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Tim Taylor travels up at Tui
Tui Travel has promoted Tim Taylor to group head of reward.He has been with the company since 2007 and was previously head of HR integration, and head of reward and recognition for the UK and Ireland.Taylor was HR business partner at First Choice Holidays until it merged with Tui Travel ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Freshfields saves tax and NI through salary sacrifice
Law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has saved its staff £2 million in tax and national insurance over the past 12 months through salary sacrifice, and has revamped its flexible benefits.This message was used in a poster campaign around the annual enrolment period for its Benefits Plus plan. Jackie Palmer, senior ...
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Johnson and Johnson post for Euan Hutchinson
Johnson and Johnson has appointed Euan Hutchinson EMEA rewards director.His previous roles include head of rewards and operation at Skype, EMEA rewards director at Hewlett Packard and country rewards manager at Compaq.Read more about benefits careers
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EMEA role for Ethan Kelly-Wilson at Epson
Epson Europe has appointed Ethan Kelly-Wilson UK HR manager.In the past 10 years, Kelly-Wilson’s roles have included: group head of HR operations at the Institution of Civil Engineers, HR business partner at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, HR adviser at NHS Camden, resourcing and retention adviser at Bedfordshire and ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Cook motivates staff with Olympic perks
Thomas Cook is using its sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as an opportunity to engage and motivate its 16,000 staff in the UK and Ireland.The travel firm has access to 3,500 tickets to events, which it receives under its sponsorship deal, and will offer a portion ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Personal computer schemes rebooted
Personal computer schemes are gaining popularity, with KPMG and National Grid all offering staff access to iPads or computers, through updated versions of the former home computing initiative (HCI), tax breaks for which were removed in 2006.Personal computer schemes, including Apple products, enable employees to pay for a computer or ...
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Cost most important when buying corporate eyecare vouchers
Large employers place most emphasis on cost when choosing an eyecare voucher provider, according to research by Specsavers.The Specsavers Corporate Eyecare research, which polled 223 organisations of varying sizes, found that cost was of the utmost importance for just 9% of respondents with less than 100 employees, while 22% of ...
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Buyer's guide to health screening
Key factsWhat is health screening?Corporate health screening offers a range of assessments that can be adapted to suit employer requirements. These enable the early detection of potential health issues before they can become more serious.Who are the main providers?AMS, Axa PPP Healthcare, Blossoms Healthcare, BMI Healthcare, Bupa, Company Health, Corazon ...
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Nik Butcher moves to RS Components
RS Components has appointed Nik Butcher reward manager.For the past two years, he was senior general manager reward, UK, Ireland and Nordics, at Ceva Logistics.Previous roles include: interim reward specialist at Home Retail Group, reward consultant at Twenty-Two Consulting, compensation and benefits manager at British Sugar, distribution reward manager at ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Marks and Spencer boosts take-up of voluntary benefits and sharesave schemes
Marks and Spencer has boosted take-up of its voluntary benefits and sharesave schemes by involving staff and going paperless for its communications.Its voluntary benefits website has attracted over 45,000 hits since the perks were relaunched in September – a 450% increase on this time last year. Take-up of the sharesave ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: A woman’s work
Candid attends a conference for women in management and concludes that work-life balance is tilted in the wrong directionIt was Big Bad Boss’s idea for me to go to the Women In Management Personnel conference. So, of course, I should have been a bit more suspicious from the start. Since ...
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Interview with Spencer Roach, international compensation and benefits manager at Nuance Communications
Spencer Roach, international compensation and benefits manager at Nuance Communications, says his love of adventure helps him succeed in a global reward roleBalancing work and life as an adventure-seeker, Spencer Roach, international compensation and benefits manager at Nuance Communications, has racked up many exploratory experiences over the past 15 years.As ...
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Employers want better benefit design
Improving benefit design is the most cited objective for employers in the next 12 months, followed by preparing to auto-enrol staff into a workplace pension, according to Aon Hewitt’s annual Benefits and trends survey.The research found that improving the design of benefits was a top objective for 34% of respondents, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Jelf launches online assessment tool and microsite for international healthcare benefits
Jelf Employee Benefits has launched an online assessment tool and microsite to help clarify international healthcare benefits.The interactive tool seeks to establish whether an employer is confident its healthcare policy meets the legal requirements of the countries where employees work and travel, and whether it fully understands any exclusions.Sarah Dennis, ...
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The Big Question: What benefits can employers offer staff around weddings?
Sarah Jackson, HR assistant at Hobbs:In an era when marriage is no longer always the fairytale people aspire to and instead, independence and freedom are often seen as more desirable, it is interesting to look at how this affects employers. It is likely to have an impact on the retail ...
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Midlands Co-operative Society appoints Simon Belton
Midlands Co-operative Society has appointed Simon Belton head of reward.He previously served as head of pensions at Spirit Pub Company for four years.Belton’s previous roles in the industry include: international benefits consultant at Thomsons Online Benefits, service delivery manager at Hewitt Associates, regional operations manager for south-east Asia at Black ...
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News analysis: Battle of the sexes continues for annuities
Gender differences can continue for annuity rates in trust-based pension schemes, but not so with contract-based DC plans, says Nicola SullivanAnnuity rates for members of trust-based pension schemes can continue to be determined by gender, after confirmation from the European Commission that trust-based schemes are exempt from a European directive ...
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EXCLUSIVE: LogBuy partners Affinion International Travel for discount travel scheme
LogBuy has partnered with Affinion International Travel to offer employers access to a discounts travel scheme.Employers that offer LogBuy’s employee discounts scheme to staff can now book anything from ski holidays to city breaks through the travel firm. Affinion is also cutting out all credit card fees on purchases, which ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Gatwick Airport adds extra enrolment periods to promote bikes for work
Gatwick Airport has added extra enrolment periods to encourage staff to take up its bikes-for-work scheme.The scheme, which was launched in July 2011 with Evans Cycles, was opened again in October 2011, and will open in March for further enrolment.Evans Cycles’ representatives were on hand at the airport’s two canteens ...
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EXCLUSIVE: BT increases voluntary benefits take-up to 94% with relaunch
British Telecom (BT) has increased take-up of its voluntary benefits scheme to 94%.The scheme was relaunched on 2 February as part of its 2nd anniversary. Since its 2010 launch the Benefits Plus scheme, provided by Next Jump, has had over 71,500 (94%) of employees register and savings have totaled over ...