Under the eVouchers programme, health and safety managers can place orders, allocate vouchers to relevant members of staff, and review real-time redemption reports online, for all vouchers including VDU, driver eyecare and safety eyewear.

The entire process can be completely paperless if employers wish: allocated vouchers can be emailed directly from the system to the employee, who can redeem their voucher at any Specsavers store to obtain their eyecare entitlement.  Employees can even use their smartphone to do so.

The system has been designed to be user-friendly, flexible whilst offering the ability to track redemption of vouchers and log employees’ requirements and the date of their next scheduled examination. It is also possible to generate automatically populated invoices from the system, which can be printed, or emailed directly to the finance department.

The eVouchers are available at no extra cost, with a minimum order of five vouchers although thereafter vouchers don’t have to be purchased in multiples of five. Additionally, employers will now be able to save money by simply reprinting or re-sending lost eyecare vouchers to employees, rather than having to reissue a new voucher.

Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, said: ‘Research has shown us that the majority of employers want to be able to implement employee benefits online and that they believe their employees would prefer this option too. We are delighted, therefore, to be able to offer eVouchers to our clients, along with a robust implementation and administration system, which will further our already simple and efficient voucher offering.’

He continued: ‘It is important to point out that our paper-based voucher system will still be fully available and supported for any employers who wish to continue to use it.’