Case studies – Page 40

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    Uber court ruling puts 'self-employed' status in the spotlight

    2017-03-29T11:46:22Z

    Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed contractors, a UK employment court found in October 2016. The ruling in the case Aslam and Farra v Uber means the app could have to pay its drivers holiday pay, the minimum wage, and pensions, among other benefits.The employment tribunal decision found that the ...

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    Hywel Dda University Health Board helps staff fund everyday health needs

    2017-03-22T15:26:09Z

    Hywel Dda University Health Board is responsible for providing healthcare services to around 384,000 people across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. It also cares about the health and wellbeing of its 10,000 employees, having introduced a Health Shield-provided cash plan in 2013 to help staff fund their everyday health needs.Andrea Thomas, ...

  • Nationwide
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    Nationwide introduces higher minimum pension contribution level to improve retirement outcomes

    2017-03-13T14:55:58Z

    Nationwide Building Society updated its defined contribution (DC) group personal pension (GPP) plan to default 12,000 scheme members on to a higher contribution rate, to ensure staff access the maximum employer contribution and to help improve retirement outcomes.Following a benchmarking exercise in 2014, Nationwide found that the majority of its ...

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    Carillion Working Mums Network gives carers a community and voice

    2017-03-08T16:21:00Z

    Multinational facilities management and construction services organisation Carillion launched its Working Mums Network as an affinity group in November 2012, to create a vocal community for working mothers in the business’s UK branch as part of a wider diversity and inclusion strategy.With approximately 300 members, the Working Mums Network was ...

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    The benefits offered by Metro Bank

    2017-03-06T10:01:52Z

    The workplace benefits on offer at Metro Bank include:Pension and group riskGroup personal pension plan. Contribution levels are set according to seniority, starting at 3% employee contribution and 6% employer contribution, then rising to 4% and 8%, with a maximum 5% employee and 10% employer contribution.Life assurance.Healthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical ...

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    Metro Bank engages employees with business growth through share options

    2017-03-06T09:51:00Z

    Still a fairly recent addition to the high street, Metro Bank opened its first branch in 2010 and was one of the first high-street banks to open in the UK for over 100 years.Its employee base has grown steadily year on year to reach 2,700 employees, but with rapid growth ...

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    Wild Card Brewery sees the value in going beyond the minimum

    2017-02-28T16:02:55Z

    Walthamstow-based micro-brewery and bar Wild Card Brewery decided to pay its staff the London living wage, as determined by the Living Wage Foundation, when the business was first set up in 2012. Andrew Birkby, one of the firm’s founders, says: “The national living wage that employers are now required to ...

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    PCA Predict engages staff through a tailored approach to benefits

    2017-02-21T06:30:39Z

    Employee engagement is an important focus for Worcester-based technology firm PCA Predict, and one way it is looking to achieve this is through the use and delivery of employee benefits.The organisation, which provides address e-commerce validation technology for customers such as Tesco, Dow Jones and Disney, employs more than 55 ...

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    TSB channels inspiring leadership to engage employees

    2017-02-20T06:00:44Z

    TSB has built its employee engagement strategy on the values of directness, honesty and authenticity. Hari Miller, head of internal communications and community engagement, works closely with Paul Pester, TSB’s chief executive, to keep employees informed and engaged with the organisation.TSB has seen some tumultuous times. It separated from Lloyds ...

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    Bolton Young Persons Housing Scheme offers benefits to boost employee wellbeing

    2017-02-15T14:10:20Z

    Bolton Young Persons Housing Scheme (BYPHS), a charity that helps homeless young people, has developed a comprehensive set of low-cost, employer-paid health and wellbeing benefits to ensure that the charity’s 52 employees are physically and mentally fit to cope with potentially harrowing and emotional caseloads.A holistic therapist visits the charity’s ...

