All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 737
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ArticleWhy attend the Employee Benefits Awards?
“The Employee Benefits Awards are the pinnacle of our industry, and it is always interesting to hear about what the best employers are doing to continue to push the benefits engagement agenda.”John Whitaker, BSkyB“The awards are a great opportunity for employers to showcase the suite of benefits that they offer ...
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AnalysisTessa Gutteridge: Enabling young people with dementia to continue working
‘Young onset’ dementia affects people of working age, usually between 30 and 65 years old. This is also referred to as ‘early onset’ or ‘working-age’ dementia. Young onset dementia is thought to affect more than 64,000 people in the UK, many of them in the midst of their careers when ...
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Supplier articleTop discussion on LinkedIn
In her weekly blog, Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, asked why some large employers are re-doing pensions auto-enrolment.She wrote: “In the past few weeks, just about every pensions adviser and provider I have spoken to has talked about how increasing numbers of employers which have already staged for auto-enrolment ...
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Event: How technology in the workplace and advised market will develop
This event, run by Employee Benefits’ sister brand The Platforum, showcases the latest in technology and digital developments, which would be of interest to all those building corporate platforms and portals aimed at employees via the workplace, including those suppliers offering flexible benefits and workplace savings platforms.The agenda will cover:Many ...
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ArticleYoung staff to save more after Budget pension reforms
Younger employees are more likely to save into a pension scheme following the reforms announced in the 2014 Budget, according to research by insurer Legal and General.Its MoneyMood research, which surveyed 578 adults aged 18 to 65, found that nearly half (48%) of respondents between the ages of 18 to ...
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ArticleGym membership and retail discounts top voluntary perks
Gym membership and retail or leisure discounts are the most commonly offered benefits via voluntary benefits schemes, according to The Benefits Research 2014, which surveyed 256 respondents in March 2014.Over the past few years, employers have increasingly taken a proactive approach to employee wellbeing, which may explain why gym membership ...
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ArticleDanone extends access to employer-paid health checks
EXCLUSIVE: Danone has extended access to employer-paid health screenings to all of its 1,300 UK employees.Previously, only senior staff, who represent around 10% of the workforce, had access to the benefit.The food manufacturer introduced the scheme during its flexible benefits enrolment window in April.Since then, 48% of employees have signed ...
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ArticleHealth and wellbeing supplement 2014
Read the digital edition of the Health and Wellbeing supplement 2014 in full here.The supplement includes the following articles:Clare Bettelley: Data protection must be at the heart of employers’ healthcare strategies Health and wellbeing in numbersAndrew Kinder: How can EAPs support staff suffering from financial stress?How to win finance director ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Live returns on 24-25 September 2014
Taking place at Olympia, London, Employee Benefits Live offers an extensive editorial-driven conference programme and exhibition.See more information.The event provides a platform for compensation, benefits and HR professionals to come together and network, share ideas and best practice, benchmark suppliers, source the latest solutions and learn new techniques to help ...
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AnalysisInterview with Sarah Purnell, head of UK reward and benefits, Tesco
After spending four years at Tesco in two different roles as a business analyst and an IT finance manager, Purnell became interim reward and benefits manager after returning to the organisation following a few months spent travelling.“I am fortunate because Tesco has a really strong talent planning process,” she says. ...
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Case StudiesChiswick Park makes fitness classes visible for workers
The business park, which houses employers such as Absolute, Disney Discovery, Paramount and Starbucks, runs a variety of regular health and wellbeing events, which are available to 8,000 employees across 45 organisations.It also hosts annual wellness weeks with a focus on information seminars and one-to-one health clinics.In 2014, classes and ...
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ArticleCould space sandals prove next workplace health perk?
Something for the weekend…Employers that offer workplace health and wellbeing benefits for their workforce and keen to track the latest innovations in the fitness industry should look no further than recent efforts by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Nasa).The agency has packed its astronauts off to space wearing new ...
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ArticleDOD’s blog: Is tax legislation hampering workplace pensions?
Yesterday the Labour party put forward proposals to lower the earnings threshold at which staff will be auto-enrolled into pensions to £5,772. In this way, more low-paid staff would be brought into workplace pensions savings.This follows tens of thousands of employees earning less than £10,000 a year finding that they ...
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ArticleEmployers not reviewing global benefits
Employers are not reviewing their international benefits often enough, according to research by Jelf International.Its survey, which questioned nearly 50 employers, found that 42% of respondents have either never reviewed their global benefits or have only done so more than a year ago.One in five (19%) of respondents have reviewed ...
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ArticleEngagement shapes benefits strategy for 72%
Employers’ desire to improve employee engagement remains the key issue shaping benefits strategies in 2014.Just under three-quarters (72%) of respondents to The Benefits Research 2014, which surveyed 256 respondents in March 2014, said the desire to improve staff engagement was the key issue shaping their organisation’s benefits package.This issue first ...
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ArticleCisco and Hilton shortlisted for global benefits
Cisco and Hilton Worldwide are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best international or expatriate benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.For this award, the judges were looking for employers that used their global reward strategy effectively to help drive their business goals.The full category shortlist ...
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Article33% would not value retirement advice
A third (33%) of respondents aged 55 or over who have not yet retired would not value financial advice when they retire, according to research by MGM Advantage.Its research, which surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults aged 55 or over, found that 38% of respondents have never sought advice about ...
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Article41% do not understand retirement saving following Budget changes
More than a third (41%) of respondents admitted not understand retirement saving following the pension changes announced in the 2014 Budget, according to research by Ros Altmann (pictured) and sponsored by MetLife.The Flexibility in retirement – planning for change report, which conducted two separate surveys, among 2,531 working adults in ...
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Article41% would have to rely on savings if on long-term sick leave
More than a third (41%) of respondents would have to rely on their savings if they were forced out of work for any length of time due to illness or injury, according to research by industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).Its Group risk employer research study, which surveyed 1,000 employees ...