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Case study: Tesco
Case study: Tesco perks are all-inclusiveTesco strives to offer benefits that appeal to all its 275,000 staff, many of whom are on low salaries.All staff are entitled to the same core benefits, including a defined benefit pension plan, sharesave scheme, staff discount card, and a range of voluntary benefits. Louise ...
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Case study: Henderson offers sharesave and share incentive plan
Case study: Henderson offers both optionsAsset management firm Henderson Global Investors offers both a share incentive plan (Sip) and sharesave scheme to its 750 UK staff.Under sharesave, it offers the maximum 20% discount on the starting share price at maturity, while through its Sip, staff can obtain two-for-one matching on ...
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Case Study: Novell
Case Study: NovellAn organisation-wide centralisation of cost structures was behind computer software company Novell's decision to implement an international benefits strategy.Its policy aims to introduce a general framework for benefits provision rather than impose standard perks at country level. Ian Wright, director of compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East and ...
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Case Study: Northgate Information Solutions
Northgate Information Solutions has added a range of ethical products to its benefits package, selecting providers according to their corporate social responsibility credentials.It offers staff a range of ethical voluntary benefits including carbon offsetting, payroll and charitable giving, and the option to take time off to take part in local ...
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Case study: Mills & Reeve:
Law firm Mills & Reeve has gone through the selection process for a voluntary benefits provider on more than one occasion.In 2007, the law firm set up a new voluntary benefits scheme after switching providers to avoid additional costs. It had pulled its scheme with Bringme after the provider decided ...
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Case Study : Canon
Camera manufacturer Canon has targeted its voluntary benefits offering at helping the company to click with new recruits.The firm offers a slew of voluntary perks, including private healthcare, childcare vouchers, gym membership and holiday discounts.Caroline Price, HR director, UK and Ireland, says: ""Voluntary benefits add value to a recruitment package. ...
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Case Study: Amey
Amey uses clever communication techniques to boost the value of its voluntary benefits scheme in employees' eyes.The consultancy, which works in the highway, railway and property sectors, has 9,000 staff working across 100 sites.Mark Bradshaw, head of reward and policy, says: ""Communication is always an interesting challenge because a lot ...
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Employer profile: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment looks to perks to boost employee engagement with the business and its culture, says Debbie LovewellMaking movies is a big, but risky business. A blockbuster can be highly profitable for the production company and distributor, but if a film bombs at the box office and fails to ...
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Employee benefits at Centrica
Overview of CentricaCentrica was born out of a demerger from British Gas in 1997. The group now comprises British Gas, Centrica Energy, Direct Energy, Centrica in Europe, Centrica Storage and Dyno.The group reported operating profit of £992m for the six months to 30 June 2008, down from £1.2bn in the ...
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Case Study: Liverpool Women’s NHS Trust uses vouchers to reward staff
When the Liverpool Women's NHS Financial Trust achieved a high performance rating for its services in a report published last year by the Healthcare Commission, the trust's board of directors decided to show staff their appreciation by providing them with a Christmas gift.The board recognised that the trust's outstanding performance ...
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Case Study: Unilever extends healthcare to include wellbeing
Last year, Unilever extended its traditional benefits package, which includes private medical insurance, with the launch of a wellbeing programme, Vitality into Action.Its first wellbeing initiative was a 15-minute health screening which checked details such as employees' weight, blood pressure and cholesterol, and provided tailored health information or referrals where ...
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Employer Profile: Abbey
Abbey’s takeover by Santander has enabled the bank to broaden its horizons when it comes to benefits, says Nicola SullivanAbbey is one of few banks that appear to be weathering the economic storm. It is part of the Banco Santander Group, the fifth largest bank in the world by profit. ...
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Case Study: RAF Benevolent Fund tackles workplace stress
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund introduced several initiatives to help deal with stress among its 140-strong workforce as part of a wide-ranging benefits overhaul two years ago.This included the introduction of an employee assistance programme (EAP), which includes a stress counselling service alongside other perks.Richard Wheatley, head of ...
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Case Study: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council fights sickness absence
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council introduced a wellbeing strategy seven years ago in a bid to reduce high absence levels among its 9,000 employees.Mick Forrest, assistant director, people and performance, explains: "We did not want to take the traditional route to handle the problem. We looked at how we could stop ...
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Case Study: Royal Mail reduces sickness absence
Five years ago, Royal Mail was losing money and often offering a poor service to customers, not least because staff absence rates were typically high at around 7% a year and costing an estimated £1 million a day. In a bid to tackle the problem, it introduced a range of ...
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Case Study: Buckinghamshire County Council’s total reward strategy
County Council understands that it takes more than pay and traditional perks to get employees fired up.The council's total reward strategy encompasses everything from training to the working environment as well as old favourites such as pensions, childcare vouchers and company cars.Motivation is about more than just pay and bonuses, ...
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Case Study: InterContinental Hotels Group trials total reward statements
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is trialling total reward statements to help staff appreciate the true value of its benefits.Dave Lawrence, vice president, compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East and Asia at the group, says: "The biggest challenge facing any total reward programme is helping employees understand and value the rewards ...
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Case Study: GVA uses total reward statements to reinforce value of perks
Property consultant GVA Grimley decided to use total reward statements to reinforce the value of its employment package following the launch of a flexible benefits scheme.Debbie Taggart, HR manager, says: "Flex went a long way towards helping our employees understand the true value of their remuneration packages but it is ...
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Case Study: Runnymede Borough Council switches from PMI to cash plan
Runnymede Borough Council switched from providing private medical insurance (PMI) to staff who had been with the organisation three years, to a healthcare cash plan for 500 employees after finding the increasing cost of PMI too much to handle.The council now pays for a cash plan for all employees once ...
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Case Study: Certegy rationalises pension arrangements
Following its merger with Certegy, financial technology firm, Fidelity National Information Services had three pension schemes: a stakeholder plan, a contracted-in money purchase plan and a group personal pension (GPP).To harmonise these pension arrangements, it consolidated the schemes into a new GPP. Julie Chell, Fidelity's HR director for Europe, the ...