclusion during National ...
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ArticleDomino's hunts for carb connoisseur to taste test garlic bread for $30 per hour
Something for the weekend: Pizza restaurant and delivery chain Domino's Pizza Enterprises is on the hunt for a garlic bread aficionado to spend a day sampling products at the organisation's headquarters in Brisbane, Australia.The job advertisement, posted on LinkedIn on 24 September 2019, asks for carb-obsessed candidates who are well ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Supporting staff through menopause
At the Labour party conference earlier this week, Dawn Butler, the shadow women and equalities minister, announced plans to require all organisations with more than 250 employees to introduce a menopause workplace policy.Under these measures, employers would be required to make various provision: allowing staff to work flexibly if needed, ...
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Poll: How does your organisation primarily support employees with the menopause?
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Supplier articleThe modern workspace and the importance of Employee Benefits
For many years now, there has been lots of hype around the ‘modern workspace’. Afterall, isn’t it a benefit for your team to be working in an amazing office environment that is conducive to hard work, creativity, productivity and teamwork? Just look at Google and the effort they put into ...
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ArticlePoll: Two-fifths think volunteering days improve staff wellbeing
Employee Benefits poll: Almost two-fifths (38%) of Employee Benefits readers believe that the main benefit of providing staff with dedicated volunteering days is the improvement to employee wellbeing.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 47 responses, also found that 28% feel that the main positive effect of offering volunteer ...
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Supplier articleHow do you measure the success of employee benefits packages?
It’s important for any business to measure the outcomes of the employee benefits packages that it has in place. As a business, if you don’t measure the results of your employee benefits programmes, then it is difficult to formulate a clear strategy for such programmes. You need to know that ...
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ArticleUniversity of Liverpool campus support staff strike over pay and conditions
Campus support and services employees at the University of Liverpool are undertaking continued industrial action this week in a dispute over pay and working conditions.The 28 campus support and services staff who are members of trade union Unite began this series of strikes with a 24-hour stoppage on Saturday 21 ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 UK employees feel mental health is not discussed enough in the workplace
More than seven in 10 (72%) employees in the UK feel that mental wellbeing is not discussed often enough in the workplace, with 57% feeling that the subject is outright stigmatised in this context, according to research by Babylon Health.Its Mental health perceptions report, which surveyed 2,000 UK adults, also ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Mace Group to discuss engaging the board via metrics at Employee Benefits Live
EXCLUSIVE: Judith Grant (pictured), director of health and wellbeing at construction organisation Mace Group will discuss how HR professionals can engage senior leaders with employee wellbeing using metrics and analytics at Employee Benefits Live 2019.Grant's session, titled 'Using metrics to engage the boardroom with wellbeing', will take place on Wednesday ...
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What is Yo-Yo Dieting and Does It Work?
“Need to get that bikini body!”“It’s Christmas, I can treat myself!”“New Year, New Me!”“It’s Easter, I can treat myself!” “Need to get that bikini body!”Sound familiar? Of course it does. It’s a constant cycle that surrounds us, literally, all the time. However, this is actually a common form of yo-yo ...