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Gap opts for stakeholder pension
Case study: GapGap employs 6,500 staff in the UK, predominately in stores across 140 locations, with 90% working on a part-time basis across a variety of shift patterns and days. Sue Hayes, HR consultant, says: "Effective and consistent messaging to this group is one of the biggest challenges we face. ...
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Airbus Deutschland runs innovative scheme to fund pensions
Case study: Airbus Deutschland†Hamburg-based Airbus Deutschland runs an innovative scheme funding pensions for its 18,000 employees in return for overtime credits.The aircraft maker developed the concept with Invesco, which manages the investment and admin of the scheme, as a response to discussions about raising the retirement age.A portion of employees' ...
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United Utilities helps staff make most of finances
Case study: United UtilitiesOffering employees financial advice and education may not be a common benefit in the utilities sector but at United Utilities, it's seen as part of the company's responsibilites.Julie McGowan, secretariat administrator, explains: "It does surprise our employees but we believe we should offer them [education] to help ...
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Capita Group offers financial education on share schemes
Case study: Capita GroupProfessional services and outsourcing company Capita Group has offered a sharesave scheme since 2000 and a share incentive plan since 2002. It uses a range of methods to educate its employees about its share schemes, including mailing booklets to their home addresses, hosting presentations and putting information ...
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Majority of Procter & Gamble staff take advantage of share scheme
Case study: Procter & GambleProcter & Gamble employees were first encouraged to buy company shares in the US during the mid nineteenth century.The share habit quickly spread across the Atlantic and today the vast majority of P&G's 4,500 UK staff take advantage of a scheme under which they can spend ...
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Qinetiq chooses own providers in outsourced scheme
Case study: QinetiqWhen Qinetiq, the defence technology and security company, revamped its benefits package in November 2004 it added home computers, childcare vouchers and bicycles on a salary sacrifice basis.Delivering the best possible scheme for its 9,500 UK-based employees meant looking carefully at potential suppliers. Qinetiq's group head of reward ...
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BSkyB opts for outsourced admin
Case study: BSkyBBSkyB launched its salary sacrifice scheme, Sky Choices, in March 2005. It offers 11,000 employees a home computing scheme, bicycles and childcare vouchers.Dev Raval, group head of reward, started by considering two options - a one-stop shop provider that could perform the admin for the whole scheme and ...
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Whitbread focuses on company cars
Case Study: WhitbreadHospitality and leisure firm Whitbread runs 600 company cars and has reduced the number of cash alternatives it offers.The company has two fleet systems, a car benefit scheme for status and perk drivers, and the company car scheme for business drivers.Nigel Trotman, business relationship manager, believes retaining company ...
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Chard fleet goes greener
Case Study: ChardWest London estate agency and lettings firm Chard has taken a greener route when ferrying potential buyers and tenants around available properties in Notting Hill, Kensington, Brook Green and Fulham.The company has plans to eventually replace about 50 Toyota Rav4 vehicles with petrol-electric Toyota Prius cars.Jim Pike, fleet ...
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McDonald's staff eye cash for cars
Case Study: McDonald'sMcDonald's offers a cash allowance scheme to its 1,300 employees who are entitled to a company car.The split between employees taking a company car and the cash option is reasonably even. The fleet department calculates the cash allowance by grading employees, with each grade being entitled to a ...
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Yorkshire Building Society prefers cash over cars
Case Study: Yorkshire Building SocietyBuild in reduced admin Yorkshire Building Society has had a cash allowance scheme in place since 1998.Mary Blackwell, supplies manager at the organisation, believes the reduction in admin is the key advantage of the scheme. “It certainly is easier to administer, we obviously have more to ...
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Employer Profile: Malmaison
Article in fullHistorically, the hotel industry is not known for its leading-edge approach to reward. However, increasing competition both for staff and customers coupled with a typically high level of employee turnover and the need for organisations to grow and expand has prompted many employers in the sector to take ...
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Employer Profile: Carphone Warehouse
From its standing start in 1989, the Carphone Warehouse has been keen to retain its small company perks, but has had to adapt to recruit staff to support its move into new business areas, says Debbie LovewellArticle in fullCarphone Warehouse has come a long way since its first store was ...
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Employer profile - DTZ
As DTZ approaches its first renewal period, the firm’s flexible benefits scheme has taken on a crucial role in the bid to retain employees, says Jamin RobertsonArticle in fullWhen global real estate advisory firm DTZ rolled out a flexible benefits scheme in September last year, expectations that staff would embrace ...
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Employer Profile: Britvic
As part of Britvic’s aim to include all staff in perks, auto-enrolment has helped to boost take-up of it’s pension scheme, says Nick GoldingArticle in fullBritvic’s head office in Chelmsford is notoriously hard to find. So having arrived without so much as a glance at a map, I felt somewhat ...
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Capita Group dedicated to communicating share schemes to staff
Case Study: Capita GroupProfessional services and outsourcing company Capita Group has offered a sharesave scheme since 2000 and a share incentive plan since 2002. It uses a range of methods to educate its employees about its share schemes, including mailing booklets to their home addresses, hosting presentations and putting information ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland uses flex to engage employees
Case study: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)RBS offers a flexible benefits scheme as part of a total reward offering. It believes the package plays an important part in engaging employees. Staff can spend their base salary, benefits funding (if they are entitled to any) and bonuses on a range ...
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3UK is using technology to communicate benefits to staff
Case study: 3UKPhone company 3UK has moved with the fast pace of technology, incorporating a pensions modelling tool into its benefits system for staff. Andy Wiles, director of reward, explains: "When you have a group personal pension (GPP) it is important to provide staff with as much information as possible. ...
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Lloyds uses flex to engage staff
Lloyds TSB’s flexible benefits package, Flavours, has had a positive impact on employee engagement. Elizabeth Yates, manager of compensation and benefits, says: “I think because we offer a benefits package where people can have a say in how they are rewarded it has a positive impact on employee engagement levels.”Lloyds ...
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Compass Group runs internal accreditation programmes for staff
Case study: Compass GroupFood service company Compass Group has put itself forward for accreditation schemes sporadically over the past few years. It also runs internal accreditation programmes within the company for its 75,000 staff.Although some employers feel obliged to continue their involvement with these schemes, Compass Group does not believe ...