All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1248
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Metropolitan Police uses returners programme to address pay gap
Employee Benefits Live 2019: The Metropolitan Police Service has taken steps to address its gender pay gap and increase female representation in its workforce, using its women’s returners programme.The programme, which is a high-level internship scheme, aims to support female officers in the return to work after a career break.Addressing ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Twitter views improving work as an exercise in enhancing the human experience
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Addressing delegates in the opening keynote of the 21st annual Employee Benefits Live conference, Bruce Daisley, vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Twitter, spoke about how organisations can improve the employee experience at work.Daisley drew attention to five key points that he believes ...
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Supplier articleElectric vehicle adoption: Overcoming the barriers
This full, comprehensive walk through will helps you build a business case for electric vehicles, and overcome the often-misunderstood barriers of adopting them as part of your fleet. Organisations and employees who are prepared to make the change to driving electric vehicles (EVs) are poised to save ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Charles Stanley harnesses employee voice to boost staff engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Financial services organisation Charles Stanley has increased its employee engagement from 67% in 2016 to 76% in 2018, by harnessing employee ideas and empowering staff to participate in its transformation.Speaking on Tuesday October 1 as part of the employee engagement conference stream, Kate Griffiths-Lambeth, group HR ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Amazon uses diversity and inclusion to build business innovation
Employee Benefits Live 2019: E-commerce giant Amazon champions diversity and inclusion not only as the right thing to do, but as a business decision aimed at improving creativity and the inventive mindset of its 30,000 full-time UK employees.Closing the conference agenda on day one of Employee Benefits Live 2019, keynote ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: The Poppy Factory uses organisational values to embed wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Veterans charity The Poppy Factory has used its organisational values to help implement a four-pronged wellbeing strategy.Speaking on day one of Employee Benefits Live 2019, Charlotte Dymock, HR business partner at The Poppy Factory, explained how staff wellbeing is not simply about free fruit and yoga ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Furthering diversity and inclusion
As our Diversity and Inclusion Week, in association with Benenden Health, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of the benefits market.Over the past couple of years, few can have missed the increasing focus on diversity and ...
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Case StudiesVolkswagen Financial Services UK provides gender-specific wellbeing support
Volkswagen Financial Services UK, which has just under 1,200 employees, has embedded gender-specific support and communication into its wellbeing benefits provision, with targeted benefits and campaigns for men and women.In terms of specific benefits, the organisation offers employer-funded breast and prostate cancer screening every other year, for staff over the ...
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OpinionJames Rudoni: Focus on the mental health of male employees
In 2018, men accounted for three-quarters of the people who took their own lives in the UK, according to Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in September 2019.These statistics highlight the need for increased awareness and understanding of mental ill-health, particularly in ...
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AnalysisHow can employers support gender-specific health and wellbeing issues in the workplace?
Need to know:To be truly gender-inclusive, employers cannot just focus on closing pay gaps, but making the workplace work for both men and women.In order to engage employees with the support available to them, employers should normalise gender-specific subjects that are often thought of as sensitive or taboo.Transgender benefits are ...
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Supplier article12 ways to showcase company culture in everything you do
by Didi Kirova, Head of Learning at Reward GatewayCompany culture is one of the most important parts of your organisation and is key to attracting and retaining the best talent. Which is why it’s key to keep it at the forefront of everything you do, especially as your company goes ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Microsoft Ireland empowers staff to manage health and wellbeing
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Dublin-based technology organisation Microsoft Ireland empowers its 2,200 staff to manage their own health and wellbeing using an experiences and treatments booking platform as part of its overall wellbeing strategy.Joanne Morrissey, HR director at Microsoft Ireland, presented a session titled ‘Balancing organisational productivity and modern work ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Adidas fosters trust and promotes flexibility to drive performance
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Jonathan Collinge (pictured), corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager at multinational sports clothing brand Adidas, opened day two of Employee Benefits Live 2019 with insights into how the organisation approaches culture and the employee experience.Collinge's keynote speech, which took place on Wednesday 2 October 2019 at the ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Virgin Atlantic reinvigorates benefits package for 10,000 employees
Employee Benefits Live 2019: International airline Virgin Atlantic has reinvigorated its wellbeing approach and employee benefits package to better reflect and accommodate its growing workforce.Josie Lazenby, senior manager, wellbeing and benefits at Virgin Atlantic, discussed the benefits refreshment journey during the conference programme at Employee Benefits Live 2019 on Tuesday ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: London City Airport creates diverse financial wellbeing programme
Employee Benefits Live 2019: London City Airport has created a programme that address many aspects of employees' financial wellbeing.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2019 at ExCel London, Michael Spiers, chief people officer at London City Airport, explained that the programme was introduced in recognition that employees required support around ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: LinkedIn uses organisational culture as driver for engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Professional social media organisation LinkedIn has adopted a people-first approach to its employee experience, business operations and organisational culture, using this as its key driver for talent attraction, retention and motivation.Closing the conference agenda on Wednesday 2 October at Employee Benefits Live 2019, Katherine Gilbert, senior ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Royal Bank of Scotland and SAP approach wellbeing holistically
Employee Benefits Live 2019: Financial institution Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and software business SAP UK and Ireland shared insights surrounding their respective wellbeing strategies at Employee Benefits Live 2019.In a session titled ‘Fostering a culture to support health and become and employer of choice’, delivered on Wednesday 2 October ...
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ArticleBrazilian law office hires stray cat to welcome clients
Image credit: Paws PlanetSomething for the weekend: Brazilian bar association the Order of Attorneys of Brazil (OAB) has hired a local stray cat to welcome its clients, after the imaginative feline used the firm’s reception to shelter from heavy rain.A stray brown and white Siamese cat, named Leon, sheltered from ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 26 September - 2 October 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 September and 2 October 2019 were: Labour pledges 32-hour week, end of zero-hours and to tackle menopause stigmaDomino's hunts for carb connoisseur to taste test garlic bread for $30 an hourEmployee Benefits Live 2019 ready to welcome delegates at ExCel ...
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Supplier articleIf Only There Were a Manual for Money…
If you’ve ever been into a book shop, you’re bound to have seen one of those ‘For Dummies’ books, which are designed to take something complicated or confusing and break it down into manageable, understandable and achievable chunks. Wouldn’t it be great if there were one of those, but which ...