Agenda: Thursday, 22 June 2023
The agenda of the 8th REBA Wellbeing Congress focused on embedding employee experience and wellbeing at the heart of reward and benefits decisions. The carefully curated one-day programme offered content that shared the latest thinking and best practice on all aspects of corporate wellbeing. We recorded some of the sessions on the day, so keep a look out for these on the REBA on demand videos channel.
8.15am – 9am
Breakfast masterclass with keynote speaker Bruce Daisley: Transforming the way we work
Breakfast masterclass with keynote speaker Bruce Daisley: Transforming the way we work
INVITATION ONLY masterclass - in association with Mercer, Affiliation 3
Beyond the great resignation: what will really make employees stay?
Bruce will take a deep dive look at how the transformation in the way we work – with new and hybrid approaches - is impacting how we feel and experience work. Through actionable insights and practical tips and ideas, he’ll explore how we can create a sense of belonging by building workplace communities and meaningful social connections that support overall health, happiness and wellbeing.
Across the workforce quit rates started rising in summer 2021 and have barely declined. During this 45-minute masterclass Bruce will consider and lead a discussion around the following key areas:
- Has our relationship with work become more semi-detached than ever before?
- How is hybrid impacting productivity and the employee experience of work?
- What can employers do to retain top talent?
In association with Mercer
Masterclass chair: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
9.15am – 10.05am
Opening keynote: Will Work Ever Work For Us Again? Using connection, community and wellbeing to manage new expectations and experiences of work
Opening keynote: Will Work Ever Work For Us Again? Using connection, community and wellbeing to manage new expectations and experiences of work
Keynote, Enterprise
Join Bruce Daisley - Sunday Times best-selling author, host of the Eat Sleep Work Repeat podcast and one of the most influential voices on the intersection of life and work - in this thought-provoking and evidence-based talk exploring how we can improve employee experience and wellbeing through better connections, community and cohesive cultures.
Drawing on his work with CEOs and the latest behavioural research on hybrid and future workplaces and changing workforce expectations, Bruce encourages us to embrace what we can’t change but to experiment with the things we can. With a clear focus on wellbeing, Bruce will delve into how we can help our teams to cope better, to build better teamwork and how we ourselves can thrive in this transformed workplace. You’ll take away seven fun and practical solutions to these challenges and gain valuable insights and inspiration from real-life examples of companies pioneering change.
Speakers
Option 1: 'Creating connections: enhancing the employee experience through financial empowerment'
Option 1: 'Creating connections: enhancing the employee experience through financial empowerment'
Speaker session, Partnership
- How to empower employees to achieve their financial goals
- Building a financial wellbeing strategy around planned and unplanned life-events
- Delivering inclusive financial wellbeing across the workforce – not one size fits all – understanding what works for your employees
- Ensuring comprehension, visibility and fairness across all employee groups
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'Benefits strategy: how employers have responded to ongoing change and turbulent times'
Option 2: 'Benefits strategy: how employers have responded to ongoing change and turbulent times'
Speaker session, Enterprise
Building upon our research from the last two years, we will be exploring how the reward profession has responded to the major internal and external influences that have dominated the workplace in the last three years. Join Matthew Gregson to explore:
- The facets of effective benefits strategy, design and execution
- Which initiatives have thrived, which have taken a back seat and which are prioritised for the years ahead
- A clear blueprint for your own strategies, to help you assess whether you are keeping up with the latest demands of your workforce or if you will lag behind the competition
- Organisations who have responded well to the challenges and opportunities recent market conditions have presented
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'Building the business case for inclusive health and wellbeing'
Option 3: 'Building the business case for inclusive health and wellbeing'
Speaker session, Synergy
- The latest shifts, trends and insights influencing workforce planning strategy
- Taking action to advance health equity in the workplace: aligning policies and benefits with wider business goals
- What does whole of workforce inclusion really look like?
