All Case studies articles – Page 51
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Case StudiesFirstGroup boosts pay through salary sacrifice
John Chilman, group reward and pensions director, says: “Initially, we called this ‘pay boost’ because existing members going into the scheme boosted their take-home pay, because they paid less national insurance. However, we changed the name to ‘salary adjustment’ in the UK, because the ‘pay boost’ term was not appropriate ...
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Case StudiesSamsung evolves benefits strategy
Engagement is one of Samsung’s primary organisational objectives aimed at helping to recruit and retain employees in a competitive industry, and over the last few years the organisation has been utilising its own technology to help harness and build employee engagement, Tess Smillie, vice president of human resources at Samsung, ...
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Case StudiesRed Setter uses family friendly approach to motivate staff
The company is comprised of ex brand directors, account directors and marketing managers who have all been used to working at a high level. Also, the majority of its employees have children.Claire Blyth, founder of Red Setter, says: “If they were still working in London they would all be experts ...
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Case StudiesBGL Group offers wide package to attract top talent
Much of its focus revolves around the overall employee experience, with a strong emphasis on wellness, the office environment and enabling staff to get involved in charitable initiatives.Claire Whieldon, head of reward, says: “We have a huge amount of fundraising events, from dragon boat racing to employees going off to ...
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Case StudiesNorthern Trust implements emergency childcare support for staff
Cara Collins, senior employee relations consultant at Northern Trust, says: “We looked at paying for a place at the nursery downstairs [in the organisation’s office building], but we did not think that was a good option because only one employee can benefit at any one time, and they also then ...
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Case StudiesTimpson motives staff with gifts for life events
The shoe repair organisation also felt it was important to avoid offering impersonal benefits.These include a £25 cash award for expectant mothers to help them buy comfortable maternity clothes for work, as well as £25-worth of Mothercare vouchers for all new parents on the birth of a child.The organisation also ...
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Case StudiesNorth Yorkshire County Council relaunches voluntary benefits
The platform offers lifestyle discounts, childcare vouchers, a bikes-for-work scheme, eco-friendly cars and now includes home technology, such as tablets, laptops and smart TVs.The benefits, accessed through a bespoke portal, come from a range of providers, including Computershare Voucher Services for the childcare vouchers, Cyclescheme for the bikes-for-work scheme, Tusker ...
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Case StudiesBNP Paribas opens flex windows during related events
Such events have included corporate social responsibility fairs and health and wellbeing fairs, which enable the organisation to communicate the flexible benefits on offer and open windows to help increase engagement and take-up.Its scheme, provided by Vebnet, allows staff to make changes to childcare vouchers, bikes for work, retail vouchers ...
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Case StudiesDanone opens flex window for lifestyle changes
The organisation, which won ’Most engaging benefits package’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014, opens benefits windows for such staff every month for certain benefits.These benefits include childcare vouchers, the pension scheme, retail vouchers, gym membership and access to its health cash plan.The monthly windows open for any employee who ...
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Case StudiesThe University of Reading aligns recognition to values
An online recognition portal, introduced in 2012, enables managers to nominate employees for awards with values ranging from £25 to £100. These can be redeemed for vouchers from various retailers.When nominating an employee, a manager has to specify what behaviours the individual has displayed and how these relate to the ...
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Case StudiesNorthern Trust supports employees' work-life balance
Northern Trust, which has 1,400 employees in the UK and a workforce that is 35% female, introduced a range of work-life balance initiatives in 2012 with a view to increase flexible working, raise its return-to-work ratio among working mothers, and improve employee engagement and productivity.The firm’s WorkSmart programme, which enables ...
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Case StudiesBristol Myers Squibb educates staff about pension reforms
It has informed staff about the changes following the closure of its defined benefit (DB) scheme in 2012 and the introduction of a group personal pension plan .The employer has also launched an online retirement planning tool, provided by Aspire to Retire, which is available to employees who are five ...
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Case StudiesCafcass puts health and wellbeing at heart of business strategy
As the UK’s largest employer of social workers, Cafcass has recognised the pressures its employees are under. The organisation, which works to represent the interests of children involved in family proceedings, has put staff wellbeing at the heart of its business strategy. One of its primary organisational objectives is to ...
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Case StudiesDeloitte focuses on employee health under pressure
Pressure is an integral part of the working week for many of Deloitte UK’s 12,000 employees, but, while many people flourish in such an environment, the organisation’s head of human resources, Stevan Rolls, is keen to ensure it does not lead to any unpleasant consequences.“People do enjoy the challenge this ...
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Case StudiesTowry looks to effective providers for benefits
Higginson has learned this the hard way, having endured a bad experience with a pensions provider handling the transition to auto-enrolment.“It told us they had this fantastic new automated computer system, but eventually confessed that somebody at its end would manually type all the data into the system,” he says.“That ...
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Case StudiesHow Adecco manages employee benefits
Matthew Johnson, head of compensation and benefits at Adecco, says the decision to use a standard package was aimed at keeping internal administration to a minimum, but the reality has been different. “We try to get the two [organisations] to talk to each other, but they don’t,” he says.As a ...
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Case StudiesScisys Group uses workplace savings platform to boost pensions engagement
Scisys Group has seen 30% of its employees increase their pension contributions since the organisation launched a workplace savings platform in November 2013.The IT services developer, which employs more than 400 people, launched the platform to help boost pensions engagement among staff and to offer them a variety of saving ...
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Case StudiesSuperdry awards restaurant vouchers as Christmas rewards
With nearly 3,000 employees and 123 stores around the UK, Superdry faces a difficult challenge in celebrating the Christmas season with its staff.In December 2013, the retailer presented every employee with a £30 Restaurant Choice gift voucher to fund their team Christmas outing. The vouchers could be spent at more ...
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Hallmark Cards incentivises healthy behaviours
Hallmark Cards has seen a number of improvements in workforce health over the past three years, since embarking on its programme to engage and educate employees to achieve healthier outcomes.The organisation introduced a financial incentive plan for employee wellbeing in 2011, using its business-to-business subsidiary Hallmark Business Connections, which runs ...
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Case StudiesMarks and Spencer goes multi-channel for flex
Marks and Spencer (M&S) knew it was undertaking an ambitious project when it set out to launch a flexible benefits scheme to its entire workforce in 2013.Most of the retailer’s 75,000 UK employees work offline across more than 800 stores, so it had to develop a scheme that was accessible ...