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Managers have significant impact on employee engagement
The vast majority (94%) of respondents to The managers’ role in engagement research, conducted by Grass Roots, agreed that line managers have a significant impact on employee engagement.The research, which polled 75 international employers, also found that the most common barriers preventing managers from engaging employees were lack of support ...
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Lee Smith joins Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas has appointed Lee Smith compensation and benefits manager.His previous roles during a decade in the benefits industry include: compensation and benefits adviser at Panasonic Europe; benefits and international assignments manager at Catlin; and global mobility and benefits manager at Bovis Lend Lease.Read more about careers in reward and ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Nationwide extends salary sacrifice scheme to regional brands
Nationwide Building Society has extended its salary sacrifice scheme to its regional brands, with about 1,200 additional staff benefiting from the move.For the first time, employees at Cheshire Building Society, Derbyshire Building Society and Dunfermline Building Society are able to participate in Nationwide's youchoose scheme, which offers benefits such as ...
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Robert Birley is Bupa consultant
Bupa has appointed Robert Birley reward consultant.In 10 years in HR, he has been assistant HR business manager at KPMG, HR business partner regional brands at Nationwide Building Society, and held various roles at AstraZeneca.Read more about careers in reward and benefits
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Flawed performance
Tasked with rolling out a new performance management system, Candid fails to convince staff that the experience will be rewardingPerformance management isn't really my thing. Technically, it falls under Creepy Caroline in the so-called talent team but, out of the blue, Big Bad Boss has decided it comes to me ...
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Employee Benefits Connect: Hitachi Data Systems takes a global view on benefits
Hitachi Data Systems has taken steps to reduce its benefits administration and control costs, improve its international reward offering and ensure employees understand the value of their package.The company has developed a global benefits philosophy to ensure that perks, whether paid by the employee or employer, give the best value ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Transformation promises many rewards
Key points Auto-enrolment will require technology that is capable of supporting an employer’s pre-payroll benefit data management processes. The data management processes involved in auto-enrolment will require changes to technology and supporting communications.Pushing the UK reward function into a more 21st-century approach to administration will enable it to cope with ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Keep it simple, easy and cost-effective
Key point If not managed effectively, the auto-enrolment process could expose employers to financial and reputational riskThe auto-enrolment process is a complex matter, so employers need to find a versatile solution that handles management requirements efficiently but is straightforward to use, says Morten NilssonNow: Pensions is based on the principle ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Nest offers a straightforward landing
Key pointsThe national employment savings trust (Nest) is designed for employees who are not currently saving into a workplace pension.Nest has a public service obligation to accept any employer that wants to use it to meet its workplace pension duties.Employers can use the national employment savings trust (Nest) in various ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Evolution not revoluton for pensions
Key points Auto-enrolment will present employers with two main costs: the impact of employer contributions, and the associated costs, which can include administration and ensuring regulatory compliance. An auto-enrolment technology solution can draw information from an employer’s payroll and HR systems, determine the requirements and process information to help manage ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Implementation and cost mitigation
Key points to consider How will responsibility for compliance be split between the pension scheme/provider, the HR department and the payroll department? What interfaces are required between these parties and how much can be automated? Do systems hold all the data required under the employer’s new duties and is it ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Finding out the how and the how much
Key points A financial analysis of the full cost of pension contributions is a vital part of preparing for auto-enrolment. It is also essential for employers to assess their technology provision to ensure it is capable of coping with all of the requirements of auto-enrolment.Employers must seek to quantify both ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Employee-friendly approach is needed
Key points A successful workplace pension proposition should be built on the three pillars of auto-enrolment functionality, communications and investment strategy. Maintaining staff engagement levels in the new world of auto-enrolment will be a difficult but important task for employers because the number of apathetic scheme members is likely to ...
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Quintiles appoints Ian Brown
Quintiles has appointed Ian Brown senior director compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).He took up the role in January 2012 following a six-month career break.Brown’s previous roles include: head of UK reward and benefits at PricewaterhouseCoopers; interim reward senior manager at Petronas; senior reward manager at Logica; ...
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Role at Curo for Anthony York
Curo Compensation has appointed Anthony York senior consultant.He has been the director of consultancy Only People since September 2011.York’s previous roles include: head of reward at Punch Taverns and consultant at Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson).Read more about careers in reward and benefits
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Kevin Trott moves to Alshaya
Alshaya has appointed Kevin Trott HR manager for Kuwait.Trott moves to Alshaya from Asda where he worked his way up from checkout operator through roles including customer services manager, store people manager and colleague relations team adviser.His most recent post was as colleague engagement team leader, where he was involved ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Who ordered all these extras anyway?
Key points Auto-enrolment will bring a huge addition to employers’ cost base. The retail distribution review (RDR) will add cost to the provision of workplace pensions, and could cut off the lifeblood of advice and support for employees.As if the costs of introducing auto-enrolment were not enough, the retail distribution ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Making all the pieces of the puzzle fit
Key points Employers must consider the impact the cost of additional pension contributions and ongoing scheme administration will have on their organisation. Another key issue is how employers will handle the ongoing auto-enrolment and record-keeping requirements. Employers must ensure a full audit trail of employee communications is maintained.Completing the groundwork ...
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Employee Benefits Connect: Expert advice on pension reforms
Reward professionals from McDonald's, IBM, NetApp, Telefonica and Microsoft shared their concerns and strategies for auto-enrolment, which begins for the UK's largest employers this year, during a panel debate at the event.Louise Phillips, HR benefits leader at IBM, said: "Something that is simple has become incredibly complex. It will not ...
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Auto-enrolment showcase: Administration will be the big challenge
Key points Employers will need to revisit their business processes, pension administration and employee communications to address the impact of auto-enrolment. A self-service portal is critical for an automated system to manage the opt-out and opt-in processes.Implementing auto-enrolment will require employers to assess their business processes and systems in detail ...