- Demonstrating impact on talent attraction, retention, engagement and productivity
- The key stats and facts you need to have at your fingertips to secure board-level buy in
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Speakers
Option 4: 'Global mental health strategies: Supporting employees in the moments that matter'
Option 4: 'Global mental health strategies: Supporting employees in the moments that matter'
Speaker session, Interact
Drawing on their latest global mental health data, TELUS Health focuses the lens on different geographies and regions to provide valuable insights into latest trends and approaches:
- Using behavioural trends, real-time data and outcomes to define the moments that matter for different employee groups across different territories
- What are the risk factors and how do they impact different demographics and target groups?
- Getting the most value for your wellbeing investment: what should you be looking for and what really moves the dial?
- Practical examples - what are employers doing well/not so well?
Moderator: Dawn Lewis, Content Editor, REBA
10.25am – 11.15am
Strategic workshop: Get ahead of the emerging health risks and costs that will affect employees
Strategic workshop: Get ahead of the emerging health risks and costs that will affect employees
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 1
There are emerging employee health and economic trends that are starting to change risks within workforces and the ability to recruit and retain. By getting ahead on planning for these using the most effective data, reward and benefits directors can reduce uncertainty and unexpected costs to business.
Together we’ll explore the actions and approaches you can take today to mitigate future workforce challenges and consider what the opportunities are to create healthier and more resilient workforces.
Discussion points:
- Where are the emerging risks? (Ageing population, workforce planning, non- communicable disease and chronic illness, breakdown of health and caring systems, financial resilience, ongoing rise of mental health challenges, neurodiversity, inclusion)
- Building health trends into your benefits strategy, planning and design
- How rising inflation and recession will impact costs and budgets – key actions you can take
- Using data to manage costs and mitigate people risk by aligning with future workforce planning strategies
In partnership with YuLife
Option 1: 'Taking financial wellbeing to the next level: How to drive actionable improvements and better meet employee needs'
Option 1: 'Taking financial wellbeing to the next level: How to drive actionable improvements and better meet employee needs'
Speaker session, Partnership
Many employers are confused about how best to provide genuine financial wellbeing support for employees, especially in the current climate. This session will provide the latest insight and real-life case studies on:
- How to understand the different financial priorities employees face at various stages of their career
- How can employees navigate short term vs. long term finances?
- How to create a holistic and engaging financial wellbeing strategy which is measurable and provides genuine support
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'Key actions today for the avoidance of workforce wellbeing challenges of the future'
Option 2: 'Key actions today for the avoidance of workforce wellbeing challenges of the future'
Speaker session, Enterprise
- Supporting moments that matter, taking a life-stage and multi-generational focus to build a robust strategy
- Ensuring impactful prevention measures to mitigate chronic illness and disease down the line
- Building sustainability, linking wellbeing and future workforce strategy
- Solutions in practice: real life examples of success
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'Building a resilient and engaged workforce through strategic recognition'
Option 3: 'Building a resilient and engaged workforce through strategic recognition'
Speaker session, Synergy
Drawing on their latest wellbeing research with Gallup, join Workhuman to explore the importance of recognition and its impact in creating a positive employee experience.
- Navigating the shifting employee expectation landscape
- The power of recognition in supporting employees to manage and withstand uncertainty (impact of recession, quiet quitting and permacrisis)
- Why human-centred leadership and cultures are key to creating meaningful connections for employees
- What does an effective recognition strategy look like and how do you evidence impact on wellbeing?
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Option 4: 'Personalisation and prevention: digital healthcare for total employee health'
Option 4: 'Personalisation and prevention: digital healthcare for total employee health'
Speaker session, Interact
- Exploring the latest trends, developments and innovations in digital healthcare
- How digital healthcare can transform the employee experience
- Using insight data to better understand, anticipate and personalise the future healthcare needs of a modern workforce
- How Unum provides employers with analytics on employee use of digital healthcare to inform their wellbeing strategies
Moderator: Dawn Lewis, Content Editor, REBA
11.30am – 12.20pm
Strategic workshop: Using employee experience programmes effectively to drive business and HR strategy
Strategic workshop: Using employee experience programmes effectively to drive business and HR strategy
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 2
As employee needs and expectations continue to shift, this workshop will explore how recognition programmes can play a strategic role in transforming reward and workplace planning strategies to create thriving organisations. When aligned and linked to wider corporate goals and business priorities, recognition strategies have the potential to drive behaviour change, adapt to meet changing skills and performance needs and deliver improved wellbeing and employee experiences of work. Reward, wellbeing and benefits directors will come together in this strategy session to consider the changing and evolving role of recognition in today’s workplaces and to share experiences and insights around the benefits and rewards that are delivering the greatest impact for their organisations and the people who work for them.
