All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1302
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Supplier article5 ways to achieve a work-life balance while working from home
When working from home exclusively the boundaries between your personal and professional lives start to blur and what once was a haven to escape the daily demands and pressures of the workday, has now become a dual-purposed vicinity. Working from home allows for somewhat more flexibility which can help with ...
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ArticleKaren Brookes: How can employers support working parents during the Covid-19 crisis?
Most successful businesses put their employees at the very heart of operations. After all, it is the people, as well as the organisation’s operations, that combine to make up organisational culture.Inevitably, then, Covid-19 (Coronavirus) presents every employer with huge challenges, not just in how to support employees and pull through ...
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ArticleSally Tomlinson: How can employers support working parents during the Covid-19 crisis?
Given the closure of schools and nurseries, the majority of working parents will be facing the issue of having to juggle their work with their childcare and home-schooling responsibilities.Employers are encouraged to be flexible and accommodating in their approach in these unprecedented times so as both to support the challenges ...
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ArticleJane van Zyl: How can employers support working parents during the Covid-19 crisis?
For parents with children at home due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) school closures, working from home is anything but 'business as usual'. On top of their normal jobs, many working parents now have the added pressures of helping their children with schoolwork, keeping the whole family mentally and physically healthy, and ...
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ArticleMandy Garner: How can employers support working parents during the Covid-19 crisis?
The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has thrown up multiple challenges for parents, both those who are still able to go to work and those who have to work from home.For those having to work around childcare or homeschooling, the most important thing is an empathetic employer that understands the stresses and ...
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Supplier articleKeeping colleagues connected through continued lockdown
As the lockdown continues, it is challenging our work culture and risks people feeling isolated from the camaraderie among colleagues.Four weeks in and most businesses have mastered the wealth of tech including Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Slack while the likes of ‘HouseParty’ and WhatsApp Groups are helping on the social ...
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ArticleDentons asks 1,100 UK employees to work four day week on 80% pay
Global law firm Dentons is asking its 1,100 UK employees to work a four day week or reduced hours for six months, effective 1 June 2020.Due to the the financial constraints of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the new scheme which is voluntary, will see employees' salaries reduced by 20%.Additionally, partner distributions ...
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ArticleAon to reduce pay by 20% for 70% of employees
Insurance organisation Aon has temporarily reduced the pay of 70% of employees worldwide, due to the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective 1 May 2020.In an open letter to all 50,000 employees, executive officer, Greg Case outlined the organisation's decision to decrease pay by 20% for some of ...
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ArticleSalesforce, Cisco and Hilton named UK Best Workplaces 2020
Salesforce, Cisco and Hilton are among the organisations that have been named best UK workplaces to work for in 2020 by Great Place to Work UK.The full list of 162 organisations is based on results from its employee engagement survey and an independent workplace culture audit, which analyses how organisations ...
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ArticleBuddy and Barley bring joy and beer to customers during Covid-19
Image credit: Six Harbors Brewing CompanySomething for the weekend: Buddy and Barley, also known as the 'brew dogs', have been working hard bringing joy and beer to residents of Huntington, New York.With the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forcing the public to stay indoors where possible, microbrewery Six Harbors Brewing Company has ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: The economic impact of Covid-19 continues to bite
When looking for inspiration for topics for my weekly blog, I often look back over the news we have covered that week. Unsurprisingly, our headlines this week have been dominated by pay issues, be these about employers that have awarded pay increases or appreciation bonuses to front-line or key workers ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 23 April - 29 April 2020
The top 10 most read stories between 23 April 2020 - 29 April 2020 were: 21% of UK employers have introduced special pay for front-line staff1,500 Marriott casual workers to receive furlough payBGC, XPO and Northwell Health reward staff with appreciation bonusesFurloughed employees to receive full parental leave pay entitlementsClifford ...
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ArticleLeonardo Electronics completes £160 million pension scheme buy-in
Electronics organisation Leonardo Electronics has completed a £160 million buy-in pension scheme with Just Group.This is the first buy-in for the scheme, which has been obtained in an attempt to reduce risk while still offering new benefits to active employees.This deal benefits 1,253 members with non-trivial annual pensions in the ...
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ArticleTransport for Greater Manchester and EDF furlough staff on full pay
Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM) and energy organisation EDF Energy have furloughed their employees on 100% pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Following negotiations with trade union Unite, 500 EDF Energy employees will be furloughed on 100% pay. The agreement covers meter installers, meter fixers and revenue collection staff employed by ...
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ArticleRyanair restructure could affect pay for up to 3,000 employees
Irish budget airline Ryanair is making plans to restructure the organisation, which may affect the pay of 3,000 of its employees.Due to grounding all of its flights from March 2020 until at least July 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the organisation has confirmed that they may ...
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Supplier article5 ways managers can support employees with learning and development
In the face of a global pandemic, learning and development may not be at the top of everybody’s agendas as other more pressing and urgent matters take precedence. However, learning and development shouldn’t be forgotten about - it’s crucial for businesses as it supports an organisation's growth, fills gaps and ...
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Supplier articleWhen lockdown ends, will your business be ready to start again?
Increasingly, health and wellbeing in the workplace is being globally recognised as key drivers of socio-economic development. With the large impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on people, businesses and entire countries, the world of work will begin to look differently going forward.Whilst businesses and HR professionals have been slowly ...
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Supplier articleHow much do you need to pay for your benefits platform?
We are living in unprecedented times across the globe. Times that call for courage and vision by its leaders to take the right steps in managing the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and come up with practical solutions to take us forward. This is no different in the employee benefits industry.While it ...
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Supplier articleHow HR can ride the tidal wave of a disrupted workforce
With the onset of the Coronavirus has come with it a tidal wave of communications, fears, behaviours and mental health matters that, likely, we’ve never had to deal with before and certainly on not such an unprecedented scale. We’re all trying to react, cope and plan at pace to ensure ...