All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1342
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AnalysisEmployee Benefits Healthcare Research 2020
Click to download the Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020 was conducted in August 2020 among readers of employeebenefits.co.uk.This report is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals understand the key issues driving current healthcare and wellbeing beneifts strategies, as well as issues shaping future ...
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AnalysisHow has Covid-19 impacted the group risk industry?
Need to know:The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in claims on group income protection and life assurance policies.The group risk industry has seen significant growth in employers providing more group risk products for their employees.The pandemic is an opportunity for employers and employees to change the way that ...
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Health and support: Group risk benefits in numbers
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OpinionKatharine Moxham: Group risk market does exactly what it says on the tin during Covid-19
Whoever says insurers do not pay out can not have come across the group risk industry, which is as ever rising to the challenge as these benefits, employer-sponsored life assurance, income protection and critical illness benefits, come into their own.Over the years, whatever the catastrophic event the group risk industry ...
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Supplier articleHow to communicate with remote workers
By Alana Kiner, Client Success Manager at Reward GatewayAt the start of the pandemic, many companies whose workforces were entirely office-based had to transition overnight to being fully remote. Keeping employees connected, engaged and happy was a challenge many businesses faced.One of our clients, C Space, encountered these issues as ...
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ArticleZurich UK introduces flexible-working policy for 4,500 employees
Insurance organisation Zurich UK has introduced a permanent flexible-working policy for its 4,500 employees due to the high demand for remote working since the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.This new policy is an extension of the original flexible working policy the organisation had in place prior to the pandemic. Employees now have ...
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ArticleFDM reports median gender pay gap of -2.1%
Recruitment organisation FDM has reported a median gender pay gap of -2.1% for April 2020, an improvement on the -1.7% on the year before.The organisation, which currently has over 4,500 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting regulations require ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Ford to discuss reinventing post-pandemic pensions at EB Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Oliver Payne, international pensions and data analytics manager at car manufacturer Ford, will discuss how the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has impacted the world of pensions at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘Re-Inventing pensions for a post-pandemic world’ will take place at 10am on Tuesday 6 October in ...
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Article23% of employers are collecting ethnicity pay gap data
Almost a quarter (23%) of businesses are now collecting data on their ethnic pay gap figures, an increase of 5% from 2018, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).The study of over 100 employers, published in September 2020, found that the percentage of businesses collecting other employee ethnicity data has increased ...
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Article50 Cent and Jay Mazini reward Burger King employees with $30,000 in cash
Something for the weekend: US rapper 50 Cent and his business partner (influencer) Jay Mazini decided to reward employees working at a Burger King restaurant with a lump sum of cash to recognise them for their hard work during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Cent (pictured right) and Mazini were spotted around ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 3 September – 9 September 2020
The top 10 most read stories: 3 September – 9 September 2020 are: The Pensions Regulator forces former chief executive to pay £286,85267% of employees want more financial wellbeing support from their employersCaretakers required to manage island near the Great Barrier ReefIkea provides full pay for Covid-19 self-isolating employees90% of ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Recognising opportunities for reinvention
For many of us, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it a series of challenges. What is less often discussed, however, is the opportunities that have also arisen as a consequence. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the business world, particularly when it comes to how we work how ...
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Supplier articleWhat does gamification in employee recognition really mean?
By Chloe Deiulis, Head of Content Strategy at Reward GatewayWelcome back to RG Blog Live! After our first two episodes, we took a pause so that we could focus on helping you to support your employees and businesses through the pandemic. Now we are back with our third and final ...
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Supplier articleAIB partners with Gympass to give employees ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to wellness solutions
AIB, a leading financial services group predominantly based in the Republic of Ireland, has partnered with Gympass, the UK’s largest corporate wellness platform, to bring its 9,500-strong workforce ‘anytime, anywhere’ access to wellness solutions.The Gympass partnership gives AIB employees access to over 2,000 fitness facilities, alongside a wealth of ...
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Supplier articleWhere should you focus your employee benefits investment?
Following on from 2020: Year of the health benefits acceleration, Chris Rofe from Lockton and host Gethin Nadin discuss the specific benefits that have supported employees at this difficult time, and offer their guidance on which benefits employers should be investing in for whatever 2021 has in store. Gethin and ...
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Supplier article2020: Year of the health benefits acceleration
Covid-19 has forced employee wellbeing into the limelight and made businesses take their employees’ health seriously. Host, Gethin Nadin, and special guest, Chris Rofe discuss how Covid-19 has accelerated workplace wellbeing initiatives and increased employee demand for healthcare benefits.Chris joins us from our partners at Lockton – the world’s largest ...
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ArticleSalesforce, Cisco and Hilton named best multinationals to work for in Europe 2020
Salesforce (pictured), Cisco and DHL Express are among the organisations that have been named in European's Best Multinational Organisations to work for in 2020, by Great Place to Work UK.The full list of 125 organisations in Europe, is based on results from its employee engagement survey and an independent workplace ...
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ArticleSouth Essex College introduces mental health platform for 1,000 employees
South Essex College has introduced an online mental health platform to support the wellbeing of its 1,000 employees.The new partnership with mental health service Togetherall, will provide staff with a free platform to access mental health support. The service is anonymous and is available 24/7 to both students and employees ...
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Article67% of staff are looking forward to connecting with colleagues when returning to the office
Just over two-thirds (67%) employees in the UK are most looking forward to communicating with their fellow colleagues when returning to the office, according to research by CIPHR.The study of 1,000 UK employees, published in September 2020, also found that over half (53%) are looking forward to free food and ...
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Supplier articleInsurance & Wellbeing: Getting The Right Mix Of Benefits For 2021
With the coronavirus pandemic showing little sign of coming to an end anytime soon, many companies are looking at the group risk and health insurances that they have in place to review their needs going forward.Discussions within the industry highlight that many business owners want to know how these types ...