Employee Benefits Awards 2014 shortlist announced

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

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

For more information and to book a place at the summer party

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

For more information and to book a place at the summer party