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Whitbread adapts pension for auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Whitbread has launched a dedicated pensions website and adapted its existing trust-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment.The organisation, which owns brands such as Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, reached its staging date on 1 January 2013.Its DC scheme now includes new contributions ...
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Debi O'Donovan: New dawn in benefits communication
Naturally, this change in our habits is affecting the way bene?ts are being communicated in the workplace. Even where employers have vast numbers of staff who do not use computers in their daily work, most of them are likely to be carrying smartphones. Not maximising this handheld communication is rather ...
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Bluefin appoints Gemma Bullivant
She has moved from Lebara Mobile, where she had been head of HR, reward and engagement since April 2010, responsible for global talent management.Other previous roles in the industry include: HR business partner at Channel 4, national HR manager at Johnson Controls, interim senior HR business partner at Carphone Warehouse ...
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Employers must get up to speed on RTI
This is despite the fact that, from April 2013, employers must report pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) in real time to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) when they perform a payroll process, rather than waiting until the end of the year.Last month, Crunch Accounting’s study of 503 people working in small businesses found ...
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Meet the Employee Benefits Awards judges
The annual awards ceremony will be held on Friday 7 June at the Artillery Garden at The HAC in London.The judges are:Panel chair: Debi O’Donovan, editor, Employee BenefitsPanel chair: Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor, Employee BenefitsPanel chair: Clare Bettelley, associate editor, Employee BenefitsNeal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager, McDonald’s RestaurantsMasha Boldyreva, ...
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The role of payroll in auto-enrolment
Employee Bene?ts Connect 2013 has therefore invited Karen Thomson, associate director of policy, research and strategic visibility at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, to talk delegates through how to get the most out of payroll during auto-enrolment implementation.Book your place at www.employeebene?tsconnect.co.uk
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Employee Benefits Connect will be time well spent
Visitors can book for single sessions on the topics that are most relevant to them.They will also be able to speak to a variety of suppliers in an easy-to-network atmosphere.Held at the Westminster Park Plaza hotel in central London on 1 March, the event is easy to get to and ...
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Top line-up of speakers at Employee Benefits Connect
Speakers will include:Louise Aston, workwell director, Business in the CommunityStuart Bailey, managing director - UK operations, Accurate EquityTim Banks, head of sales and client relations, AllianceBernsteinJohn Beadle, global practice leader, performance and reward, Rio TintoStephen Bowles, head of institutional defined contributions, SchrodersPaul Budgen, national business development manager, HSBC Workplace Retirement ...
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Leading futurologist to speak at Employee Benefits Connect
Millard likes nothing better than to challenge conventional business thinking, from how call centres are managed to the ways in which people work.Attend this session to gain an insight into how your future employees will think, and how new generations will interact differently because of changes in technology.Even if you ...
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Legislation will help working parents
If passed, the legislation will implement the parental leave and ?exible-working commitments made by the government in November 2012.Under the new measures, working parents will be able to share parental leave following a child’s birth; prospective parents will be allowed to take more time off for antenatal appointments; leave and ...
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Padraig Floyd: Financial knowledge is power
Discussing finances with employees is often deemed a futile exercise because half the population does not understand what 50% is.Harsh, maybe, but unfortunately true.The government has finally realised that in order to protect its citizens, and improve the financial services industry in the process, no doubt, people are going to ...
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Iain Laws: Is open-referral private PMI right for employers?
The adoption of open referral by most insurers demonstrates growing employer demand and employee comfort with this approach. We recognise there will always be employers that place more importance on having a choice of consultants and treatment, so we support open referral as a design option rather than compulsion for ...
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Call for move to collective DC pensions
Collective pension plans in the UK are de?ned bene?t (DB) schemes. Collective DC plans enable staff at different employers to pool savings into one pot, from which the pension is paid. This is commonly used in the Netherlands.“Collective pensions give better, higher pensions for the same cost,” said Pitt-Watson. “They ...
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Colin Boxall: Is open-referral private PMI right for employers?
Advo Group supports the concept of open referral, but with choice retained. Our job is to listen, understand and advise, including telling employers things they may not want to hear.Our [employer] clients’ view of open referral is in two camps. The ?rst is the positive: seeing sustainability, cost control, no ...
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Share schemes boost staff engagement in tough climate
Virgin Media announced last month that staff who took part in its 2009 sharesave scheme could receive an average of £15,984 each as the ?rm is sold to US cable television operator Liberty Global.The 2,468 employees who joined the plan and paid in an average of £74 a month each ...
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Charles Alberts: Is open-referral private PMI right for employers?
The important questions are: are premiums becoming more sustainable, and are employees who use the schemes satis?ed?Open referral promises to give employers more cost control, an attractive proposition in an environment where premiums often rise by double digits. This will be dif?cult to monitor because most schemes are subject to ...
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Financial Education report (March 2013)
Download PDF of Financial Education Report 2013.Stuart Bailey: Target younger staff with financial educationConsequences of the retail distribution reviewRoche finds right formula to raise staff financial awarenessTailor pre-retirement education to employee age groupsFinancial workshops help educate University of Lincoln employeesMarks and Spencer educates staff on savvy savingJonathan Watts-Lay: Employees need ...
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Buyer's guide to multinational pooling 2013
THE FACTSWhat is multinational pooling?It is a system that enables multinational organisations to benefit from favourable claims experience on insurance-based benefits through economies of scale achieved in purchasing and the payment of dividends.Where can employers get more information?For more information, visit the international benefits channel on Employee Benefits’ website or ...
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Buyer's guide to group income protection 2013
THE FACTSWhat is group income protection?GIP pays a regular monthly benefit if an employee is unable to work because of long-term illness or injury. Benefits are payable until the employee returns to work or, if earlier, state pension age, or for a fixed payment period, typically two to five years. ...
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ArticleThe Hot 100 Benefits Managers 2013
Salute 100 more top performersWe are proud to announce, for the second year running, a fabulous line-up of 100 leading players in benefits management. They are the movers and shakers of the benefits industry and are therefore our ‘Hot 100’. Over the next 10 pages, you can see who made ...