Small firms are failing to meet their eye care obligations, according to Specsavers Corporate Eyecare.
Nearly two-thirds of employers with fewer than 10 members of staff do not have a formal eye care system in place. For those that do operate a policy, employees are reimbursed...
Contracts won in the payroll and benefits industry
Holistic financial view
The Donkey Sanctuary is introducing a range of financial products from Advanced Business Solutions. These include business intelligence, document management, budgeting and forecasting, supply chain management and payroll systems.
The software will allow the...
Cutting the cost of benefits is top of the agenda for employers, according to research from Mercer.
Due to the financial instability in 2011 many organisations are now questioning the feasibility of maintaining their workplace health schemes. Nearly 85 per cent of HR...
More than half of fleet operators do not have eyesight testing practices in place for their drivers.
The Fleet Safety Forum campaign is urging companies to ensure that they have eye testing policies.
Research has shown that 42 per cent of fleets do not offer this type of test...
Employee benefits packages are one of the biggest incentives an employer can offer. Once enrolled in a scheme it is important employees are continually informed about developments and messages are reinforced. Here are some tips to help effectively do this.
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Jim Lythgow and Kavitha Sivasubramaniam look at the results of eye care research and the issues facing employers.
In the news pages of last month’s issue we published the headline results of joint research, carried out by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare and Pay & Benefits, which looked into the eye care provision of organisations across the UK. In researching their policies, our aim was to establish...
Employees want more flexibility and variety when
it comes to their benefits, according to research
from Mercer.
The findings showed that traditional elements of a package scored poorly when it came to motivation and engagement. However, those that provided a good work–...
A staggering 20 per cent of employers do not have an eye care policy in place.
Research carried out by Specsavers and Pay & Benefits magazine shows that businesses are potentially leaving themselves vulnerable to penalties by not providing certain groups of employees with this benefit...
One size doesn’t always fit all when it comes to reward. Andy Philpott explains how organisations can shape a benefits package in order to deliver real results.
Organisations today are operating in a climate in which they need their people to perform and be engaged within the business. This is essential in order to remain competitive in the current business and economic environment.
As many firms cope with the recession, their employees work hard,...
Companies have been urged to use staff benefits to combat employee weight problems following worrying obesity predictions from scientists.
Figures published in the medical journal The Lancet show that nearly half of men and more than 40 per cent of women in the UK will be obese by 2030...
Dawn Lewis investigates the rise of employee health and wellbeing in the workplace and how these types of benefits can have a significant role to play in engagement.
Employee health and wellbeing has not always been at the top of the workplace agenda. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that this element of employee benefits has a significant role to play in staff engagement.
An effective wellness strategy can help to reduce any increases in...
Payroll Alliance technical team answers payroll related questions, including COMP schemes, childcare vouchers, holiday entitlement and pension savings.
P11Ds
Q We have just recently finished forms P11D for the last tax year. We have given all those still employed a copy of their P11D, and posted copies to all those who were employed by us at 5 April last year. Do we have to do anything with copy P11Ds for those who left during the last tax...
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Edenred’s guiding eyes
Edenred has unveiled a series of guides to help employers understand their obligations surrounding eye care.
Along with the information, a white paper has been published on “Developing a Company Eyecare Policy – your options & legal obligations...
Contracts won in the payroll and benefits industry.
Improving efficiencies
Access Select is to provide Rotherham College of Arts and Technology with a new HR solution.
The college made the investment to help improve efficiencies so that the administration burden could be reduced, thus freeing up time to be spent on strategic initiatives...
Almost 40 per cent of employees are not going for regular sight tests despite employers’ obligation to offer the benefit, according to research by the organisers of National Eye Health Week.
The findings highlighted that these workers do not go for regular eye tests because they...
