All articles by Debi O'Donovan – Page 5
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Stay ahead of top trends at Employee Benefits Connect
How the role of the benefits manager is evolving.What impact will 2014 tax changes have on salary sacrifice?Retaining talent with a limited budget during a changing economy.Evolving technology: future view of how benefits will be delivered.What is down the road for salary sacrifice car schemes? Dealing with cancer in the ...
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Debi O’Donovan: Positive work spaces have great benefits
Over the years I have worked mostly in offices and have only had a couple of roles that were public-facing across a counter. I have never worked in a manufacturing or construction environment. So my experience of workplaces is narrowly confined to the pokey, dusty office, the open plan office, ...
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Employee Benefits magazine – February 2014
The workplaces in which we do our jobs affect our productivity as well as health and wellbeing. So this month we explore what benefits and HR managers can do to maximise the positive aspects of the physical work environment. Read our coverstory Creature comforts (page 22)East Coast Mainline is keeping ...
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DOD’s blog: Three little pigs blow up the pensions numbers
A great infographic from Schroders and the Policy Exchange caught my eye this week. (View The UK is sitting on a pensions time-bomb as people are failing to save enough graphic).It shows three pigs each of a different size. Using an average salary of £27,000 the Policy Exchange worked out ...
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Leading benefits firms sponsor Employee Benefits Connect
Experts from Aon Hewitt, Benefex, Bupa, Capita, Cigna, Hymans Robertson, Lorica, SG Fleet, Westfield Health, Zenith and Zurich will be running roundtable workshops or conference sessions on key topics.The exhibition attached to the conference will showcase a wide range of benefits suppliers and advisers, including Ase Corporate Eyecare, BHSF, Co-op, ...
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Employee Benefits Connect focuses on benefits and global reward. London, 27 February 2014
This is the perfect opportunity for HR, benefits and global reward managers to catch up on current trends, upcoming changes to benefits, and to meet leading benefits providers.The conference will include two streams of dedicated sessions on employees benefits, one stream of sessions for HR generalists needing to use benefits ...
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Google and Telefonica support Employee Benefits Connect 2014
The one-day conference aim to inspire innovation among delegates by giving a future view of employee benefits strategy and the marketplace.By taking just a day out of the office, delegates will be able to hear thought leaders, such as Natasha Rice, director of reward and recognition at Telefonica Europe (O2); ...
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DOD’s blog: What will workplace wellbeing be like in 2018?
Now that all large and even medium-sized employers have launched pensions auto-enrolment, for better or for worse, attention is turning to wider HR and benefits topics again.The benefits area I am hearing spoken about most is that of employee health and wellbeing. Several benefits advisers and consultants have been promoting ...
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Employee Benefits magazine – January 2014
Councils are used to working with limited budgets. This month we explore how Hertfordshire County Council has been juggling limited cash for benefits with the aim of keeping staff happy. Find out how they did it in Taxing strategy (page 46).What happens when there is a huge differential between what ...
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Debi O’Donovan: 17% gender pay gap for benefits professionals
Read all the detailsI want to flag up two notable results. Firstly, the average basic salary has risen from £48,436 a year in 2009 (when we last ran this survey) to an average of £52,780 now. That is a 9% rise in four years.What is interesting is that the gender ...
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DOD’s blog: What will 2014 bring?
Firstly, I would like to wish you all a successful and happy 2014.I realise that the cynics among you, will mutter that it is only a change of date and no reason to get all excited. The world will not change just because there is now a ‘4’ at the ...
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ArticleDebi O'Donovan: Employers must collaborate on pension outcomes
Firstly, employers face major constraints in the pension provider market. Default funds have been evolving over the last 20 years and have yet to come into their own as a distinctive, standalone investment choice, rather than an amalgamation of legacy funds and concepts.Secondly, the defined contribution (DC) market operates on ...
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DOD’s blog: Are DC default funds value for money?
Yesterday the highly insightful team from the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School delivered its latest report: Assessing value for money in defined contribution default funds.I doubt it will top too many bestseller lists, but if everyone who has ever saved for a pension were to read it, it could ...
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DOD’s blog: Flexing part-time muscle
Reading the Evening Standard on Wednesday night an article caught my eye and caused me to sigh with relief.It appears that the London mayor, Boris Johnson, has announced that part-time season ticket loans will be available on London Transport from January 2015.I acknowledge that the whole world does not live ...
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Most read articles in 2013
How to review a benefits strategyL&G launches mastertrust forumEmployee Benefits Live 2013 speaker slidesKey components of a 2013 travel policySalary sacrifice car schemes explainedMerlin Entertainments harmonises reward and benefitsTax exemption for travel season ticket loans doublesNew flat rate state pension is announcedThe Hot 100 Benefits Managers 2013Less than half of ...
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Global mobility managers to gather in New York for Totally Expat Show
It will be the venue for the most influential global mobility professionals, providers, consultants and industry experts from the north-eastern US to network, discuss and discover new opportunities in the constantly evolving world of expatriate management.From sharing best practice to being updated by leading experts in the field, or meeting ...
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Key topics covered at Employee Benefits Connect, New York
Employee Benefits Connect unites thought-leaders and reward professionals to share ideas, challenge current trends and thinking, and discover solutions in an environment designed for networking.Conference topics include: ‘The role of HR in shaping company strategy’, delivered by Alan Momeyer, vice-president of human resources at Loews Corporation.‘Affordable Care Act – how ...
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Pg 13 - Events - small box
Employee Benefits Connect will launch in New York, US on 25 March 2014. Register to attend at http://totallyexpat.com/new-york-eb-connect/
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DOD’s blog: The day I met Nelson Mandela
Today’s blog is going to be much longer than usual, and it is not on benefits.Instead it is a true story that happened to me in the mid-1990s but has lessons for all in senior roles in organisations.I am a born and bred South African and in the four years ...
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Explore future trends at Employee Benefits Connect
This is the place for HR and benefits professionals to come together to explore the latest innovations and forward-thinking ideas on employee benefits and techniques to attract and retain the best talent.By taking the time to think ahead and make long-term strategic plans, HR and benefits professionals can deliver the ...