All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1344
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ArticleThree social care agencies ordered to pay homecare workers £100,000 in back pay
Social care agencies Kammil Education, Diligent Care Services and Premier Carewaiting have been ordered to pay homecare workers over £100,000 in back wages, after they were found to be breaching wage rules by an employment tribunal.In 2016, the 10 care workers, who were represented by trade union Unison, argued that ...
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Supplier articleIntroducing the COVID-19 Return to Work app
Over the coming months, businesses will need frameworks that allow them to recover from the economic damage of the pandemic whilst ensuring the physical and mental safety of their workforces.However, as fears of the second wave are being realised; the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring that 13th September 2020 saw ...
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ArticleTop Juice pays back $32,435 in back wages
Australian beverages organisation Top Juice has paid $32,435 (£18,428) in unpaid wages to employees, following on from an investigation by The Fair Work Ombudsman.The employer failed to pay the wages of 18 employees across 16 outlets across eastern Australia. The Fair Work Ombudsman inspectors found that seven of the 16 ...
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OpinionMelanie Stancliffe: The legal landscape of reclassifying workers provides extensive implications
Were it not for the right-sizing of businesses, all eyes would be focussed on the impending Supreme Court’s decision whether Uber’s drivers should still have been classed as workers. The Uber decisions have changed the legal landscape and afforded protection to many off-payroll workers, which the businesses engaging them had ...
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ArticleSquire Patton Boggs returns associates to full pay
Law firm Squire Patton Boggs will return its employees to full pay following the pay cuts that were put in place due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, effective from October 2020.The organisation, which has offices globally including the US, UK and Europe, will restore the salaries of support staff and ...
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Supplier articleAdmiral chooses Gympass to support entire wellbeing spectrum for its 7,500 employees
Admiral Group plc – best-known for its private motor insurance and home cover services, including well-known brands such as Admiral, elephant.co.uk, confused.com, Diamond and Bell – has partnered with Gympass to fulfil a comprehensive employee wellbeing strategy for its 7,500-strong UK workforce. A driving force behind this decision was Admiral ...
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ArticleOyo introduces flexible-working policy
Hospitality business Oyo has introduced a flexible-working policy to support the wellbeing of its employees. Its new policy, called Work From Anywhere, will give UK employees the choice to work from home, its offices in London, or choose an alternative arrangement. All employees who choose to remotely will receive £100 ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Baxters to discuss non-cash benefits at Employee Benefits Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Clyde Marwick, group HR director at food organisation Baxters, will discuss the perks of offering employees non-cash benefits at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘How non-cash reward is delivering value now more than ever' will take place at 10am on Thursday 8 October in the first ever ...
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Supplier articleThe importance of culture continuity during COVID-19
How have organisations managed their employees and culture during COVID-19? That was the question Achievers sought to answer in June 2020.We turned to our research and science department, the Workforce Institute, who surveyed more than 1,000 employees on how well their personal values aligned with those of their organisation. Perhaps ...
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Case StudiesAster Group offers resilience training as part of its overarching wellbeing strategy
Housing organisation Aster Group has a multi-faceted approach to its employee wellbeing which includes offering resilience training to its 1,400 employees. As well as working closely with Dorset Mind, a local-based mental health charity, the organisation took the unique approach of employing a mental wellbeing trainer on a permanent basis, ...
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OpinionFrancoise Woolley: Helping staff build resilience during challenging times
The pandemic has had a dramatic impact on our mental health. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Coronavirus and depression in adults, Great Britain: June 2020, published in August 2020, revealed that 19.2% of adults in Great Britain are likely to be experiencing some form of depression; the ...
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AnalysisTop tips for building resilience among employees
Need to know: Resilience training is not the only benefit that can help employees build the necessary skills.Looking at what is on offer in an existing benefits programme and researching free sources of support can help employees deal with stress and pressure effectively.Equipping mangers with the tools to spot the ...
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Supplier articleThe Digital Watercooler: A CPO and CEO’s view on 2020
Take a look at the pandemic from the perspective of the business leaders who have been spearheading workplace change. Benefex’s CPO, Kathryn Kendall, and Founder & CEO, Matt Macri-Waller, talk us through their own experiences of managing a business through the rollercoaster that has been Covid-19. From the early days ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 38% of employers do not know the cost of healthcare benefits
EXCLUSIVE: More than a third (38%) of respondents do not know how much providing healthcare is estimated to cost their organisation, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020, which surveyed 200 HR decision-makers found that this proportion has decreased slightly since 2019, having stood at 41%.Among ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator updates Covid-19 guidance for employers
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has updated its Covid-19 (Coronavirus) guidance explaining what is to be expected of pension scheme providersThe guidance explains that from 1 January 2021, defined contribution (DC) schemes and providers will resume reporting late contributions no later than 90 days to ensure schemes have enough time to ...
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ArticleAccenture, Allianz and L’Oreal named best global employers for diversity and inclusion
Accenture (pictured), Blackrock, Allianz and L'Oreal have been included in the Top 100 most diverse and inclusive global organisations, ranked by the diversity and inclusion index (D&I index).American global investment management organisation Blackrock based in New York topped the list with an overall score of 81%, global professional services business ...
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Supplier articleGoogle's Project Oxygen: Do managers still matter?
We live in a knowledge space: people ask, question and explore. Gone are the days for just accepting everything we are told. More and more organisations, not only the start-up nation and [cool] tech Silicon Valley companies, are starting to question and even rebel against the conventional corporation model and ...
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ArticleGolden retriever appointed chief comfort officer to support wellbeing of front-line staff
Something for the weekend: A three-year-old golden retriever has been appointed as a chief comfort officer to support the wellbeing of front-line workers at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake.The dog conveniently named 'Joy' took on the role to bring joy and love to all front-line employees going through emotional hardship ...
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Supplier articleWhen going on holiday means being stuck at home
As more and more countries are being added to the Government’s quarantine list, is it worth taking the risk of being quarantined, and going on holiday anyway?Simply put, for many people the answer is yes, but is that because they don’t understand the reality?Holidays are vital to our emotional and ...
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Support and communication: Resilience in numbers
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