Case studies – Page 47
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Case StudiesK&L Gates redesigns workplace to motivate staff
Before moving into its offices in London’s One New Change in 2011, legal firm K&L Gates’ 250 London employees were based in an 11-storey building on Cannon Street, with each floor housing a different department.Tony Griffiths, administrative partner at K&L Gates, explains: “The way the office was set out meant ...
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Case StudiesWellbeing at Reed Business Information is led from the top
Reed Business Information’s (RBI) Living Well programme is designed to support the physical and psychological wellbeing of its 2,000 employees.It encompasses physical fitness, healthy eating, emotional wellbeing, and giving back through a strong charity agenda. The programme is led by global marketing director, Lawrence Mitchell.“As an ambitious [organisation] focused on ...
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Gift cards supplement: 7, Case study: SSP uses gift cards to reward staff loyalty
Key points:SSP introduced a new staff loyalty scheme in July 2015.The scheme recognises key long-service milestones and rewards staff with gift cards.The scheme complements the organisation’s wider employee benefits strategy in recognising staff performance and loyalty.The organisation employs around 750 people in office locations around the world, including the UK, ...
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Case StudiesCNH Industrial keeps communication simple
CNH Industrial aims to keep communication for its 71,192 staff as simple as possible, to avoid overcomplicating its employee benefits.The agricultural and construction manufacturer held focus groups for employees prior to its September 2013 merger with Fiat Industrial and CNH Global to ensure employees were involved with the design process ...
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Case StudiesAge UK sets example for benefits for the over-40s
In May, the charity Age UK launched a programme to help its 2,800 employees, two-thirds of whom are aged over 40, better plan their working lives and prepare for retirement.Its Extending Working Life and Planning for Retirement programme includes midlife career reviews, health assessments , and financial and retirement-planning advice ...
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Case StudiesExperian refreshes voluntary benefits scheme
Kathryn Finch, reward consultant at Experian, explains that this feedback is the basis behind the popularity of the credit risk management’s firm voluntary benefits scheme. “Our employees told us that the opportunity to flex their holiday allowance was important to them so we built our voluntary benefits scheme from there,” ...
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Case StudiesTop tips for creating a successful motivation strategy
Engaging and rewarding employees creates a great working environment and drives our people to deliver a higher level of customer service in our pubs.1. Implement a strategy that suits the workforceAt the core of our customer service proposition is our approach: Service Means I Look after Everyone (Smile). The concept ...
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Case StudiesBwin.party generates cost savings with single platform
As a growing online gaming business, Bwin.party wanted to implement a global reward infrastructure that would encourage organisational agility and deliver a universal reward scheme across seven countries with different languages, employment law, tax and culture.Bwin.party is the result of a merger between PartyGaming and Bwin Interactive Entertainment in March ...
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Case StudiesHome Group boosts engagement with benefits and recognition portal
If you read nothing else, read this:Home Group has implemented a portal to bring wellbeing initiatives, benefits and recognition schemes together in one place.Its aim was to improve access and usability for employees.Home Group has seen improved take-up and engagement with benefits schemes since moving to the portal.Previously, Home Group’s ...
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Case StudiesLSL Property Services brands its benefits portal
LSL Property Services enhanced its reward and benefits package in May 2014 with the launch of its flexible benefits portal ChoiceMatters, which it branded in line with its other portals.LSL, which owns estate agency brands Reeds Rains (pictured) and Your Move, made the move in response to feedback from its ...
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Case StudiesMulti-channel strategy at Royal Mail wins hearts and minds
Royal Mail has engaged in a broad spectrum of communication channels to ensure that its 143,000 employees are well informed about the share schemes available to them, a strategy that helped the organisation to win the ‘Best employee share schemes’ category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.Royal Mail offers two ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by Peel Ports Group
PensionStakeholder pension scheme available for all UK employees.Minimum employee contribution set at 4%, with matching employer contributions of between 4% and 10%.Health and wellbeing Private medical insurance (PMI) available for all senior managers and executives.Health cash plan available to all staff as a core benefit.Eye care plan.Employee assistance programme (EAP).Group ...
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Case StudiesCancer Research UK diversifies default fund
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) replaced its equity-based default investment fund with a more diversified, less traditional option following the introduction of April’s pension flexibilities. Since then, of CRUK’s 800 staff, and those who left its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme when this was closed to future accrual on 31 March ...
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Case StudiesPeel Ports Group puts staff at heart of reward strategy
The organisation is currently creating a deep-water terminal for containers, Liverpool 2, which will result in an expanded workforce. An additional 480 roles will be created, along with around 5,000 additional supply jobs in the north west of England.Due to open at the end of 2015, Liverpool 2 is a ...
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Case StudiesCambridge Judge Business School brings apps to staff
Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS), at the University of Cambridge, is providing its 250-strong workforce with access to Rize, a mental wellbeing app for IOS and Android devices. The mobile app aims to enhance mental wellbeing and lower levels of stress and anxiety, by guiding users through bite-size, interactive tutorials ...
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Case Studies?Dixons Carphone boosts wellbeing with wearables
On 11 and 12 July 2015, around 200 Dixons Carphone employees participated in a gruelling ultra-challenge, in which they ran, trekked and walked 100km from Lewknor in Oxfordshire to the Avebury stone circle in Wiltshire.Of these 200, 12 were part of the organisation’s Average to Awesome (A2A) challenge. Following an ...
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Case StudiesAdactus Housing Group says thank you at Christmas time
Adactus also provided all 530 staff with an afternoon Christmas party, with no obligation to stay until late in the evening. To tie in with the party, at which staff were given a three-course meal and wine, they were also given the morning off work to do as they pleased.Additionally, ...
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Case StudiesBNP Paribas aligns multiple benefits schemes to achieve business vision
This challenge involved the alignment of benefits provision across seven core businesses to just one scheme in order to achieve the organisation’s vision. Ian Mackenzie, head of pension and benefits, explains that with seven businesses in the UK operating in different markets, each one has its own individual business challenges. ...
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Case StudiesPeel Ports Group raises contributions with communication
The employer increased its matching of employee pension contributions from 3-6% to 3-10% from January 2014 to coincide with its auto-enrolment staging date.Around one-third of Peel Ports Group’s 1,100 employees were part of its stakeholder pension plan prior to the change in matching rates, according to Amanda Willis, pensions manager. ...
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Case StudiesGoodman Masson attracts talent with supportive benefits
A central part of this is its Mortgage Fund, into which staff can contribute as much as 20% of their salary each month for three years, with the firm then adding a further 33% of the total. For staff who also put in their bonus, the employer contribution is even ...