All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1340
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OpinionSteven Hull and Rosamund Wood: The pensions industry needs to generate interest among young employees
With the country entering economic recession, the Chancellor’s Kickstart scheme will provide much needed support for some young people seeking jobs in what may otherwise be an impossible market. For those aged over 22, these jobs will also come with the benefit of pension contributions, as the minimum wage paid ...
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Case StudiesSiemens uses pensions education to increase contribution levels
Global technology organisation Siemens launched a pensions education strategy for its 15,000 employees in January 2019 to increase the number of staff that contributed to their pension savings.Siemens found that, under its money purchase defined contribution (DC) pension scheme, 83% of its employees were predicted not to reach the Department ...
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Supplier article6 Tips to Get Back to Fitness After Lockdown
Some of us took our fitness to the next level during lockdown while some of us have seen personal fitness sink to the bottom of our priority list for understandable reasons. If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the power of good health. Here are some ...
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Supplier articleExploring 5 benefits of digital employee recognition
With the onset of COVID-19 forcing the majority of the global workforce into remote work, companies are finding that their old methods of recognising, connecting and supporting employees are no longer effective. As morale waivers amidst the uncertainty in the world, it is more important than ever for employees to ...
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Supplier articleTravel Accounts: How missed holidays in 2020 will impact productivity
Holidays are the focal point of almost all employees’ lives, they give us the chance to relax and unwind, recover and recharge. However, 2020 has wreaked havoc on our plans, and for many made a holiday away from home and impossible dream.Unfortunately, the implications of this are more severe than ...
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Supplier articlePart two: How should you respond to the results of your employee engagement survey?
In our previous article, we outlined best practices to follow when analysing the results of employee engagement surveys. This article serves as a companion piece to the previous text and suggests ways to take action that are informed by the feedback and suggestions delivered by research into employee engagement.Make your ...
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Article41% of working mothers are struggling to balance work and childcare
Two-fifths (41%) of working mothers are struggling to find childcare so they can work effectively, according to research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).Its survey of working mothers with children under 10 also found that a similar percentage (43%) are having to combine working at home and childcare, a difference ...
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ArticleBrazilian Football Confederation introduces equal pay for women’s football team
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is to introduce equal pay to bring its women’s football team’s pay in line with their male counterparts.The organisation has confirmed that it will pay all of its players equal pay for any games proposed by football organisation FIFA, starting with the World Cup in ...
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ArticleIkea provides full pay for Covid-19 self-isolating employees
Swedish retailer Ikea is to pay its 11,700 UK employees full pay if they need to self-isolate due to the health risks of Covid-19 (Coronavirus), effective immediately.Its employees were previously only entitled to statutory sick pay (SSP) currently set at £95.85 a week. However, Ikea is now committed to paying ...
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Supplier articleSantander shares insight on building a ‘truly inclusive’ organisation
Diversity and inclusion are increasingly prominent in business strategies but there remains a world of difference between meeting the mandate set by law and being a truly inclusive company.Santander UK places a high value on diversity and inclusion and has invested significant time and resources into this area of employee ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 27 August - 3 September 2020
The top 10 most read stories between 27 August - 3 September are: National Joint Council increases council staff pay by 2.75%What are the latest trends in voluntary benefits?The Department for Work and Pensions publishes consultation on pension climate riskAirBnb extends remote-working policy until August 2021German government extends Covid-19 pay ...
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ArticleCaretakers required to manage island near the Great Barrier Reef
The Australian government is looking to employ two sun-seeking caretakers to manage an island just off of the Great Barrier Reef, near Queensland. Working directly for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the best person for the job will be located on the Low Isles, approximately 15km northeast of ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid covers performance management
Without even asking, Big Bad Boss has agreed to lend me to another department. I am to be assigned to the organisation development team, which for me is pretty much like joining the enemy. Madeline, who leads (although in her case perhaps ‘administrates’ better describes it) the performance management programme, ...
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Supplier articleOvercoming the challenge of communicating with a dispersed workforce
Whether employees were working on-site or remotely following the start of COVID-19, companies were in need of better strategies for communicating with, connecting and recognising their employees. While many businesses struggled, some used this challenging time as an opportunity to grow connections amongst their dispersed work forces.At the start of ...
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Article90% of employees would stay with an organisation if it offers remote working
Nine in 10 (90%) employees would remain with an organisation if they are offered the flexibility of remote working, according to research by Workvivo.Its survey of 1,000 UK and US employees, who have all been worked from home since the beginning of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, also found that three-quarters ...
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ArticleVodacom Group introduces gender-neutral parental leave
South African mobile communications organisation Vodacom Group has introduced gender-neutral parental leave policy, effective immediately.Its new leave policy allows employees, regardless of their gender and sexual orientation, the opportunity to take 16 weeks fully paid parental leave, any time during the first 18 months after becoming a parent. The benefit ...
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ArticleMicrosoft, Virgin Unite, Special Olympics and Ikea to deliver keynotes at Employee Benefits Reset
Technology giant Microsoft, the charitable arm of the Virgin Group, Virgin Unite, sporting organisation the Special Olympics and Swedish retailer Ikea will be the four keynote speakers for Employee Benefits Reset online series.The online series of keynotes, how-to and strategy sessions, which will run from 5 October 2020 for two ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: The long-term effect of low pay
To increase engagement at work, companies often motivate talent and encourage employees to keep delivering through competitive salaries. When a business fails to provide employees with competitive rates of pay, there are many long-term effects.However, with the UK in a recession, providing this financial benefit is slightly more difficult. Fortunately, ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Motivating & Rewarding Employees in 2021
There are many economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the most pressing ones if the challenge of how to best manage the motivation and engagement of employees to drive business innovation and increase business productivity and profitability. In the new “normal,” businesses have to reassess their working processes ...
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Supplier articlePost-lockdown anxiety – a real ‘thing’ or all in our heads?
A big congratulations to each and every one of us – we’ve managed to get through the last few months of life in lockdown. The restrictions are now easing, life is starting to return to some sort of normality and you can finally get to the hairdressers to get that ...