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  • TGI Friday's
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    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s

    2019-08-15T05:00:56Z

    The benefits offered by TGI Friday’s:PensionsA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme via the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest): staff save 5% of their salary and TGI Friday’s contributes 3%.Managers and directors of operations can opt to save into a group personal pension (GPP), provided by Standard Life, which enables them ...

  • CGI-2
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    The benefits offered by CGI UK

    2019-07-01T14:00:06Z

    The benefits offered by CGI UK:Pensions, pay and group riskA contract-based group personal pension (GPP), defined contribution (DC) scheme is used for auto-enrolment when employees reach two months of service. Minimum contributions are 9%, with at least 3% contributed by employees and 6% provided by CGI UK. This increases depending ...

  • Royal-Mail
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    The benefits offered by Royal Mail

    2019-05-01T15:00:55Z

    The benefits offered by Royal Mail:Pensions, pay and group riskRoyal Mail's defined benefit (DB) pension scheme was closed to new members in March 2008 and new employees are provided with a defined contribution (DC) pension. The DB arrangement closed to future accrual in March 2018; members of this scheme have ...

  • Johnsons-of-Whixley
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    Johnsons of Whixley uses imaginative benefits to motivate employees

    2019-04-23T05:00:40Z

    As one of the largest commercial nursery businesses in Europe, Johnsons of Whixley takes a flexible and imaginative approach to rewarding its workforce. Based between York and Harrogate, the organisation employs more than 90 members of staff, a number which can rise to nearly 200 during seasonal peaks, representing a ...

  • severn trent water
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    The benefits offered by Severn Trent Water

    2019-03-25T16:00:53Z

    The benefits offered by Severn Trent Water:Pension, protection and payA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for all employees, offering 2:1 matching contributions and a maximum 15% employer contribution.Group income protection, available for all staff on an employer-funded basis. This operates on a phased reduction model: once an employee's sick pay ...

  • Alison-Fisk1
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    Sunrise Senior Living puts recognition at the heart of its benefits strategy

    2019-02-26T06:00:23Z

    Private residential and nursing care home business Sunrise Senior Living centres its benefits strategy around peer-to-peer and top-down recognition, aligned with its business goals and principles of service.Primarily, this is achieved through the organisation’s Heart and Soul programme, which encourages its 5,000 UK-based employees to recognise colleagues that go over ...

  • Sunrise senior living
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    The benefits offered by Sunrise Senior Living

    2019-02-25T16:00:47Z

    The benefits offered by Sunrise Senior Living: Pension, protection and payA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme for all employees, delivered through a master trust. Contribution levels vary depending on seniority.Income protection is available for salaried employees on an employer-funded basis. This pays up to 70% of their basic salary for ...

  • Prezzybox
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    Prezzybox adopts holistic approach to total reward

    2019-01-22T06:00:58Z

    Since its launch in 2000, online gift retailer Prezzybox has taken a holistic approach to reward, believing that culture and working environment are as important as traditional benefits.Zak Edwards, managing director at Prezzybox, says: “Too many employers see fiscal rewards as the be all and end all, which is shortsighted. ...

  • Addison Lee
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    The benefits offered by Addison Lee

    2019-01-14T16:00:35Z

    The benefits offered by Addison Lee:Pension and payFive defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, which the organisation is looking to consolidate. These include pension schemes with National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) for approximately 500 employed UK chauffeurs, and with Aegon for management. Contributions vary according to seniority: employees and team leaders ...

  • Indeed
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    The benefits offered by Indeed

    2018-12-10T16:00:42Z

    The benefits offered by Indeed:Pension, protection and payGlobal 401k retirement saving scheme for all full-time employees. If staff save up to 6% of their pre-tax salary into the scheme, Indeed will match half. The scheme is managed internally.Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid up to a set amount based ...

  • burns pet nutrition
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    Burns Pet Nutrition harnesses organisational culture to keep employees satisfied

    2018-11-27T06:00:41Z

    Pet food production organisation Burns Pet Nutrition is based in Kidwelly, Wales, and is home to approximately 125 members of staff. These employees are spread across various roles, both within the core production business and in the organisation’s other ventures, which include a farm café and shop, market gardens and ...

  • Equifax
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    The benefits offered by Equifax

    2018-11-12T16:20:39Z

    The benefits offered by Equifax:Pension and group riskDefined contribution, salary sacrifice pension scheme for all employees. From April 2019, those contributing 3% into their pension direct from salary will receive a 5% contribution from Equifax; if employees contribute 4%, Equifax will contribute 6% and if they contribute 5%, it will ...

  • Weetabix Food Company
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    The benefits offered by Weetabix Food Company

    2018-09-17T15:00:53Z

    The benefits offered by Weetabix Food Company:Pension and group riskDefined contribution group personal pension plan, available for all employees alongside pre-existing defined benefit scheme, which closed in 2013.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance, employer-funded for all employees. Available for employees' family members as a flexible benefit.Dental insurance, employer-funded for all employees ...

  • CA-Technologies-5
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    The benefits offered by CA Technologies

    2018-08-28T05:00:55Z

    The benefits offered by CA Technologies:Pension and group riskDefined contribution group personal pension plan: employees contribute 3% and CA Technologies contributes 6%. Available for all employees.Income protection for 66% of employees’ income, employer-funded for all employees.Personal accident insurance at two times base salary, employer-funded for all employees.Employee share scheme.Life insurance ...

  • buffer
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    Buffer's pay transparency has great effects on internal culture

    2018-08-16T05:00:05Z

    In November 2013, following several months of internal salary transparency, social media management organisation Buffer took its pay information public, and has since become a prime example of the benefits of open communication about compensation.In the years since, the organisation has grown from a mere 12 staff to have 80 ...

  • Newport City Council Howard Mason
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    Newport City Council uses cycle to work scheme to boost work-life balance

    2018-08-09T05:00:25Z

    Newport City Council employs approximately 5,500 staff, ranging from waste collectors to teachers and social workers, many of whom work long hours in high-stress roles, on top of which a lengthy commute might feel like yet more time taken away from other pursuits.Working with Halfords Cycle 2 Work, the council ...

  • Charles Stanley
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    How Charles Stanley is transforming its male-dominated working culture

    2018-08-02T05:00:49Z

    The conversation continues at Employee Benefits Live 2018...Financial services is traditionally a male-dominated sector, and the industry’s gender pay gap statistics show there is still a lot of work to do to make it a more equal place. However, investment management firm Charles Stanley has made a concerted effort to ...

  • EY Reconnect
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    EY Reconnect harnesses untapped talent to tackle the pay gap

    2018-06-12T05:00:19Z

    When financial services firm EY reported its gender pay gap statistics, which included a median hourly gap of 14.8% and a mean hourly gap of 19.7%, it noted the significant role played by the unequal distribution of women in senior positions.One of the numerous aspects of its approach to closing ...

  • EY
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    EY uses diversity and inclusion strategy to address gender pay disparity

    2018-04-11T16:15:10Z

    Professional services organisation EY is tackling its gender pay gap disparity using a range of policies and programmes within its diversity and inclusion strategy, aimed at improving gender balance across the business.The firm, which has 15,000 employees in the UK and Ireland, reported a 19.7% mean gender pay gap for ...

  • St Andrew's Healthcare
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    St Andrew’s Healthcare works with line managers on pay strategy

    2017-11-27T16:25:57Z

    St Andrew’s Healthcare has worked with its line managers to redesign its pay strategy.The mental healthcare charity's reward team and HR business partners spoke with line managers to find out their views on the previous approach to pay, for example, what worked well, what factors were missing, and whether there ...