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Symbian Foundation launches online flexible benefits
The Symbian Foundation, a newly formed non-profit organisation, has launched online flexible benefits for its employees.
The Symbian Foundation is an independent organisation, formed in 2009, whose mission is to enable an open ecosystem that collaborates to create the most complete and richest user experiences for mobile devices.
As a new organisation, with employees joining from a wide range of businesses, Symbian wanted to provide a comparable and competitive benefit package. To engage such a diverse and rapidly growing community, it needed to be as flexible as possible.
Symbian Foundation appointed Thomsons Online Benefits to create a bespoke solution including broking of benefits, a bespoke communications strategy, and an online platform.
The new scheme, branded “flex”, includes core benefits such as pension and holiday, plus additional benefits employees can choose to fit in with their lifestyle. Salary sacrifice was introduced which generated savings for employees on National Insurance contributions. Through Thomsons’ technology, employees can now view their personalised total reward statements online and make selections including enrolling in the pension.
The communications were inspired by Symbian’s corporate branding to engage employees in their unique “world of Symbian” culture. The scheme was launched to employees using both online and offline media including a digital brochure explaining the benefits available and how to make selections via the website.
Steve Warner, HR Director at Symbian Foundation comments: “As a young and growing business, we wanted to reward employees to the level they were accustomed and ensure they felt part of our unique culture.”
“The launch of “flex” has been a great success, with 95 percent of employees enrolling in the pension scheme in the first month.”
