All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1268
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 5-11 December 2019
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 5 December and 11 December 2019 were: Eight in 10 employees face financial difficulty in January due to early December payday.Morrisons offers employers a £7.50 a head Christmas party venue.EXCLUSIVE: 34% have widened communications due to auto-re-enrolment.POLL: 36% of employers use ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The NHS's move to greater flexibility
Last month, NHS England and Improvement appointed Jane Galloway to the position of head of flexible working.Often reported as a highly stressful and pressurised place to work for many, the NHS’ steps to create a culture of flexibility is a positive move. In its interim people plan, published in June ...
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ArticleChristmas movie lover offered $1,000 to watch 24 Hallmark films in 12 days
Something for the weekend: Internet service provider CenturyLink is looking to recruit a Christmas movie fan to watch 24 Hallmark Christmas movies in 12 days.It is offering to pay the lucky applicant $1,000 (£750) to watch a list of movies, then take to social media and spread the word, and ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 5% of employees are affected by pension tax allowance limits
EXCLUSIVE: The lifetime and annual allowance limits that were introduced in 2016 have led some employers to look at alternative options in place of pension contributions.Across all respondents, a mean 5% of employees are affected by the allowance limits, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions ...
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ArticleFour-fifths believe employee experience links to business performance
Almost four-fifths (79%) of organisations believe that creating a positive employee experience directly correlates with improved business performance, according to Kincentric.The Kincentric’s 2019 global employee experience (EX) report, published in November 2019, surveyed 1,300 HR professionals worldwide, and also found that despite the perceived links to business success, less than ...
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ArticleBritish Airways and Nesta to headline Employee Benefits Connect 2020
Air travel organisation British Airways and innovation foundation Nesta will deliver the two keynote sessions at Employee Benefits Connect 2020.Ksenia Zheltoukhova, director of research operations, research, analysis and policy at Nesta, will be opening the future-focused event with a session titled 'Empowering workers to navigate their way to the jobs ...
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ArticleBreakspear Park hosts Christmas market for 1,300 on-site employees
Hemel Hempstead business park Breakspear Park has held a pop-up Christmas market for the approximately 1,300 employees working for organisations with offices based in the complex. On 3 December 2019, employees at businesses including BAM Construction, NHSP, and Britvic were able to take advantage of the event, put on by ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 54% of employers do not think staff are saving enough for retirement
EXCLUSIVE: In answer to a new question asked of them this year, more than half (54%) of survey respondents do not feel that their organisation’s employees are saving enough to be comfortable once they exit work, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits/Wealth at Work Pensions research 2019, which ...
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Supplier article5 employee engagement challenges keeping HR Directors up at night
The role of HR within organisations has evolved and expanded over the last two decades. It is now seen as a critical part of running a successful organisation. Human resources directors are responsible for far more than hiring and firing or smoothing over internal incidents! In fact, given the breadth ...
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ArticleJohnson and Johnson and Adidas UK named Britain’s healthiest workplaces
Healthcare organisation Johnson and Johnson, sportswear manufacturer Adidas UK and health and wellbeing provider Wellness International have been named Britain’s healthiest workplaces.The study, undertaken by Vitality from January to August 2019, surveyed 23,500 UK employees regarding their lifestyle, mental wellbeing, clinical risk and productivity. It also looked at leadership, culture ...
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ArticleNewcross Healthcare rolls out flexible pay benefit to 8,000 health workers
Healthcare organisation Newcross Healthcare is rolling out a flexible pay benefit that will allow 8,000 health workers among its 9,000-strong workforce to access their pay as it is earned, rather than waiting for a monthly pay date. Newcross Healthcare has been trialling the new Flexi Pay benefit for the past ...
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Case StudiesOvo Energy targets employee financial wellbeing with benefits strategy
Utilities provider Ovo Energy has experienced a sharp growth trajectory over the 10 years it has been operating, and as such, has created a benefits strategy that can both meet the needs of a fairly young workforce, while also supporting a talent management strategy that focuses on attracting and retaining ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Ovo Energy
The benefits offered by Ovo Energy:Pensions and protectionDefined contribution (DC) group personal pension (GPP) for all employees with a 5% matched contribution from the employer.Critical illness insurance, available to all employees through a flexible benefits plan.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance is provided to senior leadership on an employer-paid basis. Eligible ...
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Supplier articleWhat role does gender play in financial wellbeing?
The Employer’s Guide to Financial Wellbeing 2019-20 is the second annual survey of UK employees. The guide highlighted some striking differences between men and women’s financial wellbeing. When it comes to low financial wellbeing, on the surface it appears that women are impacted far more than men - 41% ...
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Supplier articleInfographic: Supporting your employees with their financial wellbeing
29% of your employees losing sleep over how to save for the future.Your employees are at different stages along the financial wellbeing pathway. Some may be struggling to balance their spending with their earnings, while others may be close to achieving financial freedom.Whatever their financial situation, they are all looking ...
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Supplier articleHow does an employee recognition programme affect employee engagement?
Recognising and rewarding the great work that employees do is essential to driving employee engagement. For employees to feel focused, driven, and committed at work each day, it’s important that they see the meaningful difference that their projects are making – and employee recognition is one way of achieving this ...
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ArticleNine in 10 say employers should support all aspects of staff financial wellbeing
Almost nine in 10 (88%) senior HR professional believe it is an employer’s responsibility to provide support on all aspects of staff financial wellbeing, according to research by Smarterly.The research, published in December 2019, surveyed 250 HR professionals within organisations with 300 or more employees. It also found that almost ...
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ArticleFrench transport employees strike over pension reforms
Image credit: Willy BartonFrench transport workers, represented by the Confédération Générale du Travail (General Confederation of Labour (GCT)), are undertaking strike action today (17 December 2019) in an ongoing dispute regarding pension reforms.This is the 13th day of strike action in protest of French prime minister Edouard Philippe's November 2019 ...
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ArticleC and W Trucking ordered to pay $199,000 in wage violations
A contractor for the US Postal Service (USPS), C and W Trucking has been ordered to pay $199,010 (£150,000) for overtime violations and for unpaid health and welfare benefits, after an investigation by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) discovered it was violating federal law.The investigation ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Almost half of employers offer at-retirement support
EXCLUSIVE: The value of providing at-retirement support is becoming gradually more apparent to employers, with 46% of HR decision-makers stating that their organisation helps staff with this life stage in 2019, compared to 39% of employers in 2018 and 40% in 2017, according to research by Employee Benefits.This increasing interest ...