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The Hot 100: M - S
Simone MacmillanAssociate director, pensions and benefits, Barclays BankMacmillan has 22 years’ pensions experience covering both DB and DC schemes, working both in-house and with third-party administrators. She started her career at Godwins (now Aon Hewitt) where she gained wide-ranging experience. This was followed by a move to Bupa as technical ...
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Workers protest over toilet break alarm
Work-life balance appears to have been given the pan for call-centre workers in Norway who are protesting against a system that triggers an alarm if they spend more than eight minutes in the toilet.Flashing lights alert managers if an employee is away from their desk for a toilet break or ...
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DTZ increases take-up with the relaunch of flexible benefits
DTZ has increased the take-up of its flexible benefits scheme, following a re-launch.The UK property firm, which introduced the online scheme provided by Bluefin in January 2011, has seen 86% of employees log into the system and 75% actively select benefits.Mark Savory, benefits manager at DTZ, said: “The re-launch exceeded ...
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BGL Group promotes wellbeing programme and fundraises for charity trek
BGL Group is promoting its wellbeing programme by offering employees the opportunity to take part in a charity trek in China.The trek, which will take place in April 2012, aims to raise over £100,000 for the insurance firm’s charity partner, Marie Curie Cancer Care.As part of fundraising efforts for the ...
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Intelek appoints pension schemes administrator
Intelek has appointed HS Administrative Services, part of Goddard Perry Consulting, to its defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.The schemes, which have assets over £22 million, were previously administered by Multiplex.Intelek, part of US-based Teledyne Technologies, provides electronic subsystems and instrumentation for aerospace, defence electronics, digital imaging, ...
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One-third of respondents will use existing pension for auto-enrolment
Over one-third (36%) of respondents plan to continue using their existing pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment obligations, according to research by JLT.The JLT 250 club research is based on the views of 250 employers with workforces ranging from 500 to over 3,000 employees.It also found:31% of employers do not ...
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Morneau Shepell acquires SBC Systems
Canadian firm Morneau Shepell has acquired SBC Systems Company.Through the acquisition, the provider of pensions and benefits will be a part owner in SBC Systems UK.James Markham, managing director at SBC Systems UK, said: “The SBC Systems UK management team sees significant opportunity in partnering with a large player in ...
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Capita to acquire Aviva UK Health’s occupational health business
Capita is to acquire Aviva UK Health’s occupational health business, which provides a range of occupational health services to more than 500 organisations.The business will be integrated into Capita’s range of outsourced health and wellbeing services, which include: health risk management, health screening and surveillance, absence management, employee assistance programmes, ...
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Employers will have more time to notify staff about auto-enrolment
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that employers will have more time to notify their employees about auto-enrolment.The time period within which employers must notify employees about auto-enrolment into a workplace pension scheme has been extended from one week to one month after the employer’s staging date.The ...
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Private sector pay deals up on 2011
Pay deals in the private sector for 2012 are coming in at higher levels than the median recorded during most of 2011, according to research by Incomes Data Services (IDS).The IDS pay report found the increase was due to higher pay deals in the manufacturing sector, particularly in general engineering, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: KPMG adds extended holiday purchase and iPad2s to flexible benefits
KPMG has added extended holiday purchase and iPad2s to its flexible benefits plan, and lowered its CO2 emissions through a salary sacrifice car scheme.During its annual flex enrolment in December 2011, the firm extended its holiday purchase from 10 to 15 days so its 12,000 UK employees can take extra ...
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Legitas introduces GPP and will trial Nest
?Recruitment firm Legitas has introduced a group personal pension (GPP) for its 70 employees and is to trial the national employment savings trust (Nest) with a group of temporary staff currently on its books.The GPP, provided by Scottish Life, is the first employer-funded pension scheme to be offered by the ...
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Ellipse launches new group income protection product
Ellipse has launched a group income protection product that integrates income protection cover with an absence management system, helping to ensure illness and disability in the workplace are managed and mitigated.The product, InteractPlus, includes a built-in absence management service by Absere, and several specialist medical providers.It aims to reduce the ...
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World Vision UK introduces discounts scheme and switches childcare voucher providers
Exclusive: World Vision UK has introduced an online employee discounts scheme and switched childcare voucher providers.The discount scheme, provided by Wider Plan, is available to all of the charity’s 200 UK staff.Marlene Smith, payroll and benefits specialist at World Vision, said: “We wanted to give staff more spending power in ...
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals renews contract for salary sacrifice car scheme
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has renewed the contract for its salary sacrifice car scheme.Its mycar scheme, which was introduced three years ago and is provided by Leasedrive Group, enables employees to save on tax and national insurance by paying for their cars through a salary sacrifice arrangement.Anne Burton, ...
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City Health Care Partnership launches salary sacrifice car scheme
City Health Care Partnership Community Interest Company (CHCP CIC) has added a salary sacrifice car scheme to its flexible benefits scheme.The Flextra scheme, provided by Tusker, forms part of the organisation's commitment to provide cost and carbon-efficient travel in delivering community healthcare services in line with its corporate sustainability programme.†It ...
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Capgemini renews fleet contract and focuses on sustainability targets
Capgemini has renewed its fleet management outsourcing contract with Leasedrive and is focusing on sustainability targets.The consulting, technology and outsourcing firm offers a salary sacrifice car scheme to its 3,500 UK employees, who can opt into the scheme anytime throughout the year.Capgemini is also working with Leasedrive on achieving its ...
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Saving money is top reason staff choose salary sacrifice arrangements
Cost saving is the main reason that employee drivers are attracted to salary sacrifice arrangements, according to research by fleet management firm Zenith.The research found that 41% of employees ranked the potential savings that could be made via salary sacrifice arrangements as their most appealing feature, while 11% chose the ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Oracle aims to expand financial planning service
Oracle plans to extend its financial planning service for employees so it eventually covers up to 20% of its workforce.The service, currently directed at senior staff and provided by Citimark, enables employees to manage their pension in the context of their life goals and their net worth. Factors taken into ...
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GKN introduces voluntary benefits scheme after review
Global engineering group GKN has introduced a voluntary benefits scheme after a review of its benefits structure.The firm has introduced GKN Advantage, provided by BHSF, which includes: legal and counseling services, a health cash plan, and childcare vouchers and a bikes-for-work scheme via salary sacrifice arrangements.The scheme is open to ...