Case studies – Page 46
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Case StudiesAstellas reflects CSR policy through charitable giving
Astellas promotes its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy by offering its 400 staff the opportunity to donate money to charity as they earn and volunteer for community projects. Employees also fundraise towards the organisation's own foundation, the Astellas European Foundation, as well as its chosen corporate charity.The pharmaceutical firm also ...
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Case StudiesPepsiCo relaunches flexible benefits to meet employee requirements
When food and drinks manufacturer PepsiCo looked to relaunch its flexible benefits scheme in 2015, it was keen to introduce a new benefit and so undertook a series of questionnaires and focus groups with employees.Kajal Mistry, total rewards officer, says: “It had been two years since a new benefit had ...
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Case StudiesNationwide uses communications to increase staff pension contributions
The Nationwide group personal pension (GPP), established in 2007, has over 11,000 members. From September 2015, the building society raised its standard contribution rate to the pension scheme from 9% to 13% and has also undertaken to match employees’ additional contributions up to 3%. The minimum employee contribution rate remains ...
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Case StudiesAnglian Water taps into own resources for staff benefits
Anglian Water prides itself on its inclusive culture when it comes to employee engagement and retention, which is why the water supply organisation offers a range of benefits to as many staff as possible. One of its key challenges is offering a benefits package that is both cost-effective and competitive ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Anglian Water
A look at the benefits offered by Anglian Water:PensionTrust-based defined contribution (DC) pension scheme available for all new staff with a salary sacrifice option available.Minimum employee contribution set at 5% with a matching employer contribution of up to 8%.Defined benefit (DB) scheme closed to new joiners.Health and wellbeingPrivate medical insurance ...
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Case StudiesBirmingham Children’s Hospital immunises staff for the winter
Birmingham Children’s Hospital offers its 3,600 employees annual winter flu immunisations. Of those, 2,610 are frontline staff, who are in constant contact with patients. Last year, 90% of them made use of the jab.The hospital also has a team managing the campaign, as well as 120 voluntary flu champions who ...
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Case StudiesDomestic and General engages global workforce with recognition scheme
Domestic and General launched an international reward and recognition scheme for its 2,500-plus employees in December 2014. The reward programme, provided by Red Letter Days for Business, is available to employees in six countries: the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.Phil Harvey, group HR director for the warranty provider, ...
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Case StudiesRicher Sounds offers unusual benefits to look after employees
Electrical retailer Richer Sounds takes an interesting approach to employee benefits using employer-owned resources; staff have access to holiday homes and the use of the company Bentley.While the benefit of an employer-owned holiday home might at one time have been considered a traditional, paternalistic benefit, the reason for offering it ...
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Case StudiesDeloitte creates quality culture for working parents
Deloitte aims to create an inclusive culture to support its working parents, particularly when it comes to emergencies.It intends to keep its childcare costs low for its mobile and versatile workforce and the organisation. Caroline Hunt, director of HR and head of client service HR at Deloitte, says: “Of our ...
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Case StudiesInterfleet keeps flex costs low with increased staff engagement
International rail consultancy Interfleet keeps the cost of providing flexible benefits low by ensuring that it gives staff what they want.The organisation, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, benchmarks its flex package and its 480 UK employees’ engagement with this, using the Great Places to Work questionnaire. In 2014 responses ...
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Case StudiesMartin Currie offers greater savings flexibility with new platform
Offering employees greater flexibility around how they save and broader access to the fund market were the key reasons behind investment management firm Martin Currie’s decision to introduce a workplace savings platform in 2013.Craig Gibson, head of reward, explains: “We offer all our employees membership of our self-invested personal pension ...
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Case StudiesMonster introduces workplace savings platform to help staff understanding of finances
When recruitment firm Monster started preparing for auto-enrolment, its senior director for human resources, Claire Lock, got a bit of a shock.“We’d been offering a generous pension scheme but only 41% of staff had signed up,” she explains. “Employees didn’t really understand its value or the implications of not saving ...
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Case StudiesBoots prepares for pensions auto-re-enrolment
Boots, a member of Walgreens Boots Alliance, is facing its first cyclical re-enrolment in January 2016 and has identified around 2,000 staff that must be assessed and potentially automatically re-enrolled.The Alliance Healthcare and Boots Retirement Savings Plan (AHBRSP), a group personal pension scheme, was established in 2010 with Legal and ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by TalkTalk
Pension:Group personal pension (GPP) for all employees.Staff contribute a minimum of 2.5% to receive a 5% employer contribution.Healthcare and wellbeing:Private medical insurance (PMI). The executive committee and senior management bands receive free family cover; all other employees have single-person cover with the option to add family members or change cover ...
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Case StudiesInforma involves HR and benefits team in acquisitions
Publishing and events business Informa has made a number of acquisitions in recent years, including US exhibition firms Hanley Wood and Virgo, and UK book publisher Ashgate. Tom Humphris, global support HR director, gets involved around a month before any deal goes through. “We get access to all the information, ...
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Case StudiesWorkplace Wellness adopts parallel working after acquisition
In September 2015, RehabWorks bought Right Management Workplace Wellness from Right Management, a ManpowerGroup company.As soon as the deal was announced, the HR teams from both organisations started to think about how to approach the benefits issue, and decided to initially adopt a period of parallel working. Jayne Carrington, managing ...
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Case StudiesTalkTalk looks to provide value to staff through benefits strategy
TalkTalk Group is keen to give its employees better value through its ways of working and its suite of benefits. A key element of the telecommunications provider’s benefits strategy is that employees receive benefits that are perceived to be worthwhile and of value. Sam Kirk, reward director, explains that this ...
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Case StudiesCafcass integrates occupational health into wider wellbeing strategy
Family support service Cafcass has integrated its occupational health provision within its wider health and wellbeing strategy.The organisation took measures to use its health and wellbeing spend more effectively after recognising that it was investing across a number of different providers, with a lot of reactive rather than proactive services.Cafcass ...
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Case StudiesYorkshire Water uses occupational health to create a healthy workforce culture
Yorkshire Water gave its occupational health provision an overhaul to ensure that it helps to support a healthy workforce culture for its 3,000 employees.The organisation’s approach is to refer staff to occupational health on day one of absence. As is the case with many organisations, the majority of absences are ...
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46, 47 TalkTalk looks to provide value to staff through benefits strategy
A key element of the telecommunications provider’s benefits strategy is that employees receive benefits that are perceived to be worthwhile and of value. Sam Kirk, reward director, explains that this echoes its corporate strategy. TalkTalk has five organisational values, branded its ‘Brighter Basics’, which include value, innovate, people, community and ...