All Case Studies articles – Page 52
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Case StudiesHow Adecco manages employee benefits
Matthew Johnson, head of compensation and benefits at Adecco, says the decision to use a standard package was aimed at keeping internal administration to a minimum, but the reality has been different. “We try to get the two [organisations] to talk to each other, but they don’t,” he says.As a ...
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Case StudiesScisys Group uses workplace savings platform to boost pensions engagement
Scisys Group has seen 30% of its employees increase their pension contributions since the organisation launched a workplace savings platform in November 2013.The IT services developer, which employs more than 400 people, launched the platform to help boost pensions engagement among staff and to offer them a variety of saving ...
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Case StudiesSuperdry awards restaurant vouchers as Christmas rewards
With nearly 3,000 employees and 123 stores around the UK, Superdry faces a difficult challenge in celebrating the Christmas season with its staff.In December 2013, the retailer presented every employee with a £30 Restaurant Choice gift voucher to fund their team Christmas outing. The vouchers could be spent at more ...
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Hallmark Cards incentivises healthy behaviours
Hallmark Cards has seen a number of improvements in workforce health over the past three years, since embarking on its programme to engage and educate employees to achieve healthier outcomes.The organisation introduced a financial incentive plan for employee wellbeing in 2011, using its business-to-business subsidiary Hallmark Business Connections, which runs ...
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Case StudiesMarks and Spencer goes multi-channel for flex
Marks and Spencer (M&S) knew it was undertaking an ambitious project when it set out to launch a flexible benefits scheme to its entire workforce in 2013.Most of the retailer’s 75,000 UK employees work offline across more than 800 stores, so it had to develop a scheme that was accessible ...
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Case StudiesDiscovery Networks uses data to design health and wellbeing strategy
Discovery Networks is rolling out a global stress awareness campaign after data from its private medical insurance (PMI) provider, PruHealth, identified stress as an issue among its workforce.Roland Baskeyfield, international compensation and benefits manager at Discovery Networks, says: “We work closely with our PMI provider so we are furnished regularly ...
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Case StudiesUniversity of Reading launches salary sacrifice car scheme
The University of Reading launched a salary sacrifice car leasing scheme in June to help improve its employee benefits package.The university decided on a leasing arrangement, underpinned by contract hire, because of its low cost and the ability to offer employees a fully maintained car.Claire Eckett, HR manager, rewards and ...
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Case StudiesDixons Carphone looks to harmonise benefits
Both organisations operate in the retail environment, with brands that include Currys, Carphone Warehouse, Dixons Travel and PC World, but the two entities each have their own benefits structures.Toria McCahill, group reward manager at Dixons Retail at the time of the merger and now head of UK reward at Dentsu ...
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Case StudiesLSL Property overhauled benefits with flex
LSL Property Services launched an online flexible benefits scheme for its 5,000-strong workforce after identifying a need to overhaul its benefits package. The property group, which owns estate agency brands Reeds Rains and Your Move, launched the programme after staff focus groups highlighted the need to offer more choice.Nearly two-thirds ...
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Case StudiesBibby Financial Services tailors flex communications
The organisation over-communicated the launch by sending out messages to staff and repeated emails reminding them that the deadline to sign up to the flexible benefits scheme was looming, despite a number having already done so.Following employee feedback, Bibby sent out targeted communications in 2013 and 2014 using a variety ...
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Case StudiesAllianz helps staff measure diabetes risk
Earlier this year, Allianz introduced blood checks to help its employees ascertain their risk of developing diabetes.The checks are part of the insurer’s integrated health and wellbeing strategy, which includes a rolling education programme to raise awareness about key health issues.Quarterly themes the organisation is focusing on this year include: ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by British Sugar
PensionTrust-based defined contribution scheme, with employer-matched contributions up to a maximum of 10%.From February 2013, all non-pension members are being auto-enrolled at contribution levels of 4% for employee and employer.Legacy defined benefit pension schemes.HealthcareEmployer-paid private medical insurance (PMI) scheme available for senior and middle managers, which make up about 50% ...
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Case StudiesBlackRock focuses on staff financial wellbeing
This included group income protection, life assurance and accidental death cover, available to all staff as core benefits up to a certain level. Employees can choose to flex their life cover up to a higher level or to include their partner’s life through the flexible benefits scheme. Critical illness insurance ...
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University of Lincoln invests in relationships with benefits providers
The University of Lincoln invests in building sustainable relationships with its benefits providers.Ian Hodson, reward and benefits manager at the University of Lincoln, has initiated a conversation with the organisation’s childcare voucher provider, Computershare, about its future business strategy.This is part of his efforts to understand the possible impact of ...
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Case StudiesAsda makes savings with company car scheme
The retailer has more than 150,000 staff and introducing the scheme, provided by Zenith, has helped the organisation and its employees to save on car running costs.To date, Asda has saved about £6,000 per company car compared to the cost of providing a cash allowance. Savings are made on fuel, ...
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EY tackles staff burnout with new wellbeing initiative
Its latest initiative, Health EY, which was launched in February 2014, has a strong focus on mental wellbeing, which it believes is the biggest cause for concern within the organisation.Health EY includes the introduction of mental health first-aiders across the organisation. These are employees that will be trained to act ...
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E.On uses games to drive up pensions membership
For energy firm E.On, the use of gamification was about getting as many employees as possible engaged in the auto-enrolment process after it decided to auto-enrol all employees, not just the statutory minimum.The organisation utilised two stages of gamification at two different times of the process as its plan was ...
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Telefonica makes recognition plan more social
Telefonica launched a new online recognition programme for its UK staff in October 2013. The plan, Recognise_D, is a web app that employees can access via smartphones, tablets and laptops.The organisation, known under the brand O2 in the UK, previously had an online recognition programme, but this was a static, ...
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Wates Group values benefit suitability over return on investment
Wates Group has yet to decide how it will monitor the return on investment (ROI) of the workplace health kiosks it is introducing this year.But Melisa Hanratty, HR programme manager at Wates Group, says ROI is not the programme’s focus. “It is less about money and more about getting something ...
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Case StudiesSky uses benefits to keep employees connected
Its products, such as Sky 3D and Sky Talk, also help its employees to stay connected to the Sky experience, which is at the heart of its benefits package.Tom Gardner, reward and employment tax manager at Sky, says: “It is absolutely imperative that our employees are totally up to speed ...