All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 191
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ArticleJust 55% of staff feel they receive right support from work
Just 55% of employees feel they have received the support they needed from their employers during the pandemic despite more than two-thirds (69%) of organisations increasing their benefit spend considerably over the past two years, research has revealed.Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) polled 332 UK HR and reward professionals as well ...
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ArticleWilson James introduces staff wellbeing platform
Services provider Wilson James has brought in a new health and wellbeing platform for its more than 5,000 employees after seeing "dramatic" operational changes during the pandemic.The Essex-headquartered business, which offers a range of security, construction logistics and aviation services, introduced the platform in collaboration with benefits provider Vivup after ...
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ArticlePinterest upgrades staff parental benefits
Image sharing service Pinterest has updated the parental benefits available to its more than 3,000 employees across the world.As of 1 January 2022, a minimum of 20 weeks of parental leave will be offered for all parents to bond with their newborn or newly adopted child. Adoptive parents will also ...
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ArticleIt's a dog's life for one special puppy pal
Something for the weekend: If the first date you will be circling on your 2022 calendar is National Bring Your Dog to Work Day (24 June in case you were wondering), then we hope you didn’t miss the opportunity to have canine cuddles every working day of the year.That’s right, ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets a recognition award
I love introducing a new benefit programme or benefits system, but it is very tedious updating something I’ve done at least once already. We are now on our second recognition platform, and Big Bad Boss tells me that the Higher Beings in C-suite want us to look again.In fact, they’ve ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most-read articles between 3 December – 9 December 2021
The top 10 most-read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 December – 9 December 2021 were: Aviva launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemePoundstretcher gives staff 10% pay riseHC-One launches new pay and reward schemeTesco warehouse and driver staff to strike in pay rowAnchor to pay staff real living wage rates5% of ...
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Supplier articleProduct innovations in the employee engagement space
By Rob Boland, COO at Reward GatewayWe've seen many changes to the workplace in the last year, and we will likely see more as we continue to navigate how and where employees are working in this new world of work. In the midst of all this change, our team has ...
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ArticleTSB introduces new staff support and leave package
Retail bank TSB has announced a?new?employee??support package for?new parents, those affected by parental or pregnancy-related bereavement?and those experiencing menopause or infertility.The policy will enable new primary and co-parents, as well as adoptive parents, to take up to a year of leave to spend with their child, with 20 weeks at ...
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ArticleLaing O’Rourke hires new head of people for Europe
Laing O’Rourke has appointed Rae Avatar Barnett as head of people for its Europe hub, which includes operations in the UK and the Middle East.Avatar Barnett joins the construction business from energy firm Centrica, where she has worked since 2009 in the HR delivery, commercial transformation and talent management departments.As ...
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ArticleZaha Hadid Architects establishes employee benefit trust
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has converted to an employee ownership model by establishing an employee benefit trust (EBT).According to the 42-year-old architecture business, which has 500 global members of staff and will not award shares out of the EBT to any individual employee, the new structure means it will have ...
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ArticlePandemic forces 300,000 women out of workplace pensions
Some 300,000 women were unable to make any savings towards a workplace pension in the last year due to the impact of lockdowns, home schooling and increased domestic responsibilities during the pandemic, research has revealed.Workplace pension provider Now: Pensions’ new report Pandemics and pension inequality, created in collaboration with the ...
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Article40% of staff at small firms would leave job for better benefits
Four in 10 employees at small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK would consider leaving their employer to gain better employee benefits, according to a survey.Employee benefits provider Unum UK’s poll of 2,000 adults found that 40% of employees believed employee benefits were a key influencing decision on whether ...
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ArticleSaga launches paid leave policy for grandparents
Saga, which specialises in insurance and products for the over-50s, has offered paid grandparental leave as a benefit for its 2,500 employees. The government launched a consultation in 2016 on the possibility of extending shared parental leave to grandparents, but this was never enshrined in law. Under ...
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Supplier articleThe new age of flexible benefits
By Lee Thompson, Head of Solutions Delivery at Reward GatewayAs the world around us changes, many of my peers are entering a new world of hybrid, or even fully remote, work, yet they still have the same (lack of) technology when it comes to their working life, particularly when it ...
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OpinionIan Hodson: 2022 will be the year to reset reward strategies
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has certainly impacted the last couple of years, and for many agendas has served as an accelerator in respect of its impact on the ways we work, our wellbeing priorities and how we interact with our colleagues and balance work and home.I believe 2022 will give reward professionals ...
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AnalysisHow have reward strategies changed in 2021 and what might the new year bring?
Ultimately in 2021, reward professionals had to keep on the pulse of what employees wanted and needed more than ever.Employers can offer discount schemes and salary sacrifice schemes to those looking to keep costs low and boost their financial wellbeing, as well as providing support for those wanting to bolster ...
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OpinionCharles Cotton: Flexible working should be a focus point in 2022
Reward professionals have been busy responding to an increasingly tight labour market in the latter half of 2021. While skill and labour shortages have been felt across the board, they have been most acute in hospitality, haulage, health and social care, with bonuses and pay increases being used to counter ...
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Supplier articleExploring the new world of HR technology for 2022
By Robert Hicks, Group HR Director at Reward GatewayThe past year or so has flown by so quickly, it's hard to remember what day it is sometimes. But for me, I know that on Fridays, it’s 'survey prep day.'This hasn’t been easy. I’ve spent many months to this point planning ...
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ArticleAviva launches electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Insurance giant Aviva has introduced an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme for its 16,000 UK employees.Under the initiative, workers can give up part of their pre-tax income in return for the opportunity to drive a fully electric vehicle such as a Nissan Leaf or Mini Electric for a two or ...
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ArticleSick pay is too low for around one-third of staff
Around one-third of UK workers have sick pay that is too low to meet basic living costs, or no protection at all, according to research.The Trades Union Congress (TUC) conducted an online survey of more than 2,000 workers earlier this year that showed many didn't qualify for statutory sick pay, ...