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Gain recognition for pension auto-enrolment strategies
Pensions auto-enrolment has also been a huge area of focus for many employers over the past year and this looks set to continue into 2014.To reward and recognise all the hard work employers have invested in this, we have introduced the category ’Best pensions auto-enrolment strategy’.Employers are encouraged to enter ...
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Virgin Media partners Evans Cycles for charity support
Virgin Media has partnered Evans Cycles to support disability charity Scope.The media organisation has offered employees a bikes-for-work scheme provided by the cycling retailer as part of its voluntary benefits offering since 2011.Through the partnership, a percentage of Virgin Media’s employees’ initial bikes-for-work order has been donated to purchase a ...
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Extend your expertise with Employee Benefits Academy’s 2014 courses
The Employee Benefits Academy’s 2014 courses are open for registration.A joint venture between Employee Benefits magazine and Total Reward Academy, the Employee Benefits Academy provides expert, practical training in benefits and compensation management.The benefits courses for 2014 will take place on:7 – 11 July.20 – 24 October.These comprise:Day One – ...
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Article34% of employees received a pay rise in 2013
Only a third (34%) of respondents nationally received a pay rise in 2013, according to research by recruitment website Reed.The Reed 2014 Salary and market insight report, which surveyed 2,500 employers and employees, found that only 24% of employee respondents received a bonus in 2013.The research also found that nearly ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland appoints Carol Young
She previously spent nearly five years as pensions manager at Heineken UK, and almost 10 years as an investment consultant at Mercer.
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Costa Coffee appoints Jo Rackham
She has held various roles at the coffee chain’s parent company, Whitbread, since December 2000, including head of HR projects, head of central HR, head of reward and analysis, group reward manager, and HR processing and reward manager.Before joining Whitbread, Rackham was operational resourcing adviser at Beefeater Restaurant and Pub, ...
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Article39% of HR professionals value own perks
The Employee Benefits Salary survey 2014, which questioned 361 people who are responsible for managing benefits and reward in UK organisations, found that 50% are only somewhat satisfied, while 15% are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 13% are somewhat dissatisfied and 3% are highly dissatisfied.However, more than one-third (39%) said they ...
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Employee Benefits Awards celebrate total reward
Does your organisation’s benefits strategy go far beyond simply offering a package of perks to employees?The Employee Benefits Awards category ‘Best total reward strategy’ will be looking to recognise an entrant which has successfully integrated its reward offerings into a single total reward strategy.A total reward strategy can include: pay ...
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Employers plan benefits strategy changes in 2014
Nearly one in six (59%) respondents plan to change their benefits strategy in 2014, according to research by Edenred.Its Benefits insight: trends for benefits in 2014 research, which surveyed almost 100 HR and reward professionals, found that 69% plan to increase the number of benefits they offer in 2014.Nearly three-quarters ...
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Now: Pensions partners Staffcare for auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Now: Pensions has partnered Staffcare for auto-enrolment administration and the distribution of member communications for participating employers.From January 2014, employers will be able to access a Now: Pensions portal, which will be hosted by Staffcare.The portal will:Handle and distribute communications to employees for each category of worker.Manage and record ...
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Pay rises for non-executive directors set to end
Pay rises for non-executive directors in FTSE 100 organisations are coming to an end following five years of steady increases, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).Its Non-executive director fees report found that base pay for non-executive director roles are beginning to plateau, as companies try to keep pay rises for ...
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Debbie Lovewell-Tuck: Wellbeing can fight the blues
All too often, good intentions around exercise and healthy eating go out of the window with the promise that we will be good when the weather starts to improve.With this in mind, the winter months might not seem like the most appropriate time to launch or promote health and wellbeing ...
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Google and Telefonica support Employee Benefits Connect 2014
The one-day conference aim to inspire innovation among delegates by giving a future view of employee benefits strategy and the marketplace.By taking just a day out of the office, delegates will be able to hear thought leaders, such as Natasha Rice, director of reward and recognition at Telefonica Europe (O2); ...
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Interactive - The month in numbers
11 cubic metres – The legal minimum amount of space employers must provide to all employees (Cover story: How offices can affect employee health and wellbeing).17.85% – The percentage of salary per employee that East Coast Mainline contributes to its final salary pension scheme (Employer profile: East Coast Mainline).£4 – ...
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Top 10 most visited stories on the web
1. BP and Microsoft access wellbeing scheme2. Court rules on disability and work-related stress3. How to motivate lower-paid staff in high-pay cultures4. Cisco cuts healthcare costs by 8.5%5. Confessions of a benefits manager: Focusing on employee communications6. Average gender pay gap among HR professionals hits £8447. The Body Shop launches ...
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Interactive - Top tweets
@PeoplesPension – Good piece on communicating #autoenrolment from @EmployeeBenefit bit.ly/1agTdbd Knowing & understanding your audience is key@WPRLawyers – Interesting piece from @EmployeeBenefit on attitudes to working savings and retirement income ow.ly/snSRe@workinstitute – Learn to motivate your lower paid staff members with this post by @EmployeeBenefit bit.ly/19iep2o@KamwellLtd – Need more info ...
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Interactive - LinkedIn Discussion Board
Martin Schillig, HR business partner at sports betting organisation Tipico, posed these three questions:Which external environmental changes will affect your reward practice or strategy for 2014??How will these affect your reward practice or strategy??How will you communicate these changes to both management and employees?”Robert Holman, group reward manager at international ...
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Employee Benefits Flexible benefits survey 2014
1. If you complete the Employee Benefits Flexible Benefits Survey 2014 between the dates that you receive the competition email and midnight on 31 January 2014, you will automatically be registered for the prize draw.2. The promoter of this competition is Employee Benefits, a division of Centaur Communications Ltd (“Employee ...
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Article74% of HR professionals receive a cash bonus
The Employee Benefits Salary survey 2014 , which questioned 361 staff with responsibility for managing benefits and reward in UK organisations, found that bonuses are most commonly linked to the performance of respondents’ organisations (89%), followed by personal performance (74%) and team or departmental performance (12%).A fifth of these respondents ...
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Employee Benefits Awards go global
The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 will recognise the ongoing globalisation of business by awarding one employer the title Best international or expatriate benefits.The winning organisation will have used its global reward strategy effectively to help drive its business goals. It must operate its reward strategy across two or more countries ...