Case studies

Peter Dowds, chief executive and founder of care provider Elder, describes how it is using employee benefits to attract and retain talent

Having relaunched its EV salary sacrifice scheme in December 2021 and made it available to the entire company, rather than a ring fenced population of employees, Ian Davis, head of payroll at Direct Line explained how it boosted its ESG agenda.

Crawford & Company has always looked at ways to develop its sustainability programme in line with our most significant community and environmental impacts, taking some of the best ideas from our people.

Karen Gaynor, global head of performance and reward at Diageo, describes how it is pushing the boundaries to improve diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) on a global scale

Three years into its health and wellbeing programme, Entain one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, has achieved significant engagement with its offering across its global business. Here we speak with Stella Gavinho, group head of wellbeing, and Jessica Tebbell, wellbeing manager at Entain about their journey so far.

Sustainability is at the core of E.ON’s strategy and we have set ambitious targets covering areas including carbon emissions. We are further integrating ESG considerations into all our processes.

Gareth Mullen, head of safety, health & wellbeing (policy and systems) at Thames Water, describes how its targeted approach to wellbeing has delivered significant success

The financial services consultancy is focussing on raising the profile of existing benefits to help support employees with the rising cost of living

Inclusion can only be achieved if employers understand their people, and this is where data analytics can help

Julie Moorad, senior manager, global impact and sustainability at Salesforce, describes how it is integrating sustainability into its core company values

Global chemical company INEOS believes that being physically active is essential to health and wellbeing. For this reason, it developed the INEOS Energy Station six years ago as an online health and fitness hub.

It can be lonely at the top. And so ensuring leaders' mental health is supported is critical for the smooth running of an organisation

Medallia's senior director, global total rewards talks to REBA about how it has been improving its global mental health offering to ensure consistency in its approach across its global workforce.

It wasn’t that long ago that running a women’s health week in any organisation, let alone a male-dominated construction and civil engineering company, may have been viewed with scepticism.

At the beginning of October, gender pay gap reporting became compulsory again following a six-month grace period due to the pandemic. We caught up with Sasha Brenner, senior reward and benefits manager at shopping centre developer and operator Unibail Rodamco Westfield (URW), to hear about their latest gender pay gap report and the progress they’re making in closing the gap.

The move towards electric vehicles (EVs) has steadily been gaining momentum but, with recent events around panic buying fuel, and a heightened spotlight on climate change, more people and businesses will undoubtedly be drawn to this alternative.

Juliet Edmonds, director of reward, Europe at Orange, speaks with REBA's Debi O'Donovan in this video interview about how the telecoms company is linking diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) targets to HR practices and policies.

The way employees experience work has shifted dramatically over the past 18 months. For many, face-to-face interactions have been replaced with virtual ones, while health and wellbeing benefits have evolved to include apps, virtual GP sessions or telephone counselling, for example. Regardless of where employees carry out their work, organisations have had to adapt the ways they engage with and support their colleagues, and these changes are unlikely to be reversed.

At NIS we celebrate and raise awareness of various events throughout the year, covering topics such as health and safety, mental health and wellbeing, and inclusion. We recognise that the workplace contributes towards employee mental health and wellbeing, and we have several things in place to support individuals, including a dedicated wellbeing room and a team of wellbeing champions.

Like many NHS trusts, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has had an unprecedented 18 months. Our staff, both clinical and non-clinical – on the frontline and beyond – have been battling against a virus in a pandemic we have never seen the likes of before in our lifetime.