All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 94
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OpinionConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid works on a new recognition platform
Does recognition fall under compensation or benefits? In my organisation, it sits in compensation, so I thought I was safe from getting involved in the new platform. I have been watching with interest as communications go out promising a new, exciting platform in a matter of weeks.I should have known ...
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Supplier articleChange lives… make time to talk
It’s Time to Talk Day – the nation’s “biggest mental health conversation.” Today, the campaign encourages us to convey the importance of talking about our mental health at home, at work, and within our communities. Opening up, sharing our worries and seeking support can be difficult. We ...
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ArticleWickes publishes first ethnicity pay gap report
Credit: eyematter / Shutterstock.comRetailer Wickes has published its first ethnicity pay gap report, with its mean ethnicity pay gap for 2023 standing at 0.04%.Its median ethnicity pay gap was -0.74%, while its mean ethnicity bonus pay gap was 13.9% and its median was 27%. A total of 96% of white ...
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ArticleEquity and ITC agree to pay and financial improvements
Credit: Brian SlaterTrade union Equity and independent performing arts management association Independent Theatre Council (ITC) have agreed to a pay rise and improved financial provisions as part of a new three-year agreement.The Ethical Manager Agreement 2024-2027, which applies to performers, stage management and choreographers in the independent performing arts sector, ...
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Zest
Zest is an easy-to-use employee benefits platform, personalised to every employee, making it simple for your people to find and update their details, or pick and mix new benefits.Whenever an employee changes their personal information, their benefits selections or receives a new salary, Zest automatically updates all of the relevant ...
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Supplier articleFinancial wellbeing strategies are evolving but disjointed.
According to the Financial Wellbeing Research 2023[1] from the Reward & Employee Benefits Association (REBA) in association with WEALTH at work, financial wellbeing support is integral to employers being able to meet their high-level HR objectives.Nearly all (96%) hope to use their financial wellbeing strategy as a tool to meet ...
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ArticleMother recruits first chief people officer
Global advertising agency Mother has named Alex Morris-Platt as its first chief people officer as part of its goal of being considered one of the best places in the world to work.In the newly created role, Morris-Platt will lead the people and talent teams to deliver innovative and responsive programmes, ...
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ArticleCelebrate success at the Employee Benefits Awards 2024
There is still time to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2024 following the deadline extension to midnight on Friday 9 February.The awards feature a wide variety of categories designed to enable organisations to showcase their excellence in all areas of reward and benefits. These include:The category for Best public sector ...
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Case StudiesAvison Young explores employees' financial needs to maximise set budget
Avison Young ensures it understands the needs of its employees when deciding on what financial support to offer.The global commercial real estate firm has more than 100 offices in 15 countries, and employs 5,000 employees worldwide and 1,500 in the UK.Its financial wellbeing package includes initiatives such as a group ...
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Case StudiesHCRG Care Group provides financial wellbeing for employees' evolving needs
Health Care Resourcing Group (HCRG) Care Group offers employees a diverse range of measures to support their financial wellbeing and to meet their evolving needs.The UK health and care services provider employs more than 5,000 members of staff, including nurses, carers and head office desk workers.In response to the cost-of-living ...
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AnalysisHow to support employees' financial wellbeing on a budget
To support employees with their financial wellbeing, employers should review the benefits they already offer and check whether staff know how they can help.Implementing financial wellbeing services that include education and coaching is cost-effective.Financial wellbeing support can be tailored to match an employer’s budget and employees’ needs.Close Brothers Asset Management’s ...
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ArticleSacker and Partners becomes living pension employer
Pensions law firm Sacker and Partners has become a living pension employer.The living pension accreditation, which was launched in March 2023, is a voluntary savings target for employers and aims to support lower-paid employees who are not saving enough into their pension pots each year to prevent poverty and meet ...
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ArticleArqiva and Novo Nordisk named healthiest places to work in Britain
Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.comCommunications firm Arqiva, pharmaceutical business Novo Nordisk and global recruitment agency Strativ Group have been named as the healthiest places to work in Britain.Britain’s healthiest workplace 2023 survey was developed by Vitality in partnership with Rand Europe, Aon, University of Cambridge and The Financial Times. Using the ...
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Article30% offer support for serious illnesses
Just one-third (30%) of employers offer support for serious illnesses such as cancer to help their employees stay in or return to work, according to research by industry body Group Risk Development (Grid).Its survey of 500 HR decision-makers at UK businesses and 1,210 workers, which has been published to coincide ...
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Supplier articleMake employee wellbeing a continuing conversation
Time To Talk Day takes place in many workplaces across the UK at this time of the year. It’s billed as the nation’s biggest conversation about mental health. However, if all you do is pay lip service as it hits the calendar and talk for one day, ...
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OpinionHelen Burgess: How to help break mental health stigma in the workplace
Time to Talk Day (1 February 2024) is an annual awareness day that focuses on starting conversations about mental health. The workplace can be fertile ground to get conversations started around mental health to help break the stigma and support employees who may be struggling.On the legal side, an employee ...
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ArticleMinistry of Justice to increase pay for some criminal legal aid solicitors
The Ministry of Justice is to give criminal legal aid solicitors working in police stations and youth courts a pay increase from this summer.It will invest £16 million to increase fees for solicitors working in police stations, while it has allocated £5.1 million to augment pay for those taking on ...
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Article70% of employers have global minimum standard for benefits
Almost three-quarters (70%) of employers have a global minimum standard for their employee benefits, according to research by global advisory firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Its Priorities for employee benefits: a global HQ perspective survey found this figure was almost double the 36% of respondents which said ...
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ArticleDWP publishes updated occupational pension schemes regulations
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has published the final version of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment) Regulations 2024 and a consultation response.It has outlined what is required of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in funding, investment strategy revisions are clearer on the flexibilities ...
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Article41% of employers have a dedicated carer’s leave policy
Employee Benefits poll: Two-fifths (41%) of organisations have a dedicated carer’s leave policy, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers. Almost one-third (31%) of respondents said that they do not have a dedicated carer’s leave policy, with 28% stating that they do not have one but ...