All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 837
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Employers strive to meet evolving needs
This is no longer the case as the world of work has, once again, become more dynamic, with employees moving between roles and employers in order to achieve their career, and their pay and benefits ambitions.In part, this has also been driven by the rise in the multi-generational workforce, particularly ...
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ArticleWalmart ditches Justin Bieber to boost motivation
Something for the weekend… Walk into any retail store and there is a 99.9% chance that music will be playing.And it is almost certain that this music playlist has been on a constant loop slowly driving the productivity of an employee down or, to put it nicely, driving them mad.But ...
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Supplier article
A misguided Shakespearean warning to bond investors
By Brad Crombie, Global Head of Fixed Income, Aberdeen“My grief lies onward and my joy behind” sounds rather like something from a Shakespearean sonnet. And that's because it is.Reading it made me think of the Great Rotation and the mistaken belief that the 30-year bull market in bonds was about ...
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ArticleOnly 42% of FTSE 100 acknowledge mental health as an issue
Less than half (42%) of FTSE 100 firms acknowledge that mental health is an issue, according to a study from Lockton Benefits, published in May 2015.The report also found that only four employers (Royal Mail, GlaxoSmithKline, Reed Elsevier and advertising and public relations firm WPP) met criteria for all workplace ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group launches returners programme
Lloyds Banking Group has launched a nationwide programme to help reintegrate senior men and women back into the workplace.The returners programme, which is aimed at those who have been out of the workplace for two years or more, offers roles with Lloyds at its offices in Halifax, London, Edinburgh and ...
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ArticleFind out who will win an Employee Benefits Award
The 13th annual Employee Benefits Awards, in association with Mercer, takes place today (12 June). BNP Paribas, BT Group, Clifford Chance, EE, Lidl and Universal Music Group are among the employers shortlisted.There are 24 awards in total and the winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery ...
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ArticleDo not miss Employee Benefits Wired: Post-Election Pensions Update
Do not miss Employee Benefits Wired: Post-Election Pensions Update, in association with Wealth at Work, which will stream live on 15 June at 11am via EBTV. Key issues to be discussed during the session include pension freedoms, auto-enrolment, pensions tax relief, contribution rates, and what impact a Conservative government might ...
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ArticleCompensation for discrimination claim not taxable
Compensation received by an employee to settle a discrimination claim is not taxable as earnings, a tribunal has ruled.A v The Commissioners for HMRC involved a dispute over whether a payment of £600,000 made under a compromise agreement should be taxed as “earnings” or whether it could be paid tax ...
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ArticleHeinz boosts flexible benefits take up
EXCLUSIVE: Heinz has nearly trebled its flexible benefits submission rates in 2015 through the use of an online benefits portal and effective communication practices.The food manufacturer took a ‘learn, see, change’ approach to guide more than 2,500 employees through the annual enrolment window in November 2014 to help them digest ...
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OpinionAndreas Kornelakis: Communicating benefits and the role of employee voice
Communicating to a global workforce may take place via direct and one-way modes of employer communication, for example staff handbooks, posters, emails, newsletters, total reward statements, SMS, webinars, podcasts or more interactive means such as staff meetings or forums, intranets and social media such as internal Facebook sites.The institutional perspective ...
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AnalysisTop tips for communicating benefits strategies to overseas employees
If you read nothing else, read this…Creating a global communications plan for a benefits strategy requires groundwork to be done to ensure local tax, legal and cultural requirements are considered.Employers should work with local HR and benefits teams to create an effective communication plan.How communications are sent is just as ...
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Case Studies?BuroHappold Engineering taps into technology for global communications
The international engineering consultancy operates in around 24 offices around the world and so keeping employees up to date and aware of their benefits package is challenging. With engineers on site, for example, working on ancient sand palaces in Riyadh, the organisation has developed a global intranet with a mobile ...
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Opinion
02. Sponsor's Comment: Support for a smooth transition
Returning to work after a long illness such as cancer may be a daunting prospect for some employees.Fear of going back to the workplace, especially after a lengthy time off, may prove difficult for some. For others, the return to work may mean a path to normality, supporting their overall ...
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Supplier article
Government and employers urged to address increasing mental health issues
Overall sickness absence remains low at 2.2 per centBut long-term absence sees the largest rise in five yearsMental health issues are most difficult to make work adjustments forOnly one in 10 companies provide manager mental health trainingA third of employers rely exclusively on NHS to address long-term absenceFour fifths of ...
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ArticleNo plans to communicate pension freedoms for 32% of law firms
Around a third (32%) of UK law firms have no plans to communicate the pension freedoms to their employees, according to research by Portus Consulting and HR in Law.The research forms part of the biennial HR in Law and Portus Employee benefits survey 2015, which surveyed 118 UK law firms. ...
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ArticleNorthern Ireland Prison Service extends eyecare benefit
The Northern Ireland (NI) Prison Service is continuing to offer its 6,000 employees corporate eyecare for the seventh consecutive year.The NI Prison Service will continue to offer driver eyecare, provided by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, to all staff through e-vouchers, along with store vouchers in increments of £5 and £20.The £35 ...
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ArticleNorthgate Vehicle Hire launches voluntary benefits
Northgate Vehicle Hire has enhanced its employee benefits package with a new voluntary benefits plan for more than 2,000 members of staff. The vehicle rental organisation rolled out its ‘Just for You’ voluntary benefits programme in April 2015 and offers employees a broad range of retail and lifestyle discounts, as ...
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ArticleVisualsoft improves staff wellbeing
EXCLUSIVE: Visualsoft has seen an improvement in the health and wellbeing of its 200 employees in the past 12 months after introducing a number of new initiatives. The web development organisation launched an all new benefits package in 2014 with the aim of boosting wellbeing and motivation, as well as ...
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ArticleRob's reward: Sharing the success with benefits professionals
However, it was a day of recognition for the best employers in the industry, with BNP Paribas, BT Group, Heinz, Peel Ports Group and Visualsoft just some of the employers that came out on top.BNP Paribas, which picked up the Grand Prix and won four awards prior to receiving the ...
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Article
Watch Employee Benefits Wired: Post-Election Pensions Update
Employee Benefits Wired: Post-Election Pensions Update is now available to watch on demand. The webinar can be viewed online at anytime via EBTV on employeebenefits.co.uk.The webinar, which took place on 15 June in association with Wealth at Work, focuses on workplace pensions under a Conservative-led government over the next five ...