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Case Study: Computacenter
Honesty is the best policy for ComputacenterComputacenter is reviewing its benefits package with the aim of helping staff until better times arrive.Barry Hoffman, director of human resources, says: "In the current climate, staff value job security more than gimmicky perks. We are undertaking a review of all our benefits, working ...
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Case Study: Mace Group
Mace Group builds employee engagementConstruction group Mace is planning for recovery by building up its reward schemes, despite gloom in the sector.HR director Kath Knight explains: "Unlike many in our industry, Mace Group has not taken any action to reduce employee benefits during these challenging times. In fact, we have ...
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Case Study: Allianz offers staff pre-paid cards
Allianz offers a flexible premiumInsurance giant Allianz has offered employees its Spree Flex card - a pre-paid Mastercard giving discounts at selected high-street stores - through its flexible benefits scheme since November 2007.The card does not replace high-street discount vouchers, which staff can still obtain through Allianz's voluntary benefits scheme, ...
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Case Study: B&Q updates staff recognition scheme
B&Q tools up to reward achievementIn March, DIY retailer B&Q updated its ‘thank-you’ scheme to incorporate its new corporate giftcard product. The scheme is a way for B&Q’s 34,000 staff to recognise colleagues’ achievements at work.The new scheme includes a website, which employees visit to send electronic thank-you messages. Then, ...
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Case Study: Cofunds selects flexible benefits
Financial services company Cofunds operates in a sector where demand for talent is high and generous remuneration is expected, so it needed a package to support growth.It chose a flexible benefits plan to improve the perceived value of reward and, ultimately, to act as an effective recruitment and retention tool.The ...
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Case Study: Law Society staff take cash under flexible benefits scheme
Just over one in 10 (11.5%) of the Law Society’s 1,400 employees have opted to take cash instead of perks under the organisation’s new flexible benefits scheme, launched at the turn of the year.The scheme, called Your Flex, was introduced alongside performance-related pay and pensions salary sacrifice with the aim ...
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Case Study: Munich Re's business objectives for flexible benefits
Reinsurer Munich Re had specific business objectives in mind when it set up its flexible benefits scheme in 2007.The organisation had been operating as three distinct divisions, each with its own culture, workforce profile and benefits package. But employee engagement levels were generally low, and staff turnover in one of ...
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Employer profile: Telefonica O2 UK
As a leading player in a highly-competitive market, Telefonica O2 is keen to connect its staff to distinctively different reward, says Tom WashingtonLooking down over the hundreds of headset-wearing customer service staff working in Telefonica O2 UK’s vast Runcorn call centre brings the task of a reward manager sharply into ...
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Aviva uses employee benefits to maximise impact of rebrand
My Aviva Reward is an all-employee reward engagement programme at the heart of one of the largest financial services rebrands in the last 10 years. To implement the programme at the UK’s largest insurance group, Aviva, its UK Reward team worked with Caburn Hope to develop the new reward brand.Project ...
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Employer profile: Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Enterprise Rent-A-Car fosters an entrepreneurial spirit among its employees and rewards them accordingly, says Tom WashingtonWith big insurance companies faltering, the car manufacturing industry in crisis and corporate accounts being cut back, the global recession has threatened to put the brakes on the car rental industry. Some hire firms have ...
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Case study: The Scottish government
Case study: Government streamlines HRThe Scottish government uses HR software to improve efficiency and give employees more control over their long-term career development, as well to consolidate information on its human capital.The software and self-service system, provided by Oracle, allows the government to streamline administrative processes from the point an ...
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Case study: The Health Store
Case study: Healthy reduction in absenceThe Health Store, the UK's largest co-operatively owned buying group supplying health and wholefood retailers, has reduced staff absence levels after addressing human capital management with an integrated HR system. The organisation has reduced staff absence from 7% to 2% after introducing a system that ...
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Employer profile: Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks
A philosophy of ‘boring is good’ has served Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks well during the recession, but that description does not apply to its staff perks, says Tom WashingtonYorkshire Bank celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and has seen off one or two recessions in its time. But given the ...
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Case Study: Aviva uses flexible benefits to aid its rebrand
Aviva, formerly Norwich Union, has launched a flexible benefits scheme and website as part of its rebranding exercise.Reward director Helen Jackson says the package is part of "an integrated in-depth campaign". Part of this has been a review of pension investment fund choices, and a booklet explaining the new choices ...
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Case Study: The International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's largest professional global conservation network, which is headquartered in Switzerland, offers a wide range of funds to members of its contracted-in money purchase scheme.The scheme has been taken up by 28 of its 31 employees based in Cambridge, as well ...
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Case Study: Honda
Plain-speaking pensions communication has paid dividends at Honda. Jo Malone, benefits and wellbeing manager, says: "Pensions can be an area that associates find daunting because, generally, the information available on the web or in publications can be overwhelming. We provide straightforward and illustrative pension materials to help associates understand the ...
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Case Study: Molton Brown
Since launching its defined contribution pension scheme in April 2008, luxury cosmetics group Molton Brown has used a range of tactics to help its staff see the beauty of saving for retirement.The company, which has 712 employees in the UK, promoted its DC scheme through group presentations and one-to-one meetings. ...
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Case Study: Henry Boot
Case Study: Henry BootHenry Boot shares the burden Construction and property company Henry Boot granted a new set of options through its sharesave scheme last November to help motivate staff by giving them a stake in the business.The aim was also to help people who had taken part in a ...
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Case study: Adecco
Case Study: AdeccoRecruitment solutions company Adecco is reviewing its recognition schemes in light of the recession, with the aim of rewarding more employees for demonstrating company values or displaying outstanding performance.Previously, its schemes focused on rewarding top sales people with tangible rewards such as skiing trips. The company now wants ...
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Employer profile: Heinz
A radical change in its employee reward strategy has energised a product development push by food giant Heinz UK and Ireland, says Nicola Sullivan.Foods such as soup and baked beans often come into their own during tough economic times as consumers look for affordable, nutritious staples. Evidence that consumers are ...