All Case Studies articles – Page 44

  • Blue Apple case study
    Case Studies

    Blue Apple improves employees’ sleep quality by 26%

    2016-04-20T12:03:07Z

    Catering firm Blue Apple achieved a 26% improvement in its employees’ quality of sleep between September and December 2015, throughout which it ran a wellness programme provided by Super Wellness.The organisation also tracked stress resilience, which improved by 10% over the period, as well as food cravings, which reduced by ...

  • SAS
    Case Studies

    SAS offers benefits to reflect lifestyle, not generation

    2016-04-13T11:00:44Z

    With some 700 employees in the UK, software organisation SAS already has a five-generation workforce.Chris Carter, head of reward, says: “The multi-generational issue is really coming to life now. It is becoming more and more relevant as we talk about how we look at, design and use benefits.“SAS is quite ...

  • Scottish Power
    Case Studies

    Scottish Power introduces tool to help staff understand retirement outcomes

    2016-04-11T15:45:23Z

    Energy firm Scottish Power has two defined benefit pension schemes, with some 4,000 members but, since 2006, has required all new employees to join a defined contribution (DC) stakeholder pension, provided by Fidelity. This currently has around 2,500 members.In February, the organisation introduced a new tool, called Guided Outcomes, provided ...

  • DS Smith 2
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by DS Smith

    2016-04-06T14:08:53Z

    A summary of the workplace benefits offered by DS Smith:PensionDefined contribution money purchase scheme open to all employees. Contributions payable via salary sacrifice.Healthcare and wellbeingEmployee assistance programme (EAP).Healthy Hearts programme.Group riskGroup income protection and life assurance for members of the standard section of the pension scheme.Share schemeSharesave scheme for all ...

  • DS Smith 1
    Case Studies

    DS Smith puts employee health at the heart of its business

    2016-04-06T13:52:00Z

    Corrugated and plastics packaging manufacturer DS Smith believes that investing in its employees is as vital to the business as innovations in equipment. With more than 3,000 employees in its UK packaging division, the organisation recognises that in order to be a preferred partner of choice among its customers, it ...

  • Chiswick-Park-sports-case-studyWEB
    Case Studies

    Chiswick Park helps staff get active

    2016-04-04T14:00:13Z

    Chiswick Park hosts wellbeing programmes throughout the year to encourage activity among 8,000 employees that work across various organisations in the park, which include Paramount Pictures, PepsiCo, Starbucks, Tullow Oil and Walt Disney Company.Between June and September 2015, the business park hosted wellbeing events as part of its Enjoy Work ...

  • Asda 430
    Case Studies

    Asda moves to segment motivation

    2016-03-24T16:59:04Z

    Retail-chain Asda currently has a one-size-fits-all motivation strategy for its 175,000 employees, but it is hoping to offer more diverse options in the future.It uses its annual employee engagement survey, Your Voice, to find out more about what its employees want and need in terms of benefits and motivation. In ...

  • uktv
    Case Studies

    UKTV works together to motivate employees

    2016-03-24T16:57:02Z

    Television broadcaster UKTV operates according to its philosophy of working together to create a better organisation and in line with its set of values: create, learn, influence, challenge and collaborate.Keeping its 279 employees highly engaged has been vital to the organisation’s success, and its incentive and recognition schemes have helped ...

  • Alstom 430
    Case Studies

    Alstom uses exercise challenge to improve staff health

    2016-03-21T14:28:14Z

    Engineering firm Alstom UK and Ireland, which employs more than 2,500 people in a variety of manual and office-based roles, identified it was facing potential health problems as a result of an ageing workforce.Claire Sallis, occupational health and wellbeing manager at Alstom UK and Ireland, says: “We wanted to encourage ...

  • PCA Predict
    Case Studies

    PCA Predict offers share scheme to motivate staff

    2016-03-16T16:41:45Z

    PCA Predict provides address validation technology used on e-commerce sites, for customers that include Tesco, Dow Jones, and Disney. The organisation, which has offices in Worcester and New York, and employs over 55 members of staff, offers an enterprise management incentive (EMI) scheme.The EMI scheme was chosen as a way ...

