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Grass Roots Projectlink launches multi-brand dining voucher
Grass Roots Projectlink has launched a multi-brand dining voucher that employees can use at a national network of restaurants.The Restaurant Choice product offers vouchers in £10 and £25 denominations towards the cost of food and soft drinks.The vouchers can be used at more than 800 dining locations, including Cafe Rouge, ...
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Bluefin Corporate Consulting launches website on pension reforms
Bluefin Corporate Consulting has launched a unique new website offering employers information, advice and free seminars about their obligations under the 2012 pension reforms, including auto-enrolment.The website offers technical information, as well as advice to save employers’ time wading through legislation. There is also a video guide to employer duties ...
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Johnson and Johnson rolls out global compensation strategy
Johnson and Johnson’s newly implemented global compensation strategy is allowing it to develop single career models across its businesses, improve succession planning, integrate newly acquired companies more easily, and present a more uniform face at graduate recruitment fairs.The rollout of the global strategy to its 250 businesses across 70 countries ...
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City & Guilds rewards ideas
City and Guilds celebrated international ideas week in May as part of its staff innovation scheme.The vocational education body ran events and activities for staff as part of its iFactor initiative, which included opportunities to take part in a quiz, submit ideas and learn more about innovation.City and Guilds worked ...
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Browne Jacobson launches online voluntary benefits scheme
Browne Jacobson is to launch an online voluntary benefits scheme that groups together its existing voluntary benefits, and introduce a salary sacrifice arrangement for the group personal pension scheme for its 511 employees.The online voluntary benefits system My Benefits, which goes live on 1 July, is the first step in ...
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ADT adds new perks to benefits scheme
ADT Fire and Security has introduced a pilot bikes-for-work scheme, employer-funded health screening and an employee assistance programme (EAP), as well as making changes to existing schemes to boost staff engagement.It is launching the bikes-for-work pilot in June, using provider Cycle Solutions, because it is the most requested benefit from ...
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Stephen Gambles joins Santander
Santander has appointed Stephen Gambles senior reward manager.He left his role as head of reward and HR services at Alliance Medical at the end of May.Gamble's previous posts include reward and benefits senior manager at Banco Santander and Alliance and Leicester, and compensation and benefits manager at AAH Pharmaceuticals.Read more ...
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Philip Exact heads RSA's pensions
RSA Group has appointed Philip Exact UK head of pensions.He replaces Jerry Gandhi, who retired in April. Exact joins the insurance firm from his role as group head of pensions at Xchanging.He has also held senior corporate roles with Citigroup and National Grid Transco.Read more about careers
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Colin Woods joins BuyingTeam
BuyingTeam has appointed Colin Woods interim reward consultant.Woods was previously reward and recognition leader at Tribal Group, remuneration specialist at Network Rail, senior compensation and benefits analyst at Gerrard, and compensation and benefits analyst at Atkins.Read more on careers
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Jill Nieuwoudt joins Benefex
Benefex has appointed Jill Nieuwoudt HR and development director.She joins from Solera, where she was HR director.Read more about careers
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Evan Davidge moves to Arup
Arup has appointed Evan Davidge as an associate to lead a four to six-month review of its reward and benefits strategy for the UK, Middle East and Asia region.Davidge's previous jobs include interim head of reward for the Department of Transport, interim reward manager at Carphone Warehouse, senior rewards consultant/manager ...
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Moir appointed at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed Stephen Moir executive director of workforce and strategy.The new role’s functions include HR, workplace education, learning and development, and equality and diversity.Moir took voluntary redundancy in April from Cambridgeshire County Council, where he was corporate director of people, policy and law.His previous posts include head ...
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News alanysis: Rising cost of workplace depression
As workplace pressures continue, employers should take steps to safeguard the mental wellbeing of their employees, says Nicola SullivanAs employers and their workers continue to experience pressures from the economic climate and current government cuts, depression in the workplace is increasingly becoming more of an issue for compensation and benefits ...
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TNT adds to voluntary benefits scheme
TNT has moved its voluntary benefits plan online and added more offers to the scheme.The transportation and distribution firm introduced a new website in May, using provider Personal Group, to offer its 10,080 UK staff multiple channels for receiving discounts and offers.Staff can now take up benefits by telephone, the ...
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Workplace Options launches EAP product
Workplace Options has launched a new toolkit to help employers cope with the impact of the economic downturn and the government’s spending review.The employee assistance programme (EAP) provider has launched the Moving Forward toolkit in recognition of the worries many public sector organisations expressed about how the spending review and ...
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Buyer's guide to payroll software
Payroll software can be customised to meet employers' specific needs, but organisations must decide whether to operate it in-house, or partially or fully outsourced, says Nick MartindalePayroll software lies at the heart of any employer's administration and record-keeping system, recording and processing all pay information and the figures needed for ...
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The Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation introduces voluntary benefits scheme
The Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) has introduced a voluntary benefits scheme for the public sector organisations within its region.Any national public sector organisation can offer the scheme to its staff simply by completing a form through the ESPO.The local authority purchasing consortium set up the scheme to simplify staff ...
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Kidsunlimited launches voluntary benefits scheme for staff
Kidsunlimited launched a voluntary benefits scheme on 1 June for its 1,600 UK employees.The scheme, provided by LogBuy, offers deals and discounts from leading brands nationwide and local retailers.Rebecca English, sales and marketing administrator at Kidsunlimited, said: “We conduct an annual engagement survey for employees and one of the clear ...
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E.On sees increase in flexible benefits take-up
Almost half (45%) of employees at utilities firm E.On submitted new, or changed, choices in this year’s flexible benefits enrolment period.This figure is up from 32% during the 2010 enrolment period and 21% in 2009 when the scheme was first launched.The enrolment period, which opened in March 2011, saw 85% ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Missed connection
The new HR director’s request for a conference call sends Candid into an endless cycle of frustration – and in her own time, tooEvery hour at work is an hour when I am not doing something more interesting instead. Therefore, people who cause me to work late and miss valuable ...