All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1346
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Supplier articleEmployees need to understand how to make the most of their redundancy pay
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme comes to an end on 31 October 2020 in which a third of the UK workforce were furloughed. Given the global impact of the coronavirus crisis along with many recent redundancy announcements, it is an inevitable and an unfortunate fact that more redundancies are ...
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ArticlePrecision of New Hampton ordered to pay $279,505 in back wages
US manufacturing organisation Precision of New Hampton has been ordered to pay 150 employees $279,505 (£218,289) in back wages by the US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD).The organisation was found to have deducted breaks shorter than 20 minutes from 150 employees' pay as meal breaks. Under the ...
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OpinionHannah Disselbeck: The Equal Pay Act 50 years on
First one of those annoying lawyerly clarifications, while the Equal Pay Act received Royal Assent in 1970, it did not in fact come into force until December 1975. Equal pay has, therefore, only been provided for under domestic legislation for 45 years, rather than 50. It is, therefore, perhaps more ...
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Supplier articleMaking the most of redundancy pay
The Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme comes to an end on 31 October 2020 in which a third of the UK workforce were furloughed. Given the global impact of the coronavirus crisis along with many recent redundancy announcements, it is an inevitable and an unfortunate fact that more redundancies are ...
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Supplier articleTRS – things to consider when rolling out globally
Over the last 10-12 years, Total Reward Statements (TRS) have become the norm in the UK as a means of communicating the true value of an employee’s reward and benefits package. Along with the anticipated financial difficulties ahead, we’re expecting to see a reduction in salary increases and bonuses, so ...
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ArticleUniversity of Exeter introduces environmental reward programme
The University of Exeter has introduced a green reward programme to engage its 5,000 employees with environmental sustainability and wellbeing across its Exeter and Falmouth campuses.The digital engagement programme, provided by sustainability and wellbeing engagement provider Jump, is aimed at motivating staff to make behavioural changes to help the university ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 54% of employers have made mental health a key focus
In 2020, the importance of mental wellbeing is as prevalent as ever; although slightly down on 2019, 54% stated that it was a key focus for the coming year compared to 60%that said the same last year, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Employee Benefits Healthcare research 2020, which surveyed ...
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ArticleKingfisher to repay government £23 million in furlough costs
Retail organisation Kingfisher, which owns brands such as B&Q and Screwfix, is to repay £23 million it claimed from the government's Coronavirus Job Retention scheme.The organisation furloughed 50% of its 80,000 employees during March and April 2020 in order to deal with the financial implication of lockdown measures across the ...
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Supplier articleGoogle's Project Aristotle: What makes a good team?
Teamwork vs. autonomous working? The never-ending debate... There's a lot to be said for both ends of the spectrum, but do the benefits of collaborative team working outweigh what a silo way of working may offer? A great place to start, is to question what exactly a team is? Teams ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Lily’s Kitchen
The benefits offered by Lily’s KitchenPensionGroup personal pension plan with matching employee contributions from 1% to a maximum of 8%.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance for all employees, employer paid.Employee assistance programme.Enhanced sick pay up to 26 days per year.Mental health first aider.Family friendly and work-life balanceEnhanced parental leave of ...
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Case StudiesLily's Kitchen serves up a suite of benefits to support employee wellbeing
From happiness packages to an employee assistance programme, Lily’s Kitchen has made innovative changes to its benefits package in 2020 in order to support the wellbeing of its employees.Georgina Cameron, HR director, explains: “I think there has been far more emphasis in the last six months on employee wellbeing, safety ...
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ArticlePricewaterhouseCoopers extends remote-working policy
Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has extended its working-from-home policy for the majority of its workforce, following guidelines set by the UK government.PWC reopened its 24 offices to staff in July 2020 following the UK's initial national lockdown, offering staff the opportunity to take up a flexible remote-working policy whereby ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: NHS Employers to discuss financial wellbeing at EB Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Catriona Clark, reward programme manager at NHS Employers, will discuss how businesses can commit to financial wellbeing support for their employees at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘Supporting staff with financial wellbeing' will take place at 10am on Tuesday 13 October in the first ever Employee Benefits ...
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Supplier article6 actionable ways to boost employee mental wellbeing
The Coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on the mental wellbeing of many across the world. A study by mental health charity Mind found that over half of adults and over two thirds of young people reported that their mental health had become worse during the lockdown period in the ...
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ArticleWeightmans to return employees to full pay
Law firm Weightmans is to return all its employees to full pay after implementing pay cuts to manage the financial constraints of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation introduced business-wide temporary pay cuts for its 1,300 employees in April 2020. Staff with salaries of up to £25,000 per annum received a ...
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Supplier articleCOVID-19 Testing in the Workplace - Your Questions Answered
Dr Anshu Bhagat, GPDQ’s Chief Medical Officer, provides answers to some of the most common questions from employers, with the nation in the midst of a COVID-19 testing crisis. As an NHS partner, GPDQ has provided COVID-19 support to over 1m patients nationwide, working with businesses and ...
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ArticleUK government to top up wages of staff working reduced hours
The UK government is to top up the pay of employees working reduced hours in order to support staff and businesses dealing with the financial impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The Job Support Scheme, which was announced by Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 24 September 2020, will give ...
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ArticleHy-Vee rolls out the red carpet to reward finest employee
Something for the weekend: US supermarket Hy-Vee recognised one of its finest employees in style, by rolling out the red carpet for one of the best customer service specialists.Hy-Vee employee Bob Richards was awarded the Hy-Vees 2020 Legendary Customer Service award for non-stop high-quality people interaction and his scanning speed.All ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Adjusting to a new wave of home working
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement earlier this week declaring that employees should return to working from home if they are able to do so represented a sharp u-turn from his previous focus on returning staff to offices around the UK. With some organisations in the process of returning staff to ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: 17 September – 23 September
The top 10 most read stories between 17 September and 23 September on employeebenefits.co.uk were: Golden retriever appointed chief comfort officer to support wellbeing of front-line staffKingfisher to repay government £23 million in furlough costsCo-op increases pay for 33,000 employeesThe Pensions Regulator updates Covid-19 guidance for employersEXCLUSIVE: University of Lincoln ...