All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1419
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Case StudiesACCA opens up conversations with female employees around pensions
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) accredits and supports a global community of 227,000 members and 544,000 future members. The organisation is headquartered in London and has around 1,400 employees in 44 countries with around 950 in the UK.As befits the first accountancy body to admit women to membership ...
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AnalysisHow can employers encourage women to save more into their pensions?
Need to know:The disparity in pensions between the sexes remains huge, with the median pension wealth of women coming up to retirement standing at just one-third of men’s.A clean way to help remedy this is to extend workplace schemes to all employees, including those earning under the £10,000 mandated by ...
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OpinionChris Brooks: Changes are needed to help women save more for retirement
In our increasingly uncertain world, building a future income by saving into a pension is very important. Auto-enrolment has helped many people to do this, with more than 10 million new savers since its inception, which is the start of building a platform for people’s later life.However, women are still ...
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Supplier articleHow to build a reward and recognition program to increase productivity
When companies are looking to increase their focus on recognition, often it's because employees are asking for it. There has been a survey and, inevitably, employees have shared that they just don’t get enough appreciation. In Reward Gateway research 70% of employees say that morale and motivation would improve if ...
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Supplier articleHas the Pandemic changed the way Employee Productivity is measured?
Employee Productivity is the lifeblood of all organisations. It doesn’t matter which sector you operate in or the type of products and services on offer, if your team of employees are not productive, then sadly your business is likely to suffer. On the flip side, if you have a productive ...
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Supplier articleBack to Work Anxiety: How to Help Your People
Within the past year, the pandemic has had a staggering impact on people wellbeing. Around half of the UK have felt anxious within the past two weeks (May 2021), which may not be surprising, but is incredibly worrying. With uncertainty about going back to work and economic situations, this number ...
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ArticleFinal deadline extension for Employee Benefits Awards 2021
The deadline for the Employee Benefits Awards 2021 has been extended for the final time to 5pm on Tuesday 8 June, giving HR, reward and benefits professionals one very last chance to enter and win recognition for their achievements at the industry’s most prestigious event of the year.Now in its ...
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ArticleFidelity International offers flexible dynamic working policy
Financial services firm Fidelity International has launched a flexible dynamic working policy for its employees.The new policy will allow the majority of the company's staff across more than 25 locations worldwide the opportunity to alter the way they work to have more flexible working hours, being able to combine both ...
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ArticleSodexo UK and Ireland reveals 5% ethnicity pay gap
Life services organisation Sodexo UK and Ireland has announced a mean ethnicity pay gap of 5%.The gap between all white employees and all black, Asian and mixed race employees is 5%, 7% and 2% respectively.This is the first time the company has included ethnicity data in its pay gap report, ...
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Article89% of employees prefer a flexible pay method
New research has revealed that nine in 10 employees prefer flexible pay, or Earned Wage Access (EWA), over alternative methods.The analysis was carried out by a group of financial charities, social impact research firm 60 Decibels, and charity-backed financial wellbeing service Wagestream. The study tracked the impact of employers removing ...
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Supplier articleWhy now is a great time to introduce employee instant discounts
With our favourite shops and restaurants back open, many are flocking onto the high streets again. This is great for our well-being but not so much for our wallets! However, we’ve been stuck in lockdown for so long that we deserve a little retail therapy. If you want your employees ...
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Supplier articleWebinar | Workplace comms: The fabric of employee experience
Gethin Nadin is joined by Jennifer Sproul, Chief Executive at the Institute of Internal Communication to explore how the purpose and impact of employee-facing communications has shifted in the last year; from an informative channel, to a message-driven conversation. With this comes more responsibility for your internal ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid discovers the dark art of comms
As I’m getting ready to send reminders out on our voluntary benefits platform, Big Bad Boss insists that I get the new vice president of communications involved. This seems a bit overkill, I mean it’s not even a new programme. Still, I’m not going to turn my nose up at ...
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Supplier articleThe benefits of the Gym Scheme for employers and employees
Even the most active people have times where the thought of going to the gym is unappealing. This can be because of lack of motivation, high prices or not being able to find a gym class that works for them enough to commit. Our health and wellbeing are important though ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 28 May – 3 June 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 28 May – 3 June 2021 were: McDonald's makes the call to entice staffHow the changing shape of pay can support employees' financial wellbeingBupa uses earned-wage access to support employees' financial wellbeingOne in five employers reject flexible working post pandemic73% of UK ...
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ArticleTesco staff win equal pay battle in European Court
The European Court of Justice has ruled that thousands of former and current Tesco employees working in stores can compare their roles to staff working in distribution centres for the purpose of equal pay.A group of the supermarket giant's mostly female shop floor staff, represented by law firm Leigh Day, ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 pension scheme deficits increase to £81 billion
The accounting deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK’s top 350 FTSE organisations increased by £5 billion to £81 billion in May this year, up from £76 billion in April 2021.According to Mercer’s Pensions risk survey, which analysed pension scheme deficits calculated using the approach organisations have ...
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ArticleRunning poor communication up the flag pole
Something for the weekend: For those who simply hate poor communication and receiving irritating work emails full of cliches and catchphrases, take heart - you are not alone.Recent research revealed that the email greetings most likely to make office workers cringe included “Hey sweetie”, “Hey lady”, and “Hi honey”. Well, ...
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ArticleNWH Group recruits new HR manager
Waste recycling company NWH Group has promoted Rhys Donaldson to the role of HR manager.Donaldson initially joined NWH Group in 2017 as a recruitment consultant, with his role rapidly expanding by 2018 to include HR responsibilities.In his new role Donaldson will be responsible for engaging with employees across the business, ...
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ArticleBAM becomes living wage service provider
BAM Facilities Management, which is part of construction company BAM Construct UK, has become a Living Wage Foundation recognised service provider.BAM joins 163 companies already classed as recognised service providers, with the recognition meaning it is voluntarily paying its own employees a higher rate than the UK living wage. The ...