Key discussion points
- Taking steps to build a recognition programme around core values and that links with wider business goals
- Exploring the role recognition can play in reward, benefits and wellbeing strategies to transform behaviours and meet future skills and performance needs
- Rethinking monetary benefits and connecting them back to a wider recognition programme
- Recognition in practice: creating ongoing moments of recognition to shift behaviours and improve employee experience
In partnership with Workhuman
Strategic workshop: Reviewing your workplace pension offering to create better value for both employer and employee
Strategic workshop: Reviewing your workplace pension offering to create better value for both employer and employee
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 1
If your organisation has moved passed seeing the pension as simply a statutory must-have, and understands that it can be a vital, engaging financial wellbeing tool, then this strategic workshop is for you. Whether you currently offer a single-employer DC trust, a group pension scheme or a Mastertrust, it is crucial to ensure it is delivering value for spend to both your organisation and your employees. To conduct a review that goes deeper than simply comparing costs and charges, we will bring together pensions, benefits and reward professionals to share the insights and questions you need to hand when reviewing your current provider, assessing your strategy and comparing to what else is on the market.
Discussion points:
- How attitudes of employees, employers as well as legislators and the pensions market are shifting, and what this means for your pensions offering
- Understanding what you get for current spend: ensuring your pensions strategy aligns to changing workforce planning objectives, gauging whether it will provide good member outcomes, and what the expected medium to long-term ROI will be
- Why a good pensions user experience and engagement is vital for financial wellbeing for employees of all ages: from improving financial literacy, encouraging financial planning and better member long term value, through to avoiding fraud and making unwise, expensive decisions
- Promoting financial wellbeing by putting employees in control: allowing them to make choices that align to their values and life goals to create great appreciation of their workplace pension
In partnership with Cushon
11.40am – 12pm
Productivity isn’t a dirty word: A new perspective on the ROI of wellbeing and performance
Productivity isn’t a dirty word: A new perspective on the ROI of wellbeing and performance
Speaker session, Enterprise
- Reframing our thinking: Changing the narrative that fostering a culture of wellbeing is in some way at odds with high performance
- Performance as a measure of wellbeing: New ideas and perspectives
- Designing wellbeing for better performance: A win-win for employees and organisations
- What does good work look like: Supporting employees to be productive in a way that enhances their wellbeing
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Panel 1: 'Panel: Rethinking retirement strategies for longer working lives'
Panel 1: 'Panel: Rethinking retirement strategies for longer working lives'
Panel session, Interact
- What do changing retirement patterns mean for workforce planning and pensions strategies?
- Flexible working, flexible pensions: how your reward and benefits package may need to change?
- Reduce retirement planning stress and avoid employees sleepwalking into retirement: supporting employees to plan ahead and set realistic goals and expectations for later life
- Why employers should communicate retirement options to older workers: from fraud and duty of care, to the employer brand and workforce planning implications of poor decisions
- What bringing older worker back into the workplace means for pensions and benefits
Moderator: Debi O'Donovan, Co-founder & Director, REBA
Panel 2: 'How employers can create neuro-inclusive and neuro-supportive workplaces'
Panel 2: 'How employers can create neuro-inclusive and neuro-supportive workplaces'
Panel session, Synergy
- How does neuro-divergency impact on both neuro-divergent and neuro-typical employees in the workplace?
- Why do employers need to better engage with neuro-diversity?
- What are the challenges in identifying neuro-divergencies and how can these be overcome?
- What does good look like – for both the business and its employees – and how can employers achieve this?
- How to measure the impact on business outcomes and better inform decision-making about improving those outcomes?
Moderator: Marc Hommel, Leadership and Transformation advisor
Panel 3: 'Hyper-personalisation: creating better support for all life stages and events'
Panel 3: 'Hyper-personalisation: creating better support for all life stages and events'
Panel session, Partnership
- What do we mean by hyper-personalisation and why is it important?
