All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1278
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ArticleSmarkets launches new mental health initiative for 85 employees on Time to Talk Day
Peer-to-peer trading platform Smarkets has launched a new initiative called tête-à-tête, aimed at helping improve the mental health of its 85 employees. The initiative, launching today (6 February 2020) to coincide with national Time to Talk Day, will encourage employees to meet in small groups to discuss their mental health ...
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Supplier articleThe language of recognition – how to communicate appreciation
Communication is vital. Not just for recognition, but for your business overall. Transparent, open-handed, and inclusive cultures start with great communication.Recognition isn’t an exception. Getting the most out of employee recognition means putting some thought into how you voice your messages of achievement.Watch your toneWhen you recognise success, you have ...
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Supplier articleWhy, how and when rewards have huge impact on your employees
A reward is a pretty simple concept, right? It’s a cash-value token, gift, prize or trophy that you use to thank employees.However, just like almost everything in life, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to giving employees rewards. A bit of reading could supercharge the benefits you ...
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ArticleFinland to equalise parental leave allowances
Finland’s government will equalise all parental leave, regardless of gender, to give working fathers more time to spend with their children and to promote gender equality. As a result of this reform, which will come into force in 2021 at the earliest, both parents will receive a quota of 164 ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2020 final deadline fast approaching
HR and reward professionals who want their team or organisation to be in with a chance of winning a coveted trophy at the Employee Benefits Awards 2020 now have one last opportunity to submit entries. Due to an influx of enquiries, the deadline for award submissions has been given a ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 30 January - 5 February 2020
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 January and 5 February 2020 were: Imperial College Healthcare ends outsourcing for 1,000 service staffEXCLUSIVE: Gympass signs charter to prioritise employee mental healthProvision of workplace perks has increased by 160% over four yearsTwo NHS trusts pilot health and wellbeing platform ...
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Article7,000 Barcadi employees across the globe spend working hours visiting local bars
Something for the weekend: This week, Bacardi is asking 7,000 employees to take time out of their working days to go out and visit bars in more than 100 cities across the world, for more than just the usual Friday lunchtime pint. The 'Back to the Bar' initiative aims to ...
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Supplier articleGet Your Workforce Ready for Time to Talk Day
Time to Talk Day is designed to encourage everyone to talk about mental health. 1/4 of us are affected by mental health problems and in fact all of us have mental health, yet for many it is still a taboo topic. Around 6,000 people a year take their own lives ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid deals with benefits unrest
I dread going in there, and I worry if I am going to come out unscathed. I am talking, of course, of our IT department.More specifically, there is a group of specialist developers we inherited when we bought out a fintech start-up. Word on the third floor, Big Bad Boss ...
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ArticleGardner Leader gives 135 employees unlimited paid holiday
Law firm Gardner leader has launched an unlimited paid holiday policy for all of its 135 employees, rolling the scheme out to four offices across the South East and London.The scheme was launched on 1 February 2020, following a successful 12-month trial during 2019. The policy allows for unlimited annual ...
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ArticleAWH Group Pension Scheme completes £2.3m buy-out
The AWH Group Pension Scheme has completed a bulk annuity buy-out transaction worth £2.3m. The AWH Group Pension Scheme provides for employees of specialist textile manufacturer AW Hainswoth; the transaction was insured through Aviva, and was completed by K3 Advisory and H&C Consulting Actuaries.Through the process of this buy-out, the ...
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ArticlePoll: Two-thirds use awareness days to prompt mental health discussions
Employee Benefits poll: Two-thirds (67%) of employers use awareness days to prompt mental health discussions. A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 30 responses, found that awareness days, such as Time to Talk, and Blue Monday aid 67% of respondents in prompting mental health discussions among their employees. Further findings ...
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ArticleHMRC confirms changes to IR35 will only apply to services provided after 6 April 2020
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today (7 February 2020) announced changes to the operation of the off-payroll working rules (IR35) coming into force after 6 April 2020; this comes as a result of the government's ongoing review into the implementation of the reforms, which is due to conclude this ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Future-proofing benefits strategies
As our Benefits Strategy Week, in association with Aon, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of benefits.Constant evolution and change are an accepted fact of life. This is particularly apparent in the business world, where factors ...
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OpinionKsenia Zheltoukhova: To meet real staff needs, give them skills for the future
This week, Nesta is shining a spotlight on the future of work and skills, and has commissioned the UK’s first ever survey of people working in the jobs that are most at risk of being automated in the next decade. Shockingly, the results show that two in three of those ...
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Case StudiesCurve shapes its benefits provision around business growth
Fintech organisation Curve has grown significantly since its launch in 2015; having started with a headcount of just six, it is about to hire its 250th employee. Kate James, head of people operations at Curve, was employee number seven. “Growth was always a factor for the business, so we knew ...
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AnalysisShaping benefits strategy for a future workforce
Need to know:Both the nature of work and the demographics of the workforce are changing, so a benefits strategy must be fit for future purpose in order to attract and retain talent.Generational differences are causing diverse wants and needs to emerge, which must be taken into account. However, some strategies, ...
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OpinionMark Witte and Sarah Robson: 2020’s biggest benefits trend might not be benefits
With Madonna on tour again and bum-bags making a fashion comeback, it feels like 2020 is history repeating itself. Nevertheless, although Aon's UK benefits and trends survey 2020, published in January, showed a lot of consistency, it also indicated some clear trends and changes, including an increasing interest in value-on-investment ...
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Supplier articleFirst Steps to Fitness
If you're thinking about going to the gym for the first time, congratulations! From looking and feeling better, to improving sleep, to keeping your heart healthy, there are so many reasons to make working out a part of your life.However, we also know that getting started can be incredibly overwhelming—it ...