Flexible benefits
Flexible benefit schemes allow employees can select, amend or alter their benefits at intervals.
Flexible benefits can be a powerful way of increasing employees’ perceived value of the benefit package, and increasing their engagement.
A flexible benefits scheme allows employees to shape their benefits package to choose the benefits most relevant to their current situation and lifestyle, changing them as those needs change.
Flexible working has plateaued, study finds
The number of people using flexible working arrangements has flatlined since 2010, despite the right to request flexibility being extended...
Businesses should improve analysis of employee benefits spending
Almost all employers say they will maintain or increase spending on employee benefits over the next two years, new research...
Comply Direct cleans up with Employee Benefits Award
Packaging, environmental and waste management compliance business Comply Direct landed the Employee Benefits Award at the Personnel Today Awards 2018...
Use employee benefits to support lower earners, says Work Foundation
Businesses should make better use of their employee benefits to support low earners, according to a report by the Work...
New polls confirm desire for flexible working as 9 to 5 declines
Only 6% of employees are working the traditional hours of 9 to 5 according to a new poll carried out...
How to tailor benefits to a multi-generational workforce
Organisations increasingly employ workers from across three or four generations, which means they should be offering tailored benefits packages. James...
How employers need to embrace flexible working to retain talent
With the UK on the brink of a skills shortage, employers need to embrace flexible working to retain talented staff...
How to prevent wellbeing from becoming a box-ticking exercise
Employee wellbeing benefits don’t require large budgets – listening to what employees want and getting regular feedback on existing benefits...
Let’s get physical: Why engaging employees means more than an email
PROMOTED | Engaging everyone in your organisation in your benefits offering is easy, surely? You send out a carefully crafted email to everyone explaining their entitlements and showing how much you care as an employer
Why the right benefits can help in the new war for talent
Employee experience has become a watchword for employers looking to recruit and retain the best staff and avoid high turnover....
Employers offering health and wellbeing benefits on the rise
The number of organisations with a designated fund for health and wellbeing benefits has risen by a quarter, following a...
MTD Training wins HR Supplier Partnership Award
MTD Training won last week’s HR Supplier Partnership prize at the Personnel Today Awards after being nominated by Great Western...
10 benefits to include in a flexible benefits scheme
Flexible benefits schemes can help to boost employee recruitment and retention by increasing the range of benefits available to employees....
Pick your own reward: how spending accounts could boost benefits
Giving employees “pots” of money that they can spend on an approved menu of benefits is popular in Asia, and...
Employers favour flexibility in benefits packages
Research by XpertHR found that the most popular way of flexing the benefits package is to offer benefits on a salary-sacrifice basis.
