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ArticleTop Tweets about Employee Benefits Live 2014
@Benefex_UK – Have you booked your ticket to #EBLive yet? We’ll be there@HealthMattersUK – Just starting marketing work for @EB_Live #EBLive2014. Let the fun begin and hope to see some familiar faces and new ones too!@MattioliWoods – We’re exhibiting @EB_Live on 24-25 Sept in #London. Book your free tickets today ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits digital magazine – October 2014
Time is becoming an increasingly rare commodity for HR professionals as they work to implement and administer benefits, but help is as hand. Read where in Breaking the time barrier (page 18)Employers have a lot of spadework to do to prepare themselves and their staff for next year’s pension changes. ...
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ArticleNationwide to discuss evolution of pay strategy
Mandy Cameron, head of reward at Nationwide Building Society, will speak about the impact of regulation on remuneraion strategies in financial services organisations at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Pay strategies in today’s economic climate’, will share insight into the sector’s trends around recognising employees, as well as other types of ...
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ArticleJP Morgan boosts flexible benefits engagement
JP Morgan has increased staff engagement with its flexible benefits scheme from 38% to 74% after revamping and relauching its benefits platform in 2012.Adam Brooke (pictured), employee benefits and wellness manager at JP Morgan, will discuss how the organisation achieved this increase in engagement in a session titled ’Communication strategies ...
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Article71% would sacrifice a higher salary for appreciation
Nearly three-quarters (71%) of employees would turn down a higher salary to continue working for an employer that regularly thanks them for their efforts, according to research by One4all Rewards.Its Thank you report, which surveyed employees in more than 1,000 UK organisations, also found that 71% would prefer to work ...
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ArticleLegal and General implements staff exercise initiative
Legal and General is encouraging employees to exercise by introducing a ‘calorie burn’ smart-sign system to its office stairs.The financial services firm has designed the health initiative, provided by StepJockey, as a way to get employees to use the stairs instead of lifts.It has marked each stairway with a calorie ...
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ArticleCarlsberg appoints Nick Court
Carlsberg has appointed Nick Court reward manager.He was previously reward and benefits manager at British Sugar.Before that, Court spent more than a decade at Tesco, where his roles included personnel manager, reward manager, UK payroll operations manager and employee relations manager.
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ArticleHutchison 3G appoints Paul Bissell
Hutchison 3G has appointed Paul Bissell head of reward.He was previously head of reward (fixed line) at Vodafone UK and head of reward at Cable and Wireless Worldwide, before it was bought by Vodafone.Before that, Bissell held a range of roles at Nationwide Building Society, including retail training manager, HR ...
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ArticleLinklaters addresses total reward challenges
Linklaters has devised a total reward strategy that fits the culture of the organisation but faces challenges from offering a single strategy in a high-pay environment.Melissa Lever, head of reward at Linklaters, will discuss how the law firm has made one total reward strategy work by communicating the right messages ...
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ArticleAlcoa reduces stress with Global Corporate Challenge
Alcoa has been named the World’s Most Active Organisation for the second consecutive year after 22,000 employees participated in the Global Corporate Challenge.Teams of seven employees from the aluminium manufacturer crossed the globe 417 times in 100 days as part of a virtual challenge to promote good health, friendly competition ...
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70% plan to spend pension pot on holidays and travel
Employees aged 55 to 64 plan to spend a larger amount of their retirement income in the immediate years after they retire, according to research by Investec Wealth and Investment.Its research, which surveyed 985 people aged 55 to 64, found that 70% of respondents plan to spend their retirement funds ...
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ArticleUnicycle to reinvent postal fleets
Something for the weekend…Postal organisations’ fleets are often imagined as having red vans or bikes to help employees get the daily post through letterboxes.But that image may just be changing along with postal organisations’ travel policies following the launch of an eco-friendly unicycle.Up to 100 employees at Whistl, formerly TNT ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 11-18 September: 1. Total reward is outdated 2. Ford justified in not paying enhanced paternity pay 3. Wolseley UK adds new perks to flex 4. Female professor loses equal pay appeal 5. What are the current trends in fleet funding? 6. ...
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ArticleFirstGroup to debate whether pensions are best savings option
John Chilman, group reward and pensions director at FirstGroup, will question whether pensions are the only solution for long-term saving in a session at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Pensions as a gateway to wider benefits engagement’, will look into alternative saving vehicles on the back of the government’s chances to ...
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ArticleBoodles increases staff pension contributions
EXCLUSIVE: Boodles has seen almost a quarter (22%) of its pension scheme members increase their contributions following the launch of a workplace savings platform.The platform, provided by Hargreaves Lansdown, offers staff access to a group self-invested pension plan (Sipp), a cash individual savings account (Isa), a stocks and shares Isa ...
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ArticleNetwork with benefits providers at Employee Benefits Live
Delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2014 will have plenty of opportunity to meet, network and interact with a range of reward and benefits providers, advisers and consultants at the annual event’s lively exhibition.The headline sponsor of the event is Benefex, while the two opening keynote sessions will be sponsored by ...
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ArticleUniversity of Sheffield focuses on holistic wellbeing
The University of Sheffield offers a free health and wellbeing service to all 7,000 of its employees in order to create a happy and remarkable place to work. Andrew Dodman, director of human resources at the University of Sheffield, and Gary Butterfield, executive director of Juice, will discuss how the ...
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ArticlePoor employee performance behind non bonus payment
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents did not offer any bonus payments as a result of poor individual perfomance in 2014, according to research by Aon Hewitt.Its European bonus and sales compensation survey 2014, which surveyed more than 110 organisations across 15 countries and outlines employers’ approaches to pay, found ...
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ArticleTotal pay increases by 0.6% year on year
Pay, including bonuses, for UK employees is 0.6% higher than it was a year ago, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK Labour market, September 2014 report found that pay, excluding bonuses, for UK employees was 0.7% higher than it was a year ago.According to the ...
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ArticleOver 300 Welsh Water employees take up bikes-for-work scheme
Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru) has seen 313 employees take up its bikes-for-work scheme since its launch in August.The organisation promoted the scheme in cnojunction with provider Cycle Solutions, which visited seven key sites across Wales with a virtual shop.This enabled staff to experience some of the bikes and cycling equipment ...