All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 992
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HMRC helping to remove artificial gains
An investment bond offers investors certain tax advantages, one of which is the ability to take partial surrenders from the investment. This facility allows the policyholder to withdraw amounts up to 5% of the amount invested each policy year on a tax deferred basis, without incurring any immediate tax liability. ...
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Choose life...
Sarah Scott - Marketing Consultant, Royal London This month sees the return of Renton, Sickboy, Begbie and Spud in the sequel to the film Trainspotting.Just over 20 years later, we return to see exactly how life treated the characters whose lifestyle was less than ideal back in 1996. Did they ...
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Trusts: Easier than you think?
Protection providers often extol the benefits of placing plans in trust. The advantages for clients are widely recognised and numerous – inheritance tax mitigation, avoiding probate delay, controlling claim proceeds, and so the long, familiar list continues.Yet, dismissed as unnecessary form-filling, or simply viewed as irrelevant in the context of ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Salary Survey 2017
Click to download the Employee Benefits Salary Survey 2017The Employee Benefits Salary survey 2017 was conducted in November-December 2016 among readers of Employee Benefits and users of employeebenefits.co.uk. It received 249 responses.This survey is aimed at helping compensation, reward and benefits professionals benchmark their own remuneration packages.Key findings revealed a ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Average gender pay gap for benefits professionals is £24,100
EXCLUSIVE: The average gender pay gap between reward and benefits professionals currently stands at £24,100, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Salary survey 2017, which surveyed 249 HR, benefits and reward professionals in November-December 2016, also found that male respondents earn an average basic annual salary of £78,600, compared to ...
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Partied out and penniless
December has left me destitute. My piggy bank lies broken and empty, my lunchtime meal deal feels like an extravagant expense and I’m down to the Bountys in my box of Celebrations.But I won’t mourn my dearly departed pennies. Between buying gifts for loved ones (then deciding to keep them ...
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Debbie Kennedy - My top three predictions for 2017
It was great to see our industry picking up on the themes of product relevance in 2016 and making it easier to access protection cover. But the biggest change I saw in 2016 was a shift to talking more about the end customer and building the right propositions for them.Following ...
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World Cancer Day 2017 – support your staff with cancer
By Neil Bowen, Business Development Director, You At WorkTomorrow is World Cancer Day. A day on which millions of people unite to raise awareness and funds to fight cancer. Researchers have made great strides in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and although some types are becoming more manageable, the ...
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Discounted brand-new cars on affordable monthly leases and finance
Being able to offer a fantastic benefits package to your staff is everyone’s goal but the reality of making it happen can be very different. With a wide range of ages and personalities across most organisations, finding something to suit everyone can be difficult. Traditional benefits are well established, but ...
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ArticleGovernment sets out strategy to support older employees to stay in work
The government has launched a new strategy to promote the benefits of remaining in work for longer, which includes encouraging employers to increase the number of older employees within their workforces.The Fuller working lives strategy outlines how a coalition of job centres and employers can work together to support older ...
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ArticleTeleverde gains living wage accreditation
Global marketing and sales organisation Televerde has been accredited as a living wage employer, committing to pay all employees a minimum of £8.45 an hour.Around 170 staff members who will be employed at Televerde’s new European headquarters in Glasgow will receive the voluntary living wage rate of £8.45 an hour, ...
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ArticleDo not miss the Employee Benefits Awards and Summer Party 2017
Do not miss your chance to attend the Employee Benefits Awards and Summer Party 2017, taking place on 9 June at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London.The annual Employee Benefits Awards celebrate best practice and recognise employers’ benefits achievements over the last year.Winning organisations will be unveiled across ...
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Article64% of Canadian staff feel their employer supports their physical health
Less than two-thirds (64%) of respondents in Canada feel their employer supports their physical health, according to research by Sun Life Financial.Its 2016 Sun Life Canadian health index, which surveyed 2,402 Canadians aged between 18 and 80, also found that 58% of respondents feel that their employer supports their mental ...
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ArticleEmployer-arranged pensions advice can be combined with pensions advice allowance
The government has confirmed that the incoming pensions advice allowance can be used alongside the tax exemption for employer-arranged pensions advice, enabling employees to access up to £1,000 of tax-advantaged financial advice in a tax year.In its response to the Introducing a pensions advice allowance consultation, which ran between August ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 29% of benefits professionals receive a 2.1-3% pay rise
EXCLUSIVE: The most commonly awarded salary increases to HR and benefits professionals in the last 12 months were between 1.1% and 3%, according to research by Employee Benefits.The Salary survey 2017, which surveyed 249 HR, reward and benefits professionals in December 2016, also found that more than a quarter (29%) ...
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Sports psychology and the workplace
by Sophie GaneRemember the Olympics last Summer? If you spent those couple of weeks tuning into the Beeb, you probably heard a lot of comments along the lines of the athletes “breaking through barriers”, “showing great mental strength”, or being “in the zone”. Although clichéd at times, this vernacular shows ...
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OpinionSara Duxbury: Building a successful employee wellbeing strategy
The legal sector has more of a reputation for long hours and tight deadlines than it does for standout employee engagement. With this in mind, firms looking to attract and retain the best talent need to focus on supporting staff, keeping morale high and maintaining standards despite the high demands ...
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Case StudiesHays highlights importance of wellbeing through benefits proposition
Global recruitment firm Hays has taken steps to ensure its benefits proposition is valued by, and appeals to, all employees.Hays operates across 33 countries around the world. In the UK and Ireland, it has over 100 offices and around 3,500 employees. For Rosemary Lemon, group head of reward, it is ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Hays
Pension and group riskGroup personal pension (GPP) with varying contribution and employer-matching levels depending on job grade.Life assuranceCritical illness insuranceHealthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insuranceDental insuranceEyecare vouchersGym and fitness centre discounted membershipEmployee assistance programmeWork-life balanceChildcare vouchersHolidayOther benefitsSharesave (save as you earn (SAYE)) schemeEmployee loan schemeBikes for workTravel insuranceGadget insuranceDining ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Gain insight into valuing mental health as a future workplace asset at Employee Benefits Connect 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Gain insight into valuing mental health as a future workplace asset at Employee Benefits Connect 2017.Beth Husted (pictured), rehabilitation services manager at Unum UK, will present a session titled ‘Creating breakthroughs in mental health as the future workplace asset’ as part of the holistic wellbeing conference stream on Wednesday ...