Bacardi, E.On, HSBC, Kodak, Samsung and Unilever are among the employers shortlisted for the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.

EmployeeBenefitsAwards-Lunch-2013

The winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony on Friday 27 June at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London.

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Full Employee Benefits Awards 2014 shortlist:

Best staff travel policy

  • Bovis Homes (entered by Zenith) – BRICS (Bovis Regulated Independent Car Scheme)
  • Capital One
  • Leicester City Council (entered by Tusker) – Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme
  • The Rugby Football Union (entered by Alphabet GB) – AlphaCity CarSharing

Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits – small employer

  • Aspen Healthcare – Your Rewards
  • Chaucer Syndicates – Health and Wellness
  • Goodman Masson
  • London Overground Rail Operations – Health and Wellbeing Strategic Action Plan
  • Manchester City Football Club – City Health and Wellbeing
  • MEC (entered by Aon Hewitt)

Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits – large employer (Sponsored by Westfield Health)

  • BMW Group UK – BMW Wellbeing
  • Cafcass (entered by Medicash)
  • City and Guilds – Group Wellbeing Programme
  • University of Sheffield – Juice. Everyday Health and Wellbeing
  • Zurich – Zurich Wellbeing

Best pensions auto-enrolment strategy – small employer (Sponsored by Scottish Widows)

  • Hutchison 3G – Automatic Enrolment
  • Pentland Brands (entered by Standard Life) – Pentland Personal Pension Scheme
  • TalkTalk Group (entered by Capita Employee Benefits) – Creating One TalkTalk
  • Telent (entered by Standard Life) – Telent 2010 Plan
  • Victim Support (entered by Foster Denovo)
  • Warburtons Pension and Life Assurance Plan – DC Section

Best pensions auto-enrolment strategy – large employer (Sponsored by Scottish Widows)

  • Arriva (entered by Standard Life) – Arriva workplace pension plan
  • E.On (entered by Benefex) – My Choice’ E.On Pension Plan – with the theme ‘Don’t Gamble with your Retirement’
  • GeoPost (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits) – GeoPost AE
  • LV= - My LV=Pension Plan
  • McDonald’s Restaurants
  • Wolseley UK – Wolseley UK offering Auto Enrolment to DC Plan

Best pensions communications – small employer

  • Bacardi (entered by Hymans Robertson) – Bacardi-Martini UK Pension Scheme, Defined Contribution Section
  • Hutchison 3G
  • Samsung (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Highlights
  • Simplyhealth – Pensions Auto Enrolment Communications
  • Telent (entered by Standard Life) – Telent 2010 Plan
  • The University of Reading - Pensions+/Benefits+

Best pensions communications – large employer

  • E.On (entered by Benefex) – My Choice – Who wants to be comfortably retired?
  • JP Morgan (entered by Towers Watson) – JP Morgan UK Pension Plan
  • KFC (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits) – KFC: My so good rewards – pensions
  • LV= (entered by AHC) – My LV= Pension Plan
  • Royal Bank of Scotland Group (entered by Hymans Robertson) – Picture yourself tomorrow’ for the RBSelect pensions election window for members of the Retirement Savings Plan
  • Tesco

Best DC pensions default investments

  • Jobs and Business Glasgow (entered by Barclays Corporate and Employer Solutions)
  • Mills and Reeve (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – My£reward
  • Telent (entered by Standard Life) – Telent 2010 Plan

Best financial education strategy (Sponsored by Wealth at Work)

  • AT&T (entered by Aon Hewitt) – AT&T Pension Scheme
  • Kodak (entered by Aon Hewitt) – Kodak Pension Plan
  • Live Nation Entertainment (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Live Benefits
  • Martindale Pharma (entered by Secondsight)
  • McCarthy and Stone (entered by Hargreaves Lansdown) – McCarthy and Stone Pension and Investment Plan
  • University of Lincoln

