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Aviva research: Over one third of employers that offer food to staff do not offer healthy options
Over one third (38%) of employers that offer food to staff do not provide healthy options, according to research by Aviva.The research, Health of the workplace, which surveyed UK employers and employees about issues relating to workplace wellbeing, also found that 43% of employees said their managers encouraged lunch breaks ...
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Nice employees finish last when it comes to pay
If you think showing kindness and co-operation with colleagues will be recognised in your pay packet, think again.The study Do nice guys and gals really finish last?, due to appear in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, shows that nice male employees are paid 18% less than their nastier ...
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XpertHR research: Average pay increases remain at 2%
Average pay increases have remained at the same level recorded a year ago, according to research by XpertHR.The research, based on the details of 99 pay awards settled in the three months to the end of July 2011, showed that the median basic pay increase was 2%.This is lower than ...
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Healix Group employees to cycle 1,550 miles for charity
Employees at Healix Group are completing an 18-day cycling challenge to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.Starting off at Big Ben in London, the employees will cover 1,550 miles, cycling south to Portsmouth, taking an overnight ferry to France, before continuing through the Normandy and Loire regions, following the ...
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Aviva adds to group personal accident, sickness and business travel policy
Aviva has added to its group personal accident, sickness and business travel policy.The 'People and Places' policy is designed to offer employers financial assistance to pay for temporary staff when permanent employees are absent.The additions will cover areas including facial disfigurement, dental and optical expenses, and the risk of suffering ...
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Jelf Employee Benefits: Most employers are not prepared for auto-enrolment
Most employers (71%) are not yet prepared for auto-enrolling employees into workplace pensions, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.The provider suggests that these organisations should consider incorporating their employer brand into their pension and benefits planning ahead of the 2012 pension reforms. The firm reasons that, post-2017 when occupational ...
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KPMG research: Enhanced transfer value exercises on the increase
Enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercises are increasingly being offered to members of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes, according to research by KPMG. In the past three years, DB scheme members have been offered ETVs to leave their DB schemes, with a further 70,000 expected this year. On average, one in ...
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Morgan McKinley research: Dip in starting salaries in financial services
The average salary for employees in the financial services sector securing new roles in July 2011 dipped by 3% compared to salary levels for those starting new roles in July 2010, according to research by Morgan McKinley.The Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor found that the average salary for those securing new ...
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Zenith Provecta employees take part in charity and volunteering programmes
Zenith Provecta employees have taken part in fundraising activities and a local volunteering project.The fleet provider raised more than £1,100 for the automotive industry charity BEN through fundraising activities such as a barbecue, quiz, raffle, and an auction selling unused IT equipment to employees.Ian Hughes, commercial director at Zenith Provecta, ...
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EEF research: Manufacturing pay settlements remain steady
Pay settlements in the manufacturing sector remain at normal levels, according to research by EEF and Jam Recruitment.The data for the three months to the end of July revealed that the average pay settlement for the period was 2.7%, up from 2.5% for the three months to the end of ...
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Leeds Metropolitan University saves £75,000 a year by tackling workplace stress
Leeds Metropolitan University has saved £75,000 a year by implementing a scheme to tackle workplace stress. John Hamilton, head of safety, health and wellbeing at the university, put the scheme in place over two years ago in reaction to bullying and harassment issues that had surfaced.The scheme is based around ...
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Hargreaves Lansdown launches smartphone app for corporate wrap platform
Hargreaves Lansdown has launched a smartphone app to assist employees using its corporate wrap product in managing their savings and investments.The free iPhone and Android application allows employees to view their individual savings account (Isa) and self-invested personal pension (Sipp), as well as trade funds, shares and investment trusts, exchange ...
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iGlobalFitness re-brands and launches new health and wellbeing workshops
Personal wellness training firm iGlobalFitness has re-branded as iGlobalWellness, and has launched workplace health and wellbeing workshops.The Wellness for Life workshop educates employees about behaviours necessary to lead healthier lifestyles, focusing on four key areas of physical, nutritional, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.Paul Tomlin, chief executive officer of iGlobalWellness, said: “Wellness ...
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Marshall Aerospace sees rise in bikes-for-work scheme take-up
Marshall Aerospace has seen the highest take-up of its bikes-for-work scheme since it was launched two years ago.Take-up rose by 63 employees in June, bringing the number of staff using the scheme to 275, around 17% of the aircraft manufacturer’s 1,600-strong workforce.The scheme, provided by Halfords, enables employees to pay ...
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DWP launches consultation on contracting-out regulations
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation on the proposed changes to contracting-out regulations.Pension scheme trustees, their advisers, employers that sponsor contracted-out occupational pension schemes, and the general public have been asked to submit their views on the proposals, which are:To increase the amount of the ...
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Barnett Waddingham research: FTSE 350 pension scheme deficits were down in 2010
The aggregate pension scheme deficit for FTSE 350 organisations was £48.3 billion in 2010, down from £58.1 billion the previous year, according to research by Barnett Waddingham.The research, Impact of pensions schemes on UK business, which collected data from the 221 FTSE 350 organisations, that have a defined benefit (DB) ...
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Hymans Robertson research: Buoyant return for pension scheme risk transfer market
The pension scheme risk transfer market has seen its busiest quarter since the credit crisis of 2008, with £1.4 billion deals completed, according to research by Hymans Robertson.The Managing pension scheme risk report Q2 2011 revealed that the second quarter of 2011 saw five providers each completing in excess of ...
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RSA appoints new group reward and pensions director
Global insurer RSA has appointed Leigh Harrison as group reward and pensions director.Harrison begins her new role in October, and replaces Tim Rolfe who has moved to Prudential.Harrison joins RSA from Sainsbury’s, where she was head of executive and corporate reward.In her new role, Harrison will manage the Board Remuneration ...
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Goddard Perry Consulting acquires KKW Pensions Management
Employee benefits consultancy Goddard Perry Consulting (GPC) has acquired KKW Pensions Management.The acquisition follows GPC’s acquisition of HS Administrative Services from Aegon in 2010.Steve Goddard, managing director of GPC, said: “KKW is a valuable addition to our group and brings additional resources and weight to our proposition, especially in the ...
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Employers advised on how to engage disenfranchised younger workers after the riots
While unemployment and lack of opportunities for young people are cited as some of the societal reasons behind last week’s riots, it has also emerged that younger generations feel disenfranchised in the workplace.Claire McCartney, an adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said that the economic climate ...