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3 Ways to Create a Stress Free Workplace Culture

As you already know, an unhappy employee is often an unproductive employee, which can cost your business. They can be disruptive to your work culture and more damaging to the…

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Kier Group uses share plans portal to communicate SIP to staff

As part of the organisation’s reward and benefits strategy, Kier Group has been placing a real focus on financial education since the last year, when they worked together with…

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Are your employees aware of the changes to the Childcare Voucher scheme?

Childcare vouchers represent a good saving for working parents and it’s, therefore, perceived as a great benefit by employees who have young children. As you may be aware, the…

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5 Top tips on how to show your staff they are appreciated

National employee appreciation day, celebrated on the first Friday of March every year, is just around the corner. This made me reflect on some statistics I came across recently…

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Can flexible benefits technology improve employees’ engagement with their benefits?

The use of application programme interfaces, though, is helping employers to draw on information from different sources. Ian Bird, business development director at Secondsight,…

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5 easy ways to help your staff beat the New Years’ blues

Following an exciting month of celebrations exchanging presents and indulging in food and drink, most of us are now left with some holiday weight gain, a large credit card bill…

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Helping employees make the most of their benefits in the holiday season

Wow this year has flown by! Another two weeks and Christmas will be upon us. Whilst the festive season gets most of us in a jolly mood, it also brings some concerns that could…

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The benefits of accessing benefits online

We live in a fast-paced and technological age, with access to almost everything you can think of on our smartphones. So, it comes as no surprise that benefits portals, from…

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Stress Awareness Day – providing the support your employees need

The National Stress Awareness Day, which takes place every November 1st since 1998, has this year become an International Awareness Day. It’s great to see that this day is…

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How do you support employees with mental health issues?

Today (10th October) marks World Mental Health Day and the theme is mental health in the workplace. The pressures of modern life are taking their toll on employees. It has been…