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    GlaxoSmithKline has formula to protect older employees’ health

    2013-12-02T05:30:00Z

    Doctor Timothy Wighton, director of global disease prevention and health promotion at GSK, says: “It is the brainchild of several people within GSK who came together and said: ‘Are we doing enough for our employees, no matter what level they are, no matter what age they are and no matter ...

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    Molson Coors Brewing Company seeks pensions understanding

    2013-11-27T05:30:00Z

    It relaunched its group personal pension (GPP) scheme in July 2013 with a new provider, Friends Life, to comply with auto-enrolment legislation ahead of its August 2013 staging date. Its employees are auto-enrolled on a minimum 3% contribution, although they are encouraged to increase this voluntarily to at least 5%. ...

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    NCFE focuses on flexibility in benefits package

    2013-11-25T05:00:00Z

    The transfer will have a direct impact on the benefits taken up by staff at the organisation, which was formerly known as the Northern Council for Further Education.Michelle Sharman, HR manager at NCFE, says: “We are a growing organisation, which brings its own challenges. We are moving from a city ...

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    Guernsey Post provides fully-funded healthcare benefits for older workforce

    2013-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Mary Hurrell, head of HR, says: “We like to look for a mature attitude. Even when we recruit people, we don’t necessarily want to be bringing in lots of young [employees] because, generally speaking, they will come in and do three or four years’ service, maximum, and then they’ll be ...

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    Cineworld extends payroll service to weekends to cope with auto-enrolment

    2013-11-13T06:30:00Z

    Payroll manager Jenni Bromfield says: “We have faced a number of challenges, not least the fact that most of our staff are on zero-hour contracts and have pay that varies, so it is difficult to generate the data that determines who is eligible for auto-enrolment.“All our payroll processes are geared ...

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    ATS Euromaster re-engages staff through change programme

    2013-11-06T04:00:00Z

    Five years ago, the organisation was making a financial loss, so newly-appointed group HR director Irene Stark was tasked with helping the business return to profit. “We decided that the best way to do this, and to make sure that any sort of change was sustainable, was to do it ...

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    Browne Jacobson takes proactive approach to employee wellbeing

    2013-11-04T05:30:00Z

    The law firm’s 700-plus employees have access to a range of initiatives that have a dual aim of preventing long-term absence and optimising employees’ workplace health.The employer’s sport and social club, for example, has been running subsidised lunchtime pilates classes for nearly six months, and were so popular that a ...

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    Neil Morrison: Industry events and publications help to develop careers

    2013-10-28T06:10:00Z

    These include conferences run by the Corporate Research Forum, of which Random House is a member.“They are fantastic, both in terms of research and thinking, and also in terms of networking and sharing ideas,” he says.Morrison also believes social media platforms and online blogs are great tools for HR and ...

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    Spencer Roach: Workshops and training keep benefits knowledge current

    2013-10-28T05:00:00Z

    “We review upcoming legislative changes across the region and identify areas for action,” he says.Roach’s membership of a working group organised by Towers Watson is also useful. “It typically meets twice a year and includes compensation and benefits managers from the hi-tech sector in London and Thames Valley,” he says.“Most ...

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    Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust offers workplace nurseries

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The trust operates two nurseries for its main sites in Brighton and Haywards Heath. These operate 10 hours a day, five days a week, covering early starts and late finishes.The nurseries offer long-term childcare, but also provide short-term emergency cover for incidents such as a breakdown in an employee’s local ...

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    BNP Paribas enhances benefits package with emergency childcare

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The scheme covers any sort of disruption to normal childcare arrangements and employees have access to up to 10 days of care each year, booked a maximum of two weeks in advance. All costs are met by the employer, including any tax charges. The scheme, which includes nurseries, play schemes ...

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    Arriva chooses lifestyle strategy for default fund

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    The scheme’s default fund uses Standard Life’s lower-to-medium-risk lifestyle strategy, which aims to provide long-term growth whilst investing in a diversified portfolio of assets. This is the second lowest risk level of the five risk-rated lifestyle strategies Standard Life has developed, so employers can select the risk appetite that is ...

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    Mitie Group integrates employee benefits across businesses

    2013-10-28T00:00:00Z

    This has posed a significant challenge for the strategic outsourcing organisation which, historically, has grown through a cluster of smaller businesses that have been allowed a degree of autonomy, including in the benefits offered to employees.Katherine Thomas, group HR director, says: “When you start to bring that all together to ...

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    John Lewis Partnership offers staff sports and social activities

    2013-10-01T04:07:00Z

    And so a sailing club was set up to enable the average employee to sail a boat.The sailing club still operates today and is the most popular club offered by the retailer. The partnership owns its own yachts and pays for their upkeep, an investment the organisation has made as ...

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    Merlin Entertainments Group aligns global recognition schemes

    2013-09-30T04:10:00Z

    Samantha Owens, corporate HR manager at Merlin, says: “Each head of HR already had schemes in place that worked well, so it was about getting their buy-in. The other challenge was how we communicated the scheme.”To optimise the buy-in of each manager, Merlin involved them in scheme design and, once ...

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    McDonald's Restaurants built on motivation

    2013-09-30T04:00:00Z

    McDonald’s incentivises and supports these desired behaviours through two bonus schemes for its 400 company-owned restaurants.Each month, all employees in the top 10% of restaurants, based on mystery shopper scores, receive a bonus. In addition, restaurant managers are eligible for a quarterly bonus based on three equally weighted measures: mystery ...

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    Eli Lilly links voluntary benefits and recognition

    2013-09-23T05:00:00Z

    Voluntary benefits programmes, which offer employees discounts and savings on their everyday shopping, can drive significant levels of engagement. We have seen that employees are attracted to these small perks, be it 5% off a Sainsbury’s grocery shop or discounts at Topshop, because they deliver a real benefit with savings ...

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    One Housing Group offers staff accommodating benefits deal

    2013-09-23T03:42:00Z

    About 40 employees took part in a three-day strike in June in response to the social housing organisation’s plans to slash pay for around 200 care staff by an average of £2,000 a year, from next February. The strike followed 22 months of consultation.The pay-cut announcement was a hard pill ...

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    North Yorkshire County Council boosts green credentials

    2013-09-23T00:00:00Z

    The scheme, provided by Tusker, allows staff to take up a car through a salary sacrifice arrangement, enabling them to save on tax and national insurance.John Robinson, benefits and reward consultant at North Yorkshire County Council, says: “We introduced it as a green car scheme, partly due to the fact ...

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    BMI Healthcare decides on new default investment strategy

    2013-09-23T00:00:00Z

    BMI Healthcare has long operated a Friends Life defined contribution scheme for its 9,500-strong workforce, but the advent of auto-enrolment and the prospect of increased membership prompted the trustees to review its investment strategy in relation to the default fund.Anne Woolcott, head of employee relations and HR compliance at BMI ...