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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Technology helps achieve more with less
Communication, aided by technology, can help employers get full value from their benefits offering, says Angela WrightIt is going to be a challenging year for reward specialists faced with reduced budgets for pay and benefits at a time of rising inflation. But is there evidence that we can do more ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Factors that decide who escapes redundancy
Employees can prepare for the consequences of a company takeover, says Scott MoellerCan you trust an acquiring company's promises? Would anyone answer the above question 'yes' after the well-publicised news in early 2010 that Kraft, less than three weeks after agreeing to the purchase of British chocolate company Cadbury, reversed ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Is your pay system working against you?
Strategic pay systems can do more harm than good, says Dr Jonathan TrevorSecuring employee performance through pay is now standard practice for most employers, large or small, domestic or multinational. Performance-based pay, incentives, lifestyle benefits and opportunities for equity ownership are important tools to secure desirable talent, driving staff motivation ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: A new stance on reward after the recession
A changed public perception of executive reward has forced a new approach to pay strategy, says Shaun TysonOne of the paradoxes of the recession is that demand for top, talented managers has continued undiminished in the private sector. In 2011, the economic climate is likely to be even harsher, but ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Share schemes boost staff productivity
Employee participation in share plans brings benefits all round, say Alex Bryson and Richard FreemanMany big corporations use all-employee share plans in a package of high-involvement management tools. Under these plans, they can offer regular employees, as well as management-level staff, financial incentives to hold shares in the firm. In ...
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Pensions governance committee is important
If you read nothing else, read this… There is no legislation that says employers must have a pensions governance committee. A committee should focus on: investment funds, administration, communication, and whether the provider is offering a suitable service. Meeting at least once a year, it should have three ...
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Technology leads new approach to share scheme communication
If you read nothing else, read this... Many organisations use technology to offer efficient enrolment processes and targeted communication of a scheme. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are also used. Share plan providers have to get to grips with changes to taxation, such as the new 50% ...
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Cisco applies technology expertise to benefits
Case study: Executive insight is valued at CiscoSmall business development manager Lauren Godfrey has worked at Cisco for three years. The 25-year-old is responsible for recruiting and developing new partners to increase Cisco's market share in the small business area.Godfrey says she values the support she receives through the firm's ...
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High-earners look at alternatives as pension tax rules change
If you read nothing else, read this... From 6 April 2011, employees earning £150,000 or more each year will receive pensions tax relief only on contributions worth £50,000 a year, down from the previous £255,000. Employers are looking at alternative arrangements for their high earners. Possible options include cash top-ups ...
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Default retirement age to go: what will be the effect on benefits?
If you read nothing else, read this... With no DRA, employers will not be able to forcibly retire someone unless it can be objectively justified. There is an exemption for employers that currently offer group risk benefits. An employer could provide group income protection to staff above state pension age ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: New ideas
With the economic climate still tough, employers will have to be inventive about how they construct their benefits packages this year, says Peter CrushBarely a week into 2011 came news from Income Data Services (IDS) confirming what most already knew: no one - except, perhaps, FTSE company chief executive officers, ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: All eyes are on Brussels and Frankfurt
Pensions have moved up the European Union’s agenda, says James WalshIf there is one prediction we can make with confidence at the start of 2011, it is that we can expect to hear more from the European Union (EU) about pensions.Strictly speaking, the EU has no power to get directly ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Get retirement planning message across
Employers should do all they can to promote the advantages of a good pension, says Sarah VickerstaffFor employers and employees alike, we live in turbulent times with regard to pension and retirement choices. This much is clear: employers will continue to be under pressure to keep costs down, and many ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights 2011
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: A greater understanding of reward value
Total reward can create a deeper relationship between employer and employee, says Stephen PerkinsTo embrace total reward is to adopt a fresh mindset for considering pay and benefits. Rather than reduction to a set of separate elements, total reward is premised on an open-systems approach to people management. The value ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Flex can incentivise staff cost-effectively
Flexible benefits can play an important role in reward during tough economic times, says Peter ReillyThe recession and climate of public sector spending cuts should mean good times for providers of flexible benefits. The reasons are twofold. Firstly, one of the attractions of flex is that it can adjust costs ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Employee health needs a proper strategy
Healthcare benefits have a wide role to play in employee wellbeing, says Stephen BevanFor almost 20 years, I have been researching workforce health and wellbeing. I have looked at the causes, costs and consequences of sickness absence from work, patterns and trends in workplace health, and the management practices most ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Unemployment can harm your health
Unemployment can have a major effect on health, so efforts should be made to get people back to work, says Dr Jessica AllenThere is a wealth of evidence showing clear links between unemployment and poor and worsening health. An immediate negative health impact can be seen as soon as a ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Austerity may hit equality programme
The coalition is introducing a raft of equality measures, but cuts may hinder implementation, says Susan CorbyAt first sight, the coalition government is actively fostering workplace equality and the political climate appears set fair. This is largely because the coalition is implementing the Equality Act 2010, which Labour passed just ...
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Thought leaders: Academic insights: Get the right mix of positive and negative
Wellbeing may be achieved by balancing the good and bad things about work, says Rob BrinerSo where have we got to with employee wellbeing? Is it all sorted? Have employers and HR managers got to grips with how to minimise stress and maximise wellbeing? Are the right policies, practices and ...