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ArticleEmployee Engagement report 2015
Employee Benefits’ Employee Engagement report 2015 explores how employers can better engage their staff.The report includes the following articles:Clare Bettelley: Employee engagement replies on employer supportWhy any employer embarking on an employee engagement strategy should first question the extent to which it can consider itself engaging. The true meaning of ...
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ArticleCo-operative employees to vote on 8.5% pay rise proposal
More than 60,000 Co-operative employees will receive a 8.5% pay rise over the next two years if the proposal is voted in by members of the trade union, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), in April.The proposal, which was developed by the Co-operative Employers Association with USDAW, would ...
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ArticleBalreed boosts prostate cancer awareness with workshops
EXCLUSIVE: Balreed has raised the awareness of prostate cancer in the workplace through its ‘Be a Hero’ campaign.All 204 employees at the independent provider of print, document, IT and process technology attended workshops on highlighting the importance of prostate cancer and early detection in January.Workshops were run at Balreed’s eight ...
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Article37% of employees cite stress as reason to quit job
Almost two-fifths (37%) of employees have considered quitting their job in the last year because of stress at work, according to research by MetLife Employee Benefits.Nearly half (47%) of respondents find their job stressful on a day-to-day basis, according to the research, which surveyed more than 1,000 full-time employees.And 48% ...
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ArticleSports Direct faces mass legal tussle over bonus claims
Sports Direct is facing a legal tussle with 300 of its employees over claims made by those on zero-hour contracts that they were not eligible to participate in its bonus scheme. While no claim has yet been issued, law firm Leigh Day sent letters in February to the retailer’s legal ...
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Article?Jenny Davidson moves to Dixons Carphone
Dixons Carphone has appointed Jenny Davidson group reward director. She will head up the reward function across the newly merged Dixons Carphone Group, with responsibility for the strategy and implementation of all pay and benefits, as well as reward integration projects across the organisation. Davidson’s previous roles include head of ...
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ArticleCoats appoints John Lovell
Coats has appointed John Lovell group pensions director.Lovell is responsible for overseeing Coats’ global pension schemes as well as developing the organisation’s pension strategy and working closely with the trustees of the various schemes to ensure their effective delivery.He has joined the organisation from Sainsbury’s, where he was head of ...
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ArticleClare Bettelley: Pensions re-enrolment is a great time to re-engage staff
Organisations should consider, for example, whether they have appointed the right provider with which to auto-enrol. Has the provider offered the employer the necessary or expected level of support for both the organisation and its employees?Has the provider’s technology coped with employee volumes and opt-out requests? If not, how can ...
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ArticleVospers relaunches voluntary benefits plan
EXCLUSIVE: Vospers Motorhouse has relaunched its voluntary benefits scheme for all 550 members of staff.It now includes access to over 7,500 national retail discounts, cashback offers and the option of local discounts, which employees can access via a unique login.The family-run motor organisation wanted to replace its previous scheme which ...
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ArticleUniversity of Bolton invests £100,000 in motivating staff
The University of Bolton is investing £100,000 to send all 700 employees on a staff development programme to help boost motivation and inform them of the organisation’s strategic aims.The programme, which runs from September 2014 to May 2015, comprises approximately 20 group visits of an average 35 people per trip, ...
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Article09 Top story Events: Employee Benefits Awards 2015 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Employee Benefits Awards 2015 is now available at www.employeebenefitsawards.co.uk.The winners will be announced during a lunchtime ceremony on Friday 12 June at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London.As well as the 22 category winners, the winner of the prestigious Grand Prix award will also ...
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Article09 Events: Have you met the Employee Benefits Awards 2015 judges?
Have you met our judges for the Employee Benefits Awards 2015?This year’s panel chairs are Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, editor, Employee Benefits; Clare Bettelley, associate editor, Employee Benefits; Jane Fenwick, global head of benefits, Shire Pharmaceuticals; and Neil Morrison, group HR director, Penguin Random House.The other judges are:Roland Baskeyfield, group reward manager, ...
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ArticleJoin the Winter School Twitter discussion
The inaugural Employee Benefits Twitter takeover will take place on 10 March in partnership with Johnson Fleming.Benefits professionals will be able to get their all-important questions answered on the Maximising the value of your protection, health and wellbeing benefits Winter School tutorial video by Angela Jones, senior consultant at Johnson ...
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ArticleFemale retirees in 2015 expect 25% less income than males
Women planning to retire this year expect to receive retirement incomes that are 25% lower than their male counterparts, according to research by Prudential.Its Class of 2015 study, which surveyed 7,687 UK adults aged 45 and over who have yet to retire, including 1,012 respondents who intended to retire in ...
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ArticleAnglian Water switches eyecare provider
Anglian Water has switched provider for its eyecare benefits for staff.The organisation has selected Specsavers Corporate Eyecare to implement its eyecare policy to 3,000 members of staff.Through the scheme, staff are able to access e-vouchers to help meet their specific workplace eyecare needs. All of Anglian Water’s office-based staff that ...
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ArticleCanine cottage critic wanted
Something for the weekend…Holiday home website holidaycottages.co.uk could soon be facing some interesting employee benefits challenges when it recruits a rather unusual member of staff.In a bid to review and improve services and customer experience, the organisation is looking for an employee who is a minimum of one-year-old, active, sociable, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk from 26 February to 5 March 2015:1. Facebook plans to build town for staff 2. Future trends unveiled at Employee Benefits Connect 3. Pension Schemes Bill receives Royal Assent 4. How to boost share plan take-up 5. How to create an integrated financial wellbeing ...
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ArticleTechnology causes staff to disengage
How employees engage with technology is the biggest cause of disengagement in the workplace, according to Dave Coplin, chief envisioning officer at Microsoft.Speaking in the closing keynote session titled ’The rise of the humans: how to outsmart the digital deluge’ at Employee Benefits Connect on 4 March, Coplin said that ...
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ArticleWolseley UK to introduce mobile technology for flex
Wolseley UK is looking to implement mobile technology within its flexible benefits scheme to improve its employee engagment levels and take up of benefits. The heating and plumbing organisation is hoping to implement the technology this year so that employees can make flex choices via their mobile and tablet devices.Speaking ...
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ArticleCNH Industrial keeps global communications simple
Commuications around global compensation and benefits schemes should be kept simple, according to Rob Gerdes, vice president of compensation and benefits at CNH Industrial. Speaking in a session titled ’Developing a global compensation and benefits brand’ at Employee Benefits Connect 2015 on 4 March, Gerdes said: “Communication and marketing materials ...