All Benefits technology articles – Page 97

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    Mercer Marsh Benefits launches benefits website for SMEs

    2012-08-07T09:27:00Z

    Employee benefits consultancy Mercer Marsh Benefits has launched a benefits website for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).The website, Elect, offers access to a range of employee benefits, including: pensions, healthcare, income protection and group life cover.†Employees also have access to Mercer Marsh Benefits’ team of benefits advisers.Donna Briggs, principal in ...

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    Staffcare and LCP enter into partnership agreement

    2012-08-06T09:17:43Z

    Staffcare and LCP have entered into a partnership agreement to help employers prepare their flexible benefits schemes for auto-enrolment.LCP, part of the Alexander Forbes group, will offer Staffcare's benefits administration and communication software to its employer clients, with a particular emphasis on flexible benefits and auto-enrolment.The firm will also use ...

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    Pension Insurance Corporation reinsures £300m of longevity risk

    2012-07-30T15:22:00Z

    Pension Insurance Corporation has reinsured £300 million of its longevity risk through global reinsurer Munich Re.Following a £500 million reinsurance arrangement with other reinsurers in 2011, Pension Insurance Corporation, a defined benefit (DB) schemes risk management provider, has now reinsured 65% of its longevity exposure.The firm buys out DB schemes ...

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    Ellipse and Thomsons launch integrated group risk platform

    2012-07-30T15:17:00Z

    Ellipse and Thomsons Online Benefits have completed development of a data interface that allows automatic processing of group risk benefits.The interface enables group life, group critical illness and group income protection benefits to be integrated with the Thomsons Darwin technology platform.When using the interface, each time a user runs their ...

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    Asperity Employee Benefits launches shopping discount app

    2012-07-30T08:00:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Asperity Employee Benefits is to launch a shopping discount application for smartphones and tablet devices.Its Reward Gateway app is designed to allow employees to browse discounts, check offers, order SMS text vouchers, which can be sent straight to their mobile device, and top up reloadable cards on the go. ...

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    CIPP sends first real-time information submission

    2012-07-20T09:05:00Z

    The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has sent its first real-time information (RTI) submission.Exchequer secretary David Gauke was on hand at the CIPP’s offices in Solihull to observe the payroll department send 145 employer details as part of its first RTI submission.RTI, a new way for employers to report ...

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    Southampton Football Club moves payroll system online

    2012-07-18T08:15:00Z

    Southampton Football Club has brought its payroll system online, after it identified its payroll department was spending 25% of its time manually inputting employee information.The system, provided by Auto Time Solutions, records staff hours, then imports the data so staff are paid accurately and any overtime payments are also administered.Karen ...

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    HMRC launches video guide to help employers understand real-time information programme

    2012-07-17T09:54:00Z

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a video guide to help introduce employers to the real-time information (RTI) programme, which comes into effect from April 2013.The video looks at what RTI means for employers, the main changes that will be introduced, and a timetable for the programme.The programme will ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: East Thames Group staff log in to online perks portal

    2012-07-02T08:00:00Z

    About half of the staff at social landlord East Thames Group have registered with the new online benefits portal it launched in April.Available benefits include discounted gym membership, childcare vouchers, bikes for work, and health and wellbeing perks.East Thames Group also uses its Benefit Select portal to supply information to ...

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    B. Braun Medical receives payroll accreditation

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    Healthcare supplier B. Braun Medical has been accredited with the Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).The PQP recognises employers that apply best practice in the development of their payroll professionals. It was launched in 2007 to provide a standard for performance management in payroll.There ...

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    National Grid to implement talent and compensation planning software

    2012-07-01T10:54:00Z

    National Grid is to implement talent and compensation planning software from Towers Watson.The software is part of the utility firm’s commitment to build a single integrated technology platform for all of its HR processes.The first stage of implementation will include a roll-out of Towers Watson’s performance and workforce planning software. ...

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    Education sector framework appoints payroll provider

    2012-06-28T23:00:00Z

    A framework in the education sector has appointed Equiniti ICS to provide payroll services.The framework, provided by Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), enables educational institutions, including universities, further education colleges, sixth forms and schools, to procure payroll services from Equiniti ICS’ in-house expertise.Alan Foley, director at Equiniti ICS, said: “We are ...

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    DHL Supply Chain moves to shared services HR model

    2012-06-27T09:40:00Z

    DHL Supply Chain is moving towards a share services model for HR that will make its administration of reward more efficient and cost effective.The organisation, which is a division of Deutsche Post DHL, will set up a centralised HR team next door to its head office in Milton Keynes towards ...

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    McBrides to pilot real-time information system

    2012-06-18T23:00:00Z

    Accountancy firm McBrides is one of 100 medium-sized employers that is to pilot HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) real-time information (RTI) system.RTI is intended to make it easier for employers, providers and HMRC to administer the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) system. Most employers will be using the programme by April 2013 and ...

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    Family Mosaic introduces online HR and payroll system

    2012-06-15T09:46:00Z

    Social landlord Family Mosaic has introduced an online HR and payroll system.The system includes a self-service function to suit the organisation’s move towards more flexible working opportunities for its staff, including remote, home and mobile working.The system, ResourceLink Aurora from NorthgateArinso, will also provide greater visibility of live employee data, ...

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    Lorica Employee Benefits launches online benefits portal

    2012-06-07T15:19:12Z

    Lorica Employee Benefits has launched an online benefits portal called iPortal, which provides employers and their employees with access to every website and microsite related to their benefits offering through one sign-on facility.The portal can be connected to a variety of benefits platforms, including pension schemes, wealth management, flexible benefits, ...

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    EXCLUSIVE: Enrich Employee Benefits launches benefits portal

    2012-06-06T08:00:00Z

    Enrich Employee Benefits has partnered with the Money Advice Service (MAS) to launch a benefits portal called Benefits2go.The portal includes access to online advice and support from the MAS, a document library with articles on financial education, a pensions modelling tool, an intranet site where staff can view their entire ...

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    Buyer's guide to voluntary benefits platforms

    2012-06-05T23:00:00Z

    Focus on factsWhat are voluntary benefits platforms?These are IT systems through which staff can access voluntary benefits, ranging from high-street discounts to healthcare and bikes-for-work schemes. Systems are often run by third-party providers and paid for by the employer.Where can employers learn more?Read more on voluntary benefits platforms hereWho are ...

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    Half of larger firms review employee benefits annually

    2012-05-24T09:35:00Z

    More than half of organisations with 1,000-plus staff review the benefits they offer on an annual basis, according to research by Legal and General.The research found that two-fifths of organisations with between 10 and 100 staff do not plan to review the benefits they offer to staff in the foreseeable ...

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    Ceridian UK to launch products for pension reforms

    2012-05-16T09:13:43Z

    Ceridian UK is to launch a series of products to help large employers manage the cost of the pension reforms, which are due to come into effect from 1 October 2012.The products include software that will identify and enrol relevant employees into a chosen pension scheme, ease communication and administration, ...