All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1329
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Article47% of businesses do not offer any employee benefits
Just under half (47%) of employers currently offer no employee benefits to their workforce, according to research by Hooray Health and Protection.Its research, which surveyed 1,150 respondents, also found that non-monetary benefits are the most popular benefit offered by employers, with 16% of employees receiving this benefit, followed by health ...
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ArticleSantander UK offers menopause support programme to 23,500 staff
Banking organisation Santander UK has introduced a personalised menopause support programme for its 23,500 employees.The support, provided by medical platform Peppy, is being offered to staff following an initial trial with 130 employees. Three in four employees who were part of the trial felt more confident about their menopause journey ...
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ArticlePension withdrawals during Covid-19 decrease by 42%
The number of employees making pension withdrawals as a flexible form of income decreased by 42% during April 2020, in comparison to April 2019, according to research by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).The research found that in April 2019, compared to April 2020, queries from customers about their pensions ...
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Toby Mildon: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
Since 2017 businesses employing more than 250 people are required to publish their Gender Pay Gap (“GPG”) figures. However, some businesses voluntarily reported their pay gaps before it was mandatory. Why? And if you employ less than 250 people should you publish your data? And what about your ethnicity or ...
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ArticleCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims total £31.7 billion
Claims to date under the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme total £31.7 billion as at 26 July 2020, an increased of £1.9 billion since 19 July 2020.According to HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) data, 9.5 million employees in the UK have been placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ...
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OpinionWendy Tomlinson: The 'benefit' of returning to work
The working atmosphere and environment are significantly different from what we are used to. Agile working and more flexibility are now benefits that employees can expect as standard. Something theoretical before Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is now being applied on a global scale.How employees rate their employers on the response to the ...
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OpinionMichal Izak: How employers are preparing for further waves of Covid-19
It is not always easy to decouple employers’ response to the ongoing Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis from their long-term planning in case the situation aggravates. However, many employers are putting in place three main measures, or combinations thereof, to be insulated from the direct effects of a potential second wave of ...
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Supplier articleeBook: How to reset your employee engagement strategy in a post-COVID-19 world
As we enter the post-COVID-19 world of employee engagement, it's become clear that tomorrow will bring a new set of challenges and hurdles to overcome. As HR leaders, though it's been a time of constant change, you have a unique opportunity to reset employee engagement strategies and approaches.Join Best-Selling Author ...
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Supplier articleSix creative ways to recognise your employees
At the end of the year, most organisations hold some kind of award ceremony to recognise long-serving employees or those who have performed above and beyond expectations. But these events are often awkward affairs where every employee is given an identical gift, handshake or short time in which to express ...
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ArticleMills and Reeve rewards 1,000 employees with bonus payment
Law firm Mills and Reeve is rewarding all 1,000 employees with a bonus payment of up to £1,111 due to the organisation seeing a 2.9% increase in turnover during the last financial year.Full-time employees that have worked at the business for just under a year will receive £966, while those ...
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ArticleKainos repays government for cost of job retention scheme
Belfast software organisation Kainos is repaying the government for any furlough payments it has received during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.In April 2020, the organisation made use of the Government Job Retention Scheme (GJRS) by placing 131 of its 1,700 employees on furlough, who have all now returned to full-time work. ...
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ArticleThe Fair Work Commission introduces paid pandemic leave for care home workers
The Australian Fair Work Commission has introduced paid pandemic leave for care staff working at residential elderly care homes to support them during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective immediately.Nurses, healthcare workers and care workers will be able to access up to two weeks of paid leave if necessary, as part ...
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30% of staff with caring tasks lack support from their employers
Three in ten (30%) of employees that having caring responsibilities believe that they may have to quit their job due to unsupportive employers.The research of, surveyed between 15 - 19 May 2020, found that 33% of care workers aged 18-34 are the most likely age group to feel they wouldn’t ...
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Article30% of employees may need to leave their jobs due to caring responsibilities
Almost a third (30%) of employees with caring responsibilities believe that they may have to leave their jobs due to unsupportive employers, according to research by Phoenix Group.Its research, which surveyed 2,004 employees, also found that a third (33%) of carers aged 18-34 are the most likely age group to ...
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ArticleMichelle Sequeira: What is the benefit to employers of voluntarily submitting a gender pay report?
We are moving into our fourth year of publishing our Gender Pay Gap (GPG) figures, and the world around us is changing. The UK is experiencing a dramatic change in the way we work, and in the way marginalised groups are supported. It is becoming increasingly likely that even businesses ...
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AnalysisHow can employers form a reward strategy that reflects the current talent market?
Need to know:The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the talent market will be felt for a long while yet; employers that are recruiting have had to adapt to virtual, remote methods.The reward package has long been used as a talent attraction and retention tool, but the major changes to ...
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Case StudiesSiemens uses effective communication to keep employees informed of their benefits
Technology organisation Siemens promotes its benefits offering to potential and current employees as much as possible to ensure that they are aware of what is available to them, and how they can make any amendments to their package.The package is promoted on both internal and external job adverts, and more ...
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OpinionLouise Lawrence: What will be important for employers' talent strategies post Covid-19?
If employers do not focus on their flexible working offering, they will lose out on the best talent. Nearly three-quarters of the 1,000 employees and 500 employers we surveyed in partnership with YouGov in January 2020 told us that flexible working was important to attracting and retaining the best talent.It ...
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Supplier articleVirtual Engagement Excellence Live Recap
Last week we welcomed more than 400 change makers tuning in from their desk, couch, outdoor patio or wherever they’re calling ‘work’ nowadays for our first-ever all-virtual Engagement Excellence Live.Throughout the day, attendees could bounce from room-to-room to hear sessions around our topic: The Future of Work: How HR Heroes ...
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ArticleHMRC to investigate businesses exploiting furlough scheme
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will begin to investigate businesses that it suspects are abusing the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).Its investigations will determine whether employers are fraudulently claiming payments under the furlough scheme while returning employees to work. This will sit alongside new legislation giving organisations a 90-day ...