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Case Study: All aboard for Swissport award
Swissport Cargo Services has seen a rise in productivity since handing out a one-off incentive to each of its 450 UK employees.After a year of pay freezes and a decline in overtime hours, staff were given £100 retail vouchers. Danica Barton, HR adviser, says: “Feedback has been positive and it ...
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Case Study: 3 connects with working groups
Staff feedback played a key role in structuring benefits at mobile phone company Hutchison 3G UK, known as 3.The company formed three working groups in the head office, retail and call centre parts of the business to offer advice on what its 3,200 UK employees wanted in their benefits package. ...
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Case Study: Freshfields spreads the word
Since law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer introduced a salary sacrifice car scheme last July, 18 employees have signed up, with two more in the pipeline. Adam Brooke, the firm's employee benefits manager, says: "At the moment, take-up is still fairly low, but the word is spreading. For example, we now ...
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Case Study: Coats launches online compensation management tool
Case study: Coats sews up better managementSewing thread and needlecraft supplies firm Coats is rolling out an online-hosted compensation management (CM) tool.The system, provided by consultants Mercer, will allow Coats to manage its market data more effectively and improve the efficiency of its CM. This will be achieved by market ...
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Case study: Catlin's extended employee share scheme
Insurance company Catlin extended its employee share scheme in September last year to include staff in Bermuda, Germany, Canada and Singapore using its UK sharesave model as a global template.The firm, which employs 1,300 staff globally, previously offered a sharesave (save-as-you-earn) scheme to 699 UK staff and a stock purchase ...
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Case study: international share plan at Shell
When Royal Dutch Shell launched a global employee share purchase plan, it attracted more than 12,200 staff saving in 36 currencies across 51 countries.Pam Roffe, manager, share plans, says a key message at Shell has been to eliminate unnecessary work, and to standardise, simplify and automate. This included the share ...
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Case study: Port of London Authority buoyant over benefits
The Port of London Authority looked to re-engage staff as it felt they did not understand the full value of the benefits they received beyond base pay, meaning these were not fully appreciated.†In 2006, it took steps to tackle the issue by implementing total reward statements in conjunction with provider ...
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Case study: RS Components focuses on total reward
Corby-based RS Components, part of the Electrocomponents Group, has been analysing its UK reward strategy for the past two years. The recession has increased the importance of this work.The global company, which distributes industrial components, went through a major restructuring programme and, from a business point of view, is focusing ...
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Employer profile: Sony UK
Sony UK has invested in lifestyle facilities to keep its employees fully energised for maximum performance, says Debbie LovewellThe location of Sony UK’s head office on the site of the old Brooklands motor racing circuit is perhaps apt for an organisation that has an initiative called ‘Firing on all cylinders’ ...
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Case study: Marks and Spencer sets store by education
Marks and Spencer (M&S) offers financial education to all staff. It targets its 60,000-plus store staff through seminars and leaflets in association with the Financial Services Authority's 'Money matters' programme, and its management staff through a partnership with Wealth at Work. The retailer's head of employment relations and reward, Deborah ...
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Case study: Blaenau Gwent County Council
Blaenau Gwent County Council saw the Financial Services Authority's 'Making the most of your money' seminars as a useful benefit to offer staff at a time when many were feeling the pinch financially.Julie Morgan, HR manager at the Welsh council, says: "We felt it was a good employee benefit and ...
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Case study: Axa
Axa's online 'My budget day' resource is at the core of the insurance company's financial education programme for employees.The emphasis is on continuous financial management, with all employees being allowed to take an hour of their working time each month to use the site, which offers a number of interactive ...
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Case study: Royal Bank of Scotland gives credit for local choices
Communications have been central to the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) rolling out its successful flexible benefits programme, RBSelect, to an international workforce.The solution was a communications toolkit – a suite of options from which local managers could select, according to their country’s particular requirements and budget.Jim Cowan, a ...
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Employer profile: Amey
Public services provider Amey is focusing on staff health and wellbeing to help it cope with rapid expansion, says Nicola SullivanBusiness is booming for public services provider Amey. The company has a forward-order book of work worthmore than £7 billion, subject to the finalisation of a £2.7 billion highways maintenance ...
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Case Study: Cashing in on opportunities
Linsey Taylor, general manager, optical and pharmacy at Asda, has been with the company for 10 years. She has worked in various buying roles, beginning in chilled pizza before moving into chilled foods, and then beers, wine and spirits.In her current role, Taylor manages 25 head office staff in a ...
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Employer profile: Asda
Employee involvement is a big part of Asda Stores’ operational philosophy – and that can include a visit to the Dragons’ Den, says Tom WashingtonThere aren’t many jobs where making suggestions to your boss results in you pitching your idea to the formidable Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones. But at ...
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Case Study: Northern Rail keeps Christmas perks
Northern Rail will not be reducing Christmas perks for its 4,800-strong workforce this year.As it did last year, the company will distribute a retail voucher worth £25 to each member of staff in December to reward them for their hard work throughout the year.The vouchers, provided by Grass Roots, can ...
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Voluntary benefits report 2009: profile on IBM
Computer giant IBM UK is making full use of state-of-the-art technology to maximise staff take-up of voluntary benefits, says Nicola SullivanAchieving higher-than-average employee take-up levels for a voluntary benefits scheme is no mean feat. But by using the latest technology, a robust communications strategy and offering an extensive range of ...
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Case Study: Childcare voucher provision at E.On
Power company E.On views the provision of childcare vouchers through its flexible benefits plan almost as a moral obligation.Ant Donaldson, senior specialist in employee benefits, says: “I think it would be remiss of us as a major employer not to help people access savings available under the childcare voucher scheme.”By ...
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Case Study: Abbey banks on childcare vouchers
Feedback from staff at Abbey suggests they greatly value the childcare vouchers that are an integral part of the bank’s benefits package.Ian Cunningham, reward consultant at Abbey, says: “Employees are in favour of this benefit as it not only saves them income tax and NI contributions, but it also provides ...