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Alastair Byrne joins Towers Watson
He has more than 15 years’ experience in the fund management industry, researching and consulting on pensions and investment.He joins Towers Watson from Investit, where he was a principal, responsible for advising asset management firms on product development. He also spent 10 years in investment management at Aegon UK.Other recent ...
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John Malley moves to Mott MacDonald
In the role, he will be responsible for the ongoing development of the consultancy’s global employment strategy, benefits and reward, talent management and recruitment.With more than 25 years in HR, Malley has held positions at Arup, Aecom and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).“I will be working to extend the approach to developing talent ...
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Duncan Brown: Reward policy: back to the centre?
This year’s party conferences highlighted the problems of policy co-ordination in a coalition government. The Conservatives in Manchester reinforced the drive to local pay management in the NHS, while Liberal Democrats voted against the proposals for regional pay.You can be forgiven for being as confused as the coalition’s pay policy. ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Belgian waffle
If there is one thing I hate having to do, it is having to do something again. And again. And over again. Aaaagh. Especially if I did it perfectly well the first time around.And I did a lovely job of analysing our benefits offering in Belgium. It wasn’t difficult to ...
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Padraig Floyd: Ignore Clegg’s pension stunt
Now that auto-enrolment has finally begun and pensions have become flavour of the month, everyone wants to get a piece of the action. Not content with forcing up to 12 million people into a structure that enables them to save for their retirement, the government is now trying to tell ...
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Colin Woods joins Southern Water
His previous roles in the industry include: total reward subject matter expert at Ericsson, interim reward consultant at BuyingTeam, reward and recognition leader at Tribal Group, remuneration specialist at Network Rail, compensation and benefits analyst at Atkins and strategic HR information analyst at Halifax.
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Employers warned on RTI data errors
The most common errors in the data that employers hold are wrong birth dates, use of nicknames or shortened names.Maureen Gordon, managing director at Compupaye, said: “We are ?nding that middle names often get overlooked, which is extra information the employer has to seek.”Incorrect records can lead to incorrect taxation ...
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Chancellor's employee-owner consultation to end
The consultation will examine how to implement the contract, due to be introduced in April 2013.The proposal, announced in October, has been met with resistance from the industry.Under the plan, all employers would be able to offer the new contract by giving staff between £2,000 and £50,000 in shares, exempt ...
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Employers use auto-enrolment to trigger pension reviews
The top triggers for employers to review pension plans are the cost of auto-enrolment and ensuring they get value for money, said Logan Anderson, head of customer relations at The Pensions Trust.“First of all, it is a budgetary review, but also asking, are we getting value for money for what ...
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Louise Aston: Do wellbeing perks really work?
A reactive approach to employee wellbeing is costly and unsustainable. Faced with the financial impact of ill-health, employers should take a proactive approach to the health and wellbeing of their whole workforce. By placing wellness, rather than sickness, at the centre of this approach, identifiable values for both employees and ...
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Jackie Palmer: Do wellbeing perks really work?
We have made a significant investment in our gym and restaurant facilities, introduced a wellbeing suite that offers free health assessments, launched an online portal to access personalised health advice and are offering psychological resilience courses. Our new facilities and services also include enlarged dentist and doctor surgeries, and an ...
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Jill Miller: Do wellbeing perks really work?
Many employers are looking at which wellbeing initiatives are of most use to staff at present. For example, many are now offering employees access to financial advice. How often do you review the suitability of the benefits you offer to employees?With budgets still frozen or being cut, it is encouraging ...
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Summit will cover key pension issues
On the first day, Bridget Micklem, head of private pensions policy and analysis at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), will discuss the latest developments in workplace savings policy.Also speaking will be Debbie Harrison, senior visiting fellow at the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School, who will look at ...
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Employee Benefits Awards judges confirmed
It will include Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager at McDonald’s Restaurants; Jane Earnshaw, head of reward and recognition at Asda; Susan Hughes, associate director, UK pensions and benefits at BP; Tim Taylor, group head of group reward at Tui Travel; and Louise Phillips, employee benefits leader at IBM, to ...
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Get connected at Employee Benefits Connect
One will be dedicated to pensions auto-enrolment, one will cover managing reward on a global basis, and one will tell benefits intermediaries about the latest products and services, and employers’ needs.The event also enables reward and benefits professionals to chat with other professionals in speed-networking sessions. The one-day event will ...
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Buyer's guide to critical illness insurance
Critical illness insurance (CII) was launched into the UK market in the 1990s, making it one of the newest group health products. Until recently, employers have generally considered CII the least necessary of its employee benefits, but times are changing.Swiss Re’s 2012 Group watch survey, published in April, shows that ...
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Buyer's guide to healthcare trusts 2012
Healthcare trusts offer an alternative to private medical insurance (PMI) for providing healthcare cover to staff and their families. Trusts, which first appeared in the 1980s, enable employers to create a bespoke medical insurance benefits package based on the needs of their employees.For example, a degree of flexibility around cover ...
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ArticleWhite paper — financial education: get the value message across
Employees have a pressing need for financial education in the workplace.To download the white paper, click on the link above right under Related Files.White paper supplied by Wealth at Work.
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Workplace Savings Quarterly – November 2012
The fourth Workplace Savings Quarterly rounds up the main issues and topics around workplace savings.The report (download PDF, top right) covers:How to prepare staff for the transition to retirementPadraig Floyd: Ignore Clegg’s pension stuntMick McAteer: Auto-enrolment will aid inclusionAlternative savings vehicles are appealing to staffThe difference between active and passive ...
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The Entertainer celebrates year of payroll giving
EXCLUSIVE: The Entertainer has spent the last three months celebrating the one-year anniversary of its payroll-giving scheme.The celebration campaign included a party at head office, at which charities gave presentations to staff, and a national cake-baking competition, at which winners received cash prizes to donate to their charity of choice.The ...