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Employee Benefits Connect 2013: Useful advice for advisers
The conference is free to attend for corporate advisers and benefits consultants.Leading employers will take to the stage to explain what they want from their advisers.This will be followed by panel discussions on the key areas of benefits. These will allow a wide range of views to be expressed by ...
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Fizz Benefits role for Jason Taylor
His previous roles include international sales and business development executive at Mercer, commercial director at FirstCare, European head of sales at Aon Hewitt, and managing director at Benefex.
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Employee Benefits Connect 2013: Focus on tax and compliance
At Employee Benefits Connect 2013, Amanda Flint, tax partner, employer solutions team at Grant Thornton (pictured), will run through practical, non-technical pointers to bear in mind.She will cover a range of benefits, ideas for incentives, and how to extend the range of tax-efficient benefits on offer.Book your place
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Interview with Janine Sparks, reward manager, employee benefits at British Airways
Auto-enrolment and fun are rarely heard in the same sentence. Yet it was laughter that helped Janine Sparks, reward manager, employee benefits at British Airways (BA), deal with the challenges of complying with the pension reforms.She believes in the power of positive thinking, even in challenging situations. “I always try ...
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Pension regulators should work together on DC plans
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) published a consultation on trust-based DC schemes, as well as an analysis of the work it will carry out with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on work-based personal pension rules and guidance. Meanwhile, the Office of Fair Trading published a DC market study.TPR’s consultation is on ...
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Working parents turn to employers for childcare help
The Childcare affordability report, published by Family Investments in December 2012, found UK mothers were working up to four months of the year just to pay for care for their children.Under changes implemented by the government last month, households where one parent earns £60,000 or more are no longer entitled ...
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Auto-enrolment concern over employer pension contributions
Research published by Aon Hewitt in January found that nearly one in three employers have considered reducing contribution levels for staff being auto-enrolled into existing defined contribution (DC) schemes.James Patten, principal consultant at Aon Hewitt (pictured), said: “If employers were to auto-enrol non-members into their current scheme on the basis ...
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Debbie Lovewell: Annuity education required
So talk of annuities can simply compound the problem.With a wide range of annuities now available for those in defined contribution (DC) plans, it is not surprising staff can find the choice overwhelming. That is if they realise they have a choice at all and don’t simply have to buy ...
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Health cash plan report 2013
Employee Benefits’ Health Cash Plans report highlights the mains topics and issues employers should be aware of around health cash plans.The report (download pdf) covers:Health cash plans versus primvate medical insuranceCheck out the providers and what they offerUnusual requests challenge cash plan providersThe devil can be in the detail for ...
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ArticleBuyer's guide to flexible benefits technology 2013
Flexible benefits technology has come a long way since it made its first tentative appearance in the employee benefits arena more than two decades ago, and it continues to evolve rapidly. New developments in technology, systems and software have transformed the way flex schemes are devised, administered and used.Most notable ...
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Buyer's guide to bikes-for-work schemes 2013
Britain’s cycling success in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and the Tour de France gave bikes-for work schemes a boost. They were already a popular incentive for various reasons, including improving employees’ health and helping to reduce traffic pollution.But one of the biggest draws is the tax breaks available when ...
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Payroll-giving consultation launched
The government has launched a consultation on proposals to reform payroll giving, including simplifying the scheme’s administration and making it easier for employees to give through their payroll.Payroll-giving schemes allow UK employees to donate to charity through their pay on a tax-free basis. Donations are deducted from gross pay, so ...
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Call for DB pensions evidence
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has called for evidence on the impact of funding defined benefit (DB) pension schemes on investment and growth.The DWP has asked two questions:Should employers undergoing valuations of DB pension deficits be allowed to smooth the calculations of their asset and liabilities?Should The Pensions ...
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Gender pay gap persists in Europe
Female board members in Europe are paid 9% less than male counterparts, a rise of two percentage points from 2011, according to research by Hay Group.Its Non-executive directors in Europe report found that more women are being appointed as directors in Europe, with only one (Italy) of the 12 European ...
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Zenith boosts CSR strategy
Zenith is boosting its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy by helping its employees to volunteer in the local community.This includes working with Leeds Ahead, an employee volunteering organisation, to allow staff from the leasing and fleet management firm to attend the Make the Grade event at Cranshaw School in Leeds. ...
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DOD’s blog: this week in benefits
I have had a couple of interesting conversations this week about whether flexible benefits still exists any more (well, one has to find something interesting to chat about when the main item on the agenda is risk insurances - at least both events also had wine!).Given that so many employers ...
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Slippery slope to success
Staff motivation is an important issue for employers that want to get the best out of their employees, but all-inclusive holiday firm First Choice should have no trouble finding a successful candidate for its slide-tester role.The six-month summer position calls for the tester to travel to the organisation’s SplashWorld resorts ...
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Job satisfaction up despite pay cuts
Employees remain motivated and satisfied at work despite changes to pay and benefits resulting from the economic downturn, according to research by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).Its 2011 Workplace employment relations study (WERS), which interviewed almost 2,700 managers and 21,000 employees between March 2011 and June 2012, ...
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Cookson Group agrees second pensions buy in
Cookson Group, which de-merged its performance materials division in December 2012 to form Vesuvius, has signed a second bulk-annuity policy for its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.Employees who retire in each of the next three years will have their pensions agreed on insured terms with provider Pension Insurance Corporation.The first ...
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Online flex popular in legal sector
More than half (54%) of law firms in the Legal 100 provide staff with online flexible benefits, according to research by HR in Law and Portus Consulting.The HR in Law Flexible benefits survey 2013, found that respondents value total reward statements (TRS) more than any other part of a flexible ...