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Top tips for setting up a financial wellbeing programme

“70% of employees are looking for some form of help from their employer to improve their financial situation,” says Erik Porter, Founder and CEO of financial wellbeing consultancy Cheddr. Erik was speaking as part of a recent webinar, hosted by Generali UK in partnership with financial wellbeing ...

Planning a smooth transition through BREXIT

Generali UK Employee Benefits plan a smooth transition through Brexit. We have prepared this list of FAQ’s for your convenience. We will, of course, provide further Q&A updates as our plans and discussions develop.

EmpLaw Newsletter November 2020

Last month saw a huge amount of activity with the planned end to the furlough scheme and the introduction of the new Job Support Scheme to follow from November. Originally aimed at businesses with reduced demand over the winter due to Covid, plans were made to extend the JSS to cover businesses ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update as at 6 Nov 2020

We hope our clients, their employees, our intermediary partners, their families and communities are coping with the many challenges we all continue to face. We are pleased to extend our approach in respect of staff who have been furloughed or have had their salary/hours reduced, to the end of ...

EmpLaw Newsletter October 2020

Whether you call it a second wave or one continuous storm, Covid-19 is at the forefront of every employer’s mind as we enter Autumn. The big news for employers came via Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme (JSS) as part of his Winter Economy Plan.

EmpLaw Newsletter September 2020

September and October this year see the scaling back of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme under which millions of employees have been placed on furlough while the Government issued grants to employers to cover the cost of their wages.

#ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q2 2020

Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

New partnership with Bupa helps our clients ensure cost isn’t a barrier to employee wellbeing and safety

Generali UK and Bupa have announced a partnership initiative to ensure a joined-up approach to helping drive forward wellbeing programme design and usage in UK companies and UK subsidiaries of multinationals.

EmpLaw Newsletter July 2020

From this month the new Flexible Furlough Scheme is in operation. Under the old scheme an employee had to be furloughed for at least 21 days and could perform no work in that time. The new scheme allows for a furlough of any period and for employees to work part-time. Employees must be paid in ...

EmpLaw Newsletter June 2020

This month we are looking at the things that employers need to think about from an employment law perspective when starting on the journey to normal working. Much of this is common sense, but there are potential legal difficulties that employers can avoid by listening carefully to the concerns ...

EmpLaw Newsletter May 2020

Seven things to think about when making redundancies.

#ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q1 2020

Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

A realistic guide for home working parents in a pandemic

Let’s face it, trying to separate work and home life right now is really tough. And those who tell you otherwise probably aren’t working parents! The reality needs to be shared for the sake of everyone’s mental health.

EmpLaw Newsletter April 2020

Coronavirus COVID-19 update, Employment Law Questions

COVID-19 employee communications and the five stages of grief

What best practice can we take from our wellbeing partner LifeWorks by Morneau Shepell, based in Toronto, Canada? Here, we interview Paula Allen, Senior Vice President at Morneau Shepell and part of the core Covid-19 response team in the organisation.

EmpLaw Newsletter March 2020

Coronavirus COVID-19 update, Indirect discrimination, Unfair dismissal – criminal charges, Age discrimination – Shared parental pay, National minimum wage (NMW) consultation… .. and much more

EmpLaw Newsletter February 2020

Parental bereavement leave, Indirect discrimination, Harassment – Technical Guidance, National minimum wage, Equal pay .. and much more

#ICYMI In Case You Missed It | Review of Q4 2019

Our quarterly bulletin ICYMI (in case you missed it) cuts through the noise to bring substantive thought leadership that will make a difference to employers and employees. This round-up of the top recently published editorial and thought leadership content from Generali UK, covers a variety of ...

Embedded EAPs are not the poor relation, says Generali UK Employee Benefits

Generali UK Employee Benefits today announces an expansion of its core EAP support services, brought to clients by Global Total Wellbeing Provider LifeWorks, in a move that it says will challenge the traditional long-held view by some in the industry that EAPs embedded within other products - ...

Judge rules ethical veganism is a “philosophical belief”: What employers need to know

A landmark tribunal case has this month determined that veganism is protected under the Equality Act 2010, adding it to a list of nine protected characteristics, which include religion or belief, age, disability, race and sex. Employers will now have to respect ethical veganism and make sure ...

EmpLaw Newsletter January 2020

Race discrimination, New ACAS guidance on Unfair dismissal, Worker status, Philosophical belief discrimination, Sex discrimination, Whistleblowing .. and much more