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  • aster-1
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    Aster balances cost with value to create wide-reaching benefits package

    2020-03-19T06:00:35Z

    Among the 1,300 members of staff employed by housing association Aster, jobs span from typical head office functions, through to 400 remote trade roles. This diverse workforce has widely varied needs, from the benefits on offer to communications, engagement and awareness.Variety, choice and flexibility are, therefore, key. Holly Coe, head ...

  • Travelex
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    Travelex offers a range of benefits to support global employees' needs

    2019-11-26T06:00:53Z

    Image credit: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.comA Travelex store is a familiar sight for any global traveler; the foreign exchange business operates in 60 countries and has a widespread presence in airports, transport hubs, shopping centres, supermarkets and high streets.With 9,000 employees around the world, the organisation operates its benefits on ...

  • pagegroup
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    PageGroup uses holistic platform to engage employees with voluntary benefits

    2019-07-16T05:00:02Z

    Recruitment organisation PageGroup's flexible and voluntary benefits platform, MyBenefits, went live in November 2016, and is available to all 1,400 employees across its 26 UK sites.PageGroup provides a number of core benefits to employees, such as life insurance, group income protection and pension contributions; these can then be flexed and ...

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    The benefits offered by Inspired Villages

    2019-06-03T15:00:39Z

    The benefits offered by Inspired Villages:Pension, protection and payA defined contribution (DC) pension scheme is available for all staff through auto-enrolment; contributions are set at the statutory minimum of a monthly 5% from employees and 3% from the employer.Life insurance, at three times an employee’s base salary, is available on ...

  • Neil-Morrison
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    Severn Trent Water places strong focus on health and wellbeing of employees

    2019-03-26T06:00:09Z

    Severn Trent Water has positioned its benefits strategy to place a strong focus on the health, wellbeing and engagement of its 6,500 UK and Ireland-based employees.The organisation launched a virtual GP service in December 2018, available through its health cash plan and its contractual private medical insurance (PMI), in order ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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    Assurant uses employee forums for face-to-face benefits communication

    2017-10-23T16:43:52Z

    Mobile and electronics protection organisation Assurant uses quarterly update meetings with employee forum representatives to cascade information about its voluntary benefits scheme to its 1,000 employees across three UK sites.A member of the HR team attends each quarterly meeting with representatives from the organisation’s two employee forums in order to ...

  • Oliver-Bonas
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    The benefits offered by Oliver Bonas

    2017-10-11T14:25:37Z

    The workplace benefits offered by Oliver Bonas include:PensionPension: Master trust, with standard contribution rates required under auto-enrolment. These currently stand at 1% from the employer and 1% employee.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance, employer funded, for senior managers and store managers.Health cash plans, employee paid, available through the benefits platform.Compay carsCompany ...

  • Oliver-Bonas
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    Oliver Bonas redesigns benefits strategy to reflect core values

    2017-10-11T14:18:37Z

    Lifestyle retailer Oliver Bonas has reviewed and restyled its benefits strategy in order to reflect its core values: work hard, play hard, and be kind.With the majority of its 820 employees working part-time in stores, the organisation recognises that its benefits have to appeal to many different people, as well ...

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    Hermes to design new benefits strategy based on employee feedback

    2017-08-30T15:35:40Z

    Hermes is looking to its 2,473 employees to direct a reward and HR transformation. The logistics organisation has designed a continuous employee feedback programme that it will use to create a new benefits approach specifically tailored to the wants and needs of its workforce.Jill Maples, HR director at Hermes, says: ...

  • Countrywide
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    Countrywide recognised for voluntary benefits at Employee Benefits Awards 2017

    2017-07-19T15:25:09Z

    Countrywide was named winner in the best voluntary benefits category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.This award celebrates the most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan and staff deals.Property services organisation Countrywide introduced its Under One Roof discount scheme in 2016, providing discounts on the organisation's services to employees ...

  • Nick-Lawry-Picture
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    Virgin Management renews wellbeing focus

    2017-05-03T12:00:27Z

    Virgin Management is a global organisation that has its fingers in many corporate pies; it manages and supports businesses across the Virgin Group, and is dubbed the family office for the group.On the organisation’s current agenda is the potential challenges and implications of major political events such as the European ...

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    Next Stage utilises voluntary benefits to bolster recruitment and retention

    2016-10-19T11:36:28Z

    Mental health home care organisation Next Stage introduced a voluntary benefits programme in January 2016, using the scheme as a key driver for recruitment and retention. The programme, provided by Perkbox, enables the organisation to offer its 155 staff over 200 perks, such as free mobile phone insurance and retail ...

  • Countrywide Group
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    Countrywide aligns benefits and reward to help boost growth

    2016-08-31T11:15:53Z

    Countrywide Group, the UK’s largest property services group, began the task of building a reward function in September 2014, when it drafted in Neil Goodwin, head of reward.He joined on the brink of a group-wide overhaul at the FTSE 250-listed group, which until then had just an operational human resource ...

  • Snowflake
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    Snowflake Gelato uses voluntary benefits platform to retain staff

    2016-08-08T11:47:40Z

    In 2015, Snowflake Gelato implemented a voluntary benefits platform, provided by Perkbox, to help to retain staff.The luxury ice-cream maker, which employs around 50 staff with an average age of 26, has seen its staff retention rate increase by approximately 50% over an eight-month period and the average tenure of ...