All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1378
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OpinionSusan Gee: Yorkshire Water has support in place for employees with long Covid
Supporting employees with long-Covid symptoms is an emerging challenge for employers as the symptoms are varied, with some being more easily recognised than others. For example, breathlessness, fatigue and cognitive impairment appear to be common.At Yorkshire Water our approach to supporting employee health has always been person centred, and while ...
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Supplier articleCould HR and Reward make better use of behavioural data?
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexRecent research from Benefex shows that employers and employees alike are frustrated with the inability of organisations to use data to improve the employee experience at work.Behavioural science is one way to get a view of people’s motivations, needs and drivers, beyond employee surveys and ...
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Distell International launches ‘DistWell’ staff wellbeing programme
Multinational wines and spirits giant Distell International, which owns UK Scotch whisky company Burn Stewart Distillers, has introduced its first wellbeing programme for 5,000+ employees.Called ‘DistWell’, the initiative comprises a range of activities nominated by the organisation’s DistWell Champions Group.The group meets monthly and encourages staff from across the business ...
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One in five would have raided their pension pot by now
As increasing numbers of furloughed or out of work individuals are forced to dip into their savings, the impact this is having on pensions savings is now being revealed.According to research by Scottish Widows, fewer people are now putting money aside for pensions (22%) than they are for keeping it ...
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ArticleEmployees urged to report forced unpaid leave for home working
City workers are being urged to confront the emerging practice of being threatened with unpaid leave for refusing to travel to the office during the national lockdown.The City of London Corporation is calling on staff in the Square Mile to send it an anonymous complaint if they feel bosses are ...
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ArticleTypical pay awards could fall to 1%
Annual pay awards have steadied at a median of 2% in the three months to the end of December 2020 and are unchanged for the third consecutive rolling quarter, but early indications suggest pay settlements in 2021 could be half as much.Whole-year data shows the extent to which pay awards ...
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Supplier articleMaking the Most of an Overlooked Asset: Employee Feedback
Customer ratings and reviews are accepted as valuable data sources for improving business performance. But what about internal company feedback? Not the appraisals handed out by managers to their direct reports, but upward feedback from employee to manager?Honest two-way communications with managers help employees feel engaged and motivated. But they ...
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ArticleEmployers more confident about offering pay rises
Growing numbers of employers are feeling more confident about offering pay rises, according to research by Morgan McKinley.The study found that nearly half (49%) of employers surveyed are optimistic about awarding pay increases this year, with 53% expecting their organisation’s activity levels to rise to allow for it.The research revealed ...
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ArticleAviva offers employees wellbeing day off
Insurer Aviva is giving all of its 16,000 UK employees an extra day off this year to help boost their wellbeing.Employees will be able to use the extra day of leave as they wish and it can be taken at any point during the year, on top of their usual ...
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Supplier articleEXPERIENCE AND THE ROLE OF DATA
Employees expect a certain level of design and functionality in their interactions with technology and it’s very clear - and disengaging - when these standards are not met. Unfortunately few employers recognise the need for big improvements here. There is a large disconnect between the benefits experience ...
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ArticleJames Kinney joins Ogilvy as chief people office
Ad agency, Ogilvy, has appointed James Kinney as its global chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer and chief people officer. Despite being based in North America, his new role will see him oversee all aspects of talent management, recruitment, learning & development, and wellbeing, and will see him partner with ...
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ArticleWalker Sime promotes Caroline Bacon to director of people and culture
Manchester-based construction company Walker Sime has promoted Caroline Bacon to director of people and culture.Overseeing more than 80 employees, Bacon will be tasked with leading the creation of a new business growth strategy based around its people values. She has been with the company since 1999, holding various administrative and ...
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Supplier articleEmployee engagement product innovations
By Sevil Rahimova, Head of Product at Reward GatewayWelcome back to the next instalment of Product Innovations, where we give you a quarterly overview of our newest developments and improvements to our products. If you missed our last update, you can check it out here. We’ve been working hard to ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 14 January – 20 January 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 14 January – 20 January 2021 were: Morrisons to increase pay for 96,000 store employeesWhat issues are impacting employers' 2021 pay strategies?Unions promise to fight working week and holiday pay ‘dilutions’Lovewell's logic: Farewell for now!Employment tribunal rejects Ryanair’s case for removing striking ...
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ArticleEmployee gives newly-won car to colleague
Something for the weekend: For many people, winning a brand new car from their company would be one way to end a pretty rubbish year on a high. But for one Wisconsin-based worker, her reward turned into a powerful act of peer-to-peer recognition.Haley Bridges, staffer at Chick-fil-A restaurant in Appleton, ...
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Poll: Does your organisation link pay and bonuses to social responsibility goals?
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Reinventing benefits: Future of Work in numbers
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ArticleAutomatic enrolment trigger freeze to create just 8,000 new savers
The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) annual review of the automatic enrolment trigger and qualifying earnings for 2021-22, has concluded the existing automatic enrolment (AE) threshold should stay the same for 2021/22 – meaning there will not be many new savers who start contributing to a workplace pension this ...
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ArticleUnilever promises all suppliers will pay a living wage by 2030
British multinational consumer goods organisation Unilever has pledged all of its suppliers will pay their employees a living wage by the end of the decade.The commitment, unveiled as part of a wider renewal of its social responsibility standards, will see the business insist that all workers of companies in its ...
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ArticleJust 5% of workers will receive their January bonus this year
White-collar professionals have never been so pessimistic about receiving their January bonus payment, according to new data published yesterday by Robert Walters.Not since the recruiters’ annual Salary Survey first began 20 years ago have workers been so downcast, with the research finding just 5% of those polled expect to get ...