All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 863
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ArticleFedEx, Uber and Yelp cases bring employee status issue to the fore
In the US-based case of Gray vs FedEx Ground Package System, the latter contracts with operators to make deliveries. Under their contracts, the operators were not required to personally drive, but could hire someone else to do so. The plaintiffs brought a suit against FedEx claiming that they should be ...
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ArticleMultiple flex windows boost employee engagement
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Multiple flexible benefit plan windows help to boost employee engagement, according to Donna Nind (pictured), reward director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Ricoh Europe.As part of her presentation at Employee Benefits Live 2015, entitled ‘Strategies for boosting the take-up of flexible benefits schemes’, ...
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ArticleBenefits do not necessarily require generational segmentation
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Martha How, partner at Aon Employee Benefits, warned against segmenting benefits for employees based on sweeping assumptions about generational attitudes. Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2015 in the session entitled ‘Is age just a number?’, How presented the results of several pieces of research that examined ...
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ArticleWorld Duty Free Group discusses successful recognition schemes
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Involving employees in a recognition scheme will help ensure that the programme is a success in bringing the intended results, says Karen Waterman from World Duty Free Group (WDFG).Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2015 in Olympia London, Waterman, UK reward and HR system manager at ...
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OpinionMalcolm Hurlston: Share schemes boost savings and productivity
Owning shares in the company they work for gives employees an extra stake, and when their company performs well they benefit too. Share plans work best as part of a full programme of employee engagement. As well as dividends and probably capital gains, employee shareholders can vote and the [Employee ...
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Case StudiesMulti-channel strategy at Royal Mail wins hearts and minds
Royal Mail has engaged in a broad spectrum of communication channels to ensure that its 143,000 employees are well informed about the share schemes available to them, a strategy that helped the organisation to win the ‘Best employee share schemes’ category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.Royal Mail offers two ...
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ArticleNovae Group flags dangers of ‘complex’ reward rhetoric
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Employers with overly complicated reward strategies risk disengaging employees and confusing them about the mechanics and value of their reward strategy, according to John Renz, group human resources director at Lloyds of London insurer, Novae Group.Speaking as part of his presentation, ’Getting buy-in from board level ...
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AnalysisTop tips for using social media to communicate employee benefits
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers can use internal social networks to send out benefits communications.Communications need a clear strategy and purpose to be successful.Involving employees in the communications can help increase engagement with benefits.1. Use internal networksThere are a range of enterprise social networks (ESNs) being used internally ...
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ArticleEquinix moves to a regional reward approach
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Equinix is moving away from a centralised reward approach to a more locally-focused structure.The data centre operator previously managed all reward from its head office in the United States, but has put in place a project to structure a regional reward approach.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits ...
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ArticleWearables could boost staff health
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Wearable technology could boost staff health and wellbeing, particularly if employers adopt gamification, according to Dr Chris Brauer (pictured), director of innovation and senior management studies at Goldsmiths University of London.Speaking at the closing keynote session on the first day of Employee Benefits Live 2015, Brauer ...
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ArticleDuncan Brown: Will the national living wage have unintended consequences for employers?
When the national minimum wage (NMW) was introduced in 1999, employer bodies and classical economists predicted the loss of millions of jobs as the unintended consequence of such generous ‘over-payment’, as low-skilled workers priced themselves out of the labour market. It did not happen, and even during the recession, rates ...
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ArticleRhys Moore: Will the national living wage have unintended consequences for employers?
The Summer Budget has marked a milestone in the living wage movement. The announcement of a minimum wage premium for over-25s is a huge step in the right direction to tackle the low wage culture in the UK.Currently, 1,600 businesses are accredited living wage employers that commit to pay all ...
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ArticleAlison Robb: Will the national living wage have unintended consequences for employers?
As major decisions go, the choice to become a living wage employer last year was a relatively easy one. Paying the workforce – including contracted employees and apprentices – a fair wage that gives them the opportunity to live a happy and healthy life is simply the right thing to ...
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Article92% view the introduction of auto-enrolment positively
Almost all (92%) of respondents believe that it was a good idea for the government to introduce auto-enrolment, according to research by Hargreaves Lansdown.Its survey of 635 employees, which marks almost three years since auto-enrolment’s initial implementation in October 2012, also found that just 30% of respondents are aware of ...
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ArticleClifford Chance and Sky utilise targeted benefits communication
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Sky and Clifford Chance recognise the importance of using targeted benefits communication to reach all employees.Law firm Clifford Chance faced the challenge of informing its well-educated, highly-paid employees about their total benefits package. The employer found that it was important to understand how employees prefer to ...
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ArticleClear workplace vision is key for destination employers
Employee Benefits Live 2015: Employees need to understand the overall purpose of the organisation they work for in order for that organisation to become a destination employer, according to Karen Bowes, vice president of international HR, Capital One.During her closing keynote session at Employee Benefits Live 2015, which focused on ...
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Buck Consultants at Xerox launches Compass benefits portal
Compass is an online portal that brings together everything a company offers its staff. The portal guides individuals on a journey through their whole benefits package, allowing them to achieve better outcomes in the short and longer term.“People today are used to organising almost every aspect of their lives online. ...
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National Work Life Week highlights risks of long work hours
National Work Life Week is supported by Working Families, who believe we should be working to live, not living for work. What’s the issue? Those who work longer hours are not only at risk of increased stress, but also of increased risk of illness, as the above study found. Helping ...
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Supplier article
Understanding the new State Pension
The new State Pension is available for those who reach State Pension Age on or after 6 April 2016 – and at present not many in the UK population are particularly familiar with the new proposals. The new campaign will use the tagline ‘State Pension is changing’, and we should ...
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Supplier article
Are the new pension freedoms being used?
The data relates to the three months following the full introduction of Pension Freedoms on the 6 April this year. The FCA compared that three-month period with the same period in 2013. Some may question why the FCA is using data from two years ago rather than last year – ...