All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1362
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Article22% of organisations align benefits with national or world events
Employee Benefits poll: A fifth (22%) of organisations have aligned employee benefits initiatives with national or world events.A poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 22 responses, found that national events, such as World Health Mental Health Awareness Day, and Black History Month have encouraged 22% of employees to restructure benefits ...
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Supplier articleEmployee Benefits and what it means to your employees
Employee benefits have become more important than ever before, gone are the days where they are considered a 'nice to have'. In the war for talent that threatens organisational productivity, as well as employees wanting a lot from their jobs on top of just their monthly salaries, more and more ...
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AnalysisHow has the Covid-19 pandemic affected global reward strategies?
Need to know: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the reward packages that employers offer to their global workforces.The need for health and wellbeing packages has never been more important than during uncertain times.Global organisations are looking to refine the way they offer benefits, to present a much more unified and ...
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OpinionConstantina Tribou: Global reward strategies during Covid-19
To maintain resilience in this shifting landscape, many employers are starting with their global reward strategies as a way to adapt to the current Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.Employee demographics in the workforce are changing and situations are moving quicker than organisations can adapt. As a result, there is a pressing need ...
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Case StudiesZendesk improves reward strategy for global workforce
Image credit: ZendeskDuring the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, global software organisation Zendesk has reinvented its benefits strategy to match the ever-changing working world.The organisation introduced new rewards to ensure that all of its 3,570 employees, working across 20 countries, were being productive while working remotely for the foreseeable future.Zendesk quickly discovered ...
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Supplier articleReward Gateway Extends its Employee Engagement Platform to Disrupt and Elevate the Flexible Benefits Experience
Reward Gateway has extended its technology platform to simplify, consolidate and integrate flexible benefits while dramatically improving the user experience. The employee-first platform seamlessly integrates with any third-party flexible benefits provider, reducing administration time and driving increased benefits uptake.Benefits are all hosted on a customised and branded hub that uses ...
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Volkswagen Financial Services reports 24.7% mean gender pay gap
PRS for Music has reported a mean gender pay gap of 13.8% for average hourly pay as at April 2020 down from 19.1% the previous year.The organisation, which currently has over 1,000 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations.The reporting ...
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ArticleVolkswagen Financial Services UK reports 24.7% mean gender pay gap
Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has reported a mean gender pay gap of 24.7% for average hourly pay as at April 2019, down from 26.8% the previous year.The organisation, which currently has more than 1,000 employees, reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap ...
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Supplier articleDigital health remains front and centre with second lockdown
As the country adjusts to the second lockdown, businesses are once again seeing workforces dispersed by the return of remote working. Although no-one wants to be in lockdown again, the lessons we learned from the first lockdown see businesses better prepared for this one. The first long lockdown came as ...
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ArticleFona International pays recognition bonus to 220 employees
Image credit: PR NewswireGeneva-based food and beverage flavour organisation Fona International is to reward its 220 employees with a $2,500 (£2,073) bonus payment for every year they have worked at the organisation. The bonus, which will be paid in December 2020, was announced to employees via a video call. It ...
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ArticleAllen and Overy increases pay for newly qualified lawyers
International law firm Allen and Overy is to increase the salary of all newly qualified lawyers, after implementing pay reductions due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.From December 2020, Allen and Overy will increase the salary of newly qualified lawyers to £95,000 per annum. This will be backdated to November 2020. ...
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Supplier articleThe future of workplace health
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexJoin Benefex’s next Wellbeing Wednesday webinar, where we’ll be speaking with Harry Bliss, Co-Founder of Champion Health. Champion Health aim to optimise workplace health and generate happy, healthy workplaces through the use of their innovative data-focused approach. After speaking at the 2020 Forum, Harry returns ...
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OpinionRanjit Dhindsa: The additional extension of furlough
On 5 November 2020, the UK government announced it would be extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to March 2021, a leap from its previous announcement on 31 October, which stated that it would only be extended for four weeks.This was a shock to many organisations, somewhat making it ...
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Supplier articleHow internal communications analytics powers a compelling engagement strategy
You can break through the ongoing avalanche of information and cut through the inbox clutter to create standout communications with the right internal communications platform, but how do you really know you’re getting through to people?Short of asking every individual you come across, it can be a difficult task.But with ...
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Article26% believe their employer is concerned about their wellbeing
Approximately one-quarter (26%) of respondents believe that their employer is genuinely concerned about their wellbeing, according to research by Aviva.Its Embracing the age of ambiguity report, which surveyed 2,000 employees working for organisations that employ over 1,000 staff, also found that more than two-fifths (43%) of employees describe their wellbeing ...
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ArticleWest Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership launches wellbeing hub
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership is to launch a wellbeing hub to support the mental health of its 100,000 employees and 270,000 unpaid carers.The organisation has received over £1 million from NHS England and NHS Improvement to develop its wellbeing hub, which will launch to staff in ...
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ArticlePaypal gives US employees early access to pay
Payment organisation Paypal is giving its US employees early access to their pay to support their financial wellbeing during the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic.The organisation, which employs over 21,000 staff globally, has partnered with incoming streaming platform Even. The service will give employees the flexibility to access as little, or as ...
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AnalysisEmployee Benefits – A Cost-Benefit Analysis
We are often asked at Xexec about how to justify and measure the costs of running a company-wide, national, or global employee benefits scheme. The answer we often give is that there are many ways to skin a cat! But the truth is, that each client we ...
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Supplier article3 ways to improve retention with employee benefits
Building a happy, high-performing and strong team starts with employee retention. Investing time, effort and resources into building a working environment employees love is one of the keys to long-term success.Part of that is having employee benefits in place that resonate with your staff. It’s your company’s chance to offer ...
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OpinionRichard Fitzjohn: Effective pensions communication is essential during pandemic
For Thames Water, it is not simply that we are an important service, we deliver life’s essential service so that our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. As such, meeting the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic matters not only to our employees, but also to every home, every business, ...