All Benefits technology articles – Page 105
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Victory Housing Trust adds new payroll outsourcing service
Victory Housing Trust has appointed Frontier Software to provide a payroll outsourcing service.The payroll services contract will allow direct access to the trust’s dedicated HR and payroll database giving immediate access to payroll information.Reports, financial systems and banking interfaces are also available. The service includes payslips that are emailed or ...
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Strait Logics rolls out online HR product
Strait Logics has launched an online product called HR Pad, a self-service personnel administration service that provides a web communications portal for employers and their staff.The product is designed to be offered through an organisation’s corporate intranet, so that employers can refresh the data at anytime, measure traffic going through ...
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NHS implements new workforce management software
The National Health Service (NHS) Workforce Solutions Community has signed new contracts with a group of software providers to supply workforce management software solutions.Smart/HMT, Zircadian and Software Europe have built a comprehensive offering specifically for the NHS, covering rostering for doctors, nurses and other staff, staff bank management, time and ...
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Creative Benefit Solutions launches benefits platform
Creative Benefit Solutions has launched a benefits platform called My-infolink.The platform can be branded under an organisation’s name and can be tailored to reflect the range of benefits offered by the organisation.Options that can be included in the platform are details about pension savings, total reward statements, flexible benefits, holidays ...
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Generation Financial Services launches flex software service
Generation Financial Services has launched an integrated service that simplifies the way in which organisations can access flexible benefits software.The service removes the front end charges that can be requested by third party providers and instead operates a monthly charge.The offering will also include total reward statements, web-based administration, flexible ...
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Philip Hutchinson establishes new reward and benefits consultancy
Philip Hutchinson, who was formerly head of corporate self-invested personal pension (Sipp) sales at Pointon York Sipp Solutions, has set up his own consultancy called RePosition.The new consultancy will offer a range of services, including reviews, advice and delivery in the areas of reward and employee benefits to support employers, ...
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Travel disruption puts pressure on payroll departments
The ban on flights in response to the volcanic ash cloud also has serious implications for employers' payroll departments.Payroll staff have had to decide whether the unplanned absence of stranded staff affects their annual holiday allowance or should be treated as unpaid or paid leave.Lindsay Melvin, chief executive of the ...
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Panasonic introduces payroll and HR system
Panasonic Europe has introduced a new payroll and hosted HR system which will be available to five Panasonic companies based across three UK offices.The system, called ResourceLink Aurora and supplied by NorthgateArinso, is accessible through a web browser and does not require any on-premise footprint.Richard Mills, head of UK HR ...
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Johnson Service Group introduces new payroll and HR system
Johnson Service Group (JSG) has introduced a new payroll and hosted HR system for the 2,500 employees within its textile service division.JSG has signed a five-year contract with NorthgateArinso to supply its ResourceLink Aurora, which is accessible online.Avi Kar, financial director at JSG, said: “We needed a firm to provide ...
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Benefits cost can be reduced by shopping around
Employers could save up to 20% of the cost of their insured benefits by shopping around for a better deal.According to research by consultancy Mercer, employers could save between 10 and 15% of their premium costs in cases where the benefits remain with their existing provider, but they can secure ...
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Generation Financial Services launches employee benefits division
Generation Financial Services has introduced an employee benefits division.The new division will be integrated at board level with the company’s core independent financial advice (IFA) business.As well as offering the implementation, management and administration of employee benefits, it will also provide fee-based consultancy, either as a standalone service or within ...
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Friends Provident introduces corporate investment platform
Friends Provident is launching a new corporate investment platform aimed at employee benefit consultants and trustees in the unbundled pensions market.Developed in partnership with FNZ, the investment platform is the first stage of Friends Provident’s new corporate savings platform, which will be rolled out later this year.Key features of the ...
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Amor Group and Haldanes select new benefits provider
Amor Group, the business technology company, and Haldanes stores, the retailer and supermarket chain will be using Kudos Financial Services’ employee benefits division to provide a range of advice, administration and internal communications.While the Amor Group contract is unspecified, the Haldanes contract will continue for two years.Jim Tennent, Kudos’ managing ...
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Interview with Sara Davies, reward and HR services director at Ladbrokes
Sara Davies, reward and HR services director at Ladbrokes, is keen to get the message across that the reward function is very much more than just ‘pay and rations’, says Ben JonesAs befits the reward and HR services director of bookmakers Ladbrokes, Sara Davies spent some time at last month’s ...
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Staffcare introduces new benefits portal
Staffcare has launched a new benefits portal, called flexeasy, for communicating and administering core and flexible benefits for businesses of all sizes.Through the portal a selection of more than 20 benefits are available from three different providers, which employers can pick and choose from.A typical flex project takes anywhere between ...
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Research finds reward is growing as a wider company strategy
Reward was found to represent 70% of a company’s total costs, making it a top management issue rather than merely the sole responsibility of compensation and benefits experts, according to new research from the HayGroup, The Changing Face of Reward.The global reward research was conducted through the survey of HR ...
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Thought leaders 2010: The year ahead: SBC Systems insight: Brave new world still beckons for benefits
Benefits management has been lagging behind in adopting the latest technology, but there are moves to bring it up to speed, says James Markham, managing director of SBC SystemsGlobal climate change is the headline topic of today, and technology will no doubt help to find a solution. In the area ...
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Arnold Clark appoints new payroll manager
Motor dealer Arnold Clark has signed a contract with HR services supplier NorthgateArinoso for the management of the monthly payroll for its 8,000 employees.The ResourceLink-Aurora platform will interface with Arnold Clark’s existing in-house HR and time and attendance system.Eddie Hawthorne, Arnold Clark managing director, said: “NorthingateArinso is a company with ...
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Buyer's guide to flexible benefits administration systems (February 2010)
Administration systems for flexible benefits schemes can take various forms, and suppliers are targeting employers of all sizes to offer the functionality they need, says Sam BarrettFlexible benefits plans have many advantages for employers, including greater employee engagement and improved performance. But to maximise these advantages, organisations must make sure ...
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Cisco puts employee benefits online
Cisco has moved benefits online for its 2,500 staff in the UK and Ireland to help them understand the full value of their reward package and what they are entitled to.It has also replaced its stakeholder pension scheme with a group self-invested personal pension (Sipp). Employees can transfer between the ...