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Case study: D Young focuses on staff choices
Law firm D Young ran focus groups last year before launching a flexible benefits plan to find out what perks its staff wanted. The firm’s 150 staff includes partners, as well as fee-earning staff, support staff and managers.The focus groups, run by Thomsons Online Benefits, were held first with partners, ...
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Case study: Pub group staff show character
When Punch Taverns launched a flexible benefits plan in January, it did not want a scheme with one-size-fits-all approach.Sarah Bell, reward manager at Spirit Pub Company, which has since de-merged from Punch Taverns, says: “We have quite a varied workforce, with staff at head office, as well as field-based and ...
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Case study: Timothy James shuts up shop for Christmas
Timothy James Consulting is one of the few employers in the recruitment industry to shut up shop over Christmas as a special thank-you to its staff.Managing director Christopher O’Connell says: “Shutting the office over Christmas is virtually unheard of in recruitment, so it gives us a strong unique selling point ...
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Case study: Retaining insurer slashes price for Geotechnical Instruments
Not all cost savings achieved through rebroking involve switching insurer. An employer often stays put because its insurer offers to reduce its price once it realises the intermediary has come up with more competitive quotes. Many intermediaries offer the holding insurer the chance to requote once quotes from elsewhere have ...
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Case study: Qinetiq targets savings
Qinetiq, a defence contractor with more than 6,000 staff in 30 locations across the UK, introduced a group personal pension (GPP) to replace its trust-based DC scheme in April. Run as a bundled arrangement with Zurich Life, the GPP has 2,500 members who are already auto-enrolled.Qinetiq intends the GPP to ...
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Case study: Grant Thornton plays fair with graduates
Grant Thornton also offers financial modelling tools and financial assistance to graduates, who may be starting work in significant debt.Todd says internships and work experience are an important way to identify talent and it is essential to treat young people on such programmes fairly. “We do not get our interns ...
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Case study: John Lewis targets young tastes
The John Lewis Partnership ensures its reward package is up to date by including fun benefits, such as giving access to a box at the O2 arena in London, while communicating perks using the latest advances in technology.In May, it rolled out total reward statements for the 75,000 staff in ...
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Case study: Trowers and Hamlins briefed on savings
International law firm Trowers and Hamlins launched an online benefits platform last year after previously offering a paper-based flexible benefits scheme.The firm employs more than 700 people in the UK, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt and Oman. Following the launch of the new scheme, provided by Thomsons Online Benefits, Trowers ...
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Case study: Azzurri seeks strong connection
Telecoms and IT company Azzurri Communications keeps its flexible benefits provider on its toes by regularly benchmarking against the competition.Noel McGonigle, group HR director, says: “We review providers every two years. We believe this is the optimumtime because a year is not enough for the provider to fully understand a ...
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Case study: Aviva reward policy pays out
Aviva runs a recognition and motivation scheme called Spotlight that includes senior executives alongside managers and more junior staff.Under the scheme, employees can nominate one another for recognition and reward for contributing to the success of the firm. Nominations are made through an online portal.The person making the nomination also ...
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Case study: Communication is key for Raytheon
Defence contractor Raytheon UK hopes to win over its diverse workforce with a communications offensive. The organisation, which has 1,300 employees, sends updates by email, plasma screen, newsletters, briefings and its intranet.Gary Litster, pensions and benefits manager, says: “Because of our diverse work environments, we communicatebenefits information regularly through a ...
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Case study: Wrigley staff chew flexible benefits over
Chewing gum maker Wrigley ensures its flexible benefits scheme offers something for all staff. An impressive 85% of the firm’s 500 staff take up the scheme.Al Riley, senior rewards adviser, says: “We are diverse in terms of age and gender. The [mobile sales teams] tend to be recruited at a ...
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Case study: B&Q fits in older workers
DIY retailer B&Q sees that an age-diverse workforce brings a wealth of skills and experience. It has operated without a default retirement age for over 15 years, and aims to provide ageneutral benefits for its 32,000 employees.This means ensuring the perks for staff across its 300 UK branches, such as ...
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Case study: Marks and Spencer sells flexible approach
At Marks and Spencer, a workforce with a broad age demographic means ensuring the benefits that it offers are relevant to all generations.The retail firm has operated without a default retirement age since 2001.In 2006, it introduced flexible retirement, offering staff the opportunity to retire and take their pension while ...
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Case study: Fasset facilitates 30% fall in absence
At facilities management firm Fasset, having a clear absence policy that facilitates occupational health and the fit note gives a clear view of absence and helps staff return to work quickly.Fasset launched a new absence policy in February 2010. It involves training all supervisors and managers, and letting staff know ...
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Case study: Symantec spreads the good news on reward
Security software provider Symantec has expanded rapidly through acquisition, growing its workforce from 6,500 to 14,000 in July 2005, and reaching 18,500 today. The firm operates in more than 50 countries.Jennifer Reimert, senior director, global compensation at Symantec, says: “One of the challenges of rapid growth was a resulting ‘culture ...
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Case study: Ellipse keeps up with the latest chat
Group risk insurer Ellipse has a very open approach to employees using social media in the workplace. Peter Fenner, marketing manager at Ellipse, says: “We ask employees not to use it on business [computers] as thereis a risk it could spread viruses, but we do keep a couple of laptops ...
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Case study: GSK boosts savings options with Sipp
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was one of the first companies to launch a second-generation group Sipp in December 2007. It wanted to boost its employees’ opportunities to save, and at a lower cost than buying a Sipp directly from a provider.GSK selected Legal and General to provide and administer its Sipp, which ...
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Case study: Telegraph reports tangible benefits from health strategy
Over the last five years, Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has developed a health and wellbeing strategy that has delivered measurable outcomes.Its key results include a significant fall in the number of sickness absence days taken; increases in gym usage; and sizeable reductions in private medical insurance premiums, due to its ...
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Cheshire West and Chester Council has united approach to reward
When Cheshire West and Chester Council was created from four local authorities, sorting out reward was a daunting task, says Nicola SullivanCheshire West and Chester Council has faced several challenges since it became a unitary authority in April 2009. Previously, west Cheshire had four local authorities: Cheshire County Council, Chester ...