- UK employment law: understanding the latest leave legislative developments and what’s coming down the line in 2023 and beyond
- How to ensure your inclusive wellbeing strategy is not inherently exclusive (for example, being seen to be providing too much support for small segments of the workforce only i.e. parents)
- Creating a better benefits and leave approach that meets the specific needs of employees across all life stages and events
Moderator: Dawn Lewis, Content Editor, REBA
12.05pm – 12.25pm
Discover the secrets to a sustainable wellbeing strategy that finally unlocks data and delivers real value
Discover the secrets to a sustainable wellbeing strategy that finally unlocks data and delivers real value
Speaker session, Enterprise
- Understanding the wellbeing value gap and how to address it
- How to move from wellbeing promises to wellbeing results with a new value-based way of partnering with suppliers
- Developing leaders and managers as your influencers in a digital age
- Creating a total wellbeing experience: moving from Software as a Service technology to Software WITH a Service to drive data insights and sustainable investment in wellbeing
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 1: 'The optimal approach to global financial wellbeing'
Option 1: 'The optimal approach to global financial wellbeing'
Speaker session, Interact
50% of employees globally are anxious about their country’s economy and the impact on their personal finances. They’re looking for help and are turning to their employers. nudge’s 2023 global financial wellbeing research compares the feelings and behaviours of those with financial education vs. those without. The results are striking and reveal what the optimal financial wellbeing programme looks like. Join Tim Perkins, nudge CEO and Co-founder to learn:
- Data insights to better understand your global workforce
- How to improve the financial wellbeing of a diverse (global) workforce
- What the optimal (maximum impact) financial wellbeing programme looks like
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'Redefining a human centric EVP to ensure it’s relevant for the modern workforce'
Option 2: 'Redefining a human centric EVP to ensure it’s relevant for the modern workforce'
Speaker session, Enterprise
- Unpacking the latest global trends and data: does your EVP meet new and shifting workforce expectations?
- Understanding what you need to change now, next and in the future
- The critical role reward and benefits play in building a total employee experience strategy
- Defining your employee experience KPIs: connecting engagement and experience with expectations and employee wellbeing
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'Navigating the changing expectations of workplace wellbeing'
Option 3: 'Navigating the changing expectations of workplace wellbeing'
Speaker session, Synergy
- The employee contract changed: it’s less about the money and more about the experience of work
- How the expectations of the employee experience changing: supporting employees to have greater control of their careers
- Key insights for reward and benefits directors: how wellbeing benefits support workforce planning strategies and where best to allocate future wellbeing benefits spend
- What we can learn from Gen Z: how that resonates with the whole workforce and what it means for future HR strategies and policies
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Speakers
Option 4: 'Supporting men’s health across all ages and life stages'
Option 4: 'Supporting men’s health across all ages and life stages'
Speaker session, Partnership
- Removing the barriers to men accessing health services
- Empowering men to take control of their health and wellbeing through personalised, convenient and confidential support services
- Understanding how men’s health needs change over time: from reproductive, testosterone and hormonal health, heart health and digestive health through to prostate health and brain and cognitive health
- Men’s health support in practice: evidencing impact
Moderator: Dawn Lewis, Content Editor, REBA
12.40pm – 1.30pm
Strategic workshop: 'Developing a global health and wellbeing strategy that you can practically and tactically implement'
Strategic workshop: 'Developing a global health and wellbeing strategy that you can practically and tactically implement'
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 2
As fast-growth companies expand into new territories, navigating cultural nuances to build out a global approach to health and wellbeing can be especially complex and challenging. Join this workshop to share experiences, insights and learning to better understand the key aspects to consider, and the right questions to ask, when developing a multinational benefits structure and strategy. Exploring how to balance regional priorities with global business goals, getting access to local data and working with local management, this strategy session is for organisations starting out on the journey to globalisation.
Discussion points:
- What are trying to achieve with your global wellbeing and benefits strategy and how does it align with your overall business goals?
- What questions do you ask when you expand into new territories (and are they the right questions)?
- How do you access and gather data on local demographics? Do you know the specific health and lifestyle needs of employees in different regions and local populations? What are the challenges and barriers to getting this information?
