All articles by Debi O'Donovan – Page 13

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    Employee Benefits Academy launched

    2012-10-12T10:29:00Z

    A new Employee Benefits Academy has been created, a new joint venture between Employee Benefits magazine and Total Reward Academy.The Employee Benefits Academy will provide expert, practical training in benefits and compensation management.It will offer a series of one-day courses, designed to develop specific skills and capabilities.Courses can be selected ...

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    50p pensions compliance product

    2012-09-27T11:35:00Z

    A software system designed to help financial advisers provide essential pension compliance to the 968,545 micro firms in the UK employing fewer than 10 people has been launched by JargonFree founder Steve Bee.JargonFree Pensions Compliance is a middleware product that will allow even the smallest firms in the UK to ...

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    Tesco reviews global mobility compliance

    2012-09-26T08:10:00Z

    Tesco is to work with its advisers to ensure its global mobility programme is still compliant.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2012, Elly Parselle, head of global mobility at Tesco, explained that the retailer started with global mobility in the mid-1990s.Several years ago it set up a Global Employment Company (GEC), ...

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    Debi O'Donovan: Relaunched website lets you dig deeper

    2012-09-24T06:55:00Z

    For well over a decade, Employee Benefits has appeared as both a print and a web-based publication. Initially, the monthly print magazine led the game, with the website acting as a resource library.In September 2012, we relaunched our website. This has enabled us to switch to publishing many articles, such ...

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    Pensions Summit covered key issues on 31 January & 1 February 2013

    2012-09-24T06:20:00Z

    The information needs of HR or benefits managers who are responsible for a pension plan are slightly different from the needs of dedicated pensions managers. The programme reflects this by looking as issues such as the pension implications of workforce planning and flexible retirement.Topics tend to focus on defined contribution ...

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    Upcoming Employee Benefits events

    2012-09-24T03:22:00Z

    14 December 2012:Entry deadline for Employee Benefits Awards 2013. Entries open this month. View all categories and enter online.31 January/1 February 2013:Pensions and Workplace Savings Summit. Dedicated event for benefits and HR professionals responsible for their organisation’s pension schemes.1 March 2013:Employee Benefits Connect. Networking, thought leadership event for benefits and ...

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    Employee Benefits Reward Academy

    2012-09-21T11:28:00Z

    Employee Benefits magazine has teamed up with the Total Reward Group to launch the Employee Benefits Academy.It will provide dedicated courses on employees benefits for practioners.The Employee Benefits Academy is powered by the Total Reward Group which was founded in 2005 by Mark Childs, former CIPD vice president of Reward.The ...

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    Winners of the Employee Benefits Awards 2012

    2012-09-16T13:42:00Z

    Asda, BT, Kraft Foods and McDonald’s Restaurants were among the winners at the 2012 Employee Benefits Awards.Read details on why our winners won, and which organisations made the runners up lists in our special publication ‘The winners 2012’ (click on the image of the cover).

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    Reviewing your benefits? Attend the Market Updates sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-09-14T16:43:00Z

    This new visitor attraction offers bite-size short sessions to get you up to speed with the latest market trends in these key benefit areas: bikes for work, administration systems; total reward statements, childcare vouchers, share schemes, contract-based pensions, private medical insurance, employee assistance programmes and group risk.All sessions are FREE ...

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    Attend free conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-09-14T16:43:00Z

    Employee Benefits Live offers visitors a free-to-attend high level conference which is designed to give you maximum flexibility to choose your sessions and bespoke your own programme.Two ground-breaking keynote sessions and nearly 40 practical sessions on all benefits topics from total reward and flexible benfits to pensions and employee healthcare.Book ...

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    Optimise your reward strategy at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-09-14T16:43:00Z

    This year, with the move to Olympia National Hall, the Show is set to be bigger and better than ever. With over 38 Conference sessions, over 100 leading reward and benefits providers and lots of brand new Show features this is a must attend event for anyone in the benefits, ...

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    Employee Benefits Connect 2013 Westminster Park Plaza London 1 March 2013

    2012-09-11T15:27:00Z

    The inaugural Employee Benefits Connect was a huge success in 2012 with hundreds of reward and benefits professionals attending to meet, link, share and connect.Join us again on 1st March 2013 at the stunning Park Plaza Westminster Hotel, right in the heart of London.

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    Entries to Employee Benefits Awards 2013 to open in October

    2012-09-10T16:16:00Z

    These awards recognise and showcase employers that have made a significant difference to their organisations through their reward strategies. The independence and integrity of these coveted awards is well recognised and therefore makes winning a highly regarded achievement. We will be opening the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 to entries later ...

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    Debi O'Donovan: Plan now for Christmas perks

    2012-09-06T08:17:00Z

    You may feel September is a little early to start talking about Christmas, but please bear with us on this one because we are not banging the usual commercialised tinsel drum here.In fact, we are donning full HR stripes in our cover story to look at how some employees can ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2012 25-26 September National Hall, Olympia, London

    2012-09-04T08:55:00Z

    Employee Benefits Live is Europe’s largest reward and benefits event, and this year, with the move to Olympia National Hall, the Show is set to be bigger and better than ever.With 38 free Conference sessions featuring top employers presenting inspirational case studies, over 100 leading reward and benefits providers offering ...

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    Debi O'Donovan: DC needs careful attention

    2012-09-01T00:00:00Z

    I am very pleased to see the debate about pension charges hitting the headlines. Not only because we desperately need transparency on annual management charges to avoid a future mis-selling scandal, but also because it means defined contribution (DC) schemes are finally getting more attention.As Lee Hollingworth, head of DC ...

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    MacLeod leads focus on HR strategy

    2012-08-28T16:30:00Z

    A focus on human resources strategy is new for Employee Benefits Live 2012.The second day, 26 September, features a keynote speech on employee engagement by David MacLeod, co-author of the MacLeod Report, an update of which is due out in October, plus three seminars aimed at HR generalists with benefits ...

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    Seagate Technology to reduce employee medical costs

    2012-08-28T08:30:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Seagate Technology says co-sharing medical costs with staff will reduce the annual employee medical inflation level for its Singapore operation to 2-3% in 2012.In 2008, the global producer of hard drives experienced medical inflation of 10.6%.In 2010, it became one of the first companies in Singapore to introduce co-sharing. ...

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    Marriott International benefits go a la carte in Asia

    2012-08-28T08:30:00Z

    EXCLUSIVE: Marriott International is to launch a semi-flexible, a-la-carte benefits plan in Asia to improve its employee value proposition (EVP) in the region.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live Asia in Singapore in August, Jim Pilarski, chief human resources officer Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Marriott International, said the hotel ...

  • Analysis

    News analysis: Meeting reward challenges in Asia

    2012-08-28T08:30:00Z

    Business opportunities abound in Asia, but there are specific challenges that reward and benefits managers from the UK must face, says Debi O’Donovan The Confederation of British Industry has called on employers to look to Asia to harness greater business opportunities. With Office for National Statistics figures for August showing ...