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ArticleHMRC delays RTI penalties for small employers
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has further delayed the date penalties will be given to small employers with automated pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) real-time information (RTI). Organisations with less than 50 employees will be exempt from RTI late filing penalties until March 2015.The date was initially set for April 2014, but was ...
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FirstGroup, Asda and Samsung to speak at EB Live
A number of employer case studies will be featured at Employee Benefits Live 2014, including:Joanna Bean, head of reward, UK and Ireland at Samsung, will share a case study on using benefits and technology to boost employee engagement.John Chilman, group reward and pensions director at FirstGroup, will ask whether ...
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ArticleMonarch Airlines plans to cut pay and pension benefits
Monarch Airlines has begun talks with trade unions and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about cutting employees’ pay, benefits and defined benefit (DB) pension payouts.Its 3,300 employees are being asked to take pay cuts and productivity improvements of between 25% and 35%, on top of 900 job losses.The airline’s DB scheme, ...
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Article70 million working days lost to stress in 2013
More than 70 million working days were lost to mental health illnesses in 2013, according to a report by chief medical officer professor Dame Sally Davies.The Employment is good for mental health report found that the number of working days lost to stress, depression and anxiety has increased by 24% ...
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ArticleStandard Life to close DB pension scheme to future accrual
Standard Life is to close its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual and enhance the terms of its defined contribution scheme (DC) for staff from April 2016.Around 55% of Standard Life’s employees belong to its DB scheme which has been closed to new members since 2004. From April ...
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ArticleReading Uni launches benefits on a limited budget
Claire Eckett, HR manager, rewards and benefits at the University of Reading, will share her experiences of launching a recognition programme on a limited budget during a session at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Motivation and recognition schemes to drive productivity’, will cover why the university introduced the scheme, how it ...
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ArticleNest pension restrictions to be lifted in 2017
The government has confirmed its intention to remove the annual contribution limit and transfer restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest).The restrictions on annual contributions, which currently stand at a maximum of £4,600, and removal of the restrictions on bulk transfers will be lifted from 1 April 2017.The government ...
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ArticleICSA enhances health and wellbeing programme
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has introduced an activities platform to enhance its health and wellbeing programme. The platform, provided by MiPins, enables employees to discover and participate in activities based on their preferences, abilities and availability.On ICSA’s health and wellbeing launch day (pictured), staff could participate ...
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ArticleCarphone Warehouse appoints Bernie Buckley
Carphone Warehouse Group has appointed Bernie Buckley head of reward, UK and Ireland.Since 2008, she had held a range of roles at Whitbread, including head of reward and analysis and reward manager.Other roles in the industry include: HR and payroll administration manager, UK and Ireland at Henderson Global Investors; HR ...
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ArticleChristie's appoints Ian Andrews
Christie’s has appointed Ian Andrews UK pensions and benefits manager.His previous roles include compensation and benefits analyst at ICAP, pension and benefits analyst at BNP Paribas and pensions administrator at the Church of England Pensions Board.
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ArticleRICS promotes Ben Wimshurst
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has promoted Ben Wimshurst to international head of reward.He had been international HR business partner at the organisation since June 2012.Before that, he was HR business partner at QBE; HR manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mitsui and Co; and HR generalist ...
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ArticleArco redesigns voluntary benefits scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Arco has redesigned and re-launched its voluntary benefits scheme for its 1,500 employees.The safety organisation decided to redesign its plan after its previous scheme failed to engage employees and its online portal was not widely used.It has introduced a salary sacrifice computing scheme, provided by Salary Exhange, and retail ...
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Article42% believe they are paid fairly
Less than half (42%) believe they are paid fairly, according to research by consultancy Towers Watson. Its latest Global Workforce Study, which surveyed 32,000 employees, also found that salary is the number one reason why employees may consider switching job.The research also found that 46% were anxious about their financial ...
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ArticleCourts must recognise disability test
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has allowed an appeal against a claim of disability discrimination after the Employment Tribunal (ET) failed to recognise whether the claimant’s stress, anxiety and depression in the workplace could consider her disabled.The EAT found in Fathers v Pets At Home that the ET had erred ...
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ArticleAiredale NHS improves employees' productivity
The fast-track physiotherapy treatment at Bradford District Care Trust (part of Airedale NHS Foundation Trust) has resulted in a 60% increase in productivity for staff needing treatment in 2013.The affected employees, which included school and district nurses, social workers and healthcare support workers, also reported an average reduction in pain ...
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ArticleCardboard forts could boost motivation
Something for the weekend…Everyone knows that a happy employee is a productive employee and that improving the working environment can help to boost staff motivation.Some employees, however, seem to be taking it into their own hands to boost their enthusiasm and productivity by locking themselves away in their own little ...
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ArticleDOD’s blog: Pensions costs impact pay rises
After the quieter the summer months of July and August, workplace pensions came back onto the agenda this week.We can now see the increasing impact of new and incoming changes to pensions on keeping back business and pay growth.I thought we might be over the worst hits of cost increases ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 28 August to 4 September:1. Dixons Carphone looks to harmonise benefits 2. What is the real take-up of flexible benefits? 3. Tui Travel engages staff with non-cash reward 4. Should employers incentivise employees to keep healthy? 5. Could desk-top microwave damage ...
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ArticleSamsung uses technology to boost engagement
Joanna Bean (pictured), head of reward, UK and Ireland at Samsung, will demonstrate how the organisation has used flexible benefits technology to boost employee enagegement.She will speak in a session titled ‘Flexible benefits to boost employee engagement’ at Employee Benefits Live, which will focus on using benefits and technology to ...
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Article75% of FTSE 100 have changed remuneration arrangements
Three-quarters (75%) of FTSE 100 organisations have made changes to their remuneration arrangements in the past 12 months, according to research by Deloitte.Its annual survey on FTSE 100 directors’ remuneration found that employers are amending their arrangements as they respond to shareholder expectations and the government’s new rules on disclosure ...