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Optimise Your Workforce: A Deep Dive into Employee Benefits, is a dynamic podcast dedicated to navigating the complex landscape of employee benefits. In each episode, we delve into the world of employee benefits, offering valuable insights, strategies, and expert advice to help businesses unlock the full potential of their employee benefits programs. From health insurance and retirement plans to wellbeing initiatives and perks packages, we explore the latest trends, best practices, and innov ...
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Employee Benefits in Scotland: supporting employees through the cost of living crisis
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Welcome back to our insightful podcast series where we explore the key findings from our regional survey on employee benefits and wellbeing in Scotland. In this episode we tackle a pressing issue: the cost of living crisis and its impact on both employees and employers. In this episode, Saba Haran and Andy Roddie dive deep into the challenges worke…
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Employee Benefits in Scotland: Tackling the Retirement Savings Challenge!
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Join us for the fourth episode of our podcast series, where Saba Haran and Andy Roddie dive deep into the crucial topic of workplace pensions and the retirement savings gap we’re facing today. In this episode, we explore the surprising statistics about retirement savings in Scotland and why many employees are struggling to secure a comfortable futu…
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Employee Benefits in Scotland: Keeping Employees Engaged Happy and Productive (Communications)
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Join us for the final episode of our podcast series where we unveil key insights from our recent survey on employee benefits and wellbeing in Scotland. Join Saba Haran and Andy Roddie, as we tackle a crucial topic: How can we keep employees engaged, happy, and productive? We’ll discuss the stats that reveal just how much engagement matters—did you …
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Employee Benefits in Scotland: closing the wellbeing gap - Supporting Employee Mental Health
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In this podcast episode, Saba Haran and Andy Roddie from Howden's employee benefits team in Scotland explore the challenges businesses face in addressing employee well-being, particularly mental health. They discuss the significant financial toll poor mental health has on Scottish businesses—costing an estimated £2 billion annually—and delve into i…
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Employee Benefits in Scotland: Addressing Scotland’s Healthcare - challenges, changes, and what’s next?
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In this podcast episode, Saba Haran and Andy Roddie discuss the evolving landscape of healthcare in Scotland, focusing on the challenges faced by employers, especially post-COVID. They highlight the growing shift toward private healthcare, even among smaller businesses, driven by NHS pressures and rising medical costs. The episode explores key issu…
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Keeping pace with the scale of transformation
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Stay ahead of the rapid transformation in reward strategies. Once you've established a baseline for your program and have a clear understanding of costs and outcomes, leverage this insight to drive your strategic priorities. While many reward teams are focused on optimizing costs, a significant number of employers are pursuing transformative change…
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Remember to pay attention to your workplace pension. One of the most notable trends in this year’s survey is the inactivity surrounding pension plans. Less than 10% of employers improved their pension offerings in 2023. While nearly 75% of respondents believe their pension plan is in good condition, only 10% think they've made a positive impact on …
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Employers are refining their benefits strategies to enhance recruitment, retention, and employee engagement. With increasing pressure to transform organisations, benefits specialists are now key players in broader HR strategies. Their role in talent development, rewards, and wellbeing is crucial for retaining, engaging, and reskilling employees, dr…
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Get a Better Handle on Your Spend and Forecasting Costs
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In the past 12-18 months, many reward professionals and their businesses have faced unexpected cost pressures. This unique set of circumstances has underscored the necessity for robust processes to track spend and understand the factors and trends influencing costs. Tune in to our 10-minute podcast to learn more about effective strategies for manag…
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Understand What to Measure and Start Measuring It. Assessing the status of your programme is crucial, but the real game-changer lies in measuring its impact on your people strategy. Whether it's engagement, wellbeing, or recruitment, having hard evidence of the impact (good or bad) your programme is having will be key to engaging stakeholders and d…
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Normalising men's health - five tips employers can do today
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Join Leo Savage and Emma Capper as they discuss men's health in the workplace and what employers can do to support men's health in the workplace. Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under company number 2248238, with its registered office at One Creechurch Place, London EC3A 5AF.…
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Thriving in Rural Life: Mental Health Insights and Support for Farming Communities
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Spend 15 minutes and discover essential insights on mental health tailored for rural and farming communities in our latest podcast. Hosted by Emma Capper, UK Wellbeing Lead, and featuring Alex Tambourides, CEO of Mind in Enfield and Barnet, this episode delves into the unique challenges of rural life, such as isolation and stress, and offers practi…
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Pensions and Financial Wellbeing - a new perspective
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Join Matthew Gregson and Josh Hayes as they discuss: Why pension should remain high on your agenda for the next 12 to 24 months. Exploring some of the detail and current challenges Pitfalls of approaches and the things that you might want on your own workplace plan Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered…
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Baseline your current benefits programme performance
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Is your benefits programme performing as well as it should be? Baseline its current performance to find out! Research shows that employers are at various stages in evaluating their benefits programmes. In this period of cost pressures, understanding where your programme stands is crucial. Taking these steps now will help you determine the actions n…
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Howden’s reflections on Pension Awareness Week: A decade of difference - have we achieved enough?