- What is the process for identifying and selecting the appropriate employee benefits across territories?
- What is working for your organisation? What would you do differently?
In partnership with Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing
Strategic workshop: 'Rethinking reproductive health support to create equitable and inclusive workplaces'
Strategic workshop: 'Rethinking reproductive health support to create equitable and inclusive workplaces'
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 1
Reproductive and hormonal health conditions affect the wellbeing of employees across all ages and life stages, with significant career-limiting impacts for the individual and huge costs to businesses. Research shows that 50% of working women are dealing with untreated symptoms that impact their productivity and increase absenteeism, in the worst cases this leads to them leaving their jobs.
Better education and awareness is required to create more supportive workplaces, but it is also equally important that employers look at reproductive health through an inclusive, proactive lens. This ensures all employees understand the treatment options and choices available to them with as much time and information as possible, to feel empowered to take control of their reproductive health.
Whether you’re reviewing and updating your policies to identify gaps and biases or looking to expand the range of support available, this workshop will draw on some of the latest reproductive health research and data. We will explore the steps organisations can take to ensure they provide equitable and inclusive access to reproductive health benefits.
Discussion points:
- Is your reproductive health strategy really meeting the needs of your employees and addressing women’s & men’s health, fertility, LGBTQ+ family-forming, menopause & more?
- How employers can help address reproductive health inequalities – we’ll draw on research from the Black Women’s Health Initiative, LGBTQ+ inclusive benefits and policies, and support for age-related and condition-specific hormonal health and reproductive issues.
- What does accessible and proactive support for women at all life stages and phases of the reproductive health journey look like?
In partnership with Hertility Health
Option 1: 'Making financial resilience a boardroom priority: the c-suite business case'
Option 1: 'Making financial resilience a boardroom priority: the c-suite business case'
Speaker session, Interact
- The role of the reward director in moving the agenda on financial wellbeing
- Speaking the right c-suite language: why financial wellbeing is a key strategic driver in the ESG agenda
- Avoid wellbeing washing: showcasing evidence for wellbeing support and impact
- Trends and data: understanding the financial challenges and opportunities of different employee groups
- The role tech can play in empowering employees, building trust and demonstrating measurable impacts
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'Data driven decisions: unlocking the combined potential of data analytics, machine learning and clinical insights to drive a culture of workplace wellbeing'
Option 2: 'Data driven decisions: unlocking the combined potential of data analytics, machine learning and clinical insights to drive a culture of workplace wellbeing'
Speaker session, Enterprise
Many employers now recognise that employee wellbeing is key to meeting their business objectives yet there are barriers, some generic and known but most company specific and unknown, that limit the ability of employers to achieve these goals. In this session you will hear:
- How progressive employers are using advanced data analytics, machine learning and modelling to analyse their organisation's specific health and wellbeing barriers across geographies and the impacts these have on their employee health and benefits programme spend
- How to implement and monitor targeted strategies to improve the wellbeing of your employees, whilst ensuring that your current health and wellbeing benefits programmes are cost efficient and best suited to your specific needs
- Why you should combine predictive data analytics with active employee listening to create a leading edge employee experience that is driven by insights relevant to your organisation and your people
Why ongoing measurement and feedback assessing the impact of targeted interventions on employee health risks is a critical piece of the employer feedback loop, and why it is so often overlooked by even the most forward thinking organisations
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'Helping employees stay safe online: the value of digital wellness as an employee benefit'
Option 3: 'Helping employees stay safe online: the value of digital wellness as an employee benefit'
Speaker session, Synergy
