All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 872
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Article
Mental health resilience
The latest analysis, news, case studies and opinion in relation to addressing workplace stress and strategies to address the mental health resilience of employees.
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Employee wellbeing
The latest analysis, news, case studies and opinion in relation to employee wellbeing covering areas such as healthy eating; gym membership; and on-site fitness classes.
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Analysis
This month in numbers: October 2015
1% – eligible Royal Mail employees were gifted a 1% share in the organisation as the government completes the sale of its 13% stake. 29% – Offiv(Source: Office for National Statistics).75% – of respondents aged 18-34 have little or no awareness of the pension reforms, which came into effect in ...
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Article63% have no financial provision for the future
Almost two-thirds (63%) of respondents have made no financial provision for the future, according to research by Equiniti Employee Services.Its survey of 1,189 UK employees found that less than a third (32%) of respondents save regularly.The research also found:More than a quarter (27%) try to save but monthly financial commitments ...
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Article87% adapt pension schemes to suit millennials
Almost four in five (87%) respondents have adapted their workplace pension scheme to suit the needs of millennial workers (aged 16-35), according to research by Aegon UK.Its survey of 508 employers found that 23% use digital tools to help younger workers manage their pension contributions.The research also found that:More than ...
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ArticlePWC launches return-to-work programme
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has launched a return-to-work programme to encourage talent back into the workplace.The 12-week ‘Back to Business’ programme includes a week-long induction duirng which participants will receive training and support to help with the transition back into work. Those taking part will be assigned to a dedicated manager who ...
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ArticlePWC launches return-to-work programme
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has launched a return-to-work programme to encourage talent back into the workplace.The 12-week ‘Back to Business’ programme includes a week-long induction duirng which participants will receive training and support to help with the transition back into work. Those taking part will be assigned to a dedicated manager who ...
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Supplier article
Research shows over half of staff have never received a Christmas reward from their employer
According to the research, commissioned by incentive and reward experts, Red Letter Days for Business, the proportion of staff receiving a gift at Christmas climbs with each salary band, with the highest-paid employees the most likely to receive one. As many as 88% earning over £100,000 a year do so, ...
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ArticleMoney worries stop 25% from taking sick leave
A quarter (25%) of respondents go into work when unwell because of money worries, according to research by National Accident Helpline.Its survey of 1,000 UK residents found that 19% of respondents cite pressure from their boss as the reason why they do not take time off from work when ill, ...
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ArticleNorthumberland County Council introduces living wage
Northumberland County Council has introduced the Living Wage Foundation’s living wage rate of £7.85 an hour.The decision to implement the living wage rate will result in pay increases for around 1,400 county council and school staff, with affected workers receiving an extra 41-79p an hour. This will be reviewed on ...
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ArticleNatixis launches wellness week
Natixis London Branch launched a wellness week on 12-16 October, to engage its 380 employees with their physical and mental health.The initiative, which is the first of its kind to be held by the investment management, financing, insurance and financial services organisation, included a programme of lunch-time events to enable ...
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Article
12, Big question: ?Rachael Saunders: Should parental leave be extended to grandparents?
Extending parental leave to grandparents is an interesting shift in government policy. It acknowledges the importance of all generations in family life, and the role that grandparents already play. A strategic response to our ageing population requires creative and bold policy solutions, and the opening of parental leave to grandparents ...
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12, Big Question: Denise Keating: Should parental leave be extended to grandparents?
The government has announced that it intends to extend the right to take shared parental leave (SPL) to grandparents in the child’s first year. The policy of SPL for the mother’s partner was initially pushed for by the Liberal Democrats in coalition in order to encourage more fathers to take ...
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12, Big question: Ellen Broome: Should parental leave be extended to grandparents?
The short answer to this is yes. In the Family and Childcare Trust’s research Improving our understanding of informal childcare in the UK, published in July 2012, we called for grandparents to be given the right to share maternity leave and we are delighted the government has listened and announced ...
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Opinion
6: Column - What will employers need to consider in light of the rise in insurance premium tax?
In the Summer Budget 2015, Chancellor George Osborne announced that the standard rate of insurance premium tax (IPT) will increase from 6% to 9.5% from 1 November 2015.IPT is a tax on insurers and is added to general insurance products, such as car, home and travel cover, as well as ...
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Article
6, main box: European Court rules on travel as working time case
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the time workers without a fixed or habitual place of work spend travelling from home to their first appointment of the day and from their last appointment of the day to their home to be working time for the purposes of ...
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5: Government presses pause on defined ambition and automatic transfers
The government has put plans to implement defined ambition, collective benefits, and automatic transfers on hold to be revisited at a later date.The aim of the automatic transfers process, also known as pot follows member, is to enable members to more easily keep track of their pension savings as they ...
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Government presses pause on defined ambition and automatic transfers
The government has put plans to implement defined ambition, collective benefits, and automatic transfers on hold to be revisited at a later date.The aim of the automatic transfers process, also known as pot follows member, is to enable members to more easily keep track of their pension savings as they ...
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Case StudiesYorkshire Water uses occupational health to create a healthy workforce culture
Yorkshire Water gave its occupational health provision an overhaul to ensure that it helps to support a healthy workforce culture for its 3,000 employees.The organisation’s approach is to refer staff to occupational health on day one of absence. As is the case with many organisations, the majority of absences are ...
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Case StudiesCafcass integrates occupational health into wider wellbeing strategy
Family support service Cafcass has integrated its occupational health provision within its wider health and wellbeing strategy.The organisation took measures to use its health and wellbeing spend more effectively after recognising that it was investing across a number of different providers, with a lot of reactive rather than proactive services.Cafcass ...