All articles by Clare Bettelley – Page 6
-
Article36% predict future need for at-retirement support
Just over a third (36%) of respondents think that employers will need to offer at-retirement support to their staff in the future, according to the Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2014.The research, which surveyed 216 respondents in September 2014, also found that 30% of respondents are in the throes of ...
-
ArticlePensions research 2014
The Employee Benefits/Close Brothers Pensions research 2014, examines the latest pensions industry trends and issues, enabling employers to keep up to date on the changing needs of their workforce, particularly for staff approaching or at retirement. The research includes the following articles:Jeanette makings: Financial education provides essential retirement guidance Clare ...
-
ArticleEmployee engagement in pensions requires less fund choice
Employees who work for employers that offer a limited choice of investment options for their workplace pension scheme are likely to be more engaged in retirement planning than staff who are offered a vast choice. Speaking at the National Association of Pension Funds annual conference 2014 in Liverpool on 16 ...
-
AnalysisWhat should a company car risk management strategy cover?
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers have a duty of care towards staff drivers. It is difficult for organisations to know when employees are driving for business. Checks, such as ensuring staff have a valid driving licence, are simple to make. Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act ...
-
AnalysisTop tips to control company car scheme costs
If you read nothing else, read this…Car choice should be aligned to an employee’s grade.Employers should consider the most cost-effective funding model for their workforce.Fully expensed fuel cards should be discontinued.1. Align car choice with employee gradeEmployers should ensure the choice of company cars they offer their workforce is aligned ...
-
VideoVIDEO: David Hosking: Car salary sacrifice success depends on communication
A clear and concise communication strategy is vital to boost the success of a salary sacrifice car scheme, according to David Hosking, chief executive of Tusker, in an interview with Clare Bettelley, associate editor at Employee Benefits. At the Employee Benefits Fleet debate in August, Hosking said: ”[Employers] have to ...
-
OpinionClaire Evans: Designing and marketing an effective car salary sacrifice scheme
Making company cars available to all employees via a salary sacrifice scheme is a popular way for organisations to enhance benefits packages.Lease providers should offer their expertise and support to employers considering a salary sacrifice scheme at every stage of the process, from initial policy designs through to a campaign ...
-
AnalysisWhat the future holds for company car schemes
If you read nothing else, read this…Mobility and flexibility will be at the heart of future fleet schemes.Employers must be mindful of the cost-conscious Generation Y.Mobile apps will help staff service their vehicles while on the road. Mobility and flexibility will be at the heart of future fleet schemes, according ...
-
AnalysisAre salary sacrifice car schemes worth employers' efforts to implement?
If you read nothing else, read this…Salary sacrifice car schemes offer staff access to a brand new car and ongoing support and maintenance in return for sacrificing a portion of their gross salary. Employers and employees can make big tax and national insurance savings. Scheme communications must highlight employees’ benefit-in-kind ...
-
ArticleClare Bettelley: Company car schemes can be easy to implement
And this is particularly the case with company car schemes, because of the perceived work required by employers to identify which employees they should, and can afford to, offer the perk.This suggests two things: that they have had a bad experience with a service or service provider in the past, ...
-
ArticleNails Inc brands auto-enrolment ‘simple’
Preparing for, and implementing, auto-enrolment is ‘simple’ and ‘easy’, according to Purdey Wildey, financial controller for beauty organisation, Nails Inc.As one of three panellists speaking on a session entitled ‘Automatic enrolment at the sharp end’ at the National Association of Pension Funds annual conference in Liverpool on 16 October, she ...
-
VideoVIDEO: Andrew Kirby: Car schemes can help employers reduce costs
Company car schemes are a useful tool with which employers can add value to their benefits package, as well as reduce their costs, according to Andrew Kirby, commercial director, employee benefits, at Zenith in an interview with Clare Bettelley, associate editor at Employee Benefits. At the Employee Benefits Fleet debate ...
-
OpinionAndrew Kirby: Relationships are at the heart of future car schemes
During the economic downturn, one of the main attractions of a salary sacrifice car scheme from an employer’s perspective was its ability to help with recruiting, retaining, motivating and engaging employees at no cost to the business.Now the economy is growing and employment opportunities are increasing, the battle to recruit ...
-
ArticleAlternative asset classes are future for pensions investment, says Sir Bob Geldof
Pension funds must invest in alternative asset classes that help to redistribute global wealth as well as offer pension scheme members a strong return on investment, according to Sir Bob Geldof.As part of his speech, ‘Make a difference’, which he delivered at the National Association of Pension Funds’ Annual Conference ...
-
VideoVIDEO: Chris Chandler: Car schemes must be aligned to staff expectations
Employers with plans to implement a company car scheme must ensure that they engage staff in the process, according to Chris Chandler, principal consultant at Lex Autolease in an interview with Clare Bettelley, associate editor at Employee Benefits. At the Employee Benefits Fleet Debate in August, Chandler said: ”It’s really ...
-
OpinionDavid Hosking: Dispelling key myths about salary sacrifice car schemes
Salary sacrifice car schemes are a tax-efficient way to offer staff a brand new, fully insured and maintained car as part of a flexible benefits package.Schemes are tax-compliantAt its most basic and simple level, a salary sacrifice car scheme allows employers to ‘pay’ their staff with a company car, with ...
-
ArticleFleet supplement 2014
Read the digital edition of Employee Benefits’ Fleet supplement 2014.The report includes the following articles:Clare Bettelley: Company car schemes can be easy to implementAre company car schemes worth the effort to implement?Top tips to control company car scheme costsWhat should a company car risk management strategy cover?What the future holds ...
-
ArticleDisengaged staff fuel HMRC change strategy
HMRC is in the midst of a change management strategy fuelled by staff who were left feeling unengaged and lacking a vision of where the organisation was heading following its creation.HMRC was created out of a merger between Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue in 2005 when the organisation ...
-
ArticleOveruse of staff surveys can lead to staff cynicism
Employers that conduct frequent staff surveys and fail to analyse and act on their findings can lead to cynical employees who feel left without a voice, according to professor Linda Holbeche.In a session entitled, ‘How to engage employees to unleash productivity’, Holbeche presented at Employee Benefits Live 2014, she acknowledged ...
-
AnalysisHow to minimise the costs of implementing flex
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers should ensure their technology providers have project management capabilities.Core benefits should not necessarily be disregarded.Flex pots should be communicated in pounds and pence rather than as a percentage of salary, which may vary.But there are a number of ways in which organisations new ...