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.
A diploma in Indian head massage is not high on the requirements for most job specifications, but one media firm has shelled out so staff can achieve this and other unusual personal goals.
Staff retention is the key as pay rises for IT staff in the public sector stay ahead of the market.
The NHS is tackling absenteeism by promoting an innovative staff benefit that allows parents to find emergency childcare with less than an hour's notice
Research from ACE National shows that caring for carers has positive impact on productivity, morale and profits.
Staff at Argos are being offered a tax-free childcare scheme as part of the retailer's push to improve the work-life balance of its staff.
Given the government's success with childcare vouchers, there is a strong argument for allowing similar tax breaks for staff with caring responsibilities (for example, those who have elderly relatives to look after)
How the employee benefits landscape is changing
When it comes to employees' welfare at work, organisations have a seemingly endless list of boxes to tick to ensure they comply with legislation, from health and safety measures, to keeping an eye on stress levels
More firms are offering flexible benefits in a bid to retain and attract key staff.
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The hospitality sector is likely to suffer most as HM Revenue & Customs clamps down on tax-avoiding benefits.
Are businesses and employees really geting the best out of flexible benefits schemes? Simon Kent finds out
A US chief executive has been suspended pending investigation of an unpaid American Express bill run up in a strip club.
Doubts surface over value of reward programmes.
The Natural History Museum in London is offering all its employees an enhanced employee benefits scheme.
