All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1273
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Supplier articleEmployee reward and recognition scheme launched by American Golf
American Golf is Europe’s largest golf retailer with 99 stores in the UK and Republic of Ireland alone. They are rolling out Each Person to their managers and Epoints to their 825 employees.Each Person is an employee reward and recognition, retail discount scheme, powered by epoints.Employees are recognised with digital ...
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Case StudiesCeuta Group uses mental health first aid training as first step to broader support
Treacy Webster, director of talent management and development at consumer brand business Ceuta Group, was aware of a growing need to help employees who might be struggling with mental health issues, but it was an HR forum put on by a local recruitment agency that encouraged her to take action. ...
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OpinionHarriet Calver: Prioritising employee wellbeing in the workplace
Work-related stress and anxiety are at a record high, and this is one of the top causes of long-term absence in the workplace, yet few organisations are taking steps to properly address the issue.The top priority for most employers is maximising profit; to achieve this, employers need their staff performing ...
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OpinionPip Hulbert: Mental health support needs a year-long focus
Mental health is rightly becoming a priority for every kind of business, yet conversations around the topic are still too often shrouded in stigma.That has got to stop. Talented people are the beating heart of business, and we want everyone to feel that it is okay to raise their hand ...
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AnalysisIs mental health first aid becoming a tick-box exercise?
Need to know:Mental health first aid training is becoming increasingly popular, but there is a danger that it is incorrectly seen as a quick fix to a serious problem.Employers should examine the end goals, and ask questions about how and why they are implementing the programme, to ensure they do ...
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ArticleA quarter would take lower pay to work for environmentally-friendly businesses
Just over a quarter (26%) of UK employees would be willing to take a pay cut to work for an organisation that prioritises protecting the environment, according to research by Totaljobs. The research, which surveyed 2,000 employees and 250 senior decision-makers in the UK in October 2019, also found that ...
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ArticleHyatt Hotels gives 45,000 employees access to mindfulness app
Hyatt Hotels Corporation has committed to providing its 45,000 employees with access to a wellbeing and mindfulness app, which will be made available to staff across the organisation's 220 global Hyatt-branded locations in early 2020. The new app, provided by Headspace, forms part of Hyatt Hotels' holistic wellbeing strategy; this ...
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ArticleUnicef UK equalises parental leave for 300 employees
Unicef UK has equalised parental leave for its 300 employees, with the aim of acknowledging and supporting the equal role of each caregiver, and adding to the legal provisions within the UK.The new policy, which came into effect on 1 January 2020, also looks to shift the focus of caregiving ...
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AnalysisWorking on wellness: Mental health in numbers
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ArticleFlorida theme park tester job gets 48,882 applicants in two weeks
Something for the weekend: UK-based independent Florida specialist, Ocean Florida, is giving one jet-setter the chance to travel around the sunshine state, checking out theme parks. If an all-expenses paid trip to Disney World is not quite good enough, the successful candidate will also be paid £3,000 for the three-week ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 9-15 January 2020
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 9 January and 15 January 2020 were: Prince Harry could earn £40,684 based on current skills and experienceNationwide Building Society pilots return-to-work coaching programme for new mothersGreggs awards bonuses of £300 to 19,000 employees following 2019 profitsPensions Schemes Bill introduced to ...
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Supplier articleEmployees face ticking time bomb as they approach retirement
Employees are often ill-prepared for the complex retirement challenges that lie ahead with many struggling to understand essentials such as tax, inflation risks or how investments and retirement income products work. As more and more people retire on defined contribution (DC) savings alone, this could be a recipe for disaster ...
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ArticleThree-fifths of employers do not have an actively managed wellbeing programme
Almost three-fifths (56%) of businesses do not have an actively managed health and wellbeing programme in place, according to research by workplace savings and benefits consultancy Vested.The survey of 100 organisations from across a range of sectors also found that, despite the lack of actively managed programmes, employers had started ...
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ArticleDirector of accountancy firm fined for misleading pensions regulator
Former accountant Paul Rewrie has been ordered to pay £4,987 after pleading guilty to knowingly or recklessly providing false or misleading information to The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Rewrie was the director of accountancy firm PR Finance and Development, and was hired by a Cambridge-based organisation to enrol its employees into a ...
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ArticleBirkbeck cleaning staff win rights to direct employment
Cleaning staff at London-based educational institute Birkbeck College have won the right to have their jobs transferred back in-house, affecting 78 workers currently working at the college. Following acceptance of the deal in late 2019, yesterday (16 January 2020) was the first day of direct employment for affected cleaning staff ...
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ArticleSeven in 10 employees would move jobs for a better mental health policy
Only three in 10 (29%) of employees would stay in their current job if they were offered the same role at a competitor with comprehensive mental health support and training, according to research by Legal and General. In a survey of 1,000 employees with a minimum of five years' employment, ...
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ArticleKPMG employees use volunteer days to raise £1 million for NSPCC
As of January 2020, UK-based employees of professional services firm KPMG have used the organisation's volunteering leave policy to help raise £1 million for staff charity the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).KPMG staff are allocated six days per year to use for volunteering purposes; in ...
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ArticleLeeds Building Society and Huddersfield New College among Top 100 inclusive employers
Image credit: Yorkshire TimesThe National Centre for Diversity (NCFD) has announced the UK’s Top 100 Index of organisations working to make work environments more inclusive. Included on the list are organisations such as Leeds Building Society, Galliford Try Highways and Huddersfield New College. At an event on 17 January 2020, ...
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OpinionKim Field: Employers must go above and beyond with inclusive benefits for carers
There is no doubt that maternity leave has progressed. Employed new mothers can take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, and 39 weeks of statutory maternity pay. However, polices around paternity leave are lagging, with fathers and same-sex partners only able to take two weeks of leave. This archaic ...
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OpinionEmily Hodgson: What can employers do to improve social mobility?
You are 24 times more likely to be a doctor if you have a parent who is a doctor, and 17 times more likely to become a lawyer with a parent who is a lawyer. In 2020, what your parents did, where you grew up and where you went to ...