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Case study: Fujitsu Services
Fujitsu Services looks beyond the definition of the traditional nuclear family when providing benefits, primarily for commercial reasons.Alison Dalley, head of reward at Fujitsu Services, says: "We want the best and most appropriate talent to work for us, and this comes from a variety of sources. The nuclear family is ...
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Case study: Council designs benefits to have wide appeal
Kent County Council (KCC) has designed a wide-ranging benefits package to appeal to as many of its 47,000 employees as possible.Its voluntary benefits scheme, KentRewards, for example, offers discounts on products such as food shopping, clothes, entertainment and leisure to employees, regardless of age or family status.Jane Vivier, former reward ...
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Benefits on offer at Rightmove
Internet property search firm Rightmove has realised that if staff are not aware of the benefits on offer, the value of investing in those benefits is diminishedEmployee benefits account for over 50% of Rightmove’s cost base. The FTSE 250-listed internet property search company’s full year accounts for the 12 months ...
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Case Study: Rentokil
Rentokil eradicates wasteful driving habits Rentokil Initial introduced driver training to combat the rising cost of filling up.It is currently piloting courses, and employees are encouraged to adopt fuel-saving measures such as ensuring tyres are properly inflated and avoiding heavy braking.John Green, procurement director and fleet manager at the pest ...
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Case study: Whitbread reduces fuel consumption
The fleet has 900 cars and 50 light vehicles, and underwent a fleet review in 1999. Little data was available, as mileage was only monitored through the expenses system.†Whitbread decided to reduce fuel consumption using its car choice list, mileage reimbursement rates and ways of working.The car policy is based ...
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Case Study: Rentokil
Rentokil eradicates wasteful driving habits Rentokil Initial introduced driver training to combat the rising cost of filling up.It is currently piloting courses, and employees are encouraged to adopt fuel-saving measures such as ensuring tyres are properly inflated and avoiding heavy braking.John Green, procurement director and fleet manager at the pest ...
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Case study: Triodos Bank
As befits a self-styled 'ethical bank', Triodos Bank's employees drive environmentally-friendly hybrid cars.Trey Sanders, an HR adviser for the Dutch-owned company, says: "Our small fleet is made up of hybrid cars and we promote alternative ways to get to work. Only eight people [out of 84 UK staff] have company ...
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Case Study: EasyJet
In 2006, EasyJet wanted to create a motivation scheme for its 5,500 employees that reinforced its business goals of keeping costs low, safety paramount, and customer service high.To achieve these aims, the airline introduced the Gem awards, which stands for "going the extra mile". Employees can nominate one another or ...
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Case Study: Fujitsu Services
Fujitsu Services is well equipped to motivate staff during the credit crunch, having introduced a new reward and recognition programme almost two years ago.The programme, which was introduced a few months after it was first piloted in 2006, aims to increase employees' understanding of the company's values. As it can ...
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Wolters Kluwer harmonises pension schemes into one GPP
Wolters Kluwer made its pension benefit more competitive by consolidating five separate schemes, resulting from a spate of acquisitions, into one group personal pension plan (GPP).The money the company saved on administration costs enabled it to increase its pensions contributions by an average of 2 percent for each employee who ...
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Employer profile: Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
A novel approach to staff wellbeing has helped the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education slash sickness absence, says Debbie LovewellFew people will ever encounter an employer that encourages them to drive a car while blindfolded, relying only on a colleague for directions. But for staff at the Grimsby ...
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Easyjet's share schemes take off
Luton-based budget airline Easyjet has achieved wide share ownership among its 7,000 staff.It runs two UK all-employee plans: a sharesave scheme, which has achieved the equivalent of 45 percent-50 percent participation among eligible employees, and a share incentive plan, which has about 1,600 members. Similar schemes are also in place ...
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Grant Thornton merger boosts pension take-up
Grant Thornton introduced a flexible benefits scheme and increased the take-up of pension benefits when it launched its new stakeholder pension after its merger with accountancy firm Robson Rhodes in July 2007.These perks were introduced to its 4,200-strong workforce in April 2008.Under the terms of the companies' previous pension schemes, ...
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Case study: McDonald's puts perks on the menu for all staff
This affects its approach to benefits. Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager, says: “Whenever we introduce a benefit we try to make it as applicable to as many as possible.” A prime example is its bike scheme. “The government’s cycle-to-work scheme is offered through salary sacrifice, so wouldn’t have been ...
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Case study: Mintel researches perks' spend
As well as tapping staff for their views, Steve Charlton, director of HR, benchmarks Mintel against the benefits offered by other employers. "We continuously check that we are offering the benefits that our employees want through an annual employee survey, as well as reviewing lists of most admired companies to ...
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Crawley Borough Council
Sarah Barnes, the council's human resources manager, believes it is pointless spending out large sums of money on perks if employees don't use them."We recently produced our first personalised annual benefits statement for staff, which outlined the range of benefits of working for the council," she says.The statements set out ...
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Eden Project employees help cultivate their package
Leah Brewer, people development manager at the ecological attraction, says: "A working party of employees drafts the proposed reward package for the forthcoming year, working alongside me." She adds that by talking to staff to find out what is important to them, the organisation can then look into the potential ...
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Employer profile: Kent County Council
Affectionately known as the garden of England, Kent connects London to the south coast of the country. The landscape of this sprawling home county varies from meadows, orchards and valleys to the White Cliffs of Dover and long, sandy beaches.Its local authority, Kent County Council, has a workforce as varied ...
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Newcastle City Council scores with football imagery
Newcastle City Council uses football-themed communication materials to promote its childcare voucher scheme to male staff.It revamped the way it promotes the benefit at the beginning of this year after the scheme, which launched in 2006, received a lower-than-average take-up. The HR team worked with its provider, Accor Services, to ...
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Case study: Misys offers wide pension fund choice
Misys offers a range of 11 funds to members of its £120m pension scheme, available through Prudential's platform.These include index funds and an ethical fund from Legal & General, a corporate bond and a cash fund from M&G, and a property fund run by Threadneedle. With advice from consultants Watson ...