Employee benefit platforms – why buy them?
Employee benefit platforms do not have to be complex either in terms of the IT infrastructure nor from an overall cost perspective. Our experience when we talk to customers is that too many of the benefit providers that they come across charge high monthly (per employee) prices and offer complex IT solutions.
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Changing the work landscape in 2021
The economic and business landscape has undergone a huge transformation during 2020, as businesses had to change their way of working and adapt to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
We are now in the second week of the national lockdown in England put in place to control the spread of the virus. During discussions with our customers we have been helping to give more clarity over the details of the extended the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Scheme) which will now run to 31 March 2020.
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Supporting Employees with Long Term Conditions
Employers in the UK have the potential to play a pivotal role in helping to achieve a much wider and more sustainable integration of health and well-being, and disability inclusive practices at work to support their employees, who have long term health problems.
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Job Support Scheme: Latest Update
The chancellor has in the last couple of days unveiled increased support for jobs and workers hit by Covid restrictions. This has come after much criticism from firms who are now falling into the tier two restriction areas.
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Finding the right benefit solutions during the COVID-19 spikes
The challenge for most businesses at this time of economic uncertainty is about having and creating a work environment where the employee benefits being provided support the performance and wellbeing of all employees.
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Looking Forward to 2021 – The Role of Employee Benefits and Financial Protection
While COVID-19 continues to rage and dominate the benefits agenda it’s important to try and stay positive and look beyond the next few months and plan for 2021.
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Focus on Mental Health and Stress Management – dealing with uncertainty in a COVID world
In this on-going period of enforced social isolation many businesses have continued to trade successfully, but to maintain staff morale, engagement, and productivity they have had to increasingly focus on employee lifestyle management. Find out more.
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5 Reasons Why Our Cycle to Work Scheme Beats A Gym Membership
COVID restrictions have meant that spaces at the gym can be few and far between. Here's why cycling to work is a great alternative to your gym membership.
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Business Self Care – Taking Steps to Manage Productivity in 2021
As businesses try to balance the budgets for the effects of the COVID pandemic, during the final quarter of 2020 they also need to make ready their 2021 business plans. Now is the time to press the reset button and take time to look at how the business and its employees are doing.
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Getting the right benefits for your business in 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic crisis showing little sign of coming to an end anytime soon, many companies that we work with are looking at the group risk and health insurances that they have in place to review their needs going forward.
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Motivating and Rewarding Employees Going Into 2021
One of the more pressing economic consequences of COVID-19 is the challenge of how best to manage the motivation and engagement of employees to drive business innovation and increase the company’s productivity and profitability. Find out more.
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