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Case study: Innospec shares its success globally
Global chemicals business Innospec, which operates in 17 countries, including the US, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Hungary, offers a sharesave scheme to all eligible staff.The Global All Employee Sharesave Plan, administered by Yorkshire Building Society, was rolled out in 2010 and is designed to take account of different legislation ...
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Octopus reaches out for bikes for work take-up
?When Lisa Hamill joined marketing and PR company Octopus Group as HR director two years ago, she set out to revive the firm’s salary sacrifice bikes-for-work scheme.The company started promoting the scheme in March 2011 as the weather improved, using its intranet to explain how it worked and outline the ...
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Case study: Asda staff check out regular rewards
Asda ensures long-service awards are well celebrated. As well as celebrating one year’s service, the supermarket rewards staff at five year intervals.After completing one to 10 years’ service, employees receive a certificate and a pin badge recognising their loyalty. After 15 and 20 years’ service, they are given a monetary ...
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Case study: Santander ahead of the game on pension reforms
The pension reforms will not come as a huge shock to Santander, which has auto-enrolled staff into its pension scheme since December 2009. The Spanish-owned bank enrols all new staff into its trust-based defined contribution Santander Retirement Plan.Santander is aware that before its staging date of February 2013, it will ...
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Case study: Gentoo builds engagement through social media
In November 2011, property developer Gentoo Group launched an internal social media platform to help boost staff engagement.Adam Brown, internal communications adviser, says: “The platform is called The Hub, and is a bit like a combination of Facebook and YouTube. “We plan to post pictures and updates on employee benefits, ...
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Case study: HSBC banks on worldwide understanding of climate change
HSBC is taking steps to reduce its carbon footprint, increase efficiency and cut costs by educating staff on climatechange by getting them involved in volunteering.In 2007, HSBC made a five-year commitment to climate change initiatives and continues to work with longstanding partner Earthwatch. In the bank’s Investing in Nature programme, ...
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Case study: E.On powers greener travel
Energy firm E.On UK incentivises its staff to choose environmentally friendly modes of transport when travellingto work.Employees who car share, take public transport or cycle to work are rewarded with green travel points, which can be used to obtain discounts on products from a variety of retailers. The scheme is ...
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Tax-efficient step for Foot Anstey
Plymouth-based law firm Foot Anstey launched a new benefits package in November 2010 with the aim of offering staff a wide range of benefits as efficiently as possible.Jo Redgrave, head of HR, says: “It was important to be able to do it in a tax-efficient manner, both in saving costs ...
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Case study: IAG ensures staff get discount message
Like many other employers, insurance group IAG (UK) has been seeing much more use of its voluntary benefits scheme in the current economic climate. Ricky D’Ash, remuneration specialist at the firm, says: “We’ve got more and more spend going through the portal. It is at an all-time high.”As well as ...
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Informa focuses on workplace savings that suit its workforce
Media firm Informa tailors its workplace savings and other perks to suit a young, diverse workforce, says Jennifer PatersonAs a media organisation, Informa has a diverse portfolio of publications and events. Its titles range from Lloyd’s List, which has been in circulation since 1734, through to its newest publication, the ...
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Case study: Towry takes PMI out of flexible benefits
In April, financial services firm Towry removed private medical insurance (PMI) and travel insurance from its flexible benefits scheme after rising premiums, which were paid for by staff using their flex allowance, made it no longer viable.†Richard Higginson, head of reward at Towry, says the benefit, which was taken up ...
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Case strudy: Barclays Wealth banks on working parents
Barclays Wealth introduced an emergency childcare and carer service in June 2011, to add to a suite of benefits supporting its working parent population.Since its launch, the scheme has been taken up by 7% (260) of staff across the UK. Sarah Boddey, head of diversity and inclusion at Barclays Wealth, ...
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Case study: Nomura invests in back-up childcare service
When investment bank Nomura International rolled out a back-up care service in January 2011, it was the result of two years' focus on the firm's diversity and inclusion benefits for its 3,500 London-based staff.At the end of 2010, a proposal was sent to the diversity and inclusion steering group around ...
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Case study: Southdown Housing builds flexibility into maternity leave
As one of Working Families’ 2011 top 10 employers, Southdown Housing Association knows the importance ofcomplying with maternity leave legislation.The organisation, which has 700 staff, continues to pay car allowances and childcare vouchers during maternity leave. It also offers a health cash plan that pays between £50 to £200 when ...
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Case study: Amnesty International targets gold standard policy for maternity leave
One organisation that has a lot of experience with maternity leave planning is human rights group Amnesty International UK. Its average staff age is 37 and two-thirds of its 200 employees are female.The charity pays 26 weeks’ salary at full pay and 13 weeks at the statutory maternity pay rate ...
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Case study: Student Loans Company staff cash in on reward cards
The Student Loans Company, which administers government-funded loans and grants to UK students, processes about 900,000 new applications a year, most of which arrive between June and October.In the run-up to last year's four-month peak, the HR department introduced a motivational programme to recognise and reward performance and inject an ...
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Case study: Volvo Car UK plays its motivation cards right
Staff motivation is a greater challenge when the 'motivatees' are not under the organisation's direct control, as with Volvo Car UK and its nationwide franchise dealerships, which range from PLCs to owner-operators.Programme manager Bob Moore says: "Previous incentives to improve behavioural changes among the sales teams delivered only short-term results. ...
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Case study: Marks and Spencer staff get the message on shares
When Marks and Spencer (M&S) communicates the maturity of its sharesave schemes, it simplifies the message to ensure staff make the right decision. The retailer has been offering staff sharesave schemes for 30 years.Ann Govier, manager of senior remuneration and employee share schemes at M&S, says: “Some people find shares ...
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Case study: Veolia wants employees to keep shares
Veolia Environnement first launched its share incentive plan (VE Sip) for its 16,500 permanent UK staff in 2006, and relaunched it in September 2010.The firm does not use typical communication methods, particularly when the scheme matures, because there are not key events around a Sip. At launch, it sends out ...
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Case study: Prevention pays off for Legal and General in sickness absence
Legal and General reduced its sickness absence levels by 15%, saving almost £70,000, after piloting a preventativehealth programme for six months. Between November 2010 and April 2011, the insurer’s sickness absence rates were 15% lower across a pilot group of 1,000 staff, compared with the same period in 2009/10, and ...