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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2013: Meet the judges
Debi O’Donovaneditor, Employee BenefitsDebi is responsible for editorial strategy across events, web and the magazine.Debbie Lovewelldeputy editor, Employee BenefitsDebbie is an award-winning journalist who is responsible for news and features across the magazine and website.Clare Bettelleyassociate editor, Employee BenefitsClare joined Employee Benefits in 2012. She oversees all supplements for the ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2013: Meet the winners
Click on links below to find out more about the winners:Grand Prix (sponsored by Mercer Marsh Benefits)Employee benefits professional of the yearBenefits team of the year (sponsored by Tusker)Best car and travel benefitsBest healthcare and wellbeing benefits (sponsored Westfield Health)Best stress management schemeBest pensions changeBest pensions communicationsBest DC pension default ...
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Steve Webb: How do you get staff to understand how much to save for retirement?
However, people who are not near to retirement tend to prioritise other things above their pension savings. That is why we have introduced the duty on employers to enrol staff into a workplace pension, and are bringing in a flat-rate state pension so people know what they are getting from ...
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Rosemary Lemon: How do you get staff to understand how much to save for retirement?
Most of them, including me, also fancied retiring sometime between immediately and age 65. However, just how much money do you need to be able to live the life you dream of after you have finished working? Sometimes it is better to start backwards.For example, if, like me, you fancy ...
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Compulsory retirement ‘might still be justified’
On 30 May 2013, the ET ruled on the Leslie Seldon case, which was brought because Seldon was required to retire at age 65 from the partnership of law firm Clarkson Wright and James.But Susan Fanning, head of DLA Piper’s employment team in London, said the case left a number ...
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Buyer's guide to financial education
What is financial education?Workplace financial education involves employers, or a third-party provider, educating employees about financial benefits, such as pension and share plans, and teaching them how to use these perks to optimise their financial wellbeing. Financial education programmes typically focus on financial benefits, but can also include individual savings ...
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Employers segment pensions for auto-enrolment
Such arrangements can be particularly effective for employers that have a diverse workforce.Gary Moore, policy adviser, defined contribution (DC) pensions at the National Association of Pension Funds, said: “It may be that there are different segments [of a scheme] for different parts of a workforce, that different segments have different ...
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Group risk report 2013
PDF version of Group risk report 2013Ot read the articles online:David Williams: The future of group risk benefits looks flexibleGroup risk facts and figuresHow to align group risk benefits with business strategyKatharine Moxham: New opportunities in the group risk marketTop tips for minimising group risk benefits spendHow to use group ...
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Kodak pension plan settlement approved
The UK Kodak Pension Plan (KPP) has had its settlement agreement approved by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.Under the agreement, which was announced on 29 April, Kodak’s personalised imaging (PI) and document imaging (DI) businesses will be spun off under the ownership of KPP.Steven ...
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Auto-enrolment will trigger benefits reviews for SMEs
Auto-enrolment will trigger wider reviews of employee benefits among small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to research by MetLife UK.The study, which questioned 500 HR directors from SMEs employing fewer than 250 employees, found 51% of respondents will either definitely or probably review the benefits they offer ahead of auto-enrolling ...
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Tapestry launches online global share plan service
Law firm Tapestry has launched an online service and database to help manage the global legal compliance aspects of an employer’s share plans.The system covers many types of plans, including:Deferred share bonusEmployee stock purchasePerformance share plans and restricted stock unitsRestricted share plansShare optionsSavings-related share optionsShare match and co-investmentCash plansIt also ...
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Dairy Crest increases voluntary benefits take up
EXCLUSIVE: Dairy Crest has seen an increase in the take up of its voluntary benefits scheme, since it launched a new online plan last year.More than a third (1,700 of 5,000) of its employees are now registered for the scheme. Its previous scheme, which was paper-based, attracted only about 40 ...
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NHS boss appears as Superman in anti-stress film
If all bosses went to the lengths one NHS chief has to promote wellbeing at work, we may be all fitter.Phil Morley, chief executive of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, dressed up in a Superman costume and performed in a video intended to encourage employees to be fit ...
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DOD’s blog: What I learnt about US mobility managers’ jobs
This week I had the privilege of joining my Forum for Expatriate Management colleagues at their Totally Expat Show in New York, USA.Chatting to several US-based HR and mobility managers at the event, I picked up some interesting insights:In the US, mobility managers are as likely (or more likely) to ...
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Top 10 most read stories this week
Most common causes of absenceQuarter of employers not satisfied with auto-enrolment productTop tips for communicating flexible benefitsPhilips launches retirement guidance serviceGovernment to set out plans for collective DC pensionsUni of Lincoln staff take part in global challengeEmployees feel employers support their wellbeingFitness First to launch master trust for auto-enrolmentPensions Bill ...
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Employers reward staff for green behaviour
Copper Consultancy and Richmond Towers Communications are the first employers to launch a new employee engagement and reward programme, which is designed to help organisations embed a culture of sustainability and healthy living.The programme, Jump: Healthy Planet – Healthy Team, rewards employees for taking positive steps that both improve the ...
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Simplyhealth and Robertson Cooper launch online wellbeing community
Simplyhealth has partnered Robertson Cooper to launch an online wellbeing network designed to support employees’ health, wellbeing and resilience in the workplace.Good Day at Work is a free online community where employees and employers can access resources to help improve their levels of wellbeing, as well as share ideas and ...
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Employees use holiday allowance for sick leave
More than a quarter (26%) of respondents used their holiday allowance rather than take time off sick, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 UK employees, found that 10% have felt tempted to use their holiday allowance in this way, while 64% were ...
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East Coast Mainline revamps voluntary perks
EXCLUSIVE: East Coast Mainline has added a bikes-for-work scheme to its online voluntary benefits scheme, run health and wellbeing roadshows, and extended its recognition scheme.The bike scheme, which was introduced in May and is provided by Halfords, had 40 employees take it up within its first month.The health and wellbeing ...
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Pensions Bill passes second reading in House of Commons
The Pensions Bill passed through its second reading in the House of Commons on 17 June.The Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on 9 May 2013, following the Queen’s Speech.During the speech, it was confirmed that the Pensions Bill will introduce a state pension system which will replace ...