David Woods
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Career development for benefits professionals
Part of the benefits industry's appeal is its diverse and challenging nature, spanning topics from payroll and pensions, to motivation schemes. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that newcomers to this profession and even those who have worked in reward for years want to continue learning in order to improve ...
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Ifs Proshare appeals to government to increase sharesave limit
Ifs ProShare has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, urging him to increase the maximum amount employees can save through a sharesave (save-as-you-earn (SAYE)) scheme. The industry body said that if the maximum amount of money employees can save through this kind of scheme, currently £250 per ...
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Buyer’s guide to payroll systems
Whether in-house or outsourced, a payroll system must be tailored to meet an employer's needs, says David Woods
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Justifying the cost of private medical insurance
Private medical insurance helps cut sickness absence, but its cost may prompt employers to ask if they can always justify the expense of offering the perk to all staff, says David Woods
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Interview with Jane Richards, reward manager at BDO Stoy Hayward
Jane Richards, reward manager at BDO Stoy Hayward, has had a varied career, but reward has sparked her enthusiasm more than any other role
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Crawley Borough Council holds host of health and wellbeing events
Crawley Borough Council will hold health and wellbeing events for employees during September and plans to allow them to take time off work to volunteer in the local community.
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Coast & Country launches voluntary benefits to motivate staff
Coast & Country has launched a voluntary benefits scheme that it will use to provide non-cash incentives to staff.
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Nationwide launches paper and online total reward statements
Nationwide Building Society has issued 35,000 staff with both online and paper total reward statements for the first time, and also refreshed the branding on its online benefits system to make it more contemporary and consistent with other benefits communications.
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JD Williams launches voluntary benefits scheme
JD Williams Group has launched a voluntary benefits scheme for its 3,000 employees that includes discounted private medical insurance (PMI).
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Alcatel Lucent Telecom uses flexible benefits to harmonise perks
Alcatel Lucent Telecom has used a flexible benefits scheme to harmonise its perks post-merger and introduced online total reward statements to help staff understand the changes.
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Worker dismissed to save extra pension falls foul of law
Employers should ensure they follow the proper redundancy procedure after a council employee successfully won a case against the authority that had dismissed him with the aim of preventing him claiming an enhanced pension benefit.
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Employers should not expect Equitable Life compensation
Employers have been warned not to raise their hopes of claiming compensation from the government after the publication of a damning report by the Parliamentary Ombudsman into the handling by regulators of the near-collapse of Equitable Life.
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The devil is in the detail with personal accounts
Apparently off-the-cuff government decisions about personal accounts are only adding to the confusion, says David Woods.
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Nutricia boosts GPP take-up
Nutricia has seen an increase in the take-up of pension benefits by staff after switching from a trust-based defined contribution scheme to a group personal pension plan (GPP).
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IAG launches voluntary benefits and reward statements to harmonise perks
Insurance Australia Group (IAG) UK has launched a voluntary benefits scheme and total reward statements as the first step in harmonising its benefits after making several corporate acquisitions.
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Malmaison puts perks online
Malmaison is to launch a website in September to communicate benefits to staff and prospective employees as a means of aiding recruitment and retention.
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Fitzpatrick offers cash bonus to encourage low-emission car choice
Fitzpatrick Contractors has re-vamped its employee car ownership (Eco) scheme to encourage staff to select vehicles with low CO2 emissions by offering a cash bonus.
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Fuel rise postponed by Chancellor
Employers have gained a brief respite from rising fleet costs after the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, postponed the planned 2p increase on fuel duty. The rise was due to come into effect on 1 October this year, but has now been put back to spring 2009. Main fuel duty rates will ...
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Court rules carers must not be treated less favourably than other staff
The European Court of Justice has ruled that carers must not be treated less favourably than other employees whose circumstances are not materially different, for example those with childcare responsibilities. The case of Attridge Law v Coleman, in which Mrs Coleman alleged she suffered direct discrimination and harassment by association ...
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Thanet District Council launches voluntary benefits
Thanet District Council has launched a voluntary benefits scheme to its 600 staff in order to provide more non-monetary perks.