From employees to employers-one of today’s biggest concerns is cybercrime. People are living their lives primarily online, doing things like shopping, banking, telehealth and working remotely. It’s no wonder cybercrime has increased, too – by 400%. Since more than half of employees use a personal device for work, both employees and their employers are at greater risk than ever before. Join McAfee to explore how to mitigate future people and business risks by prioritising digital wellness:
- Employer Duty of Care for a modern digital workforce
- Work from everywhere and the digital risks
- Protecting individuals and employers by changing digital behaviours
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Option 4: 'Moving beyond resilience to create a thriving workforce in times of change'
Option 4: 'Moving beyond resilience to create a thriving workforce in times of change'
Speaker session, Partnership
- Supporting your workforce to thrive in times of business transformation, change and uncertainty
- Organisational preparedness for high stress events
- Building and maintaining a culture of wellbeing
- Wellbeing is a personal journey for each and every employee
Moderator: Dawn Lewis, Content Editor, REBA
Speakers
2.20pm – 3.10pm
Strategic workshop: 'Supporting Gen Z gender-inclusive wellbeing: acting now to mitigate future health, wealth and work performance challenges'
Strategic workshop: 'Supporting Gen Z gender-inclusive wellbeing: acting now to mitigate future health, wealth and work performance challenges'
Invitation-only workshop, Affiliation 1
Younger workers have a very different experience to wellbeing, than their older counter parts. However, they face particular challenges, often gender-inclusive, that will have implications for their future health, their performance at work and their wealth building. Join this strategic workshop to better understand the specific needs and non-negotiables for Gen Z workers – and why focussing on men’s and women’s health matters. Together, we’ll explore the business case for looking at mental wellbeing through a gender lens; the impact of fertility on younger workers; as well as the life impacts of gender-specific conditions such as testicular cancers or endometriosis. Early support from employers can have positive immediate impacts and future outcomes from health through to pensions-savings gaps, all of which will build loyalty and engagement.
Discussion points:
- Developing a whole-life and whole-human approach - understanding the generation and gender-inclusive health challenges facing Gen Z workers
- Reviewing policies, benefits and initiatives to better meet the needs and expectations of your younger workforce
- Addressing and managing the health and wealth gap in early-stage careers to mitigate future wellbeing and performance challenges
- Creating a sustainable strategy that supports changing health needs over time
In partnership with Peppy
Option 1: 'Making it personal makes it matter: stepping up your financial wellbeing strategy'
Option 1: 'Making it personal makes it matter: stepping up your financial wellbeing strategy'
Speaker session, Partnership
- Why financial wellbeing is a DEI issue and why it must align with corporate objectives to be successful
- Combining digital technologies with a human-centred approach to improve employee financial health
- Being context aware: what does personalised and inclusive financial wellbeing really look like?
- Redesigning workplace savings to meet changing needs and priorities
- Building your strategy around real-life events
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'Workplace wellbeing: Engaging your workforce in health and wellbeing'
Option 2: 'Workplace wellbeing: Engaging your workforce in health and wellbeing'
Speaker session, Synergy
Simply making wellbeing resources available isn’t enough: to create a healthy workplace you must truly engage your people. Data shows that average engagement with workplace health & wellbeing interventions is just 4.9%, while engagement with the Vitality Programme produces 10x greater engagement. Vitality examines the reasons why and offer a way forward, based on proven data.
- Vitality explores the increase in the number of interventions offered to employee’s post-pandemic and their effectiveness in achieving results.
- Creating the right approach through personalisation: understanding and addressing the issues affecting your workforce at every level
- Employee burnout is rising, most notably for middle managers: exploring how to support this demographic and the importance middle managers play on overall employee experience
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'The power of wellbeing benefits to mitigate future workforce challenges'
Option 3: 'The power of wellbeing benefits to mitigate future workforce challenges'
Speaker session, Enterprise
Drawing on Sodexo’s latest Mountain of Lost Benefits research, join Burcin and Graham to explore:
- Closing the expectation gap – what are the specific needs across different cohorts, demographics and industry sectors?
