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Shoosmiths has a successful absence management policy
Law firm Shoosmiths has an overall absence management policy in place for its 1,400 employees, which is clearly communicated to all staff.It uses a trigger mechanism so that if employees are off work for up to five days on three or more occasions, they will have a meeting with management ...
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The Consensus Organisation implemented a healthcare strategy when it launched
London-based building and construction industry recruitment company The Consensus Organisation put a healthcare strategy in place when the firm was launched six years ago.Martin Tyrell, managing director, says private medical insurance from Standard Life is at the centre of its strategy and covers all employees. "Part of the reason for ...
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GNER holds an annual employee awards ceremony
GNER bats on firm wicket for peer recognitionTransport company GNER holds an annual awards ceremony to recognise and reward employees' efforts, which includes a peer-nominated category.This year, the event was extended to all employees instead of being restricted to the firm's customer service staff, as in previous years. Various prizes, ...
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BT offers access to sharesave and share incentive plans
BT offers employees access to both sharesave and share incentive plans (Sips), with free share allocations that are tightly linked to company performance - based on customer satisfaction and earnings per share.Francis O'Mahony, shareholder services manager, explains: "We want to enable employees to build up a stake in the company ...
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BHP Billiton's global share scheme has has a 30% take-up
Global shares at BHP BillitonThe scheme, which offers a free share for every share purchased as long as the stock is held for three years, has so far achieved a 30% take up. When launching the plan, the mining company wanted a scheme that would encourage staff engagement and align ...
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Case study: Ashton Morton
When law firm Ashton Morton Slack rebranded in May 2005, it decided to look at introducing a new package of flexible benefits as part of a wider drive to help it improve staff performance, recruitment and retention.With a mixed culture of young staff, families and older workers it wanted to ...
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Morgan Stanley responds to employee requests
Morgan Stanley uses its benefits package to gain a competitive edge, and has responded to employee requests for more choice and family-friendly policies.During the 13 years, Dawn Nicholson, managing director of HR for EMEA at Morgan Stanley, has worked in investment banking, she has seen a increase in the number ...
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Jackson makes the most of the Sip at Punch Taverns
Caroline Jackson, a telesales manager, has worked for Punch Taverns for three-and-a-half years. She explains that being part of its share scheme increases her interest in the organisation's financial wellbeing.Jackson invests the maximum £125 a month from her salary into the share incentive plan (Sip). After the company has matched ...
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Buckinghamshire County Council struggled to find providers to match its needs
When Buckinghamshire County Council developed an idea for a new recognition-based employee benefit for its staff, it found that providers were not willing to build a new product to suit its needs.Gillian Hibberd, corporate director (people and policy), explains: "None of the providers have been able to come up with ...
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Employer profile: Punch Taverns
Acquisitive pub chain Punch Taverns has worked hard to integrate differing benefits offerings, says Kate DonovanPunch Taverns has come a long way in a relatively short space of time, expanding through an almost continuous series of acquisitions since it was established in 1997 with 1,399 pubs bought from Bass. In ...
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Rok Construction plans flexible benefits to harmonise perks
Construction company Rok is keen to implement a flexible benefits scheme in order to harmonise perks across the group following a spate of acquisitions. In a step in this direction, it asked four firms to tender to run a feasibility study into the suitability of launching a scheme, before settling ...
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GSK outlines perks for staff via financial education
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has put in place a programme of financial education so that staff understand their benefits.Julie Skidmore, financial and education manager, says: "We are looking to get a good return on the investment we put in [in terms of recruitment, retention and motivation]. But, on the flipside of that, ...
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Alliance & Leicester runs financial education seminars
Alliance & Leicester (A&L) began running financial education seminars on its share plans after the bank floated in 2000 to ensure that staff understood their potential exposure to tax liabilities and the stock market.Paul Askew, share plans manager at A&L, says: "We saw a stockpiling of shares and having far ...
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Acxiom manages absence effectively
Acxiom plan for early warning to help it manage absence more effectively - and benefit from a bonus worth 5% of its annual premium - it implemented Legal & General's early notification scheme in 2006. This requires it to report at least 80% of its long-term absences by the sixth ...
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Westminster City Council's EAP has impacted its absence rates
Although Westminster City Council cannot attribute a fall in absence rates entirely to its employee assistance programme, it believes the 24-hour helpline has had an impact.Since the EAP was introduced in May 2006, sickness absence rates have fallen from an average of 10 to eight-and-a-half days.While Trevor Webster, strategic HR ...
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Niche Hotels combats high staff turnover with recognition and reward
The leisure sector has earned a reputation for high levels of staff turnover, and when Niche Hotels, a collection of four boutique hotels in Cardiff, the Cotswolds, London and Newcastle, was set up, it was something that co-founder and sales and marketing director Alison Corlett was determined to avoid.She says: ...
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Stephen Moir extends his skills beyond HR
Stephen Moir, director of people and policy at Cambridgeshire County Council, has built his profile internally by taking on more general management tasks outside HR and externally, via his position as vice president of the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA).As well as being responsible for HR at the council, ...
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Employer Profile: Vodafone
Vodafone operates in the cut-throat telecoms sector and as it broadens its range of services, it needs more flexibility around perks, says Debbie LovewellThe mobile phone industry is a hotbed of competition. Consumers now face an almost daily barrage of information on cost-saving deals or the latest handsets as retailers ...
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BuyingTeam installed software for its flex scheme and did its own communications
When procurement services firm BuyingTeam considered implementing flexible benefits, it began speaking to various consultants and advisers. Ultimately, however, it took the decision to go it alone and install a software solution from Staffcare. Leah Fairman, HR manager, explains: "What the consultants appeared to offer - primarily PR for the ...
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Nationwide Building Society has a comprehensive flexible benefits scheme
Nationwide Building Society has a comprehensive flexible benefits scheme from which 19,164 staff can select perks.Prior to Nationwide’s takeover of Portman Building Society, around 50% of employees actively selected flexible benefits through the firm’s Choices scheme.The plan has 15 options including environmentally-friendly initiatives such as a carbon offsetting option and ...