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Employer Profile: BG Group
Natural gas giant BG Group places a high reliance on its share options where the cross-border tax implications mean that scheme admin needs precision detailing, says Debbie LovewellArticle in fullBG Group's surroundings appear to have rubbed off on it. Judging from the lengths some departments within the firm have gone ...
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Employer Profile - Neal's Yard
Jenny Keefe discovers in the wake of a recent relocation from London to Dorset, the firm has built its green philosophy into its new environment, and it did not forget its ethical roots in the consideration of the staff it left behindIt's an unusually hot spring day. I'm in sitting ...
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Employer profile: Timpson
Old-fashioned values remain popular at the national repair and dry-cleaning chain, and the firm has been independently rated as one of the UK’s top places to work. Jenny Keefe reportsArticle in fullBill Platt loves a woman in high heels. Not least, because as people person at shoe repairer Timpson, he ...
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Reed Business Information uses benefits to recruit
Case study: Reed Business InformationThe media industry is not renowned for offering exceptional benefits, so it is little wonder that firms which do are eager to shout about it. Andrew Grove, HR manager for recruitment and resourcing at Reed Business Information (RBI), says: "We use our benefits material to sell ...
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Nationwide adopts scientific approach to flex
Case Study: NationwideNationwide uses customer relationship marketing techniques to identify what staff want from its flexible benefits scheme.It chose to adopt a more scientific approach to benefits in order to improve its schemes' processes. Evan Davidge, rewards consultant, explains one of the building society's philosophies is that employees should experience ...
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Whitbread puts together a benefits package to suit its staff
Case study: WhitbreadResearching the demands placed upon employees and factors such as what consumer items they are likely to spend their weekly pay on, has enabled Whitbread to put together a benefits package that helps to support employees' lifestyles. Aly Shariff, reward and policy director at the leisure company, explains ...
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Eli Lilly goes all out to communicate new perks to staff
Case Study: Eli LillySetting up flex needn't be a bitter pill Excluding its field workers, pharmaceutical manufacturing company Eli Lilly has around 2,500 UK employees based across four sites.Last April, it launched Lillyflex, a flexible benefits package for staff. This offers a wide range of benefits from life assurance, critical ...
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British Library's benefits cater for a diverse set of employees
Case Study: British LibraryEmployers which want to review their diversity policies should take a leaf out of the British Library's book. Any benefits provided to heterosexual partners are also offered to same-sex partners - including survivor pensions. Sheila Hosangady, diversity manager, says: "Valuing diversity means we can attract the best ...
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Chrysalis records low take rate up on home computing scheme
Case study: ChrysalisDespite employees claiming significant interest in buying discounted computers, when Chrysalis launched a home computing scheme it found take-up lower than expected. The media firm launched the plan as part of its newly developed flexible benefits package. Before it set up the scheme, it surveyed employees to find ...
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Siemens works on HCI to keep it attractive for staff
Case study: SiemensHome computing schemes are traditionally run over a period of three years. But what does an organisation do once that three years is up, and how does it then keep the benefit alive? Those were the questions faced by Siemens when the first group of employees to take ...
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National Express shares results of workforce survey with staff
Case Study: National Express groupWhen National Express Group carried out its first workforce survey in 2003, it shared all the results with staff, warts and all. And with 59% of employees disagreeing with the statement, 'I experience benefits being part of the group', the results made uneasy reading. Nicola Marsden, ...
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Aon took no risks when implementing its flex scheme
Case Study - Aon Insurance GroupWhen the Aon insurance group decided to implement a flex scheme for its 7,000 employees it naturally turned to its own benefits subsidiary, Aon Consulting. Despite this, Michael Rose, director of reward and HR policy at the insurance company, decided to commission an independent feasibility ...
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Craegmoor Healthcare designs new flex scheme for employees
Case Study - Craegmoor HealthcareCraegmoor Healthcare is in the early stages of designing a flexible benefits scheme for its employees as part of a wider review of pay and benefits. Denise Keating is HR director at the firm, which employs 8,000 staff and manages care homes across the country.In previous ...
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Punch Taverns' share incentive plan offered to all staff
Case study: Punch TavernsWhen Punch Taverns introduced a share incentive plan last June, it was wary that length of service issues could be divisive.With no minimum length of service, all employees could take up the buy-one-get-one-free deal, whether they had been there for a day or a decade.Francis Patton, customer ...
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ICI Dulux investigates fleet accidents
Case Study: ICI DuluxBetween May 1999 and May 2000, ICI Dulux Trade Paints UK (Commercial Operations), part of the multi-national ICI Group, recorded 28 blameworthy accidents involving cars.The fleet is located nationwide with home-based sales representatives clocking up an average of 29,000 miles a year. The division began working with ...
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Employer profile: Chrysalis
Employers are increasingly looking at new measures to recruit quality staff. We look at media firm Chrysalis, having revamped its flexible benefit packages to jazz up remuneration packages. By Debbie LovewellArticle in fullWhen I set off to interview Chrysalis' HR director, I never imagined that by the end of the ...
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Diageo to review strategy
Diageo is using pensions simplification as an opportunity to review its longer-term pensions strategy.The drinks firm, which offers a defined benefit retirement scheme to all employees, wanted to ensure that its pension scheme remained competitive.Paul Charles, pension strategy and policy manager, said that the scheme was becoming increasingly important when ...
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Profile on Barnardo's employee benefits package
As most retirement schemes are being scaled down, Barnardo’s pension plan has proved a key weapon in their battle to recruit and retain talent, says Debbie LovewellArticle in fullIn business, there is often very little place for nostalgia. The desire to keep pace with a rapidly changing world means tradition ...