Employee Benefits Awards – Page 10
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best DC pension default investments
Winner: Finmeccanica UKScheme: Finmeccanica FuturePlannerEntered by: P-SolveThis award recognises an employer that makes a concerted effort to offer an appropriate, effective default investment strategy for a defined contribution (DC) pension plan.Finmeccanica’s default strategy, which is driven by the organisation’s determination for its DC scheme not to be considered a poor ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best pensions change
Winner: FirstGroupScheme: The First UK Bus Pension SchemeThe judges were looking for a successful strategy that resulted in effective pensions provision for employees after a significant pensions change project.Restructuring its pension arrangements led to a £27 million saving for FirstGroup. Staff are now auto-enrolled into a defined contribution (DC) scheme ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best work-life balance strategy
Winner: The Random House Group - Our HouseThis award recognises the steps taken by employers to help employees achieve a strong work-life balance, whether they are working parents, carers or employees who want to balance their work and personal lives better.The Random House Group takes a proactive approach to encouraging ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best car and travel benefits
Winner: Axa UKScheme: Axa UK Car SchemeThe judges for this category were looking for a successful strategy that has made company cars and/or allowances effective as a benefit within an organisation.Axa UK’s car scheme incorporates three funding methods: an employee car ownership scheme, contract hire and a salary sacrifice arrangement. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best employee share schemes
Winner: Home Retail GroupScheme: Save As You Earn 2013This award recognises a successful strategy that has made HM Revenue and Customs-approved share schemes an effective benefit within an organisation.Home Retail Group’s employee share scheme strategy is simple but highly effective within the organisation. It is obvious the retail group clearly ...
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Winners of the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 announced
The Employee Benefits Award winners 2013 were announced on 7 June during a summer party held at the Artillery Garden at the HAC, London.BMW (UK) won the prestigious Grand Prix award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013. The Grand Prix is awarded to the most outstanding winner of an Employee ...
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Rob Beckett to host Employee Benefits Awards
Comedian Rob Beckett will host the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 on 7 June.Beckett’s TV credits include 8 Out of 10 Cats, Fresh Meat, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here Now and BBC3’s The Comedy Marathon Spectacular.He has also toured with fellow comedians Russell Kane and Stephen K Amos, ...
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What ideas would Employee Benefits Awards judges take back to their organisation?
This year’s Employee Benefits Awards entries contained a number of ideas and initiatives the judges wanted to take back to their own organisations.Gary Brewer, head of reward and organisational development at William Grant and Sons, intends to look at his organisation’s approach to staff returning from maternity leave after seeing ...
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Buzz for the Employee Benefits Awards
I fully appreciate just how hard and how much time it has taken for you to come this far. There are so many good organisations and professionals within the employee benefits industry.You are a finalist for a very good reason and, having been a former judge for these awards, I ...
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Opinion
Jill Cunnison: Judging Employee Benefits Awards was stimulating
The process began with reading in detail the entries and supporting documents that spanned numerous organisations of different sizes and complexity.As you may expect, many of the entries showcased innovative and leading-edge ideas, and a whole raft of supporting evidence was provided, from videos to photographs to literature given to ...
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Asda and BMW top shortlist for Employee Benefits Awards 2013
The panel of judges, comprising leading benefits and reward professionals, considered more than 20 categories filled with high-quality entries.“I was impressed with the quality of the entries,” said one judge. “The innovation of strategy, not only to the business objectives, but the needs of their employees, was strongly shown.”Another judge ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlist
View full Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlistFor more information and to book a place at the summer party
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Leading benefits professionals shortlisted for individual achievement at Employee Benefits Awards
Reward and benefits professionals from American Express, British Airways, City and Guilds, the Co-operative Group, JP Morgan and Royal Bank of Scotland Group have been shortlisted for the award ‘Employee benefits professional of the year’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.The shortlist names the forward-thinking and leading lights of the ...
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M&S, Next and Unilever shortlisted for best pensions change at Employee Benefits Awards
Marks and Spencer, Next and Unilever are among the employers shortlisted for the award ‘Best pensions change’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award recognises organisations that have implemented a pensions change strategy resulting in effective pensions provision for employees. For example, they may have introduced a new pension scheme, ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlist announced
Asda, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, GlaxoSmithKline and Virgin Media are among the employers shortlisted for the Employee Benefits Awards 2013The winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London on 7 June 2013. Book a table at the summer party.Full Employee Benefits Awards 2013 ...
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Employee Benefits Awards judges praise entry standard
The high standard of entries to this year’s Employee Benefits Awards impressed our panel of judges, particularly in regards to entrants’ creativity, innovation and careful tailoring of strategies and schemes to suit their workforce demographics.We would like to thank our highly esteemed panel of judges, many of whom are former ...
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What did the Employee Benefits Awards' judges learn from judging?
The high standard of entrants’ benefits programmes, creative approaches and a willingness to push boundaries impressed this year’s Employee Benefits Awards’ judges.Masha Boldyreva, reward manager for Europe at Mondelez International, highlights the holistic approach employers are taking to benefits and the link between benefits and employee engagement, while Debra Corey, ...
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Meet the Employee Benefits Awards judges
The annual awards ceremony will be held on Friday 7 June at the Artillery Garden at The HAC in London.The judges are:Panel chair: Debi O’Donovan, editor, Employee BenefitsPanel chair: Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor, Employee BenefitsPanel chair: Clare Bettelley, associate editor, Employee BenefitsNeal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager, McDonald’s RestaurantsMasha Boldyreva, ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013 is the benefits celebration of the year
Whether or not you have entered the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 it is THE social celebration of the year for everyone in the UK benefits industry.From benefits, pensions and HR managers to suppliers and advisers, this is where those with the finger on the pulse network.You can view details, including ...
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Employee Benefits Awards final deadline is this week
All the information you need to enter, plus the category details and entry forms, can be found on the Employee Benefits Awards’ website.This year’s awards feature several new categories, designed to recognise employers that are leading the way on key benefits issues.Have you taken steps to offer a default investment ...