Benefits we can help with

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Workplace Pensions are long-term savings plans offered by an employer, into which the employer (and usually the employee) contributes on a regular basis.
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Group Life Assurance, or Death in Service as it is sometimes known, is an insurance policy that employers can take out to cover some or all of their staff for a lump sum payment in the event of death.
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Group Income Protection, or Permanent Health Insurance, is designed to pay out a percentage of an employee’s salary if that employee is unable to work due to a long-term illness or injury.
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Private Medical Insurance (or Private Healthcare) is a policy that allows employees to receive medical treatment from the private sector. In most cases, this will mean they can be treated more quickly than on the NHS.
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Health Cash Plans are schemes that allows an individual to claim cashback on things like dental check-ups, eyes tests and other everyday health-related treatments.
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Critical Illness Cover is designed to pay out a lump sum if one of your employees is diagnosed with a specified condition such as Cancer, Alzheimer’s disease or Motor Neurone disease.
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Employee Savings and Discount Schemes help your employee’s money go further by providing access to a wide range of retail offers.
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EAPs are intended to help employees deal with personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance. They are confidential and can usually be accessed 24/7.
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Total Reward Statements allow employees to get an overall picture of their total remuneration. This will include their salary, but also the cost of all non-salary benefits.
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Employer’s often used bonus schemes at individual, team or company level to reward high performance or achievement of specific objectives.
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Childcare vouchers are a tax-efficient way for employees to pay for professional childcare, ranging from nurseries and childminders through to holiday camps and breakfast clubs.
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A Company Car can be provided as a perk as well as a business tool. Schemes usually work on either a fleet (company owns), contract hire (company leases) or cash allowance basis.
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Cycle to Work Scheme allows your employees to purchase bikes and accessories free of income tax or national insurance. The idea being this supports sustainable transportation and the environment.
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Companies are required to provide eye care for employees who use screens and who drive as part of their job. Eye care generally covers a free eye test and a basic pair of glasses or money towards an upgraded pair if required.
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Group Dental Plans are insurance-based or cash back schemes that offers employees cover for both preventative and restorative dental treatments.
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ELDERCAREEldercare benefits are services that support employees who have a role as a career in addition to their employed role, or employees concerned about the impact of eldercare on their work.
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Many employers pay for or subsidise structured learning for their staff. This could be courses, professional qualifications or post-graduate learning such as an MBA.
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Workplace financial education involves employers, or a third-party provider, educating employees about financial benefits such as pensions, individual savings accounts and tax planning, and how to optimise their financial wellbeing.
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Flexible working describes a type of working arrangement which gives a degree of flexibility on how long, where, when and at what times employees work.
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Gym membership can be offered as an employee benefit, usually at discounted corporate rates, at a range of gyms and health clubs. The cost is usually managed through payroll and / or salary sacrifice.
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Free fruit is made available in a communal area so that employees can grab a healthy snack at any time during the day.
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Employee Health Screening benefits are usually annual health checks and tests with varying levels of detail. They are used to help employees identify health risks and improve their wellbeing.
Employee Benefit HOLIDAY ABOVE STATUTORY
Holiday above statutory is where an employer provides more paid holiday per year than the statutory leave entitlement in the UK.
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House Deposit Booster is a corporate ISA benefit that helps your employees save for their first property. This is only available through Ink Payroll.
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Refer to a range of benefits (such as extra holiday) that are provided once employees meet certain service criteria. They are usually designed to promote long term commitment to a firm.
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Travel Insurance is widely available however employer sponsored schemes often have enhanced cover levels, fixed premiums and are sourced from trustworthy, reputable providers.
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Sabbaticals are prolonged periods of paid leave, over and above the usual annual allowance, where an employee takes time away from the workplace. They are usually provided by employers to allow employees to achieve certain individual development goals.
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Charitable activity for a specific charity/charities chosen by the company.
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Share Save Schemes are incentives where the ultimate reward is the allocation of company shares. They include Share Incentive Plans (SIPs), Save As You Earn (SAYE), Company Share Option Plans (CSOP) and Enterprise Management Incentives (EMIs).
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Company Sick Pay (also known as ‘Contractual’ or ‘Occupational’ sick pay) is where an employer chooses to provide a higher level of sick pay for its employees above the legal minimum.
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Student Loan Booster is a benefit that helps your employees pay their student loans faster with direct contributions to the Student Loans Company. This is only available through Ink Payroll.
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Many employers are able to provide their own products or services at a discounted or subsidised cost to their employees.

How we do it

Engaging with Employers

We know you want your employee benefit package to be compliant, easy to manage and to boost employee engagement and productivity.

The award-winning Ink Benefits Tracker™ service keeps you focused on these goals each quarter, with a simple 4-step approach:

DESIGN – What are you trying to achieve and why?
MANAGE – Make sure your scheme runs smoothly. Address key issues as they arise.
MEASURE – Put in place an engagement plan to ensure staff understand and value what you provide.
ENGAGE – Track your benefits spend vs budget, set KPIs and targets.

Engaging with Employees

A benefits package is only as good as its communication. If your staff don’t understand and appreciate its value, your spend is wasted.

We help you engage with staff using a range of delivery styles:

  • Online
  • Group
  • 1:1
  • Print

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