All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1312
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OpinionMurray Keir: Furlough and the impact on salary sacrifice and death-in-service benefits
The government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (GJRS) in March to tackle the effect that Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is having on employment in the UK. Great strides have been made in getting to grips with the operation of the GJRS in practice to provide employees with a salary while they ...
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OpinionNatasha Broomfield-Reid: Promoting employee wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown
As the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic forces many to continue to work from home and others to accept furlough, a proactive, well-planned approach to employee wellbeing could make all the difference to employees' happiness, motivation and productivity.Whether this focus comes in the form of a dedicated employee wellbeing manager, or HR ...
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ArticleDirect Insurance Group offers employees permanent remote working policy
Direct Insurance Group (DIG) has committed to a remote working policy for all 160 employees, following the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.All employees that wish to work from home, following the easing of lockdown, will have the option to do so.The organisation will continue to keep its eight offices open in the ...
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ArticleSouthwest Airlines offers employees six months leave at 50% pay
Southwest Airlines is offering employees the opportunity to take temporary leave at 50% pay to deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Its voluntary Covid-19 Extended Emergency Time Off policy, which is available to contract employees, specified front-line supervisors and eligible non-contract staff or work groups, will allow ...
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Supplier articleThe Dangers of Selling ‘360-Degree Wellness’
A thought piece by James Shillaker, Founding MD of Incorpore Limited’I have an objection to the term ‘360-degree wellness’.At best, the term has no clinical validation whatsoever. It is simply management jargon. At worst, it could be marketing a misleading message and preventing people from accessing more accurate clinical help. ...
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Article34% of employers do not offer financial support for seriously ill staff
A third (34%) of employers do not provide financial support if employees are diagnosed with a serious illness such as cancer, according to research by Group Risk Development (GRiD).The research, published June 2020, which surveyed 500 human resources decision-makers, also found that just under one in ten (9%) believe that ...
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Supplier articleGoing above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Leominster
It wasn’t going to be a typical day off for two of the carers at Leominster Bupa Care Home. They often give up their free time to help and have fun with the residents they have come to love as part of our care home family, but today was going ...
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ArticleIlan Kelman: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Lockdown in the UK for over two months has saved thousands of lives, while imposing a heavy burden on employers and employees. Imagine this situation as an irregular cycle. Who is preparing and can we actually prepare?To avoid repeating the horror of tens of thousands of deaths from Covid-19 (Coronavirus), ...
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ArticleNick Thorpe and Hannah Disselbeck: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
Things are ostensibly returning to normal during the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent glorious sunshine has brought many of us out and about, and the sociable smell of barbeques pervades our towns and cities again. Offices and worksites are raring to bring employees back to their desks.And yet, all is perhaps not ...
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ArticleIan Hodson: Should employers be preparing now for further waves of the Covid-19 virus?
At the University of Lincoln, we are certainly preparing all our responses to have longevity as well as meeting the short-term needs.At face value, nothing has changed since we went into lockdown other than controlling the spread through lockdown and social distancing, therefore, we have to believe that as restrictions ...
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ArticleAmazon provides emergency family care for 650,000 employees
Technology giant Amazon is offering subsidised family care to 650,000 full and part-time employees in the US.The benefit, provided by Care.com, will provide an employee with up to 10 days of subsidised emergency back-up child or adult care between 4 June 2020 and 2 October 2020.Amazon employees will have to ...
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Article65% of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health
Just under two-thirds (65%) of employees say work has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its survey of 6,000 employees found this was up by 9% from its previous survey in 2018, which found that just over half ...
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Article50% of employers are topping up employees' furlough pay
Half (50%) of employers are topping up employees' furlough pay during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, according to research by Willis Towers Watson.Its survey of 996 UK and Western Europe employers also found that 71% of employers are taking advantage of government support in their local areas to deal with financial ...
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ArticleNissan consults on closing defined benefit pension scheme for 1,800 staff
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is consulting on the closure of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme for 1,800 employees in the Sunderland region.The organisation has made the decision to end the scheme as the business investment is deemed unsustainable long-term.Nissan is currently consulting on the closure of the plan with ...
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Supplier article8 Ways to Relieve Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work and can be made worse by sedentary lifestyles. A combination of sitting in front of a computer all day with a lack of exercise is a perfect storm. However, simple lifestyle changes can help to ease aches and ...
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ArticleHechizoo allows employees to live in its factory after reopening
Image credit: ReutersSomething for the weekend: Colombian factory Hechizoo has invited its employees to live on the premises once it reopens its doors following the country-wide lockdown.The organisation has created beds, sinks and bathrooms for its employees to live comfortably in a bid to reduce the risk of them catching ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets to grips with online meetings
I am about ready to throw something at someone; only there is no one here because I am working at home. Most of the office is working from home just now. Big Bad Boss has scheduled weekly catch up calls so we don’t ‘lose touch’. I don’t know about losing ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 28 May - 3 June 2020
Employers to start paying towards staff furlough scheme from August 2020NHS healthcare workers to receive Covid-19 overtime payBP to pay 5,000 employees the real living wage50% of employers are topping up employees’ furlough payDeutsche Bank introduces a one month voluntary pay reduction for senior managers46% of employees cancel seven ...
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Supplier articleExercise among employees is for life, not just lockdown
An active workforce is not just healthy: studies show that it is also more productive, more engaged and - most importantly – happier. Employers are in a unique position to positively influence engagement in physical activity by their staff and, encouragingly, recent Deloitte research showed that 78% of employers are ...
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Supplier articleProtecting mental health while working from home
Since the UK – and now, much of the world – moved into a state of ‘lockdown’ following the Covid-19 outbreak, mental and emotional wellbeing (which includes mental health) has come even more to the forefront for workplaces. It seems, just as organisations began tackling mental health, a new pandemic ...