All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1311
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46% of employees have cancelled seven days of annual leave in 2020
Just under half (46%) of full-time employees have cancelled an average of seven days annual leave, according to research by Timetastic.The survey of 2002 UK employees carried out between 13 May 2020 and 15 May 2020 found that just over one-third (36%) haven't heard anything from their employers regarding what ...
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How will the Covid-19 pandemic affect employees that are due to retire this year?
Synopsis: This feature will look at how the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has affected the pension savings and retirement plans of those employees that are three to six months away from retiring and what is the timescale of this? I.e. what messages need to be sent out and how far away ...
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Supplier article7 Fitness Motivation Tips to Keep You Going
We all have days when we wake up and think ‘today is the day’. During lockdown, many of us have plunged ourselves full steam ahead into a fitness regime, which - let's be honest - we've not all stuck to. Don't put yourself down by thinking you have failed, see ...
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Supplier articleHow to Tackle and Reduce Stress
We all know what it's like to feel stressed and of course it can become overwhelming at times. It’s been reported that over 500,000 people in the UK feel ill as a result of their level of work-related stress. Identifying when and why you're stressed is the first step in ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Reward & Recognition During COVID-19
The business challenges thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic for organisations are many, not least that remote working has moved from the exception to the norm.However, aside from the practical aspects of putting in place safe distancing protocols and practices, businesses must now think about how they plan for and ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Supporting Employee Wellbeing During Uncertainty
The challenge for many employers, especially when major external events such as the coronavirus create economic uncertainty, is to ensure that your employees are protected. By providing the right level of practical and emotional support to your workforce, you also protect your business and its performance.Employers are finding that they ...
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ArticleFuller's gives 5,000 staff early access to pay
Pub and hotel chain Fuller's is giving its 5,000 employees early access to their furlough pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employees at all of its 200 pubs and hotels, and those working in the organisation's supporting functions, can access up to 30% of their pay in advance to help with ...
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ArticleNHS healthcare workers to receive Covid-19 overtime pay
NHS Employers, part of the NHS confederation, has updated a pay agreement for NHS healthcare employees in England to ensure they are paid for any additional hours they work above their allotted hours, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Unions including Unison, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of ...
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ArticleEmployers to start paying towards staff furlough scheme from August 2020
The government has outlined further details regarding the government job retention scheme (GJRS), which will require employers to contribute to employee costs from August 2020, while introducing extra flexibility from 1 July 2020.The government will continue to pay 80% of employees wages, capped at £2,500 until October 2020, however, employers ...
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ArticleTricia Nelson: Are employers preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
As countries around the world went into lockdown one by one due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, it felt difficult and sudden for many of us. Emerging from it however, safely and getting businesses up to speed for a return to the physical workplace, is going to take longer and ...
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ArticleAlastair Woods: Are employers preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Employers are now actively planning for the return to work under our phased release of lockdown. For some sectors, this means tentative steps into the workplace, be that a shop or factory in June. For others, it will mean preparing offices for low density working and working out safety protocols ...
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Supplier articleGoing above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Northlands
Deputy Home Manager, Annie Tolici, has been going above and beyond in ensuring residents are safe and secure at Bupa’s Northlands House Care Home in Southampton.Northlands House took the difficult decision to restrict visiting by family and friends in March and since then, the care home has been keeping positive ...
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OpinionJulianna Barker: What are an employer’s legal responsibilities around mental health?
A healthy workforce increases a business’ performance, productivity and profitability and can help an employer retain staff. However, employers also have legal obligations to look after employees’ mental health. The following is a summary of an employer’s main responsibilities.There is a common law duty of care on all employers ...
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Case StudiesSantander offers employees extensive wellbeing support without overstepping boundaries
Banking group Santander UK offers its 23,500 employees wellbeing support across four key areas: physical, mental, social and financial.Offering employees access to a wide range of support is how Santander makes sure its staff have everything they need, when they most need it, without straying too far into people’s personal ...
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AnalysisWhere do the parameters of employers' responsibility to wellbeing lie?
Need to know: We live in a very open age, but employers must still tread carefully when it comes to employees’ personal lives.Physical, mental and financial wellbeing is all-important to employees' productivity and they will be looking to employers to help in the midst of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employers ...
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Going back to work? – Understanding your risk and responsibility?
It is June 2020 and after three months of lockdown we are starting to see some green shoots of normality creep back into everyday life. Schools have partially reopened. Non-essential shops have been advised that they can reopen and friends and families are able to reunite in small groups in ...
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ArticleAegon UK enhances employee wellbeing programme for 2,000 staff
Aegon UK has enhanced its employee wellbeing programme by launching a series of wellbeing videos to support its 2,000 staff, during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The videos, which form part of the organisation's wellbeing hub, will be hosted by employees and guests vloggers and will feature gardening tips, a cycle repairs ...
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ArticleWoolworths Group rewards 100,000 employees with shares
Australian retailer Woolworths Group is giving 100,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand group shares to reward them for their efforts during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Full-time employees that were employed by the organisation before 1 March 2020, and who do not already participate in its short-term incentive schemes, will receive ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 84% of employers utilise benefits technology
EXCLUSIVE: The majority (84%) of employers use some form of benefits technology, with the most popular option being a staff intranet (63%), according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, which surveyed 269 HR decision-makers, also found that under half (44%) of respondents offer ...
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Supplier articleLetting retention strategies slip will be damaging short-term thinking
The recent pandemic has caused a substantial disruption within the global jobs market and employers might be forgiven for focusing on other priorities than retention, perhaps more confident that employees will prioritise job safety right now. However, the strain of lockdown and navigating coronavirus means that, as the jobs market ...