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    Cottage Delight switches payroll system to meet current and future business needs

    2017-02-13T14:51:54Z

    From humble beginnings in 1974, when founder Nigel Cope developed a traditional recipe all-butter tablet fudge in his family kitchen, Cottage Delight now has a range of more than 700 speciality foods. This growth has seen its staffing levels increase significantly too, with the organisation now employing nearly 200 people, ...

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    The benefits offered by Hays

    2017-02-06T15:51:50Z

    Pension and group riskGroup personal pension (GPP) with varying contribution and employer-matching levels depending on job grade.Life assuranceCritical illness insuranceHealthcare and wellbeingPrivate medical insuranceDental insuranceEyecare vouchersGym and fitness centre discounted membershipEmployee assistance programmeWork-life balanceChildcare vouchersHolidayOther benefitsSharesave (save as you earn (SAYE)) schemeEmployee loan schemeBikes for workTravel insuranceGadget insuranceDining ...

  • Hays
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    Hays highlights importance of wellbeing through benefits proposition

    2017-02-06T15:10:58Z

    Global recruitment firm Hays has taken steps to ensure its benefits proposition is valued by, and appeals to, all employees.Hays operates across 33 countries around the world. In the UK and Ireland, it has over 100 offices and around 3,500 employees. For Rosemary Lemon, group head of reward, it is ...

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    Keyline adopts proactive approach to physical health to reduce staff back pain

    2017-01-25T14:12:03Z

    Construction organisation Keyline takes a preventative approach to employee health and wellbeing to minimise the risks of musculoskeletal back pain, which can be exacerbated by physical and manual labour, as well as sedentary, desk-bound working.The organisation, which has 1,200 employees across 65 sites in the UK, runs regular wellness sessions, ...

  • Admiral Group
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    Admiral Group provides tools to help staff manage financial concerns

    2017-01-23T15:31:06Z

    Insurance group Admiral offers its employees financial education through its Ministry of Money programme.The Ministry of Money, represented by a green pig, is designed to be a humorous way to get more serious messages across to the workforce. Admiral also runs a Ministry of Health to focus on health and ...

  • AKQA
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    AKQA engages employees with retirement planning through one-to-one support

    2017-01-18T15:11:08Z

    With a predominantly younger workforce, generating interest in, and engagement with, pensions and retirement income can be a challenge for digital agency AKQA.The agency, which employs 400 people in the UK but has 17 offices globally, offers a contract-based defined contribution (DC) group personal pension scheme, into which employees are ...

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    Callcredit introduces any-time enrolment to increase engagement with flexible benefits

    2017-01-16T14:29:02Z

    Data organisation Callcredit Information Group re-launched its flexible benefits package for its 1,000 UK-based staff in May 2015, creating its mobile-optimised benefits brand Benefits for People Like You.The organisation enhanced its package by adding new benefits that included a car salary sacrifice arrangement, bikes-for-work scheme and childcare vouchers. In addition, ...

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    UKTV engages staff with annual business objectives to boost motivation

    2017-01-11T12:02:17Z

    UK television broadcaster UKTV boosts employee motivation in January by engaging staff with the organisation’s brand identity and sharing leadership goals for the year ahead.Based in London, UKTV’s 270 employees understand how their individual roles contribute to the success of the business, with an organisation-wide cinema screening allowing staff to ...

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    The benefits offered by Norton Rose Fulbright

    2017-01-09T13:13:25Z

    The workplace benefits on offer at Norton Rose Fulbright include:PensionGroup personal pension for all employees, with a 1% employer and 1% employee contribution.The employer offers matching contributions up to a 5% employee contribution.The organisation auto-enrolled in 2013, and auto-re-enrolled in November 2016.Group riskGroup income protection, employer paid.Life assurance, employer paid.Healthcare ...

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    Norton Rose Fulbright engages employees with reward and benefits platform

    2017-01-09T13:00:00Z

    In 2016, Norton Rose Fulbright focused its benefits strategy towards creating a proposition that engages all employees.With 1,100 employees and 200 partners in the UK, the law firm committed to review and refresh its benefits each year to make sure they are fit for purpose and that employees are engaging ...