Employer: Extras FAQs
Great news, Cyclescheme is now part of the Extras!
What is Extras?
As an employer, you can configure your choice of benefits to suit your organisation. Extras on-demand gift card and eGift discounts come as standard. You can then pick which other benefits you want to offer your employees and we’ll get you set up in no time at all. The emphasis on choice extends to the employee experience too, with everyone getting the chance to sign up to the benefits that suit them. Employees can easily access and manage their Extras benefits 24/7 via a convenient single sign-on
The suite of Extras products includes:
- Cyclescheme
- Home & Tech
- Extras Discounts
You can find more information on these benefits products within the employers' section of the Cyclescheme website.
What does Cyclescheme being in Extras mean?
All Cyclescheme participants now receive an Extras account.
This is the only account employees need for all the Extras products (they are offered by you, their employer).
This means, for example, that if you offer your employees both Cyclescheme and Home & Tech, they can access your personalised sites and MyCyclescheme/My Home & Tech areas from one central place.
They only need to login once, and because we have a single customer experience they only need to keep their contact details up to date within their Extras account.
What are the benefits for my employees?
There are numerous benefits for your workforce, these include:
- Only needing to remember one login and password for all their Extras product orders
- A new top-level view that enables employees to see what Extras products are available to them
- Being able to access their personalised product websites without needing to search for their employer or remembering their employer code
- Quick checkout experiences on Extras product sites as personal details now pre-filled in the application processes
- Only having to keep one set of personal details up to date across all products
Is anything changing within MySchemes (the employer account)?
There are no immediate changes on the MySchemes platform.
You can continue to login and manage your schemes and invoicing in the usual way.
If you are a MySchemes administrator that has also availed of a bike then you will have both a MySchemes account and an Extras account. These will initially have the same passwords but can be managed independently if you wish.
What does Extras mean for us as a company?
As an employer, you can configure your choice of benefits to suit your organisation. Extras on-demand gift card and eGift discounts come as standard. You can then pick which other benefits you want to offer your employees and we’ll get you set up in no time at all. The emphasis on choice extends to the employee experience too, with everyone getting the chance to sign up to the benefits that suit them. Employees can easily access and manage their Extras benefits 24/7 via a convenient single sign-on.
What products will my employees have access to?
Your employees will initially have access to Cyclescheme, Home & Tech (if you offer it) and Extras Discounts.
Extras Discounts are offered to all employees as a perk of Extras. There is no action for the employer to make - Extras Discounts are offered by way of a simple retail transaction initiated by the employee. Savings of up to 10% are on offer; helping employees salaries go further.
Are there any changes to contracts or supplier details?
No.
Who do employers contact if they have questions?
If you have a specific question about the Employee Benefits Choice account or family of products, please contact enquiries@workplaceextras.com.
If you have a general query about Cyclescheme, please contact us.
You can view the employee answers for Employee Benefits Choice questions in the new Extras section of the Employee Knowledge Base.