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Employer Profile: Barclays
Financial services firm Barclays invests in perks to help staff give back to the community, says Debbie LovewellFor many, helping a charity is as simple as dropping several coins into a collecting tin or buying the Big Issue. While the idea of being more actively involved in charitable causes may ...
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Barclays' employee appreciates help in giving to charity
Debbie Phillips, corporate affairs manager, has worked for Barclays for 20 years.She contributes £30 a month through the company's payroll giving scheme, which, after tax relief and Barclays' matched funding, equates to £1,200 a year."It's something I've thought about for a long time but it took me a while to ...
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Richmond Housing Partnership offers performance related pay
Richmond Housing Partnership (RHP) is a housing association that offers performance-related pay (PRP) to all of its staff.Alison Henderson, RHP's human resources manager, says: "The aim of the PRP scheme is to reward individual performance and actively engage employees in achieving goals."Everyone at the South-West London social housing association has ...
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McNicholas' holiday trading scheme proves popular
McNicholas is on to a winner with its holiday trading scheme. When the Hertfordshire-based engineering firm carried out its annual survey, it found buying and selling leave was the most popular benefit.Lindsay Blackman, former HR director at the firm, says: "Staff are positive about the [holiday trading] scheme and wish ...
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Employer profile: Scottish Power
Scottish Power prioritises healthcare and wellness perks, making doctors and nurses available on a number of its sites, says Nick GoldingScottish Power is no stranger to acquisitions. Since it was formed in 1990, it has bought UK companies Southern Water and Manweb, and American firm Pacificorp.But now the boot is ...
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Scottish Power employee benefits from DB scheme
Wired into the company's DB plan Barbara Teape is an executive support assistant at Scottish Power, where she has worked for 29 years.Teape is a member of the company's defined benefit (DB) scheme, having joined before the stakeholder scheme and eligibility criteria requirements for the final salary plan were introduced. ...
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Jones Lang LaSalle believes in its sharesave scheme
Real estate services group Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) believes its sharesave scheme helps it stand out from its competitors. Shameel Ahmed, head of reward at the firm, says: "Most of our rivals are partnerships and cannot offer a sharesave scheme. It's definitely a competitive advantage when recruiting."JLL introduced its first ...
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British Library balances financial and work-life incentives
The British Library aims to strike a balance between financial and work-life balance incentives.Mary Canavan, director of HR, explains: "Employees feel that the organisation values them not only through extrinsic reward, such as performance-related pay, but also through intrinsic reward, such as [providing] feedback, recognition and employee wellbeing support."†The organisation, ...
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Henkel automatically enrols staff in its defined contribution pension scheme
Consumer products group Henkel takes a behavioural approach to encouraging employees to save more towards their retirement.The company, which manufactures and markets brands such as Schwarzkopf and Pritt Stick glue, gives staff a prod in the right direction by automatically enrolling them in its defined contribution scheme.Paul Ryan, HR operations ...
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Honda assesses staff illness and rehab
The Honda motor plant in Swindon has a comprehensive process for assessing the ability of employees to work and for rehabilitating them in the event of injury or illness.The Honda motor plant in Swindon has a comprehensive process for assessing the ability of employees to workThe process starts with a ...
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British Antarctic Survey's staff enjoy a range of benefits
While Captain Scott battled diminishing rations, inadequate clothing and a leaky ship, today's polar explorers have it somewhat better.British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff enjoy a raft of perks, including 30 days annual leave and a defined benefit pension scheme, plus state-of-the-art bases equipped with on-site gyms and chefs. Fiona Brazil, ...
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Direct Communications uses online fleet risk tools to improve safety
Walkie-talkie supplier Direct Communications has used online fleet risk tools to improve safety, and to reduce the number of accidents and the cost of insurance.It needed to improve standards after two company cars were written off and four others were involved in incidents in 2005.Fleet manager, Gavin Bailey, explains: "The ...
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Pfizer anticipates smoking ban's impact on its company cars
Global pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which has 2,200 company car drivers, is currently grappling with the introduction of the smoking ban in England.Lynne Bundle, fleet and mobile phone manager, explains: "We have sent out some guidelines but there are still some grey areas in that [we] have 635 opt-out drivers [who ...
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British American Tobacco improves financial education for staff
Maturing employee share options under British American Tobacco's (BAT) sharesave scheme provided the impetus for its HR team to improve financial education for its employees.Nina Crossen, HR project manager at BAT, says: "Because the share price had increased enormously there was good profit to be gained by employees and this ...
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T-Mobile addresses drivers attitudes to keep them safe
T-Mobile believes it is not enough to impose rules and checks on employees, it also works on addressing driver beliefs and attitudes to help keep them safe.The firm's policies cover document checking, effective accident management and the use of mobile phones when driving.But it also thinks more strategically. Frank Arthur, ...
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Conchango offers its staff Amaps
Business and technology consultancy Conchango ditched its company car scheme, after it became too costly and complex.The Egham-based company, which employs 300 people in the UK, now offers authorised mileage allowances for staff (Amaps). Mike Altendorf, CEO at Conchango UK, says: "We moved to this current model from the fleet ...
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ITN proposed DB scheme changes
In November last year ITN proposed changes to its defined benefit scheme to reduce its own payments by £10 million a year.The scheme has about 800 members and a deficit of £205 million despite cash injections.Unions were told that the company wanted to reduce its contribution, which averages 28% of ...
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GNER rolls out salary sacrifice
GNER offers a range of benefits through salary sacrifice arrangements and was keen to add a tax-efficient NCP car parking scheme to its package.This was perceived to be of significant benefit to staff because it has a number of employees who work unsociable hours and so are unable to travel ...
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Center Parcs replaced trust-based pension with GPP
Cost was a key concern when holiday company Center Parcs decided to close its trust-based pension scheme and replace it with a group personal pension.Tim Parker, the company secretary, says: "We wanted to keep cost to a minimum without sacrificing quality of investment. Many of our 6,000 staff are part-time ...
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Skipton Building Society offers staff stakeholder pension
Skipton Building Society offers its employees a company-sponsored stakeholder pension from Norwich Union. It recently ran a national roadshow to encourage staff to increase their pension contributions from the previous minimum of 0.5% to at least 3%, and take a more active interest in the scheme performance by monitoring it ...