  • BMT 430
    Case Studies

    BMT Group offers employees automated pensions advice

    2016-03-14T15:39:37Z

    Having moved from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) scheme in 2011, maritime engineering business BMT Group wanted to ensure its 780 UK employees were able to develop a sound retirement strategy.The business initially considered bringing in a financial adviser but was introduced to the concept of ...

  • Boston College
    Case Studies

    Boston College reduces absence with health cash plan offering

    2016-03-08T14:27:44Z

    Boston College offers a health cash plan to all of its 450 employees, irrespective of their level of seniority or the number of contracted hours they work. Its health cash plan, provided by Westfield Health, has helped to reduce staff sickness absence rates by 28%; employee absence rates for the ...

  • EB_011015_056.pdf
    Case Studies

    Peel Ports uses salary sacrifice arrangements to support staff

    2016-03-07T16:16:15Z

    Peel Ports Group offers its 1,000 employees several benefits via salary sacrifice to support them in both their work and personal lives. These include its contributions to its stakeholder pension scheme and childcare vouchers.Its most popular benefits offered on a tax-efficient basis are pension contributions, which 90% of its workforce ...

  • Domestic and General office-2016
    Case Studies

    Domestic and General offers employees a well-rounded benefits proposition

    2016-03-02T16:05:00Z

    For Domestic and General, a key aim of its benefits proposition is that it is well-rounded enough to support its diverse employee base.Its holistic approach ranges from enhanced pension contributions and free flu jabs for all employees, to long-service awards and even mindfulness colouring books. Kay Mellor, head of HR, ...

  • Domestic and General desk-2016
    Case Studies

    The benefits offered by Domestic and General

    2016-03-02T16:03:56Z

    A summary of the workplace benefits offered by Domestic and General:PensionA group personal pension for all employees, with a 3% employer contribution for all staff, and matching or enhanced employer contributions based on seniority.Employer-funded independent financial advice for all employees.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance: employer-paid on a seniority level, with ...

  • Starbucks living wage-2016
    Case Studies

    Starbucks to extend national living wage rate to all staff and offer London premium

    2016-02-29T15:46:32Z

    All employees working in Starbucks UK-owned stores are to be paid at least the national living wage rate of £7.20, including apprentices and those aged under 25. The coffee chain’s all-employee approach to the new rate of pay will benefit more than 4,500 staff members.From April 2016, baristas’ base pay ...

  • Screen Shot 2016-02-29 at 13.29.41
    Case Studies

    Danwood introduces national living wage for all employees ahead of April deadline

    2016-02-29T15:44:33Z

    Print and document solutions firm Danwood introduced the national living wage rate in January 2016, three months ahead of the statutory implementation date set by the government. Although the £7.20 hourly rate is only mandatory for those aged 25 and over, Danwood has established the national living wage as its ...

  • Screen Shot 2016-02-17 at 16.02.38
    Case Studies

    Vodafone supports global employees via tracker app

    2016-02-17T16:51:03Z

    Mobile communication provider Vodafone uses International SOS to help protect staff based overseas and travelling on business. The business uses the TravelTracker app and security and medical services, says John Bernard, senior security manager, personnel and asset protection at Vodafone.“[We] can get 24/7 support in most languages,” he explains. “I ...

  • Evraz-share plans-2016
    Case Studies

    Evraz offers share plan to Russian employees

    2016-02-15T16:33:14Z

    Steel, mining and vanadium business Evraz offers employee share plans to its 105,000 employees in Russia, Ukraine, the US, Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy, South Africa and Kazakhstan.In Russia, the organisation has offered a long-term incentive plan (L-tip), administered by Computershare, since 2012. Employees are able to access details of ...

  • Landmark_430
    Case Studies

    Landmark turns to genetic testing to engage staff with fitness and nutrition

    2016-02-10T15:37:59Z

    In September 2014, Landmark Information Group teamed up with British cyclist Jess Varnish to engage its approximately 400 employees with health and fitness through a week-long cycling challenge, collectively cycling the distance from John O’Groats to Land’s End on exercise bikes.To coincide with the initiative, Landmark offered staff the chance ...