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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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    Flexible working is clearly good for the bottom line

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008

    While it’s encouraging that the government is investigating plans to extend the right to flexible working, it is worrying that...

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    Foster Denovo triple pensions take-up at RPM

    by Personnel Today 14 Jan 2008
    by Personnel Today 14 Jan 2008

    The leading experiential marketing agency, RPM recently appointed the ‘Breeze’ team of Foster Denovo to implement an integrated employee benefits package...

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    Finance teams dream of flexible lifestyle but bosses fail to deliver

    by Gareth Vorster 11 Jan 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 11 Jan 2008

    Nearly a quarter of finance employees believe that flexible working schemes are the most important element in their remuneration package,...

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    Trade secrets: supporting carers in the workplace

    by Personnel Today 11 Dec 2007
    by Personnel Today 11 Dec 2007

    At some point in our lives more than half of us will become carers, whether it be for parents, a...

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    Increased flexibility will be a balancing act for human resources

    by Karen Dempsey 12 Nov 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 12 Nov 2007

    With all the debate recently about who should champion diversity – and whether human resources should be stripped of its...

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    Axa calls for employers to give every worker one hour a month to sort out finances

    by Gareth Vorster 5 Nov 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 5 Nov 2007

    Should employers give staff an hour every month to sort out their financial affairs? Insurance firm AXA is leading the...

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    Time travel: clocking the time difference

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Oct 2007

    The clocks have gone back and suddenly it’s dark when you leave work. Employers are being urged to consider the...

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    Managers lack skills to handle homeworkers and flexible working

    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2007
    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2007

    Managers will come under increasing pressure to deal with the communication and motivation challenges presented by homeworking, the Chartered Management...

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    HR Access signs deal with Motivano to provide integrated payroll, HR and benefits services

    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jul 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jul 2007

    Human resources management group HR Access has signed a partnership with flexible benefits organisation Motivano to provide a stronger HR...

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    Rewards and benefits packages are not understood by 75% of employees

    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 23 Jul 2007

    Only one in four employees understands their benefits package, research has revealed.

    A YouGov survey of more than 4,000 employees,...

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    Childcare voucher scheme sees low take-up

    by Greg Pitcher 16 Jul 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 16 Jul 2007

    Only one in 50 working parents entitled to childcare vouchers has signed up for the tax-saving scheme, according to research.
    Voucher provider...

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    Flexible working survey from Orange highlights big business concerns over informal policies

    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jul 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 2 Jul 2007

    In a survey on flexible working by communications giant Orange, leading businesses have warned other companies offering informal flexible working...

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    Orange outlines flexible working challenges as one-quarter of flexible workers admit to no formal agreement

    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jun 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 27 Jun 2007

    With one-third of staff working non-standard hours, another survey points to the challenges faced by UK employers in dealing with...

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    One in five employers in England provide staff with advice on quitting smoking

    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 29 May 2007

    With five weeks to go until smoking in workplaces is banned in England, only a fifth of employers are providing their...

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    Nurseries suffer as flexible working rights enable mothers look after their own children

    by Gareth Vorster 1 May 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 1 May 2007

    Almost a quarter of nursery places are now unfilled as a result of more flexible parenting rights which enable mothers...

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