All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1313
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ArticleReed Smith introduces mandatory four-day working week
Law firm Reed Smith has introduced an involuntary four-day working week for the majority of its professional assistants and other professional employees.Employees that are told to work the four-day week will have their pay adjusted accordingly to match their reduction in working hours.Reed Smith has also extended pay reductions through ...
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Supplier articleCommunications in a crisis
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexRecently, I caught up with Sian Myers – Culture Transformation Director at property developer, Countryside – to talk about how to handle communications in a crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic. Throughout our discussion, Sian honestly and sensitively shared her experiences of guiding her employees through ...
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ArticleEuropean Commission launches consultation over fair minimum wage
The European Commission has launched the second-stage consultation with European trade unions and employers, ensuring that employees within the European Union receive a fair minimum wage.Following the financial impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic on organisations and employees, the European Commission has decided a second consultation is necessary.New negotiated regulations ...
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Article35% of employees continue to work while sick
Just over a third (35%) of employees have continued to work from home while being unwell, according to research by Canada Life.Its research, involving 2,000 working adults, and 500 small-to-medium business (SME) decision-makers, also found that two in five (40%) did not feel their illness was serious enough to take ...
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ArticleWhat does the future hold for industry events?
2020 has seen unprecedented events worldwide, which no one could have predicted or prepared for. The Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live and, for many of us, how we work.The UK has begun the gradual process of easing restrictions, but it is still unclear what the ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Attracting & Retaining Staff Without Straining Your Finances
As a small business owner, you are constantly faced with the question of how to stay competitive with your larger counterparts? After all, in every aspect of running a business, staying competitive can be difficult for smaller companies. How, specifically, can you attract and retain employees at the same level?However, ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Managing Our Way Out of COVID-19
Employee benefits provider Busy Bees Benefits believe that returning businesses to full economic activity will be a difficult task that requires business leaders to use their ingenuity.As business leaders, you need to make sure that you take the right steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of your employees ...
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AnalysisWhat new technology trends will employers see in the benefits world?
Need to know:Employers need benefits technology to be agile enough to quickly respond to market or global changes, such as the focus on remote health and wellbeing support brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.Technology needs to serve the needs of the employer, such as financial management tools to provide a ...
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Case StudiesHighways England ensures employees have ease of access to benefits platforms
In 2019, Highways England introduced an online benefits platform and recognition scheme to offer employees a straightforward, integrated portal which presents all their benefits in one place.The platform and the recognition scheme, both provided by Xexec, are integrated through one landing page, which was a key point for Highways England ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: What does the future of work look like?
As our Future of Work Week, in association with Aon, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping employers’ strategies in this area.If 2020 has taught us anything it is that future plans can be turned on their head in ...
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OpinionLisa Harris: We must adapt our digital literacies and embrace workplace technologies
Workplace technologies have been evolving over many years and their particular usefulness at the moment is evident in every news bulletin. Both the communication tools that we rely on and the network infrastructure that supports them have, so far, proved remarkably resilient in a global crisis.It is becoming clear that ...
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Supplier articleHow does the commitment culture align with recognition?
What defines a successful corporate culture? There are so many factors which come into play as well as different priorities for each individual business. The world we live in places a lot of emphasis on speed, instant gratification and getting the job done as fast as possible. The question which ...
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ArticleEtihad Airways extends pay reductions until September 2020 for 20,000 employees
International airline Etihad Airways has extended its pay reductions to deal with the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.20,000 existing employees will be affected by the organisation's decision, with junior employees and cabin crew continuing to receive a 25% pay reduction in salary. Approximately half of employees at managerial ...
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ArticleWelsh agency social care and ancillary staff to receive £500 reward bonus
Ancillary staff working in care homes in Wales, as well as agency nursing staff, will receive a £500 bonus payment to reward them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Domestic cleaners and kitchen staff, as well as agency nurses employed in care home, home care workers and personal ...
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ArticleStepnell lifts 20% Covid-19 pay cuts two weeks earlier than planned
Construction organisation Stepnell has stopped its pay cuts two weeks earlier than planned due to a positive growth period.The organisation introduced the 20% pay reductions for all of its 370 employees, in April 2020 and anticipated this would be in place until June 2020, however employees are now back to ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 33% of employers offer season travel loans to employees
EXCLUSIVE: One third (33%) of employers offer season ticket travel loans to support the financial wellbeing of its employees.The Employee Benefits research 2020, published in May 2020, which surveyed 269 HR decision-makers, also found that a further 33% offer some sort of financial education.Season ticket travel loans remain one of ...
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Supplier articleGoing above and Beyond during Corona Virus; Chilton Meadows
“Going above and beyond is something that comes naturally to the staff team at Bupa’s Chilton Meadows Care Home in Stowmarket Suffolk,” says Home Manager, Tania Thompson, who has been nursing for three decades and working at the care home for the last three years.“The team’s priority is keeping residents ...
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AnalysisWhat future employee engagement challenges can employers expect?
Need to know:The Covid-19 pandemic has created several employee engagement challenges both now and for the future.Employers must prepare for the changing work landscape to fully engage employees.Employers will need to manage the engagement needs of differing groups of employees; those returning from furlough, for example, will have different needs ...
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OpinionColin Barnes: How will benefits, wellbeing and employee expectations change as we reshape in a post-Covid-19 world?
It goes without saying that Covid-19 has forced immense change.Although there is some degree of uncertainty over how the workplace will look once the pandemic has finished, there are some key areas emerging where we are predicting great change. We have defined four key phases which business will go through: ...
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Case StudiesAvo Consulting introduces pulse surveys to understand employee engagement
To prepare for future engagement challenges and ensure employees receive the best employment experience, Norwegian firm Avo Consulting has been harnessing feedback during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to be used in its decision-making processes.Within two weeks of the Norweigan government announcing lockdown measures, Avo Consulting conducted its first survey, through ...