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ArticlePg 10 – People Moves – Dentsu Aegis appoints Toria McCahill
Dentsu Aegis has appointed Toria McCahill head of reward.McCahill had previously been group reward manager at Dixons Retail since December 2013 and was involved in the organisation’s merger with Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.Other roles include HR manager, projects and reward, at Samsung’s Cambridge Solution Centre, and talent and succession ...
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ArticleHowdens Joinery appoints Ian Morley
Howdens Joinery has appointed Ian Morley reward consultant.Since March 2013, he has held a range of reward consultant roles at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Learndirect.Morley’s other roles in the industry have included interim head of reward at Geoban UK, reward consultant at the National Society for the ...
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ArticleKodak Alaris appoints Iain Willetts
Kodak Alaris has appointed Iain Willetts interim global compensation and benefits lead.He has several years’ experience in reward roles, most recently at Serco, including: reward director, group projects; director of reward and engagement, European division; and director of reward and engagement.His other roles in the industry have included head of ...
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ArticleTotal reward is outdated
Total reward has served its time because it has not delivered joined-up reward strategies that are relevant to employers and employees.Martha How (pictured top), partner at Aon Employee Benefits and Duncan Brown (pictured bottom), head of the UK performance, reward and talent consulting practice at Aon Employee Benefits, will discuss ...
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ArticleFord justified in not paying enhanced paternity pay
An employment tribunal has ruled that car manufacturer Ford was justified in not paying enhanced paternity pay to a male employee during additional paternity leave.In the case of Shuter v Ford Motor Company, an employment tribunal ruled that the organisation was not obliged to provide enhanced pay incircumstances where it ...
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ArticleChurch of England schools receive living wage accreditation
The National Society and Church of England schools are to pay the living wage to all staff. The National Society, which resources and promotes Church of England schools, reached a deal with trade union Unison that paves the way for all schools to receive living wage accreditation.The schools will be ...
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Article34% of Christmas reward budget is wasted
A failure by employers to effectively plan and deliver end-of-year recognition leads to around a third (34%) of Christmas rewards being wasted, according to research by Edenred.Its Reward and recognition at Christmas 2014: How to give an impactful end of year ‘thank you’ to employees report, which surveyed 1,000 employees, ...
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ArticleJobs and Business Glasgow streamlines 29 pension plans
Jobs and Business Glasgow streamlined 29 different pensions schemes into a single scheme to prepare for auto-enrolment, following the merger of five organisations. Caroline Glen, head of HR at Jobs and Business Glasgow, will share her experiences of managing pensions change in merged organisations and focus on the communications strategy ...
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ArticlePWC partners receive largest pay rise since 2010
PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PWC) 854 partners have received their biggest salary increase since 2010.Partners at the professional services firm each received, on average, £722,000 in 2013/14, an increase in salary of £11,000 from 2012/13.The increase in pay has been attributed to the organisation’s performance, with the organisation reporting increased total profits for ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid battles with team meetings
I know team meetings seem like a good idea. They are a good idea. It just isn’t ideal with this particular group of people.Real teamwork involves mutual respect and a degree of compassion. Yeah, like that’s going to happen. I have nothing against the organisational development team. Well, that is ...
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ArticleWolseley UK adds new perks to flex
EXCLUSIVE: Wolseley UK has added several new benefits to its flexible benefits scheme following a change to its the plan’s enrolment window.The heating and plumbing organisation, which launched the scheme, provided by Benefex, in January, decided to move its enrolment window to August to align with its financial year.This enabled ...
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ArticleFemale professor loses equal pay appeal
A female University of London professor has lost a sex discrimination case against her employer after it was found that her male colleagues’ bonus payments were retention fees, despite her claim that the university’s genuine material factor defence was tainted.The claimant was appointed to the university in 1996 and claimed ...
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Article45% of men and 49% of women had no pension savings in 2010-12
Some 45% of men and 49% of women below retirement age in Great Britain did not have any private pension savings in the period between 2010 and 2012, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Characteristics of people and households without a private pension report also found ...
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ArticleDOD’s blog: Time to face up to mental illness
How we handle mental illness in the workplace came under severe criticism this week.On Tuesday, chief medical officer professor Dame Sally Davies published her recommendations to improve public mental health in Annual report of the chief medical officer 2013: public mental health priorities.I am not surprised at her criticism.Currently, employers’ ...
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ArticleChinese staff strike over sweet treat ban
Something for the weekend…Employers tend to see strikes arise over pay, pensions and changes to working conditions but never for the simplest of rewards, free tasty treats.But it seems times are changing.In China, factory workers downed tools this week after Beijing’s anti-graft campaign had deprived them of a perk that ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 4-11 September:1. Cardboard forts could boost motivation 2. Monarch Airlines plans to cut pay and pension benefits3. Arco redesigns voluntary benefits scheme 4. Samsung uses technology to boost engagement 5. Courts must recognise disability test 6. Reading University launches benefits on ...
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ArticleMark Cliff - 100 Club Column
We will all have our own views on what the 2015 pensions changes really mean, but from a sponsoring employer perspective there are opportunities to engage with staff on pensions in a way which, to date, has been challenging. When you’re able to talk about retirement saving in terms of ...
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p 10 People Moves - Microchip appoints Emma Smith
Microchip has appointed Emma Smith European compensation and benefits manager. Her new role involves the management and communication of pay and benefits across Europe. She was previously group compensation and benefits analyst at Hibu since April 2012. Smith also held various roles at Yell, including reward manager and training manager.
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ArticleReward teams can learn from banking pay issues
Jane Richards (pictured), remuneration specialist at Investec, is to speak about the challenges of setting reward and pay policies for employees in the banking sector at Employee Benefits Live.The session, titled ‘Pay strategies in today’s economic climate’, will look at these challenges in the context of the EU and UK ...
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ArticleMazars to add cancer screening to staff flexible benefits plan
EXCLUSIVE: Mazars is expanding its 2014/15 flex-plan by teaming up with Health Screen UK to provide cancer specific screening to its 1,400 UK employees.It will also give staff access to its flex platform via Apple devices through Stormfront. The new benefits follow the addition of an employee discount scheme to ...