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    Case study on the University of Lincoln: financial education designed for employees

    2017-08-30T15:52:00Z

    Ian Hodson, Head of Reward, University of Lincoln, sits down with WEALTH at work to discuss the financial education programmes it has in place for its employees and how this has helped benefit their financial wellbeing. As well as this, Ian talks through the award winning financial education workshops designed ...

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    The benefits offered by Hermes

    2017-08-30T15:39:14Z

    The workplace benefits offered by Hermes:PensionOccupational stakeholder pension with employer matching contributions up to 5%.PayAnnual bonus for senior managers.Group riskGroup income protection for all employees after completing a 26-week probation period. Once organisational sick pay is exhausted, the income protection provides employees with 50% of salary for two years.Life assurance ...

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    Hermes to design new benefits strategy based on employee feedback

    2017-08-30T15:35:40Z

    Hermes is looking to its 2,473 employees to direct a reward and HR transformation. The logistics organisation has designed a continuous employee feedback programme that it will use to create a new benefits approach specifically tailored to the wants and needs of its workforce.Jill Maples, HR director at Hermes, says: ...

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    Anytime enrolment offers Kantar employees more flexibility

    2017-08-25T16:24:53Z

    Kantar moved from an annual flexible benefits enrolment window to monthly election windows to improve the flexibility of its scheme.Its current scheme, which has been in place since January 2014, offers its approximately 4,000 employees the opportunity each month to make benefits choices.Previously, the flex scheme coincided with the organisation’s ...

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    Pinsent Masons commits to supporting diversity and inclusion globally

    2017-08-21T15:53:36Z

    International law firm Pinsent Masons employs almost 3,000 members of staff globally, with office locations spanning Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. The law firm, which featured in lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) equality charity Stonewall’s 2017 Top Global Employers list, works to ensure it provides ...

  • PWC
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    PWC leads by example as an early adopter of gender pay gap reporting

    2017-08-16T15:45:45Z

    PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) decided to lead by example on gender pay gap reporting. The organisation first reported its pay gap in 2014, and was looking at the issue prior to that.So why did PWC first decided to reveal its pay gap to the world? Ed Stacey, partner and head of employment ...

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    Sovereign sees pension contributions rise after education sessions for contact centre staff

    2017-08-14T16:16:35Z

    Housing association Sovereign has seen its employer pension contributions, which are provided on a matching basis to reflect employees’ contributions, increase by £3,500 each month after introducing a new pensions education initiative for its 130 customer contact centre staff.The pensions education programme, provided by Better with Money in March and ...

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    Intu uses recognition scheme to celebrate staff living its values

    2017-08-07T14:54:01Z

    Shopping centre organisation Intu operates a values-based peer nomination recognition scheme for its 2,500 UK-based staff. This celebrates employees who perform over and above their day-to-day job roles in line with the organisation’s three key values: being creative, being bold, and being genuine.Its Win Your Dream scheme was introduced in ...

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    Nottingham City Council amends staff travel schemes in response to salary sacrifice changes

    2017-08-02T13:59:47Z

    Nottingham City Council closed its company car scheme and amended its staff travel benefits to be offered through net pay in order to counteract the loss of tax advantages.The council, which has 7,000 employees, closed its company car scheme in December 2016 to new members, following the government’s confirmation that ...

  • BDO UK
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    The benefits offered by BDO UK

    2017-07-31T15:59:01Z

    The workplace benefits offered by BDO UK include:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension plan (GPP) with a matched contribution structure of 1% for all employees. If the scheme is joined voluntarily, an age-related matching contribution structure is used, ranging from a 2% employer contribution for employees under 25-years-old to a ...

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    BDO UK launches wellbeing strategy to support organisational culture

    2017-07-31T15:05:03Z

    BDO UK is turning to employee wellbeing to help enhance the organisation’s culture for its 3,600 staff members.The global tax, audit and advisory firm is in the process of introducing a new strategy to formalise its approach to employee wellbeing, which will be rolled out across its 18 UK sites, ...

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
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    PWC’s culture of care supports employees during times of crisis

    2017-07-26T13:40:12Z

    PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has increased its focus on building a supportive culture in order to help employees generally in day-to-day life, but also in the event of a critical incident.Over the past year, the global professional services firm launched a new set of values, one of which is care. Laura Hinton, ...

  • Countrywide
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    Countrywide recognised for voluntary benefits at Employee Benefits Awards 2017

    2017-07-19T15:25:09Z

    Countrywide was named winner in the best voluntary benefits category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.This award celebrates the most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan and staff deals.Property services organisation Countrywide introduced its Under One Roof discount scheme in 2016, providing discounts on the organisation's services to employees ...

  • Bombardier Transportation UK
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    Bombardier Transportation UK uses private medical insurance claims data to inform integrated healthcare strategy

    2017-07-12T15:57:03Z

    Train manufacturing organisation Bombardier Transportation UK used monthly private medical insurance (PMI) claims data to design an integrated healthcare strategy to respond to the health and wellbeing needs of its 2,600 UK-based staff.Its integrated healthcare approach, which is delivered by Bupa, was implemented in 2011 after PMI claim statistics revealed ...

  • Shell
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    Shell embraces eldercare with flexible working and consultancy service

    2017-07-10T15:59:16Z

    At Shell, a flexible workplace is already a reality. Eleanor Silverio, the oil giant’s UK benefits policy lead, says: “I don’t sense any kind of stigma for those choosing eldercare initiatives. People in our [organisation] are used to balancing challenging home and work demands, supported by the flexible workplace environment ...

  • Home Group
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    Home Group uses summer season to boost employee motivation

    2017-07-05T13:06:52Z

    Home Group recognises how the summer months can be utilised for employee motivation and encourage discretionary effort.The organisation, a provider of social housing and care and support services, runs a number of schemes to ensure that its 3,000 employees dispersed in locations around the country have high levels of engagement ...

  • Norton Rose Fulbright
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    Norton Rose Fulbright offers total reward statements through online portal

    2017-07-03T14:30:57Z

    Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright provides staff with anytime access to their total reward statements (TRS) through its reward and benefits platform.The organisation introduced the benefits platform, provided by Thomsons Online Benefits, in January 2016. Employees can make their flexible benefits selections through the portal, as well as access other ...

  • ConvaTech
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    ConvaTec utilises employee champions to engage remote staff with health and wellbeing

    2017-06-26T13:15:52Z

    International medical products and technology organisation ConvaTec ran a steps challenge to launch a new health and wellbeing champions programme in 2015.The champions programme, delivered in conjunction with Vitality, aimed to engage ConvaTec's 958 UK-based employees, and in particular its 150 road-based sales representatives, with the health and wellbeing benefits ...

  • UK Power Networks
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    UK Power Networks counters employees’ financial struggles with benefits

    2017-06-20T05:02:43Z

    UK Power Networks has just over 6,000 employees, including electricians and engineers who work across London and the east of England. The organisation’s employees cover affluent areas of London where even the country’s top earners struggle to get a foothold on the property ladder.It is an issue that Steve Remnant, ...

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    London City Airport offers benefits to increase employees’ financial confidence

    2017-06-19T05:00:26Z

    London City Airport implemented a suite of financial wellbeing benefits to broaden its approach to employee health and wellbeing, and support staff who are struggling with their finances.An internal research project, delivered in conjunction with Barclays in 2014, used focus group interviews and an engagement survey to find that 22% ...