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Case Study: Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council sees the management of sickness absence as a key business driver and keeps a close eye on its strategy to ensure it is as effective as possible.Involvement of line managers was identified as key. The council decided that sickness absence management information should be provided to line ...
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Case Study: Aunt Bessie's
Food manufacturer Aunt Bessie's employs 500 staff and, until 2004, had struggled to achieve a return on investment with a manually-administered absence management system.It now uses a system in which staff call in to an automated voice-prompted line if they are going to be absent. The system removes the need ...
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Employee benefits at Yorkshire Building Society
Yorkshire Building Society has managed to steer clear of the wreckage surrounding the financial sector. FD Andrew Gosling explains how to Clare BettelleyYorkshire Building Society’s senior management team has agreed to forego its 2008 bonuses. Andrew Gosling, the society’s finance director and one of four executive directors in the team, ...
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Employer profile: Easyjet
Budget airline Easyjet is navigating economic turbulence by keeping costs under control, and that philosophy extends to its employee benefits, says Tom Washington.It is hard to miss budget airlines. Their bargain-basement prices and in-your-face marketing campaigns have not only made the likes of Easyjet and Ryanair household names, but have ...
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Parity revamps benefits technology
Introducing a flexible benefits scheme gave IT firm Parity the opportunity to revamp the technology behind its perks.Before introducing flex, Parity relied on Excel spreadsheets to administer perks and HR managers had to manage staff data manually. Sarah Cook, HR director, says: “We can all go in and instantly see ...
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Case study: Nationwide looks to choice
Case study: Nationwide looks to choiceNationwide Building Society optimises the value of its benefits package by keeping its offering fresh for staff and promoting certain perks at key times.When communicating benefits during its flex enrolment period at the end of last year, for example, it focused attention on the discounted ...
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Employer profile: TUI Travel
TUI Travel set itself tight timescales to harmonise benefits for staff following a merger, despite the tough economic climate, says Nicola SullivanTimes are tough for the UK travel industry. Last year, it appeared as though the holiday was over for many travel firms and airlines, which were faced with issues ...
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Case Study: Simply Health Group
The Simply Health Group tailored savings provision to better suit its varied 1,200-strong workforce after realising that staff were not joining its group personal pension (GPP) scheme due to other priorities.To provide an alternative, the healthcare firm launched schemes to help staff save for a home or pay off student ...
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Case Study: Kellogg's feeds family focus
Kellogg's offers a number of family-friendly perks to its workforce.Ahead of last year's legal changes, Kellogg's carried out a review of its maternity policy.It already offered a generous package, with women on maternity leave receiving 18 weeks on full pay followed by 21 weeks on statutory maternity pay.Dave Lowe, compensation ...
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Case Study: Abbey
As a financial institution, Abbey regards financial education as being paramount to the wellbeing of its 16,000 employees, particularly during the current economic climate.It is planning to launch a workplace financial education programme to help staff cope with the credit crunch, following on from an initiative built around its sharesave ...
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Employer profile: T-Mobile
In the fast-paced, highly competitive telecommunications industry, T-Mobile is shaping its perks to attract and keep the brightest talent, says Nicola SullivanAs the UK’s fourth-largest mobile phone network operator based on revenue, T-Mobile is holding its own in what is a fast-paced competitive marketplace. During its 15 year history, the ...
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Case Study: PricewaterhouseCoopers' expatriate healthcare benefits
At any one time, global business services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has about 3,500 expat employees working in countries all over the world. Most are based in the UK, the US, Australia and Canada, but growing numbers are venturing into the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and ...
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Case study: Tesco
Case study: Tesco perks are all-inclusiveTesco strives to offer benefits that appeal to all its 275,000 staff, many of whom are on low salaries.All staff are entitled to the same core benefits, including a defined benefit pension plan, sharesave scheme, staff discount card, and a range of voluntary benefits. Louise ...
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Case study: Henderson offers sharesave and share incentive plan
Case study: Henderson offers both optionsAsset management firm Henderson Global Investors offers both a share incentive plan (Sip) and sharesave scheme to its 750 UK staff.Under sharesave, it offers the maximum 20% discount on the starting share price at maturity, while through its Sip, staff can obtain two-for-one matching on ...
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Case Study: Novell
Case Study: NovellAn organisation-wide centralisation of cost structures was behind computer software company Novell's decision to implement an international benefits strategy.Its policy aims to introduce a general framework for benefits provision rather than impose standard perks at country level. Ian Wright, director of compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East and ...
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Case Study: Northgate Information Solutions
Northgate Information Solutions has added a range of ethical products to its benefits package, selecting providers according to their corporate social responsibility credentials.It offers staff a range of ethical voluntary benefits including carbon offsetting, payroll and charitable giving, and the option to take time off to take part in local ...
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Case study: Mills & Reeve:
Law firm Mills & Reeve has gone through the selection process for a voluntary benefits provider on more than one occasion.In 2007, the law firm set up a new voluntary benefits scheme after switching providers to avoid additional costs. It had pulled its scheme with Bringme after the provider decided ...
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Case Study : Canon
Camera manufacturer Canon has targeted its voluntary benefits offering at helping the company to click with new recruits.The firm offers a slew of voluntary perks, including private healthcare, childcare vouchers, gym membership and holiday discounts.Caroline Price, HR director, UK and Ireland, says: ""Voluntary benefits add value to a recruitment package. ...
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Case Study: Amey
Amey uses clever communication techniques to boost the value of its voluntary benefits scheme in employees' eyes.The consultancy, which works in the highway, railway and property sectors, has 9,000 staff working across 100 sites.Mark Bradshaw, head of reward and policy, says: ""Communication is always an interesting challenge because a lot ...
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Employer profile: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment looks to perks to boost employee engagement with the business and its culture, says Debbie LovewellMaking movies is a big, but risky business. A blockbuster can be highly profitable for the production company and distributor, but if a film bombs at the box office and fails to ...