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Risley leaves Lloyds Banking Group
Angie Risley has stepped down as group HR director HR director at Lloyds Banking Group after five years at the organisation.Risley said the time had come to consider taking another role.Rupert McNeil has been appointed to succeed Risley as group HR director at Lloyds.Read more about careers in reward and ...
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Marriott International benefits go a la carte in Asia
EXCLUSIVE: Marriott International is to launch a semi-flexible, a-la-carte benefits plan in Asia to improve its employee value proposition (EVP) in the region.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live Asia in Singapore in August, Jim Pilarski, chief human resources officer Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Marriott International, said the hotel ...
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Zara Loughrey joins Arqiva
Arqiva has appointed Zara Loughrey head of reward.Her previous roles in the industry include: UK head of HR at Pall Europe, reward director at Babcock International Group, reward and policy manager at NATS, benefits and policy specialist at Eli Lilly, and reward specialist at IBM.Read more about careers in reward ...
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SAP appoints Neil Hopkinson
SAP has appointed Neil Hopkinson as total rewards partner.As part of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMCA) reward team, he will be responsible for partnering with the wider HR team and the business to advise on all internal compensation and benefits maters across the UK and Ireland.Read more about ...
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Heinz promotes Anne Sewell
Heinz UK and Ireland has promoted Anne Sewell to the post of HR director.Sewell has been with Heinz since 2002 and previously held the positions of HR business partner and head of HR for Heinz UK and Ireland Commercial.She also previously held a role based in Heinz’s world headquarters in ...
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SJ Berwin adds car hire and enhances life assurance in flexible benefits relaunch
Law firm SJ Berwin has introduced a car hire scheme through Zipcar and enhanced its life assurance coverage as it relaunches its one-year-old flexible benefits scheme.The car hire scheme, available via a salary sacrifice arrangement, offers employees a range of low-emission cars on a pay-as-you-go basis, with hire periods ...
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Tim Kensey joins Acromas
Tim Kensey has joined Acromas Holdings as HR director, group reward and Saga services.His previous roles include international employee engagement director at The Body Shop, global HR and talent manager, retail network at Shell, and head of UK compensation and benefits at Shell International Petroleum Company.Read more about careers in ...
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Spectrum’s voluntary benefits scheme attract 54% of staff
EXCLUSIVE: In July Spectrum Housing Group added GymFlex, a discounted gym membership to its voluntary benefits scheme, and has plans to add a bike to work scheme.This follows a 54% take up of the voluntary benefits scheme, ‘MyBenefits’, which is offered through Asperity Employee Benefits.Launched in April, it offers 3,000 ...
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Interview with Tim Taylor, group head of reward at TUI Travel
Tim Taylor, group head of reward at TUI Travel, is keen to spread the best aspects of the organisation’s UK-based benefits to its workforce across the globeTim Taylor, group head of reward at TUI Travel, may work for a travel business, but that doesn’t lessen the challenges of providing reward ...
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Employees want to feel appreciated
Employers spend vast sums on workplace savings and employee benefits, but new evidence suggests reward is not all about monetary value.The 2012 Globoforce UK Workforce mood tracker survey found that 64% of employees would leave their job for an organisation where their contribution was clearly recognised.The survey also found that ...
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How to achieve a global role in reward
If you read nothing else, read this… Regional experience is essential for anyone aspiring to progress up the global reward and benefits ladder. Consider an organisation that has international operations. Once appointed to an international role, build a strong network of local teams and consultants to help ease the workload.A ...
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Masterclasses will put HR directors right
HR directors are specially catered for this year, with three HR director masterclasses taking place on day two of the conference, 26 September.Tim Taylor, head of group reward at TUI Travel, will lead a masterclass focusing on the impact of the abolition of the default retirement age. The session will ...
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New at Employee Benefits Live 2012
Drop-in clinicsEach day delegates can drop into our legal clinic for a short one-to-one session with experts including Jane Samsworth of Hogan Lovells, Alison Cribbs of Sackers and a lawyer from CMS Cameron McKenna. To book a legal session, visit http://www.employeebenefitslive.co.uk/en/visitor-zone/legalclinics.aspxThe tax clinic will be staffed by tax advisers Shawn ...
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ABI sets out action plan for clearer pension charges
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has set out an action plan for clearer pension charges and costs in a letter to The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduit Unit of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).Its plan is designed to improve transparency across the whole of the pensions industry and ...
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Bank of England outlines effect of quantitative easing on pension schemes
The Bank of England has published a paper on the distributional effects of quantitative easing (QE), which says that its implications on people approaching retirement and for pension providers depend on what type of pension scheme is being used and how well it is funded.The paper forms part of the ...
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Global banks claw back staff bonuses
Almost one-fifth (17%) of banks clawed back compensation payments to staff in 2011, according to research by consultancy Mercer.The Financial services executive compensation snapshot survey found that, prior to 2011, 44% of banks had a clawback provision in place and now a further 18% have introduced the measure.The main reasons ...
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Monday blues are just a myth
The idea that workers hate Monday more than any other day of the week is just a myth, according to research by Gallup and Stony Brook University in New York.The study looked at the effect of each day of the week on positive and negative moods. It found that negative ...
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Newsquest staff call ballot over pay freeze
Newsquest journalists in Yorkshire and the North East have called for a ballot for industrial action over a pay freeze.The ballot follows a letter to staff from Steve Hughes, managing director at Newsquest York, which confirmed that staff pay reviews would not take place this year due to the difficult ...
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Scottish Life partners Nest for auto-enrolment service
Scottish Life has partnered the national employment savings trust (Nest) to enable advisers to offer an integrated auto-enrolment service to employers.The Automatic Enrolment Service will be a compliant option for employers, regardless of whether the pension scheme is supplied by Scottish Life or Nest.Scottish Life and Nest will manage joint ...
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TPR should provide more flexibility to reduce QE for pensions
The majority (80%) of respondents said The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should provide more flexibility in the current rules to reduce the impact of quantitative easing (QE) for pension schemes, according to research by global fiduciary management provider SEI.The research, which polled trustees, finance directors and pension fund executives from 51 ...