All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1265
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Supplier articleWhy businesses need to 'pay it forward' with Employee Engagement
We live in a time of peak employment with fewer people out of work and the best talent in high demand. That’s why business leaders are increasingly focused on figuring out why staff come to work and what makes them perform to their greatest potential.For a long time the answer ...
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Supplier article7 Creative employee benefits to set your organisation apart
When waging the war for talent, unique employee benefits are the ones which will give you the competitive edge in recruitment. When trying to retain good employees amid the job-hopping culture, creative employee benefits are the ones which provide ongoing excitement and recognition to existing employees. A few years ago, ...
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Supplier articleWhat makes employees happy at work?
The average person spends more than 90,000 hours in total at work in their lifetime. Pretty daunting! Especially if you’re unhappy at work.So, what’s the key to a happy career? There’s wants and needs that our job must fulfil that we might never even consider.For example, we all need a ...
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ArticleHovis signs Dying to Work charter to support terminally ill employees
British bakery Hovis has signed the Trade Union Congress’s (TUC) Dying to Work charter, marking its commitment to addressing the impact of terminal illness in the workplace. The organisation, which has 2,800 employees across eight bakeries, one flourmill and three distribution centres in the UK, joins organisations such as Lincolnshire ...
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ArticleMore than half of UK employees experience daily stress at work
More than half (54%) of employees in the UK suffer from stress in the workplace, according to research by Mindful WorkLife and Gorkana Surveys.The online study, which canvassed the views of 100 UK respondents in November 2019, also found a further quarter (25%) of employees suffered from stress during working ...
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ArticleFinancial Times wins RNIB Employer of the year award
The Financial Times has been recognised as Employer of the year at the Royal National Institute of Blind People's (RNIB) See Differently Awards, held on 26 November 2019. The RNIB awards recognised organisations and individuals across the UK for their support of people with sight loss, and the national broadsheet ...
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Pam Whelan: Addressing the problem of work-related stress
Stress affects us all. In the simplest way, it is the body’s response to pressure from situations or our surroundings. In many cases, stress can be helpful; for example, in public speaking, where the stress is short-lived and we can quickly reset to normal. Sometimes, though, stress becomes problematic, and ...
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ArticleLisa Finnegan: What should employers consider when planning fertility support?
Trying for a baby can feel like the most significant thing in a person’s life when they are right in the middle of it. The idea that we do this in isolation from our working lives is totally unrealistic, yet people still find it too difficult to talk to their ...
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ArticleKirstie Axtens: What should employers consider when planning fertility support?
Infertility affects one in seven couples, according to the NHS, and research has shown that going through infertility takes a similar emotional toll to going through cancer. As employers focus increasingly on mental health and wellbeing, it is essential that they take practical steps to support staff seeking fertility treatment, ...
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ArticleGwenda Burns: What should employers consider when planning fertility support?
In the UK alone, around three and a half million people are currently suffering from some kind of fertility problem, according to the NHS. Infertility has a wide range of causes, and there are many different treatments ranging from drug therapy to assisted conception.An employee may need to take some ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Majority of employers contribute above auto-enrolment minimum
EXCLUSIVE: The majority of employers are contributing higher rates into their employees’ pensions than the minimum amounts required under auto-enrolment, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019 was conducted during October 2019 among 135 HR decision makers.Legislation calls for employers to contribute at least ...
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ArticlePaycare employees donate £17,000 via charity fundraising benefit
Not-for-profit health cash plan Paycare’s 32 employees have donated £17,171.41 to various charities since the organisation launched its MyGiving benefit in April 2019. Through the MyGiving initiative, the Wolverhampton-based employer provides all staff with £250 to use as a one-off charity donation, or to add to an existing fundraising activity, ...
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ArticleReckitt Benckiser enhances parental leave for 40,000 employees globally
Global health organisation Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has announced that it will be enhancing parental leave for its 40,000 employees.The new leave policy, which was announced on 3 December 2019, will be available to all staff except those based in the US, regardless of the number of hours an employee works, ...
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Morrisons offers employers a £7.50 per head Christmas party venue
Something for the weekend: Supermarket Morrisons is opening its doors to employers who are lacking in budget but want to offer its employees all the trimmings at this year’s Christmas party. Morrisons cafes will give cash-strapped organisations the opportunity to treat its employees to a traditional Christmas dinner for £6.50 ...
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ArticleEmployment Tribunal finds workers are employees for purposes of Tupe regulations
The London Central Employment Tribunal has published a judgment finding that, for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment (Tupe)) Regulations 2006 (Tupe), an individual classified as a 'worker' under the Working Time Regulations 1998 is to be treated as an employee.The case, Dewhurst v Revisecatch, concerned ...
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OpinionRebecca Thornley-Gibson: Asda’s own Supermarket Sweep
Organisations need to be agile in the way they react to change in their sector and the wider economy. However, changes inevitably have a people impact, and the current Asda employee relations dispute regarding changes to staff terms reflects the challenges in place for employers that need to maintain market ...
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ArticleSavills signs Race at Work charter to promote equality
Real estate adviser Savills has signed the Race at Work charter, making a commitment to address the issues ethnic minority staff face in the workplace.The voluntary Race at Work pledge, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), is ...
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ArticleUCL academics and outsourced domestic staff unite in strike over pay and conditions
University College London (UCL) academic, support and domestic staff have joined together for the first ever combined strike of direct and outsourced university staff today (4 December 2019).Represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB), staff including outsourced cleaners, porters and security officers who are currently employed by ...
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AnalysisEnhanced engagement: Positioning pensions within an employee value proposition
Need to know:Pension scheme positioning does not just enhance the employee value proposition (EVP) at the point of recruitment, but should be a factor in the entire employment life cycle.For a pension scheme to attract and retain talent, its contributions need to be more generous than the minimum set by ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Lincoln uses targeted communications to position pensions
With about 2,000 employees enrolled across six pension schemes, the University of Lincoln faces a considerable challenge when it comes to reaching its entire workforce, let alone effectively engaging staff with pensions.To position retirement savings as a key element of the employee journey and the overall reward package, the university ...