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Howden’s reflections on Pension Awareness Week 2023 Join Matthew Gregson and Josh Hayes as they discuss how businesses can support pensions awareness week on 11th -15th September and the theme of a 'decade of difference'. Are employers successfully engaging their employees with contributions - what has been achieved over the past 10 years and what …
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Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under company number 2248238, with its registered office at One Creechurch Place, London EC3A 5AF. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register No. 312841). The Financial Services Register can be acce…
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Supporting women's health - normalising the workplace conversation
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Join Emma Capper, UK Wellbeing Leader and Leo Savage, Global Wellbeing Consultant this International Women’s Day as they discuss how employers can support women’s health in the workplace. Find out how businesses can “normalise” conversations about women's health issues and how to involve men in the discussions. Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing …
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5 top tips for employers looking at pensions in 2023
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Welcome to our second podcast of 2023, this time we are focusing on pensions. We will be covering: Knowing your demographic Improving funding Nailing Engagement Changing provider landscape ESG & Climate Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under company number 2248238, with its registered…
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Physical Wellbeing: What does success look like for employers looking to support their employees?
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Welcome to our first podcast of 2023, we hope you find the content useful. In our first epsiode we will be covering physical wellbeing and how employers can support their employees. Here's what we will be covering: What is physical wellbeing? Is there a simple way to define it? Physical wellbeing in the workplace – is it getting enough attention? W…
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Social Wellbeing - the forgotten pillar of your wellbeing strategy
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For many of us, we focus on the four pillars of wellbeing including mental, physical, financial and social in order to think about and execute our own wellbeing plans internally. Social Wellbeing can often be a forgotten or under-serviced wellbeing pillar - supporting community, volunteering and other CSR initiatives. In this podcast Matthew Gregso…
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Employee financial wellbeing : Arm your people with the skills they need to make better decisions
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Join Matthew Gregson, Executive Director at Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Jeremy Beament, Director at nudge Global as they explore how you can support your employees giving them the skills and knowledge for financial wellbeing in the workplace. Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in Englan…
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Mental Health Awareness and combatting loneliness
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Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under company number 2248238, with its registered office at One Creechurch Place, London EC3A 5AF. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register No. 312841). The Financial Services Register can be acce…
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Supporting Women's Health in the Workplace in conversation with HCA Healthcare
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Join Matthew Gregson and Dr Jane Benjamin from HCA Healthcare as they discuss women's health in the workplace and what employers can do to support them. About Dr Jane Benjamin Dr Jane Benjamin is an experienced general practitioner who has spent time working in both London and South Africa. She qualified from the University of Cape Town in 2004 and…
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Join Matthew Gregson, Executive Director at Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Hazel Craig, Senior Data Analytics & Wellbeing Consultant as they explore the importance of wellbeing in businesses and how you can create your strategy. Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing Limited is part of the Howden Group. Registered in England and Wales under…
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Using governance to stay on top of the programme
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In the series so far we have looked at the building blocks of a great benefits programme from setting your strategy to funding, choice, technology and communications. In this episode we look at what the HR team should do once you have your first iteration of a great programme in place, including how to govern it so that you ensure that your benefit…
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In our experience, benefits communications often receives the least investment and is the weak link, even of a good benefits strategy. In this episode, we look at communications as a key building block in a successful benefits offer and the steps that you can take to make your communications more effective. Key takeaways from episode five: Understa…
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What tech do you really need to run benefits?
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In this episode, we explore the technology landscape within employee benefits, including why you may need it, what version of it you might need and how to justify or measure the value of your investment in benefits tech. Key takeaways from episode four: Where to start on your employee benefits technology journey How to assess the need for technolog…
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This episode focuses on choice as one of the fundamental pillars of a great benefits programme, and just how much choice a business should have within its offer. There are various themes which we think you should be considering and in this episode we will cover: The difference between choice and flexible benefits and which might be the right option…
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Following on from episode 1 we will build on what you need to focus on to right-size your investment in benefits. Key Takeaways How to establish the principles that will guide your decision-making and help you evaluate what's in place today against your goals How to successfully effect change, especially when you may be disturbing existing terms an…
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Taking a step back to review your programme
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Join us for the first episode in our series - there's no excuse for bad benefits. In this episode, we will be looking at how to conduct a strategic review and in particular, cost and value. Key takeaways: How to think about success for your benefits programme How to review and measure your current performance What inputs you need to help determine …
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