All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 910
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OpinionGeorgina Beechinor: Home is where the start is in pensions auto-enrolment case
One qualifying criteria for pensions auto-enrolment is that, under their contract, an individual is a “worker”, “who is working or ordinarily works in Great Britain”. The UK Pensions Regulator (TPR) has power to issue compliance notices to employers that fail to comply with this requirement.In the case of The Queen ...
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State Pension Age reviews
It has recently been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions that former CBI Director General John Cridland CBE has been appointed as independent reviewer of State Pension Age (SPA).A regular review of SPA is necessary to ensure that the retirement age remains relevant in a world where society ...
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AnalysisAre health cash plans a viable alternative to private medical insurance?
Need to know: Considering cost and employees’ needs is vital when choosing between health cash plans and private medical insurance (PMI). Health cash plans sit well alongside other healthcare benefits, including PMI. Cash plans have been developed to meet the increasingly diverse needs of organisations and their staff.Health cash plans ...
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OpinionLouise Neilson: Health cash plans and PMI proactively support staff
The National House Building Council’s (NHBC) health and wellbeing strategy is supported by benefits that help to attract and retain talent. We want to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to wellbeing, ensuring that our employees are well at work and as productive as possible, and to support ...
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Case StudiesBoston College reduces absence with health cash plan offering
Boston College offers a health cash plan to all of its 450 employees, irrespective of their level of seniority or the number of contracted hours they work. Its health cash plan, provided by Westfield Health, has helped to reduce staff sickness absence rates by 28%; employee absence rates for the ...
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Pension freedoms – a year older, a year wiser?
Nearly one year on from the introduction of the pension freedoms what has changed for defined contribution scheme members, how are employers engaging with wider options for employees? The pension changes have brought a whole new range of options to consider. Individuals now have to think about whether they want ...
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ArticleFollow the action at Employee Benefits Connect 2016
The reward, compensation and HR industry is gathering at the Lancaster London on 9 March for Employee Benefits Connect 2016.The event will provide delegates with the opportunity to hear the latest thinking on the future of reward across four conference streams: financial wellbeing, employee benefits strategy, global reward and workplace ...
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Article15% view frequent pensions regulation changes as a burden
Some 15% of employer respondents feel that frequent changes to pensions regulation are a burden, according to research by Barnett Waddingham and Standard Life.The Employers’ attitudes to the changing defined contribution (DC) pensions landscape report, which surveyed 76 employers, also found that more than half (52%) of respondents cite regulatory ...
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ArticleNHS Scotland employees to receive 1% pay rise
NHS Scotland staff are to receive a pay rise of at least 1% from April 2016.The Scottish government is to implement the increase in pay after accepting independent recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body and Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review.Employees earning less than £22,000 will also receive an additional ...
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Encouraging your employees to quit smoking
Wednesday 9March marks national No Smoking Day 2016. Are you doing anything to promote it? Nearly 10 years after the smoking ban was first introduced in England and Wales, do you still see employees’ smoking habits as your concern – or is it more ‘out of sight out of mind’?I ...
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Put employees to the test with new SAS-style team building
Ant Middleton, star of Channel 4’s hit SAS show Who Dares Wins, is using his Special Forces skills to motivate, bond teams, and help people achieve goals by taking his coaching skills to the workplace with an SAS style package.Incentive and reward experts, Red Letter Days for Business, has partnered ...
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Burnett: what needs to happen for value to start performing again?
Value stocks have significantly underperformed growth stocks in Europe in the past decade. However, Rob Burnett, manager of the Neptune European Opportunities Fund, believes we are now approaching an inflection point. Watch the video below to find out more.In the video, Rob discusses:How low inflation and loose monetary policy since ...
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AnalysisWhere does responsibility lie for educating staff about their options at retirement?
Need to know:Nearly a year after the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015, confusion still exists around these.Pension scheme providers have a key role to play in guiding staff to information sources such as Pension Wise.Establishing quality standards around at-retirement products could make it easier for staff to ...
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ArticleCommunications require rethink to close engagement gap
Employee Benefits Connect 2016: Employee communications strategies require an overhaul in order to close the communications gap currently impacting employee engagement.Speaking in a session titled ‘Mind the engagement gap’ at Employee Benefits Connect on 9 March, Matt Macri-Waller, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) at Benefex, said that the relevance ...
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ArticleEmployers must consider the evolving generational mix in benefits strategies
Employee Benefits Connect 2016: Employers need to consider the changing generational mix within the workforce when developing their reward and benefit strategies.In the opening keynote session ‘The evolution of our workforces and the implications for employee benefits’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2016 on 9 March, Nigel Jeremy, chief learning officer ...
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ArticleReward Gateway acquires Yomp
Employee engagement organisation Reward Gateway has acquired health platform startup Yomp.Ry Morgan, founder of Yomp, will join Reward Gateway as head of wellbeing technology. Pascal Gessati, chief technology officer at Yomp, will take up the role of principle engineer at Reward Gateway.Morgan (pictured) said: “Yomp has huge ambitions within this ...
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ArticleEAT reverses ET decision on childcare vouchers
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has overturned an Employment Tribunal (ET) decision that it was discriminatory to require employees to agree to the suspension of childcare vouchers during maternity leave when signing up to the scheme.In the case of Peninsula Business Services vs Donaldson, a pregnant employee refused to enter ...
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ArticleLouise's lowdown: Starting whistle blows on gender pay gap league tables
In February 2016, the government unveiled its much anticipated draft regulations on gender pay gap reporting. Organisations with more than 250 employees will be required to publish gender pay and bonus gap data on their website, in addition to information about the number of male and female employees across pay ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 3 and 9 March 2016: Can the government afford to get rid of salary sacrifice?NHS Scotland employees to receive 1% pay rise.EXCLUSIVE: Visualsoft treats staff on Employee Appreciation Day.Lovewell’s logic: Is menstrual leave a forward-thinking or outdated concept?79% used existing workplace ...
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ArticleCafe recruits cat nannies to support feline workforce
Something for the weekend: A cat café in Manchester is on the look out for cat nannies.Recruits will be paid £7.50-£8 an hour, and will undertake round-the-clock shift work.Cat nannies will be responsible for the general wellbeing of the cats at the café, which is due to open this spring. ...