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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.


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    Councils become first to introduce total reward statements for staff

    by Mike Berry 23 Jun 2008
    by Mike Berry 23 Jun 2008

    EXCLUSIVEThree big local authorities have joined forces to become the first councils to introduce total reward statements for their staff.Buckinghamshire,...

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    Paid time off to see doctors tops benefits league

    by Nadia Williams 19 Jun 2008
    by Nadia Williams 19 Jun 2008

    Paid time off for dental and medical appointments, childcare vouchers and private medical insurance are the top three staff benefits...

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    Employee benefits: staff don’t appreciate the extras

    by Guy Logan 16 Jun 2008
    by Guy Logan 16 Jun 2008

    UK employees have no idea how much employers spend on benefits each year, research has found.A survey of 1,300 people,...

    • Employee engagement
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    Lack of employee awareness hampers take-up of childcare voucher schemes

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2008
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jun 2008

    EXCLUSIVEThree-quarters of organisations now offer childcare voucher schemes, but staff take-up remains low due to poor communication, according to an...

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    Employers show caring side with lobby group launch

    by Mike Berry 12 Jun 2008
    by Mike Berry 12 Jun 2008

    A new membership group to help employers meet the needs of carers in their workforce has been launched.Employers for Carers...

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    Employers warned over potential tax demands over staff canteen perks

    by Mike Berry 12 Jun 2008
    by Mike Berry 12 Jun 2008

    Staff who pay for canteen meals using swipe cards credited with cash could find themselves being targeted by the tax...

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    Pay and engagement: a totally rewarding relationship

    by Personnel Today 29 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 29 May 2008

    Since the Hawthorne experiments â€“ some of the earliest into how to improve people’s performance at work, carried out by Elton...

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    F&C Asset Management loses appeal against £19m discrimination and bullying claim from Gill Switalski

    by Louisa Peacock 27 May 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 27 May 2008

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled in favour of the City lawyer whose discrimination and bullying claim is worth...

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    Flexible working request to be extended to training says Gordon Brown

    by Mike Berry 14 May 2008
    by Mike Berry 14 May 2008

    Gordon Brown used the draft Queen’s Speech to announce a new right to request time off work for training.Revealing his...

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    Need to know: Employee benefits

    by Personnel Today 14 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 14 May 2008

    It is vital that any HR business partner understands what the people agenda costs the business – and the individual...

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    The Voucher Shop launches long service and anniversary awards offering

    by Personnel Today 13 May 2008
    by Personnel Today 13 May 2008

    The Voucher Shop, one of the UK’s leading providers of vouchers to the incentives and flexible benefit markets, has launched a...

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    Employer contributions to dental care rated highly by employees

    by Nic Paton 25 Apr 2008
    by Nic Paton 25 Apr 2008

    Making a contribution towards the cost of dental treatment is one of the benefits most valued by workers, according to...

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    E.ON staff sign up to flexible benefits scheme

    by Anish Puaar 26 Mar 2008
    by Anish Puaar 26 Mar 2008

    More than 2,500 employees at gas and power giant E.ON have signed up to a new flexible benefits scheme launched...

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    Conservative Party proposals increase joint parental leave to 26 weeks

    by Mike Berry 17 Mar 2008
    by Mike Berry 17 Mar 2008

    New parents would be able to take up to 26 weeks’ leave together if they wished under Conservative proposals.The government...

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    Managing employee reward: benchmarking the reward team

    by Nadia Williams 12 Mar 2008
    by Nadia Williams 12 Mar 2008

    Benefits provision is the most important reward issue for the year ahead, research by Personnel Today‘s sister publication Employment Review...

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