All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1439
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ArticleWomen lose 9.3 work days a year due to PMS
The stigma surrounding days off due to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) causes women to lose an average of 9.3 days a year as a result of related symptoms, according to new data.Personalised period care organisation Yoppie conducted a nationwide obstetrics and gynaecology study into productivity loss due to menstrual-related symptoms, which ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets in training
It is not often that the organisation development (OD) team do something I admire. Most of the time it suggests pointless activities rather than helpful training, making us categorise the workforce by competency or by ‘high potential’.OD programmes are all so depressing. I mean, if you are not categorised as ...
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Article20% of employers offer no support for ill staff
New research has revealed that one in five employers do not offer any form of support for newly injured, ill or disabled staff.Research undertaken on behalf of Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk protection sector found that of the four in five who do offer ...
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Article71% of workers value other perks over pensions
Almost three-quarters (71%) of UK workers value office drinks, travel schemes, flexible hours and other perks over pensions, according to new data.Research from e-bike subscription service Dash Rides and Sapio with 2,013 UK workers showed that despite this, employees still rate a pension provision in their top four benefits, along ...
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ArticleCommunity Integrated Care allows four-day working week
Social care charity Community Integrated Care has introduced a four-day working week for its more than 300 employees.The plan, which started this month (August), allows head office and support function staff to condense their normal working hours into four days rather than five, choosing either the Monday or Friday as ...
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Supplier articleImproving benefits engagement with employee benefits tech
Trying to engage your employees with their employee benefits offering can be a challenge but has real positives for them in many aspects of daily life. High engagement also has its benefits for your company too!In this article we’ll explore how you can improve benefits engagement amongst your employees using ...
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Article81% of employers are planning a pay review
More than four-fifths (81%) of employers are planning a pay review in the 12 months to June 2022, according to the latest Labour market outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).The HR body’s quarterly survey of more than 2,000 employers found that among these employers, 33% expect a ...
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Poll: Has your organisation considered introducing a four-day working week?
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Supplier articleLet’s Talk About the Four-day Work Week
Lately, four-day working weeks have been big news! With Iceland recently discussing their study into the idea and many CEOs deciding to implement it within their company, many of us have been wondering if it’s the right thing to do.What is the four-day working week? Traditionally, UK employees have worked ...
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ArticleWillis Towers Watson hires new global CHRO
Worldwide advisory, broking and solutions business Willis Towers Watson (WTW) announced that it has selected Kristy Banas as its new global chief human resources officer (CHRO).Banas currently serves as the organisation’s global talent adviser for human capital and benefits, and was recently the global sponsor of human resources integration planning. ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 39% of employers support mental health
New research has revealed that fewer than four in 10 UK organisations believe they adequately support mental health for modern-day purposes.The findings from global professional services organisation Aon were compiled from the views of 100 UK and 700 global businesses. It identified the resilience of organisational workforces, which were assessed ...
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ArticleXPO Logistics Drinks staff vote to strike over pay
XPO Logistics Drinks staff are set to go on strike after they were offered a 1.4% pay rise for 2021, which is below the current retail prices index RPI inflation rate of 3.9%.Last month (July), employees were asked by trade union Unite to vote on taking industrial action against the ...
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ArticleMarketing industry spends the most on staff perks
New research has highlighted that employees in the marketing industry have the most money spent on them through workplace perks each year, with an average amount of £1,179.56 per person.The findings from Hampers and gifts business Cartwright and Butler surveyed 2,011 UK workers to uncover which industries have the most ...
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Supplier articleChristmas sorted: How to celebrate employees with creative rewards and benefits that won’t break the bank
Tick end-of-year celebrations off your to-do list with tools to drive culture and connections forward, no matter where employees are!This festive season, deliver your employees the ultimate end-of-year gift with a bundle of Recognition, Rewards, Benefits and Wellbeing to excite and engage your people, all while positively reinforcing your employer ...
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AnalysisWhat employee engagement lessons can the UK learn from across the globe?
To engage the employees they lead, managers themselves need to feel engaged, otherwise it will prove difficult to sustain high levels of team engagement.Gaining advantage through employee engagement involves challenging previously held assumptions and accepting that employees want to show up to work for reasons beyond salary alone.Find ways to ...
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Case StudiesOmnipresent engages staff through inspiring values
Formed in 2019, Omnipresent is a global employment services provider that enables businesses to employ, pay and provide support for teams across 150 countries. Last December, it had 15 full-time team members and it has just now employed its one hundredth employee. Omnipresent staff have been working remotely across the ...
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Article68% of employers consider pay cuts for home workers
A new survey by HR software provider CIPHR has found that more than two-thirds (68%) of employers are now debating whether to implement pay cuts for home workers.According to the research, even though around half (53%) of organisations have actually saved money by not having employees attend the workplace, there ...
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ArticlePoll: 61% of organisations have published an ethnicity pay gap report
Employee Benefits poll: Just over six in 10 organisations have ever published an ethnicity pay gap report, according to the latest Employee Benefits research.Ethnicity pay gap reports show the difference between the average, mean and median earnings of businesses’ Bame (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) employees and non-Bame members of ...
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ArticlePret a Manger in bonus U-turn
Coffee and sandwich chain Pret a Manger has decided to reverse a previous cut to its popular mystery shopper bonus.In April, staff were told the company's famous £1 per hour pay increase, awarded to staff on the back of a positive mystery shopper experience, would temporarily reduce to 50p per ...