Most motivational benefits (Sponsored by Edenred)

  • Asda Stores – Asda Stars Recognition Scheme
  • Danone (entered by P&MM) – DNA Employee Recognition Scheme
  • Equiniti Group – One Equiniti Icon Awards
  • MEC (entered by Aon Hewitt)
  • The University of Reading – Celebrating Success
  • UKTV
  • Unify (entered by Edenred) – Unify’s OpenScape Office Global Reward Scheme

Best flexible benefits plan

  • Asos.com (entered by KPMG) – ASOSextras
  • Hyde Housing (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits) – Hyde Housing iFlex
  • Marks and Spencer (entered by Benefex) – Choices and Perks
  • Orange Business Services (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits) – World of Benefits
  • Samsung (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Highlights Flexible Benefits
  • Santander (entered by Grass Roots) – You choose… your benefits
  • Withers Worldwide (entered by Willis Employee Benefits) – With…your benefit in mind

Best voluntary benefits

  • Asda Stores – Everyone Benefits Site
  • Aspen Healthcare
  • Axa UK – My Benefits@Axa
  • Nottingham City Council (entered by P&MM Employee Benefits) – Works Perks
  • Southco Manufacturing (entered by BHSF) – MySouthcoBenefits

Best employee share schemes

  • Asda – Asda Share Schemes
  • Marks and Spencer (entered by Equiniti) – Sharesave 2013
  • Partnership Assurance
  • Tesco
  • Whitbread – Whitbread Sharesave Scheme

Best international or expatriate benefits

Cisco (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – iBenefits@Cisco

Hilton Worldwide (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits) – EMF (Expatriate Mobility Framework)

Lloyd’s Register – Global Mobility Transformation

National Grid – Appreciate

Best benefits communications – small employer

  • Asos (entered by Benefex) – Reward Awareness Season
  • Baker Hughes (entered by Hymans Robertson) – BakerHughes myBenefits
  • Danone (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – My Rewards
  • De Montfort University (entered by P&MM Employee Benefits) – DMU Rewards
  • MEC (entered by Aon Hewitt)
  • MetLife (entered by Towers Watson) – My Choices

Best benefits communications – large employer (Sponsored by Cigna)

  • E.On – (entered by Benefex) – My Choice – You’re in the Driving Seat
  • HSBC (entered by Aon Hewitt) – My Choice
  • Marston’s
  • RWE Npower (entered by Edenred)

Best work-life balance strategy

  • Hastings Direct
  • Live Nation Entertainment (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Live Benefits
  • Northern Trust (entered by My Family Care)

Best total reward strategy (Sponsored by Aon Hewitt)

  • Nestle (entered by Mercer)
  • Sainsbury’s Supermarkets
  • Thales (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Simply Flexible
  • Withers Worldwide (entered by Willis Employee Benefits) – With…your benefit in mind

Best total reward statements

  • Asda Stores – The Asda Total Package Website Incorporating Online Payslips
  • John Lewis Partnership (entered by Edenred) – JLP TRS
  • Mondel?z International – Simply Rewards – Total Reward Statements (paper)
  • Siemens (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits) – My choice
  • Tesco – Tesco Benefit Reports
  • Unilever – Global Total Reward System (TRS)
  • Virgin Holidays – Total Reward Statements

Best alignment of benefits to business strategy

  • DFS
  • GeoPost (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits) – GeoPost Benefits
  • Marks and Spencer (entered by Benefex) – Choices and Perks
  • Thales (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – Simply Flexible

Most engaging benefits package (Sponsored by Personal Group)

  • Danone (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits) – MyRewards
  • East Coast Mainline Company – Shine
  • Goodman Masson – The Benefits Boutique and The Experience

Employee Benefits Professional of the Year (Sponsored by Lorica Employee Benefits)

  • Shortlist will be announced soon

Benefits Team of the Year

  • Shortlist will be announced soon

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