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Pension awareness day – tips on how to engage your employees

By Ian Bird, Business Development Director at Secondsight and founder of Mybenefitsatwork Pension Awareness Day takes…

Encourage your employees to make the most of their benefits during the summer

Employers are always thinking of creative ways to support their employees’ mental health and reduce stress in the…

Using total reward statements to leverage employees’ benefits package

As an HR professional, like myself, you are aware of the challenges we face when it comes to employee engagement and…

How to encourage your employees to save for retirement

All your employees will have different goals for their retirement. Some will look forward to days off relaxing or…

How are you communicating the auto enrolment increase to employees?

It’s great news that, since the introduction of auto enrolment back in 2012, 10 million people have been saving for…

What’s the Christmas gift worth giving to your employees this festive season?

It’s that time of year again. The office decorations are out, the mince pies have arrived on our desks and the…

The benefits of good communication this Talk Money Week

By Ian Bird This week is Talk Money Week (12th – 18th November), an awareness event formally known as Financial…

The benefits of using digital platforms for employee communications

There’s no denying the use of digital technology, particularly smartphones, is on the increase.  A report published…

The need for effective employee communication in the workplace

Workplace communication is the process of communicating verbally and non-verbally to exchange ideas and information…

The importance of early intervention when it comes to employees’ mental wellbeing

With the 14th-20th of May being Mental Health Awareness Week, we would like to highlight the importance of early…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Pension Awareness Day – Encouraging employees to save for their future

Today is Pension Awareness Day – a special day in the calendar created to make the nation aware of pensions. This…

How do your employees know that you care about their wellbeing?

With mental health problems taking its toll on employees, and costing UK employers approximately £2.4 billion per year…

5 fun ways to help reduce employees’ stress

April is National Stress Awareness Month. Busy work environments, tight deadlines, demanding clients and big projects…

Are you ready for the Apprenticeships Levy?

It’s not hard to understand why over 130,000 businesses in the UK offer apprenticeship places. Apprentices can bring…

Talking about cancer in the workplace

Tomorrow, Saturday 4th February, marks World Cancer Day. Cancer affects more than 700,000 people of working age and…

Help your employees stick to their healthy New Year’s resolutions

Every year most of us make New Year’s resolutions and more often than not, after a few days, we’ve cheated or given…

Keeping your employees motivated in the run-up to Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner. Some employees get excited about office parties, client events and well deserved…

Tackling stress and mental health in the workplace

As today is National Stress Awareness Day (2nd Nov), it seemed a great opportunity to share with you simple ways to help…

Are charity employees more stressed than the average UK worker?

As a rule, charity employees tend to work for causes close to their hearts and, therefore, they usually feel more…

Your employee wellbeing programme should be effectively communicated

Adopting a holistic approach to employee wellbeing makes business sense; it’s important to focus on the physical,…

Providing employee benefits on a budget

It’s widely recognised that employees who are happy in their job work with passion and pride. One of the best ways to…

Communication is key to retention

I wasn’t surprised to read that lack of communication in the workplace is the main reason why employees decide to…

How Brexit could affect you and your employees?

With the referendum date fast approaching, employers need to be prepared for any HR implications or changes to…

Get your employees walking and reap the rewards

May is the national walking month. How about encouraging your employees to have a “lunch walk”? Working through…

5 top employee retention strategies

You dedicate a lot of time and effort on recruiting the right employee for your company. However, with the millennial…

Why are growing numbers of businesses turning to apprenticeships?

This week marks National Apprenticeship week. Latest figures show that more businesses than ever are now offering…

Get your new recruits off to a flying start

The new year is recognised as one of the busiest times in the job market. As new recruits get ready to join your team,…

Flexible working – the way forward or an employer’s worst nightmare?

Since 30th June 2014, the right to request flexible working has been in place for all staff, regardless of whether they…

Get your employees to fall in love – and stay in love – with your organisation

Sunday was Valentine’s Day. And as people all over the country focused on celebrating their love with the special…

The unavoidable threat of cancer in the workplace

Thursday 4th February marks World Cancer Day (www.worldcancerday.org). In the UK alone, an estimated 90,000 people of…

National Fun at Work Day – inject a little fun into your employees’ work lives!

January is a difficult month for most people, the post-Christmas blues are still holding a firm grip and it is a long…

Help your staff beat the New Year’s blues

It’s no great shock that January is the prime month for people to reflect on their lives and consider the changes they…

Are you confident that the benefits you offer are the benefits your staff want and value?

When joining a new company having a great range of benefits is a high priority for candidates. Recent research of 2,000…

Dog friendly workplaces – work like a dog or barking mad?

It’s becoming more common to hear of some of the big players to allow office dogs. Companies like Google, Ben &…

Does the introduction of duvet days signal the end of the sickie?

American companies have done it again. They’ve come up with an innovative new employee benefit that has got everyone…

Are stressed and busy the same? How to stop busyness affecting your business

Busyness is a feeling we are all familiar with. Being busy can often mean successful, but too frequently it can also…

Productive or barely there – the impact presenteeism can have on your workforce

According to the 2015 Absence Management annual survey report from the CIPD, over the last year 31% of employers have…

Alcohol and work – a good mix this festive season?

Alcohol Awareness week was 16th-22nd November and it’s got us thinking about the potential pitfalls of alcohol in the…

Working from home – save the planet and be more productive?

Working from home (flexible working), also known as telecommuting or homeworking, is a well-known term across most…

A great company culture + engaged employees = a winning formula

The culture within your organisation can be an important factor in improving employee satisfaction. Because after all,…

Look after your staff: providing employee benefits shows you care

One of the quickest ways to reduce staff turnover and increase performance is to increase employee engagement amongst…

Are your employees engaged? Nine characteristics you should look out for

Employee engagement is the commitment shown by your employees to your organisation’s goals and values. They are fully…

To vape or not to vape, that is the question

Stoptober is in full flow and many employees are in the throes of putting their willpower to the ultimate test. Growing…