- Creating a benefits offer that is relevant for employees across all ages and life stages
- Beyond ROI: understanding the human value of benefits engagement and the stats and facts you need
- New insights and examples of how employers are using wellbeing benefits to mitigate future workforce challenges
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Option 4: 'The great cancer taboo: Why it’s time to start talking about cancer in the workplace'
Option 4: 'The great cancer taboo: Why it’s time to start talking about cancer in the workplace'
Speaker session, Interact
- Latest stats and facts: why cancer is a whole of workforce issue
- Connecting discussions around inclusive wellbeing benefits with the health issues impacting the workforce today (and to mitigate future talent risks tomorrow)
- Creating a caring and supportive culture for those living with, and beyond, cancer and their carers: empowering line managers and educating colleagues
- Identifying the gaps in care and addressing the barriers to returning to work: providing access to expert support and wraparound services
- Acting on insight data to understand the true impact of cancer on your workforce and to drive improvements in cancer support policies, practices and support services
Moderator: Janet Cooper, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Nurture Landscapes Group
Option 1: 'Rebuilding reward: game-changing strategies shaping the employee expectations of work'
Option 1: 'Rebuilding reward: game-changing strategies shaping the employee expectations of work'
Speaker session, Partnership
- Personalising reward for a modern multi-generational workforce
- Rebuilding strategies to transform the reward experience throughout the entire employee lifecycle
- Leveraging reward renaissance as an opportunity to manage new expectations of employees
- Alignment with HR on talent attraction, retention and future workforce strategies
Moderator: Jake Attfield, Programme Manager for Strategy, Fair4All Finance
Option 2: 'The last word: how to tackle the death taboo in the workplace'
Option 2: 'The last word: how to tackle the death taboo in the workplace'
Speaker session, Synergy
- Latest insights: Dealing with the impact of death in the workplace
- The talkability of death – breaking down the bereavement taboo
- When you get the call – are you prepared? Exclusive support for HR teams managing the impact of grief and loss
Moderator: Marc Hommel, leadership and transformation advisor
Option 3: 'Children, teens, elders and now pets! The growth of personalised and inclusive benefits to support families across ages and life stages'
Option 3: 'Children, teens, elders and now pets! The growth of personalised and inclusive benefits to support families across ages and life stages'
Speaker session, Enterprise
Family benefits have been on a rapid inclusion journey in recent years. Hear the latest research and innovative employer examples on meeting the needs of family life to retain key talent. Get updates and insights on:
- What parents and carers are saying about family benefits that keep them loyal
- The ROI of family supports in productivity, wellbeing and employee experience
- How the rising generation aims to pursue strong career ambitions without compromising on family life.Personalised, flexible and inclusive benefits to support families at all ages and lifestages
Moderator: Aidan Lever, Research and Insight Director, REBA
Option 4: 'Get key learnings from 4,500 employees in Headspace Health’s 2023 Workforce Attitudes report'
Option 4: 'Get key learnings from 4,500 employees in Headspace Health’s 2023 Workforce Attitudes report'
Speaker session, Interact
Find out what the global workforce thinks on key issues facing people leaders today.
- Supporting teams through change: Given the job market, rampant inflation, and ‘change fatigue’, employers need concrete advice on how to best support the mental health of their employees with regards to these issues
- ROI matters now more than ever: Benefits are often one of the first things to get cut in a recession - benefits leaders need to understand how investing in employee mental health is an imperative to their bottom line.
- Benefit Leaders need better support: As benefit leaders face an overwhelm of roles, they need more support — ongoing partnership to support adoption and engagement
Moderator: Janet Cooper OBE, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Nurture Landscapes Group
3.40pm – 4.25pm
1. Building financial resilience
2. Creating a gender inclusive health strategy
3. Developing personalised employee experiences
4. Evolving your global benefits design to support fairness and equity
5. Mental resilience 2023: Offsetting the impact of workplace transformation and burnout
6. Pay and reward strategies under inflationary pressure and the cost of living crisis
7. Reviewing benefits for value, measuring effectiveness and ROI
8. Supporting a multi-generational workforce
4.25pm – 5pm
On the sofa with Davina McCall, MBE
On the sofa with Davina McCall, MBE
Closing keynote with one of the nation's most loved TV broadcasters, Davina McCall (Room: Enterprise)
In this inspirational and motivational interview, Debi O’Donovan talks to Davina about life, work and wellbeing.
They’ll be exploring a number of themes around:
- How the media has changed the way we view ourselves and our wellbeing - from Big Brother to the menopause
- The impact of media, especially social media on our social and financial wellbeing
- New perspectives on life and work - how younger generations view the world differently and how this compares to when Davina started working
- How to stay relevant and current when the world around you is constantly changing – and overcoming challenges and hurdles along the way
- Changing views of wellbeing as we age and what you can do to be at your best
Sponsored by Peppy
