All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1427
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ArticleMetro Bank hires first director of colleague experience and inclusion
Metro Bank has appointed Simi Dubb as its first director of colleague experience and inclusion.In this newly created role, Dubb will report to the bank’s chief people officer Carol Frost and will be responsible for “continuing to evolve and embed a truly diverse and inclusive colleague experience right across the ...
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ArticleRail network staff strike over pay freeze
Multiple rail network staff are striking over a pay dispute involving conductors, ticket examiners and maintenance engineers in the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union.The strikes, which began on 27 June and are due to continue until mid-August, are against private operators due to a two-year pay freeze for 62,000 ...
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ArticleTLT introduces flexible working to boost engagement
Law firm TLT has implemented a flexible, progressive and inclusive work environment that aims to increase employee engagement.The new approach was established after consultations with its 1,150 employees and 130 partners. It includes commitments to provide more choice so that staff can work at a place and time that suits ...
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ArticleClaire McCartney: How has the government’s decision to prolong home working impacted employers?
It’s unlikely that the government’s decision to prolong home working has had a significant impact on many employers, given that many have indicated they will be introducing a hybrid working model. Research we published in February shows that nearly half of organisations (47%) plan to take steps to enable more ...
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ArticleAmy Bailey: How has the government’s decision to prolong homeworking impacted employers?
The decision to delay a return to the office will be disappointing to many employers and their teams. Over the last year by being forced to work from home, we have truly realised the benefits of the physical office and working collaboratively in that space, and many are looking forward ...
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ArticleJason Green: How has the government’s decision to prolong home working impacted employers?
The impact of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and the requirement to work from home has not been bad news for all. Many employees who can work from home have found the flexible working hours, time saved on commuting and additional money saved on travel, and that morning coffee and lunch ...
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ArticleStephen Bevan: How has the government’s decision to prolong home working impacted employers?
I noticed recently that a journalist at the Financial Times was complaining about being bombarded by offers from consultants and HR opinion leaders to comment on the future of hybrid working. I guess that one of the messages from this is that the climate of opinion on the post-lockdown options ...
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Supplier article11 core criteria to help choose a new employee benefits technology partner
For over 20 years I’ve had the pleasure and difficulty of selecting benefit technology partners when working as a rewards leader at numerous global companies. Pleasure, for when I’ve gotten it right, it has truly helped me, my company, and my people. The difficulty, for when I’ve gotten it wrong, ...
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ArticleeDreams Odigeo launches flexible working system
Online travel business eDreams Odigeo has implemented a new next-generation smart hybrid working system to encourage employee flexibility and engagement.The system is a result of extensive analysis of the most productive and effective ways of flexible working for a greater work-life balance. It will apply to all eDreams Odigeo locations ...
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Article80% of employers find absences difficult to record
Four in five employers that measure the impact of sickness absences admit it has become more difficult since Covid-19 (Coronavirus).According to research undertaken on behalf of Group Risk Development (Grid), while 85% of UK organisations record employee absences, just 63% actually measure the impact of sickness absence on their business. ...
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ArticleSalesforce is UK’s best super large workplace for women
Salesforce has been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women for the second year in a row, according to Great Place to Work’s 2021 report.The cloud-based software business was ranked first in the super large organisation category, with Admiral Group and Hilton coming in at second and third. ...
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Supplier articleHow can employee recognition help with a hybrid way of working?
Business as usual has been severely disrupted due to Covid-19 and the multitude of restrictions, lockdowns, and social distancing laws that have been enforced. With organisations forced to shut without much notice, HR and management teams had to ensure remote working happened almost instantaneously. Many organisations had the little infrastructure ...
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Supplier articleWhat should you include in your employee health and wellbeing proposition?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought many health and wellbeing-based issues to the forefront of people’s minds. There have been many changes in terms of the way our health and wellbeing is being monitored because of the restrictions to stop the spread of the virus. The waiting times for treatments have ...
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Supplier articleYour summer HR podcast list for 2021
As COVID restrictions are expected to ease and the world will begin to return to normal, there’s a buzz of excitement for long-awaited social gatherings. While many are jumping feet first into a summer of activities, many people may feel overwhelmed by the sudden changes to their ...
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Supplier articleSupporting work-life balance with employee benefits
The Mental Health Foundation ran a survey around work-life balance and found several indicators that an imbalance between the respondents time spent at work versus spending time on their personal life can cause significant problems. One of the biggest and most evident results was that the higher amount of hours ...
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ArticleGeneral Mills implements new childbirth policies
Global food business General Mills has launched new expanded policies for its UK and Ireland employee benefits plan to support families with childbirth, adoption and pregnancy loss.The policies have been designed to create a more inclusive business, offering broadened shared parental leave that allows new mothers and fathers, including same-sex ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 25 June - 1 July 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 25 June – 1 July 2021 were: CITB employees lodge complaint over furlough payPooch power to boost productivity and wellbeingPWC introduces paid time off for fertility treatmentCo-op introduces employee pregnancy loss policyRail network staff strike over pay freezeKyndryl hires Maryjo Charbonnier as ...
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ArticleThe Royal Household looks for new recruits
Something for the weekend: Do you feel royally fed up with where you are working? Well, now’s your chance to swap those everyday humdrum office surroundings for the exclusive environments of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyrood House and beyond, because The Royal Household is on a recruitment ...
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ArticleKavitha’s keynote: Breaking the fertility taboo
Despite NHS figures showing that around one in seven couples have problems with fertility, it’s still widely viewed as a taboo topic and one that is very rarely acknowledged in the workplace.However, things are changing. In recent years a growing number of employers have been introducing support for staff who ...
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ArticleNHS staff to protest over proposed pay rise
NHS staff have announced plans to stage a protest in Portsmouth, UK to demand better pay from the government.The protest, which will take place this weekend, is one of a series of marches set to take place in 35 cities across England on the health service’s seventy-third birthday. It is ...