All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 914
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ArticleEnglish National Opera resolves pay dispute with chorus staff
The English National Opera (Eno) has resolved a pay dispute with staff employed as members of its chorus.The employees, who are members of Equity, the trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners, were due to strike on 18 March over proposed pay cuts of 25% for 44 employees, and ...
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An increase in IPT should not see a flood of changes
Simon Crewe – Consultant, Xerox HR ServicesThe last winter was one of the warmest and wettest on record. News reports of floods appeared all too often on our television screens. The good news is the government intends to increase spending on flood defences, but it has no intention of paying ...
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ArticleAramark health service workers strike over pay
Aramark health service employees are taking strike action today (21 March) in a dispute over pay.Some 175 members of the GMB trade union who work as cleaners and hostesses for food service and facilities management firm Aramark, are striking at the Bethlem, Lambeth, Lewisham and Maudsley Hospitals in London.The union ...
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AnalysisHow to incorporate fitness into the workplace
Need to know:Employers should avoid the word ‘fitness’ because it can put off less-active employees; think ‘activity’ instead.A programme that is habit forming, such as a walking challenge or stair prompts, helps engage employees in health and wellbeing.Programmes can be made fun by including an element of competition, and a ...
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Case StudiesAlstom uses exercise challenge to improve staff health
Engineering firm Alstom UK and Ireland, which employs more than 2,500 people in a variety of manual and office-based roles, identified it was facing potential health problems as a result of an ageing workforce.Claire Sallis, occupational health and wellbeing manager at Alstom UK and Ireland, says: “We wanted to encourage ...
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OpinionDr Fehmidah Munir: Breaking up sitting time can improve physical and mental wellbeing
Sitting for long periods has been found to be harmful. We will sit at our desks at work for a long time and then go home and watch TV. So we are sitting again. Prolonged sitting has been linked to a risk of diabetes, obesity, and a lot of metabolic ...
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Jane Dale appointed chairman of BHSF
BHSF Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Dale, BSc, FCA, as chairman, succeeding Dr Paul Kanas who held the role from 2000 until his retirement at the end of 2015.Jane is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across life, pensions and general insurance. She spent 18 years ...
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ArticleExpert judging panel takes shape for the Employee Benefits Awards
Ant Donaldson (pictured), global product expert, benefits at E.On and 2015 Employee benefits professional of the year; Emma Hart, HR manager at Visualsoft; Dave Roberts, head of pension and benefits at Virgin Media; Ian Hodson, reward and benefits manager at the University of Lincoln; John Mayor, head of UK rewards ...
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Liquid Friday launches voluntary benefits programme
Contracting firm Liquid Friday has introduced a voluntary benefits programme for its 2,000 contractors.Through the programme, Liquid Friday aims to boost staff engagement and help employees retain more of their take-home pay by taking advantage of discounts and savings on everyday items.The scheme, provided by Perkbox, gives employees access to ...
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ArticleLiquid Friday launches voluntary benefits programme
Contracting firm Liquid Friday has introduced a voluntary benefits programme for its 2,000 contractors.Through the scheme, Liquid Friday aims to boost engagement and help employees retain more of their take-home pay by offering discounts and savings on everyday items.The scheme, provided by Perkbox, gives employees access to a range of ...
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ArticleJust 24% are aware statutory sick pay is less than £100 a week
Less than a quarter (24%) of employee respondents are aware that statutory sick pay (SSP) currently stands at less than £100 a week, according to research by Legal and General.Its Working lives research, which surveyed 2,000 full-time employees and 200 employers, also found that 15% of employee respondents think that ...
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Financial education in the workplace
Over the last few years the topic of workplace financial education has finally (and rightly) come to the fore in the world of employee benefit provision.One of the principle tenets of this approach is ensuring that your employees are aware of, and utilise where appropriate, all of the tools that ...
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Article63% view generation Z as most likely to disrupt the workforce
Almost two-thirds (63%) of employer respondents believe generation Z will disrupt the workforce more than any other generation, according to research by Capita Resourcing.Its Generation Z – HR leaders’ agents of change research, based on a survey of 1,015 employees aged 16-20 and 106 senior HR professionals, also found that ...
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Article19% plan to increase benefits spend in 2016
Around a fifth (19%) of employer respondents plan to increase spend on employee benefits over the next 12 months, according to research by Aviva.Its Working lives report, which surveyed more than 1,000 employers and 4,000 employees in the private sector during the first quarter of 2013 and the first quarter ...
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ArticleBarclays, HSBC, Lloyds, RBS and Virgin Money commit to charter linking executive pay to gender diversity
Barclays, Capital Credit Union, Columbia Threadneedle, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Virgin Money have committed to a new charter that links executive pay to gender diversity.The Women in Finance Charter, which is supported by HM Treasury, aims to improve gender balance in the financial services ...
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AnalysisHow to engage employees with childcare support
Need to know:Line managers have a pivotal role in engaging working parents with childcare benefits by demonstrating their support and understanding.Creation of in-house parent networking groups or family support groups will help increase engagement by encouraging employees to join or participate.Childcare provision that is aimed at fathers, as well as ...
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ArticleMary Peterson: Should employers be doing more to support working parents?
Last November’s news that Credit Suisse in the US is enabling working mothers to take babies on business trips by paying for their nannies is a significant raising of the bar in terms of support for parents in the workplace. Whether or not this catches on in the UK, it ...
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ArticleSarah Jackson: Should employers be doing more to support working parents?
We see a variety of practice from employers, and there is no doubt that support from employers is crucial to finding and maintaining a work-life balance. Working Families’ Modern families index, published in January 2016 in partnership with Bright Horizons, found that the UK’s working parents are struggling to balance ...
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ArticleMandy Garner: Should employers be doing more to support working parents?
There are several arguments for employers to do more to support working parents or to at least be understanding of the kind of pressures they face. Back in the day, when flexible-working legislation was first introduced, the idea was that parents needed special treatment and that employers that catered to ...
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Article71% of millennials do not understand their pension investments
More than two-thirds (71%) of millennial respondents do not understand or are unsure about their pension investments, according to research by Barnett Waddingham.Its Generation why? survey 2016, which surveyed 506 employees, also found that 72% of generation X respondents (aged 30-49) do not feel certain about their understanding of pensions ...