Amba has launched a new ethical employee benefits platform designed to appeal to millennial and Gen Z employees.
This new platform will include access to net zero pension Cushon as well as giving individual more control when it comes to managing their benefits.
The platform, Lumina is being launched by Amba — previously known as PES.
Lumina is a mobile first, digital platform, housing live links to all of an employee’s HR systems in one central hub, from payslips, HRIS integration, Isas and pensions, through to healthcare, salary sacrifice schemes and wellbeing benefits.
In addition to these standard benefits, the Lumina platform will also feature access to some of the ‘greenest’ and most ethical employee benefits available.
The portal plays host to a number of unique features, including Lumina Electric, Lumina Care, Lumina Money, Lumina Calm and Lumina Flex. This functionality enables employers to offer their staff access to ethical benefits options, including contributions towards electric vehicles, wellbeing apps and green savings initiatives.
The new platform is accessible to businesses of any size, regardless of sector or maturity in providing benefits to staff.
Amba CEO Tobin Murphy-Coles says: “Over the past few years there has been a dramatic shift in both the demographic of the UK workforce and the values that they hold.
“The things that matter most to employees have changed. There’s much more focus on the ethical and sustainable values of a company. It is crucial that these values are reflected in the types of benefits a business offers in order for it to remain competitive. Young people want good benefits that do good too. That’s where Lumina steps in.”
He says the Luminia Money scheme has been designed in response to this shift in priorities. For instance, staff using the programme can choose to put money into Isas instead of their pension, and swap holiday days for additional salary.
Cushon managing director Troy Clutterbuck says: “What most people don’t appreciate is that benefits packages can have a negative impact on the environment.” Cushon research shows that the average UK pension pot finances an average of 23 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
Cushon aims to counter this through emission reduction and offsetting.
In addition, the new Lumina Care proposition presents the opportunity for small and medium sized employers to access medical insurance in a cost-effective way by coming together as community of businesses inside a healthcare trust.
Created in partnership with Healix, the trust is built on the premise that all members should have access to full medical history disregarded healthcare.
Once part of the Lumina Care scheme, employers will be offered the opportunity to leverage their wellbeing programmes to reduce future premiums.
Every Lumina Care member will also be given access to the Earthmiles workplace wellbeing app plus a wearable, with the analytics generated, including data relating to exercise and nutrition, used to lower future premiums for all trust members.
Murphy-Coles adds: “The fight for top talent is changing and is fiercer than ever. Businesses and HR teams need to be aware that there is a shift in the demands of the modern employee.”
