All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1412
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AnalysisHow can employers make flexible benefits schemes relevant post-pandemic?
Need to know:As workforces become more agile and diverse, easy access and the ability to personalise benefits is increasingly important.An increase in remote working has highlighted the need for a digital approach to benefits and the right technology to support a flex benefits platform.Employee feedback on benefits can be measured ...
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OpinionStephen Perkins: Informed and thoughtful innovation is needed to keep benefits relevant
In an article published in autumn 2018, The overlooked essentials of employee wellbeing, McKinsey drew attention to what’s an often-overlooked form of ‘reward’ for employees - namely the benefit of giving people more influence over their work life. Flexibility in devolving control from employer to employee was said to foster ...
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Case StudiesLeonardo uses flexible benefits scheme to help support employees through pandemic
Attracting and retaining skills is vital for manufacturing and engineering firms, but becoming increasingly difficult. To help address this challenge, aerospace business Leonardo introduced a flexible benefits scheme for its 7,000-plus employees. The scheme, which includes a £500 flex allowance, went live in November 2019, just a few months before ...
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Supplier articleHow to motivate a hybrid workforce
By Alexandra Powell, Director of Client Culture and Engagement at Reward GatewayWhat would you say if I told you that employee engagement is not the end game? I know, I know, we’re ‘the employee engagement people,' but stay with me. One thing we know for certain is that every employee ...
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Supplier articleHow to inspire a creative and innovative workplace remotely
Creative and innovative workplaces are vital within today’s remote working climate. Repetitiveness and a lack of inspiration is an everyday occurrence to those working from home. This can lead to a decrease in motivation, and therefore productivity. Subsequently, employers need to develop new ways to inspire their people and break ...
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ArticlePension participation stalls for first time since 2012
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed 78% of people now have a workplace pension – up from 47% just eight years ago.The findings, which showed figures as at April 2020, also highlighted that last year was the first since 2012 where pension participation levels remained ...
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Supplier articleMental Health Awareness Week: Focusing on your employees' mental health
This week is 2021’s Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK. This is the UK’s national week to raise awareness of mental health and mental health issues as well as to encourage action to promote the message of good mental health for all, both in the workspace as well as ...
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Article26% of UK businesses plan to close or downsize their offices
A quarter of UK businesses will either close, downsize or consolidate their offices in the coming months of 2021, according to findings from workforce experience platform Applaud.The research, which was conducted by YouGov in April 2021, found 53% of 500 small, medium and large organisations plan to offer more flexible ...
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Article75% of employers do not have formal diversity and inclusion framework
Polling by pension consultants Barnett Waddingham has revealed more than three-quarters of respondents do not yet have a formal framework in place for diversity and inclusion (D&I).The research was compiled at Barnett Waddingham's latest conference, The DNA Experience, where attendees were surveyed in order to understand the sentiment of UK ...
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ArticleLADbible offers paid leave for pregnancy loss and fertility treatments
Image credit: Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock.comPublisher LADbible Group has introduced fully paid leave for employees who suffer pregnancy loss or are undergoing fertility treatment, as well as offering a workplace nursery benefit so staff can recover tax savings on childcare costs.The policies will be introduced under the banner LADfamily and ...
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Article50% of staff would sacrifice salary for personalised benefits
Research by MetLife UK has revealed that half of employees would sacrifice some of their salary for personalised benefits.The study was compiled as part of the fourth and final chapter of MetLife’s Re:Me report, redefine, which found that almost seven in 10 (69%) people admitted they would work harder for ...
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OpinionMichael Paulin: It is not too late to look at the IR35 rules
The coming-into-force of the Off-Payroll (IR35) rules for the private sector on 6 April 2021 was, as was expected by many, diminished, due to more or less all business owners having to focus on maintaining their businesses and livelihoods in light of the calamity of the pandemic.In real terms this ...
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Supplier articleThe Evolution of Reward and Recognition post Covid-19 and how companies need to adapt [Webinar]
As lockdown and some Covid-19 restrictions continue, more and more organisations are looking at the best ways to recognise and engage with their dispersed teams. In this expert webinar, hosted by Jamie King, Director of Global Rewards at Xexec, and Michael Rose, Director at Rewards Consulting, discover ...
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Supplier articleNew event format for HR leaders
Calling all HR Heroes!You're invited to our brand-new event hosted by Debra Corey, thought leader and co-author of Build it: The Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement.Over the last three years, thousands of HR leaders have used The Engagement Bridge™ model and the courageous approaches shared in the book to develop ...
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ArticleSovereign Housing Association reveals 1.7% gender pay gap
Sovereign Housing Association, which serves the south and south-west of England, has announced a mean gender pay gap of 1.7%.The disparity is the smallest it has been since measuring began, and this 2020 figure is an improvement from the 4% recorded for 2019.The organisation's median gender pay gap is even ...
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ArticleWorkplace conflict costs employers £30 billion
Workplace conflict costs employers nearly £30 billion per year, according to figures published by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).The research, published in the organisation's Estimating the cost of workplace conflict report, focused on figures from 2018-19. It found that such was the impact of workplace conflict - defined ...
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Supplier articleHomeworker duty of care: Don’t forget the physical
By Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee BenefitsLast year’s working from home arrangements were seen as a temporary fix, for the majority of organisations concerned. Consequently, health and safety responsibility was largely left to the individual. Now that home working has become long-term – ...
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ArticleBBC Studios rolls out support for working parents
BBC Studios, the programming division of the BBC behind the likes of Strictly Come Dancing and A Question of Sport, has announced it is enhancing provisions for its working parents.The organisation has partnered with parental support provider, Parent Cloud, to give around 2,500 employees access to online and face-to-face resources. ...
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Supplier articleFinding a different way to engage your people with their employee benefits in 2021
COVID-19 changed our lives in many ways, with many of the services we were used to accessing becoming unavailable due to lockdown measures across the UK. Whilst there is light at the end of the tunnel for restrictions being lifted, after they are removed, COVID-19 will have changed the way ...
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ArticleRita Fontinha: Should employers cut pay for staff who continue to work from home?
In March 2020, the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic led to lockdown restrictions and businesses quickly adopted a remote-working policy for all jobs that did not require a face-to-face interaction.While remote work has been an ongoing practice over the past two decades, it was often a voluntary decision where some employees chose ...