All articles by Debi O'Donovan – Page 9
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Employee Benefits Summit 2013 speaker slides
Restoring Confidence in PensionsStephen Gay, Director of Life, Savings and Protection, Association of British InsurersSLIDES NOT AVAILABLEPanel: The Future of Executive Pay and BonusesDeborah Hargreaves, Director, High Pay CentreRoger Barker, Director of Corporate Governance and Professional Standards, Institute of DirectorsClaire Morland, Former Head of Compensation, Man GroupNO SLIDESHow Can Engagement ...
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DOD’s blog: What I learnt about US mobility managers’ jobs
This week I had the privilege of joining my Forum for Expatriate Management colleagues at their Totally Expat Show in New York, USA.Chatting to several US-based HR and mobility managers at the event, I picked up some interesting insights:In the US, mobility managers are as likely (or more likely) to ...
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Top 10 most read stories this week
Most common causes of absenceQuarter of employers not satisfied with auto-enrolment productTop tips for communicating flexible benefitsPhilips launches retirement guidance serviceGovernment to set out plans for collective DC pensionsUni of Lincoln staff take part in global challengeEmployees feel employers support their wellbeingFitness First to launch master trust for auto-enrolmentPensions Bill ...
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Top 10 most read articles this week
Employee Benefits Awards 2013 winners announcedTPR publishes auto-enrolment codes of practiceMost common benefits to combat stressStandard Life and Punter Southall launch auto-enrolment product for SMEsFinal proposals on directors’ remuneration legislation publishedJohn Lewis extends staff volunteeringBritish Airways pension deficit increases by £100mOpt-out rules upset Barbon’s auto-enrolment planHeineken appoints DB pension administratorSAP ...
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DOD’s blog: Below-inflation pay increases hurt businesses
I want draw your attention to important research published this week about how the UK workforce has largely seen a pay cut over recent years.Read: UK employees experience record pay cutsRead: Pay packets in south-west England fall by 10%I am concerned that the reaction of most people will be to ...
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DOD’s blog: What does it mean to be an award winner?
Today is one of my favourite days in the Employee Benefits calendar – the Employee Benefits Awards.I enjoy it for all the obvious reasons: celebrating winners, the networking, the lunch, the comedian and of course, the fun fair.But there is an aspect I don’t enjoy.It is watching the disappointment on ...
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Top 10 most read articles this week
Tribunal says employers could set retirement ageUK employees not saving enough for retirementGeoPost UK prepares for auto-enrolmentE.On and Oracle shortlisted for benefits communicationMotivation schemes can build long-term engagementHMRC targets minimum wage cheats in CorbyAxa PPP launches employee dental planCenter Parcs’ perks engage staff with key aimsComputershare acquires Morgan Stanley EMEA ...
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Debbie Harrison: Size of charges have huge impact on pensions
Debbie Harrison, senior visiting fellow at the Pensions Institute talks to Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, about the impact of higher charges on the eventual pension an employee will receive in retirement.“Value is much more difficult. This is where employers and their advisers really need to look at what ...
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DOD’s blog: Does generation Y really communicate differently?
I am always a little suspicious about analysing behaviours based on generations. I get that you are shaped by your world experience, but I do think that too many attributes are assigned to generations when they should be assigned to age.Generation Y is seen as lacking loyalty because they have ...
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Debi O'Donovan: Charges transparency must be clear for all
I would like to think that readers of Employee Benefits have a pretty clear idea of how much they are paying and what services they are getting in return (and if not, you can take a peek at How transparent are benefits charging structures?).The sad truth is that this is ...
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DOD’s blog: the changing face of expatriates
This week I managed to get myself down to the Totally Expat Show to immerse myself in the world of global mobility managers for a few hours.On Employee Benefits we regularly touch on expatriate benefits, but it is not a key focus (we leave that to our lovely colleagues over ...
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Pig protest over parliamentary pay
One cannot fault Kenyan protestors for having a lack of imagination when it comes to railing against fat-cat pay demands – or should that be ‘greedy pig’ demands.Earlier this week protesters released a pig and about a dozen piglets outside parliament to show their anger at newly-elected MPs demanding higher ...
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DOD’s blog: Work really is good for us
As I returned to work after a lovely couple of weeks’ holiday over in the USA it was hard to remind myself that work is truly good for us (and not only as a means to fund holidays abroad).A report out on Wednesday by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), ...
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Honda North America's new reward plan
Honda North America is redefining its total reward and employee value proposition as a result of being given autonomy from its Japanese head office on 1 April 2013.Its reward strategy will transform from being a one-size-fits-all package, with performance uniformity and lifetime employment, to one targeted at flexibility and performance ...
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DOD’s blog: view from the United States of America
This week, I spent a couple of fascinating days at the WorldatWork Total Rewards 2013 conference in Philadelphia, USA. My key goal was to find out the big trends emerging this side of the pond.The obvious, all-consuming topic, is that of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that comes into effect ...
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PepsiCo designs reward toolkit for staff in emerging markets
Global beverages company PepsiCo has designed a toolkit to drive its retention of talent in emerging markets, which includes reward packages that are tailored to each country and are different to those of its competitors.The toolkit has already been piloted in one Asia Pacific country and saw a 2% drop ...
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Eight factors that make a top reward practitioner
Nine out of ten reward practitioners would recommend a career in reward, according to WorkatWork, the US-based total rewards association.Speaking at the opening session of its conference Total Rewards 2013 in Phildelphia, USA, WorldatWork’s president and chief executive officer Anne Ruddy, said: “[Reward] has a tremendous impact on employers and ...
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Unilever to use TRS data to show impact of reward decisions
Unilever is planning to integrate the data from staff surveys with total reward statements (TRS) so it can analyse the business impacts of reward decisions, for example on employee retention or engagement.It rolled out total reward statements (TRS) to staff in 96 countries in 2011.Speaking at the annual WorldatWork Total ...
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Debi O'Donovan: Benefits show ongoing buoyancy
Looking at our annual Benefits Research published this month (now in its 10th year), I can see that in each of the past four years, roughly one-third of respondents were planning to implement new benefits. This does indicate some buoyancy in the market.On top of this, only a small minority ...
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Workshops are key element of Employee Benefits Summit 2013
These ‘no-sell’ sessions allow for professional networking, exchanging of expertise and the chance to learn new techniques and strategies.Throughout the event delegates will be put in different groups for each workshop so people can meet as many others as possible.Discussions will cover a wide range of key current and future ...