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ArticleFind out who will win an Employee Benefits Award
The 13th annual Employee Benefits Awards, in association with Mercer, takes place today (12 June). BNP Paribas, BT Group, Clifford Chance, EE, Lidl and Universal Music Group are among the employers shortlisted.There are 24 awards in total and the winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery ...
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ArticleLloyds Banking Group launches returners programme
Lloyds Banking Group has launched a nationwide programme to help reintegrate senior men and women back into the workplace.The returners programme, which is aimed at those who have been out of the workplace for two years or more, offers roles with Lloyds at its offices in Halifax, London, Edinburgh and ...
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ArticleOnly 42% of FTSE 100 acknowledge mental health as an issue
Less than half (42%) of FTSE 100 firms acknowledge that mental health is an issue, according to a study from Lockton Benefits, published in May 2015.The report also found that only four employers (Royal Mail, GlaxoSmithKline, Reed Elsevier and advertising and public relations firm WPP) met criteria for all workplace ...
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ArticleWalmart ditches Justin Bieber to boost motivation
Something for the weekend… Walk into any retail store and there is a 99.9% chance that music will be playing.And it is almost certain that this music playlist has been on a constant loop slowly driving the productivity of an employee down or, to put it nicely, driving them mad.But ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories between 5 and 11 June on employeebenefits.co.uk:1. Virgin Management offers a year’s parental leave on full pay2. Evidera achieves cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme3. Ceridian launches reward and recognition platform4. Prison guards form dance troupe to attract staff5. TalkTalk and UKTV shortlisted for engaging benefits6. ...
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ArticleNottingham City Council and Arup make benefits team shortlist
Arup, Engine Group and Nottingham City Council (pictured) have been shortlisted for ‘Benefits team of the year’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.This award, sponsored by Buck Consultants at Xerox, celebrates how an in-house benefits team worked together to deliver benefits that meet the HR and business strategies of the ...
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ArticleGovernment to encourage higher pension contributions
The new Conservative government will encourage employers and employees to increase their pension contributions with incentives, according to Chris Curry, director at the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), who will be speaking at the Employee Benefits Wired Post-Election Pensions Update.Curry also believes that the government is likely to give a lot ...
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ArticleMEC UK improves employee wellbeing and motivation
EXCLUSIVE: Media advertising agency MEC UK has seen its staff health and wellbeing, productivity and motivation all improve in the first year of launching its ‘Smarter Working’ initiative.The scheme, which launched in June 2014 for its 560 employees, scraps the accrued hours rule and takes flexible working one step further ...
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ArticleBibby Financial Services shortlisted for total reward
Bibby Financial Services and Simplyhealth are among the employers shortlisted for the award ‘Best total reward strategy’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.For this award, the judges were looking for an employer that has successfully integrated its reward offerings into a single ‘total reward’ strategy, which might include pay and ...
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ArticlePay reaches £100,000 for over 400 TFL staff
The number of employees working for Transport for London (TFL) earning a total remuneration package over £100,000 has reached more than 400 for the first time. This represents an increase of some 87 employees at the organisation, rising from 326 in 2013/14 to 413 in 2014/15.There was also an increase ...
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ArticleJust 6% of jobs offer flexible working
Only 6% of full-time job roles with a salary of more than £20,000 offer workers the option of flexible working, according to research by flexible hiring specialist Timewise.The Timewise flexible jobs index, which analysed 3.5 million UK-based job vacancies, found that 6% of roles in the £20,000-£29,999 wage bracket embrace ...
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ArticleCharles Cotton: Should benefits professionals get to know their staff?
To coin a phrase, ‘it’s good to talk’, and, according to the latest Employee Outlook survey by the the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), published in March 2015, there is a clear link between employer communication and pay satisfaction.Of those employees who reported a pay rise in ...
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ArticleCompliance developments impacting benefits in May
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) issued its first four escalated auto-enrolment penalties, which range from £50 to £10,000 a day depending on the severity of the breach.The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruled that employers are not always required to make reasonable adjustments and create the ideal job for an employee returning ...
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Article17,000 Tata Steel staff to strike over pensions
More than 17,000 Tata Steel employees will strike on 22 June in an ongoing dispute over the organisation’s pension scheme changes. The action will include a ban on overtime and work-to-rule will be carried out next week by employees.The dispute is over the closure of the steel workers’ final salary ...
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ArticleNAPF appoints Lesley Williams new chair
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has appointed Lesley Williams its next chair.She will succeed Ruston Smith, whose two-year tenure will end at the NAPF’s annual general meeting (AGM) in October 2015. Williams will assume her responsibilities after the AGM for a two-year term.Williams is group pensions director at ...
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ArticleCentralising global benefits held back by operational realities
Multinational employers are building infrastructures to manage employee benefits globally by centralising benefits decision making but this is ahead of the operational realities, according to research by Aon Global Benefits.Its 2015 Global benefits survey, which surveyed 184 respondents specialising in global benefits and reward, found that a lack of centrally ...
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ArticleTalkTalk and UKTV shortlisted for engaging benefits
TalkTalk and UKTV are among the employers shortlisted for the award ‘Most engaging benefits package’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.This award, sponsored by Personal Group, recognises employers that have used benefits within their wider strategy to engage employees within the organisation.The full category shortlist is:Lidl – Team LidlTalkTalkUKTVVaultex UKThe ...
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ArticleEvidera achieves cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Evidera has achieved a cost-neutral flexible benefits scheme in the first 10 months of launch after £100,000 worth of investment. The pharmaceutical consulting organisation, which has more than 110 employees, has also saved a total of £8,184 on benefits costs pre-flex versus post-flex costs of £105,131 a year to ...
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ArticleCeridian launches reward and recognition platform
Payroll and HR software provider Ceridian, has launched an employee reward and recognition platform.It has partnerned with provider WorkAngel to offer staff a mobile-first technology platform to offer staff discounts, an inter-company private social network and real-time recognition and reward.The partnership also means the platform will be integrated into Ceridian’s ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement reaches three-year high
Employee engagement is at a three-year high with 39% of staff currently engaged in the workplace, according to a study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The engagement figures in its Employee outlook 2015 survey, which had 2,226 employee respondents, showed a significant improvement from 2014 (38%) and ...