All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1443
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Article87% of expat staff value healthcare benefits
New research has revealed that 87% of expatriate workers prioritise family healthcare-related employment benefits when considering a job abroad.A survey by international private medical insurance business Aetna International of 1,000 expatriates living in Singapore, UAE, Germany, and Mexico, found that 44% expect their employer healthcare cover to include their partner ...
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ArticleYork is the best UK city for hybrid working
New data has found that York is the overall best UK city for hybrid working, scoring 64 points out of 100 due to a “moderate cost of living, a respectable wellbeing standard and a lower average commute”.Business energy supplier Gazprom Energy ranked each major UK city on an index made ...
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ArticleScottish council workers balloted for strike action
Trade union Unison has informed local authority workers that it plans to ballot them for strike action due to a pay dispute with Scotland’s 32 councils.According to the union, it has also notified councils, including those in Tayside and Fife, of its intention for potential industrial action, which could result ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: LADbible Group to discuss diversity at Employee Benefits Live 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Sinead Allchurch, HR director at social media and entertainment publisher LADbible Group, will be participating in a panel talk about diversity and inclusion on Thursday 7 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.Allchurch will be a panellist for the Inspire Session entitled 'Strengthening business by empowering working parents and carers' ...
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Supplier articleEmployee benefits communication in a hybrid working world
Research conducted at the University of California found that the average person consumes the equivalent of 34GB of information every day. The research found that we are subjected to 105,000 words a day, or 23 words per second within a 12-hour period each day.We might not process every single one ...
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Case StudiesPodcast: Herbert Smith Freehills ensures its reward strategy is pandemic proof
tynanbarton · Herbert Smith Freehills/Employee Benefits podcastListen: Ellie Vaughan, head of reward and benefits at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), talks about the changes the law firm has made to its reward strategy in the past year.When the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic hit, the employer quickly assessed which of its benefits were ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits on offer at Herbert Smith Freehills
The benefits offered by Herbert Smith Freehills:PensionA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for all employees, with employer-matched contributions up to a total of 16% (employee/employer).Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance (PMI) scheme, employer paid for all employees and their families.Income protection, employer paid for all employees.Health screening, employee paid.Health cash plan, ...
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Supplier articleHow to Get Your People to Return to the Office
With the Summer of 2021 coming to an end and the vaccine scheme in full force, many individuals are thinking longer and harder about the return to the office. In a recent LinkedIn survey asking professionals in the UK what makes them want to return to the office, most generations ...
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ArticlePoll: 80% of organisations reject four-day week
Employee Benefits poll: Eight out of 10companies have no plans to introduce a four-day working week, indicating little appetite among organisations for the policy.The latest Employee Benefits poll revealed that just 3% of respondents have implemented a four-day working week, compared to 80% of organisations that said they had not ...
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Article38% of staff won't take legal action against employer
Nearly 40% of UK workers who feel they have reason to take legal action against their employer are deterred by the prospect of victimisation, a survey by law firm Leigh Day has found.According to the poll of more than 2,000 workers, conducted by Censuswide for Leigh Day, only one in ...
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ArticleTotallyMoney hires new people director
Credit and financial goals app TotallyMoney has appointed Liz Afolabi as its new people director.Afolabi joins the management team this month (August) from HR organisation Unleashed, where she worked for two and a half years building “productive, engaged and high-performing teams” for a number of UK and international businesses.She has ...
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ArticleWelsh care workers earn less than minimum wage
Care workers are earning less than the minimum wage thanks to a loophole in the law that means they are not paid for time travelling between visits, warned the Labour Party.The party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has demanded a vote on legislation introduced by Labour’s Liverpool MP Paula Barker that ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Pregnant Then Screwed to give keynote at Employee Benefits Live 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Joeli Brearley, founder of charity and campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, will be delivering the closing keynote speech about the motherhood penalty on Thursday 7 October at Employee Benefits Live 2021.The speech, titled 'What employers need to know about the motherhood penalty', will take place at the end of ...
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ArticleNike gives staff week off to support their mental health
Head office employees at sports footwear and accessories business Nike have been allowed to take a week off to support their mental health before they return to the office in September.Starting from today and ending on Friday, the organisation has told staff based at is headquarters in Oregon, to “power ...
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Supplier articleWorking from home is not enough to solve the crisis of parents forced out of work
The ability to work from home is not a silver bullet for staff struggling with work-life balance and juggling family responsibilities. According to new research, working from home over the lockdown primarily improved work-life balance for those over the age of 55, while those below retirement age ...
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ArticleMore death benefits paid in first half of 2021 than all of 2020
Research has revealed that dependants of employees with insured employer-sponsored death benefits have received more financial payouts due to Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in the first half of 2021 than the whole of 2020.Group Risk Development (Grid), the industry body for the group risk sector, also found that nearly 10 million UK ...
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Supplier articleWhy eye exams are about way more than sight
Tracey Ward, Head of Business Development and Marketing at Generali UK Employee Benefits, asks whether eye exams might become a staple in UK benefit and wellbeing programmes, not only for testing sight but also for early detection of diseaseThey say that “eyes are the windows to the soul” but they ...
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OpinionKate Payne: Is the GMP equalisation update realistic?
When it comes to guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) equalisation on past transfers, the new Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) guide does a good job of explaining the total mess schemes find themselves in as a result of the 2020 Lloyds judgement, and how the obligation might be discharged in a ...
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ArticleHill and Knowlton Strategies hires global CPO
Public relations firm Hill and Knowlton Strategies has recruited Laurie Rosenfield as its global chief people officer.In her new role, which begins on 13 September, Rosenfield will lead the organisation's global human capital strategy across a network spanning 77 offices in 43 countries. She will report to global chairman and ...