All Article articles – Page 630
-
ArticleDevelop strategies at Employee Benefits Connect in New York
Develop your medium and long-term employee benefits strategic and operational plans at Employee Benefits Connect on March 25 in New York.Book your free placeDebra Corey, an international rewards director who has attended Employee Benefits Connect in Europe, said: “I think benefits managers will find it really valuable to attend.“I have ...
-
Article20% do not understand their wellbeing benefits
One in five (20%) respondents do not understand what workplace wellbeing benefits they are entitled to, according to research by Friends Life.Its survey, which questioned 829 employees, found that more than a quarter (28%) are happy with the wellbeing benefits offered by their employer.Less than half (45%) of respondents said ...
-
Article
Confessions of a benefits manager: Candid revamps the pension newsletter
He has the audacity to tell me it will be good experience. Personally, I don’t look for good experience in the office, because I don’t like to be disappointed. I am certainly not going to look for it in the context of pensions. Silly man.Still, I can see why he ...
-
Article
DOD’s blog: Is AE unravelling?
In the past few weeks, just about every pensions adviser and provider I have spoken to has talked about how increasing numbers of employers which have already staged for auto-enrolment are now already reviewing what they did.Hopefully the vast majority were happy with how they implemented auto-enrolment the first time ...
-
ArticleThieves fuelled by workplace food
Something for the weekend…Imagine how you would feel if your food was stolen from the office kitchen.It’s happened to many of us, but who are the culprits?Research conducted by Vouchercloud.com found that more than two-fifths (42%) of the 1,880 respondents admitted to stealing food from communual kitchen areas.Nearly half (47%) ...
-
Article
Top 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 6-13 March:1. Tribunal rules post-natal depression dismissal not discriminatory 2. Government publishes draft regulations on shared parental leave pay 3. Staffordshire council reduces absence 4. Boeing to move staff to DC pension 5. Personal Group acquires Lets Connect 6. Lloyds to ...
-
ArticleDO NOT USE
She was previously senior reward manager at British Airways, a role she held for five years.Her other previous roles include head of reward at Lloyds TSB Asset Finance and personnel officer at Morgan Grenfell.In 2013, Sparks was Employee Benefits Professional of the Year in the Employee Benefits Awards.
-
Article
West Ham FC auto-enrols three-millionth UK worker
West Ham United Football Club auto-enrolled the UK’s three-millionth worker into a workplace pension scheme.The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) latest Automatic-enrolment registration report from TPR showed that more than three million employees are now saving into a pension scheme through auto-enrolment, with the three-millionth worker employed by the Premier League club.Since ...
-
ArticleMen dominate jobs with highest pay
Nearly two-thirds of the 900,000 employees in the UK’s best-paid occupations are male, according to research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).Its analysis of the 10 best and 10 worst-paid occupations in the UK showed that legal professionals, head teachers and college principals are the only top-paying occupations that employ ...
-
ArticleNielsen shares importance of strategic focus needed on employee engagement
Employee engagement is integral to the effective management of a transformational business change.Kathie Miller (pictured), senior vice president of global learning at Nielsen, will lead a session called Engaging a changing workforce at Employee Benefits Connect in New York on March 25, 2014.She will share her own experience, over the ...
-
ArticleLloyds to revise pensionable pay cap
Lloyds Banking Group is to revise its pensionable pay cap for around 35,000 employees who are members of its six defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.Following a consultation with employees and unions in November 2013, the bank will revise the current cap on the increase in pensionable pay from 2% to ...
-
ArticleMinimum wage to increase by 3% from October
The national minimum wage will rise to £6.50 an hour for adults aged 21 and over from October.This represents a 3% increase as recommended by the Low Pay Commission.According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) around two-thirds (64%) of respondents thought policymakers should try ...
-
ArticleResponsibility for workplace health should be shared
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 80% of respondents believe the responsibility for managing staff health and wellbeing should be shared between employer and employee, according to research by health insurance provider Westfield Health.Its Employee view – health and wellbeing in the workplace research, which surveyed 1,500 UK adults, found that only 7% of ...
-
ArticleBazaarvoice to present on delivering total rewards at Employee Benefits Connect
A session at Employee Benefits Connect, in New York, will demonstrate how managing total rewards is as much about organizational change management as it is about dollars and cents. Philip Ziman (pictured), vice president, total rewards and operations at software-as-a-service organization Bazaarvoice, will lead a session titled Advancing total rewards ...
-
ArticleInterview with George Makris, lead reward manager and head of executive compensation, Direct Line Group
After graduating from university, he became a research analyst at Manifest and a corporate governance analyst at Institutional Shareholder Services. In these early roles, he was responsible for assessing corporate reward structures and executive payroll and remuneration arrangements for various organisations.“I had regular engagement with the organisations I was analysing, ...
-
Article
Lafarge Tarmac promotes Alison Moloney
She was previously director of reward and performance at Lafarge Tarmac, and has also held the position of director of reward and recognition at Tarmac.Moloney has also held a number of senior roles at the construction group, including head of reward, pensions and HR shared services. Previously, she was a ...
-
Article
Citigroup promotes George Kingaby
He has held a range of roles at the banking group since December 2002, including EMEA pensions and benefits manager, UK pensions manager and pensions analyst.Before that, Kingaby was a pensions analyst at Aon Consulting.
-
Article
Boeing to move staff to DC pension
Boeing is to move 68,000 US-based employees into a new defined contribution (DC) component of its defined benefit (DB) pension from January 2016.The US aerospace organisation has reached a deal with unions to move its non-unionised employees in its 401(k) plan into an employer-funded DC pension.All benefits earned in the ...
-
ArticleLongevity biggest issue impacting pensions saving
The creation of a savings culture is necessary in order to overcome the impact of longevity on lives and savings, such as the amount employees put aside for retirement.Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) Investment Conference on 5 March, Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive officer of ...
-
ArticlePersonal Group acquires Lets Connect
Employee benefits provider Personal Group has acquired Lets Connect for a total consideration of up to £12 million.The consideration is to be satisfied by a £6 million cash payment at completion, followed by an earn-out over two years for the remainder of the consideration, dependent on performance.Lets Connect is a ...