All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 983
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2017 entry deadline extended
The Employee Benefits Awards 2017 entry deadline has been extended to Friday 20 January 2017.HR, benefits and reward professionals still have time to enter the annual Employee Benefits Awards, which showcase best practice and innovation in the industry, as well as celebrating the benefits strategies that have impacted on and ...
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ArticleSlaughter and May revamps pay and benefits package
Law firm Slaughter and May is revamping its pay and benefits package for its 1,139 employees, including a pay increase for associates, the introduction of paid sabbaticals, an on-site doctor, and the opportunity to work from home one day a week.The changes to the firm's compensation and benefits offering are ...
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ArticleMercer to acquire Thomsons Online Benefits
Mercer is to acquire global employee benefits and employee engagement software provider Thomsons Online Benefits.The acquisition aims to bring together Mercer's consulting and broking services with Thomsons Online Benefits' employee benefits technology.The terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.Julio Portalatin (pictured), president and chief executive officer at Mercer, said: ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 and 14 December 2016 were: Axa to introduce global parental leave policyGovernment freezes auto-enrolment trigger at £10,000 a yearBarclays, DS Smith and Rio Tinto recognised for employee share plansWincanton drivers for Argos to strike over holiday back pay43% of the ...
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OpinionLovewell's logic: Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
2016 - where has the year gone? It may be a reflection of my age but this year, more than any other, seems to have flown by at lightening speed.But, however quickly time seems to have past, this has also been a year of immense and wide-reaching change. From the ...
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ArticleJewellery store boss surprises staff with Boxing Day holiday gift
Something for the weekend: Although the festive season may mean a more relaxed working environment for many employees, some retail staff may struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance when longer Christmas shopping hours, high consumer demand and working over the holidays is thrown into the mix. However, Peter Wong, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 47% feel more staff want and need at-retirement guidance post-pension freedoms
EXCLUSIVE: Almost half (47%) of employer respondents say the pension freedoms have led to more employees wanting or needing guidance around pension decisions at retirement, according to research by Employee Benefits and Close Brothers.The Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2016, which surveyed 250 employer respondents, also found that 36% of ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 37% offer a contract-based defined contribution scheme as their primary pension plan
EXCLUSIVE: More than a third (37%) of employer respondents offer a contract-based defined contribution (DC) pension as their organisation’s primary scheme, according to research by Employee Benefits and Close Brothers.The Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2016, which surveyed 250 employer respondents, also found that 85% of respondents which offer a ...
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Article44% of staff looking for a new job are unhappy with their benefits package
Almost half (44%) of respondents who are looking to move jobs in the new year are unhappy with their current benefits package, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its survey of 1,002 full and part-time employees also found that 74% of respondents who are unhappy with their current benefits ...
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ArticleWestfield Health to introduce sleep coaching sessions for its employees
Health insurance organisation Westfield Health is introducing sleep coaching sessions for its employees.The sleep coaching sessions, provided by James Wilson, a sleep behaviour and environment expert known as the Sleep Geek, will be available to the 200 employees based at the organisation's head office in Sheffield.The initiative aims to boost ...
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Engaging employees in the digital age
Technological advances have, of course, changed the way all of us work and have the potential to make offices more productive and efficient places to be. But with new innovation have come a whole new set of problems, not least how to engage a workforce which is now fully connected ...
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The global view of central bank policies
Capital Market Notes, December 2016David Lafferty, Chief Market Strategist, and Dave Goodsell from Natixis Global Asset Management’s Durable Portfolio Construction Research Centre, assess how institutional investors view central bank policies from across the globe.Read the full article here:
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Top tips for employees retiring in 2017
Those who are approaching retirement and have a defined contribution (DC) pension, now have a lot of decisions to make thanks to the pension changes that came into force in April 2015.WEALTH at work has created its ‘Top tips for those planning to retire in 2017’.Understand the options – The ...
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ArticleReward Gateway acquires LogBuy UK
Employee engagement organisation Reward Gateway has acquired the UK business of voluntary benefits provider LogBuy.LogBuy, which was founded in 2005, provides benefits programme to more than 200 organisations in the UK, including Philips Electronics and Laing O'Rouke.Reward Gateway and LogBuy have worked to bring their benefits programmes together in order ...
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The three tenets of motivation
One-third of workers in the UK report being unhappy at work and if we don’t start looking at new ways to motivate our employees we may well see motivation levels drop even further. Creating a positive culture is not something that you can achieve overnight, it takes authentic and long-term ...
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Tips to get the most from salary sacrifice in 2017
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkAs we head into January, I won’t be the only one thinking about the ‘better self’ I’m going to be in 2017. More organised, more productive, healthier, fitter, and so on. And while many of do indeed make progress, day-to-day life often ...
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ArticleBarclays and Deutsche Bank are the highest-paying organisations for UK directors
Barclays, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan are among the top 10 highest-paying organisations for directors in the UK, according to research by Glassdoor.The research, which is based on anonymous base salary reports for jobs with ‘director’ in the title shared by UK employees on Glassdoor between September 2013 and September ...
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ArticleAverage advertised salaries fall by 2.7%
Average advertised salaries decreased by 2.7% between November 2015 and November 2016, according to research by Adzuna.Its UK job market report: December 2016, which is based on online job vacancy data in the UK, found that the average advertised salary was £32,221 in November 2016, compared to £33,118 in November ...
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ArticleJanet Cooper and Steve Webb recognised in New Year Honours List
Janet Cooper, Charles Counsell, and Steve Webb are among those in the employee benefits and pensions industry to be recognised in the New Year Honours List 2017.Janet Cooper (pictured), partner at law firm Tapestry, was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services ...
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AnalysisHow are benefits strategies expanding to support employees’ lives outside of the workplace?
Need to know:Issues affecting employees’ lives outside of work can have an impact on their wellbeing and performance in the workplace.Benefits can support staff with everyday concerns through to major life events.A continuous communication strategy will help remind employees that these benefits are available to them at the different times ...