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UK Healthcare to launch cash plan at Employee Benefits Live
UK Healthcare will be introducing a corporate health cash plan at Employee Benefits Live, which will be held on 27 and 28 September at the Business Design Centre in London.The plan has been developed for organisations with over 50 employees, and starts at £1 per employee per week.UK Healthcare is ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: The road to ruin
US headquarters do not understand company cars, so Candid has her work cut out selling her new vehicle policy for EuropeBig Bad Boss is dead against me looking at the car policy again. He says the US will never allow us to make any changes, so any analysis is pointless. ...
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Centrica, Dell and Jaguar Land Rover shortlisted for Working Families awards
Centrica, Dell, Deutsche Bank and Jaguar Land Rover are among the organisations short-listed for the Top Employers for Working Families awards.The annual awards from Working Families rates the family-friendly policies for working parents and carers offered by UK employers.The shortlist is:The best for flexible working awardAccentureAllianz Insurance UKCentricaChwaraeTegDell CorporationThe best ...
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My Family Care partners Australian provider Dial-an-Angel
My Family Care has partnered Australian provider Dial-an-Angel.The link-up will enable employers with offices in the UK and Australia to offer a consistent emergency care benefit to staff. Ben Black, founder and managing director of My Family Care, said: “A growing number of employers have realised helping staff with their ...
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American Express, Centrica and Deutsche Bank among winners of Top Employers for Working Families awards
American Express, Centrica and Deutsche Bank were among the top winners of the Top Employers for Working Families awards.The awards, founded by Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies, recognises organisations across the UK that do the most to support the work-life balance needs of their employees.The ...
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Alphabet extends fleet management services to Slovakia
Alphabet has partnered with UniCredit Fleet Management to extend its services in Slovakia.The Slovak offering will include fleet consulting, financing, tyre and repair services, payment of taxes and insurance costs, fuel cards, replacement cars, roadside assistance and legal insurance.Norbert van den Eijnden, head of Alphabet International, said: “BMW Group Financial ...
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Close Asset Management acquires Cavanagh Group
Close Asset Management has expanded its financial education services with the acquisition of Cavanagh Group.Cavanagh Corporate, the firm's employee benefits division, and Close Asset Management's financial education division, will now offer employers benefits reviews, communication, implementation, education and delivery.Jeanette Makings, director of financial education services at Close Asset Management, said: ...
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Buyer's guide to share incentive plans 2011
KEY FACTSWhat are share incentive plans?A Sip is a tax-advantaged savings vehicle open to all employees. Intended to encourage wider share ownership in the UK, it entitles employees who take part in a scheme to purchase or receive free company shares without paying tax or national insurance as long as ...
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DWP research: Only 15% of young adults are in an employer-sponsored pension scheme
Only 15% of employees aged 16-24 are enrolled in an employer-sponsored pension scheme, according to figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).The DWP Family resource survey report shows the percentage of adults with pension provision by age group, demonstrating how these various age groups would be affected ...
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Kellog's and NHS trust launch workplace cycling programme
Kellog's and the East Chesire NHS Trust are among a number of organisations launching a workplace cycling programme with British Cycling.The programme enables organisations to encourage employees to take advantage of cycling as a pastime, a sport and a mode of transport.It includes ride leader training to enable employees to ...
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CIPD research: More than half of employees unaware of 2012 pension reforms
More than half (53%) of UK employees are unaware of the 2012 pension reforms, which include the auto-enrolment of staff into workplace pension schemes, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).†The Employee Outlook: Focus on pay and pensions survey found that the employees most aware ...
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BBC pays staff £32.5 million a year for unpredictable shift patterns
The BBC pays £32.5 million a year to employees who get two weeks’ notice of shift patterns.The extra allowance, which is given to around 8,323 of the broadcaster's staff, is paid as a bonus of 10% of their salary if they are given 14 days notice of their hours of ...
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Chartered Management Institute research: Gender pay gap closes at junior executive level
Female executives are earning as much as their male counterparts at junior executive level, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).Earning an average salary of £21,969, female junior executives in the UK are currently being paid marginally more (£602) than male executives at the same level, whose average ...
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Claw-back policies are not enough to tackle pay gap between high and low earners
Employers’ increasing provisions to claw back pay from top executives who perform poorly will not be enough to eliminate pay disparities between senior employees and the rest of the workforce.A survey by PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PWC) survey found that by next year around one third of organisations will include claw back mechanisms ...
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Hyphen research: Employees prepared to take pay cut for additional annual leave
A third (31%) of UK employees are willing to take a pay cut for additional holiday entitlement, according to research by recruitment solutions provider Hyphen. The research found that 40% of employees in their first three to six months and seven to 12 months (43%) of employment would look for ...
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Goldman Sachs cuts bankers salary as pay deal expires
Goldman Sachs has cut employees' salaries following the expiration of a pay deal introduced two years ago.The firm had handed inflated salaries to several hundred London-based banking staff in 2009 to allay concerns of bonus uncertainty during the financial crisis.During 2009 bankers’ bonuses came under increased scrutiny amid economic turmoil ...
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Debi O'Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits: Younger generation will reshape the workplace
Last month, young people grabbed much of this country’s news coverage. Whether it was on the topic of A-level results, the scramble to get into university a year ahead of fee increases or, much more dramatically, the England riots – youngsters were all over our screens and papers.Over the past ...
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Natalie Porter gets into the Spirit
Spirit Pub Company has appointed Natalie Porter reward manager.Working in reward since 2005, she has been reward consultant at E.On, reward analyst at Experian and HR analyst at Alliance and Leicester.Porter’s new role covers the full reward remit, including pay review, bonus process, flexible benefits and recognition.Read more articles on ...
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Johnson Fleming produces guide to salary sacrifice schemes
Johnson Fleming has produced a guide for employers that outlines the steps for administering, communicating and managing salary sacrifice schemes.The guide outlines the pros and cons of salary sacrifice, and includes examples on the levels of savings that can be achieved, both for an employer and their employees.Iain Chadwick, senior ...
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Sage promotes Emma Gaffney
Sage has promoted Emma Gaffney to reward manager.Over 12 years with the firm, Gaffney has held various positions, including reward consultant, benefits adviser and benefits administrator.She said: “The role is around what reward will look like in the future at Sage.”Read more articles on jobs in reward and benefits