All Employee Benefits Live articles – Page 11

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    Marcia Reid of Finchers Consulting: Employee Benefits Live 2011

    2011-10-03T11:35:31Z

    Employee Benefits Live has become an essential part of the calendar for the UK employee benefits industry. This is an excellent opportunity to meet potential clients – reward and benefits professional flock to the event – it's also a great networking forum. This year was no exception – The Business ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2011 brings industry together

    2011-09-29T11:43:48Z

    View video of Employee Benefits Live 2011View Twitter feed: #EBLiveAdd comments, inputs and questions below reportEmployee Benefits Live 2011 brought together all the key players in the benefits and reward industry for two days of networking, attending conference sessions and meeting over 100 leading suppliers.The event opened with a key ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: BP engages generation Y

    2011-09-29T09:46:09Z

    The adoption of new technology by generation Y has led many employers, including BP, to update their benefits and hiring programmes, primarily by moving these online.Key traits exhibited by generation Y include: flexibility, a willingness to relocate, a strong desire to achieve, pushiness and ambition.Speaking in a session titled ‘Are ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Reward for FTSE 100 executives has almost doubled in five years

    2011-09-28T15:16:20Z

    The remuneration package of FTSE 100 executives has almost doubled in five years which has raised questions over whether reward is matched with company performance.During his session on creating reward packages for high earners at Employee Benefits Live, Stephen Cahill, a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: British Airways consolidates healthcare schemes into self-funded plan

    2011-09-28T14:58:00Z

    British Airways (BA) introduced a self-funded health plan in order to create a tailored healthcare benefit for its employees.†Speaking on day two of Employee Benefits Live, Janine Sparks, reward consultant at BA, explained that, following a strategic review, the airline chose to consolidate its previous disparate healthcare schemes into a ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Level of pay awards could rise in 2012 but pace will be slow

    2011-09-28T12:43:34Z

    Levels of pay awards could rise in 2012 but the pace will be slow, said Ken Mulkearn, editor of the IDS Pay Report, in his session at Employee Benefits Live 2011.Outlining the latest picture on basic pay awards, Mulkearn showed that 3% has been the single most popular pay rise ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Employers should consider the needs of low paid staff

    2011-09-28T11:05:05Z

    Stephen Bevan, director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness, at The Work Foundation, sheds light on the needs of low paid staff during the age of austerity.Addressing delegates during his keynote session on the second day of Employee Benefits Live 2011, Bevan said there were 10 million workers in the ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Top strategies for controlling pension costs

    2011-09-28T10:09:07Z

    Opting for full systems automation, not having too many investment managers and looking carefully at legal costs are the top three strategies for controlling pensions costs, according to Penny Green, chief executive of Saul Trustee Company and managing director of STC Pensions Management.Speaking in the same panel debate on effective ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Ceva Logistics reduces absence following launch of recognition scheme

    2011-09-28T10:07:27Z

    Ceva Logistics has improved sickness absence levels following the introduction of a recognition programme.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2011, Nik Butcher, head of reward at Ceva, explained that a staff survey showed that there were low levels of engagement within the organisation and that employees required appreciation from their employer.Ceva ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Vodafone focuses on employee engagement

    2011-09-28T10:04:11Z

    Vodafone has increased its focus on employee engagement and communications to enhance employees’ experience of its flexible benefits scheme.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2011, Alissa Davis UK reward manager at Vodafone, explained how, following a staff survey in 2011, the telecommunications firm realised there was a lack of understanding and ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Benefits managers should know as much as their corporate advisers

    2011-09-27T23:00:00Z

    Benefits managers should ensure they know as much as their corporate advisers do about how to search the market.Speaking in the session ‘How to carry out a benefits review and tender process’, Jane Richards, group HR – remuneration and benefits at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, drew on her ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: McDonald’s Restaurants and John Lewis Partnership make TRS relevant to diverse employee groups

    2011-09-27T15:48:00Z

    McDonald’s Restaurants and the John Lewis Partnership have been using technology to make their total reward statements (TRS) relevant to their mobile and diverse employee bases.Neal Blackshire, benefits and compensation manager at McDonald’s Restaurants, and Jon C White, manager, leisure activities, leisure benefits at John Lewis Partnership, shared their experiences ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Google focuses on emotional wellbeing to make staff healthiest on the planet

    2011-09-27T15:47:38Z

    Emotional wellbeing is the most important part of making Googlers the healthiest employees on the planet.During the opening keynote session of Employee Benefits Live 2011 on 27 September, Oli Husemeyer, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) lead for ‘Optimize your life’ at Google, said that helping employees build emotional resilience, ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: Dairy Crest successfully closed final salary scheme to future accrual

    2011-09-27T15:46:41Z

    Dairy Crest closed its defined benefit (DB) scheme to future accrual, a move which saved the firm £700 million in future liabilities.Addressing delegates attending Employee Benefits Live 2011, which kicked off 27 September at the Business Design Centre in Islington, Rob Tansey, group HR director at Dairy Crest, spoke of ...

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    Secondsight to raise funds for Kenyan schools at Employee Benefits Live

    2011-09-01T09:22:04Z

    Employee benefits adviser Secondsight will be raising funds for two Kenyan schools at Employee Benefits Live 2011.After a trip to Kenya, one of the firm’s partners, Darren Laverty, pledged to support the Amani Junior Academy and the Showers of Blessings school, both situated in Watamu, two hours north of Mombassa, ...

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    Employee Benefits Live: ICE Group closes DB pension scheme and saves money with new GPP

    2011-09-01T00:00:01Z

    Since the Institute for Civil Engineers (ICE Group) closed its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme to future accrual and launched a group personal pension (GPP) scheme in 2010 it has saved £240,000 and reinvested in new benefits.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live, Ethan Kelly-Wilson, project director, human resources, ICE Group, said ...

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    UK Healthcare to launch cash plan at Employee Benefits Live

    2011-09-01T00:00:01Z

    UK Healthcare will be introducing a corporate health cash plan at Employee Benefits Live, which will be held on 27 and 28 September at the Business Design Centre in London.The plan has been developed for organisations with over 50 employees, and starts at £1 per employee per week.UK Healthcare is ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2010: Design reward to fit people

    2010-11-03T17:23:47Z

    The essence of total reward is about trying to connect with an organisation’s workforce in order to obtain optimum results.Employers should design their reward strategy to fit their people, rather than trying to get people to fit the reward design, said Peter Reilly, director HR and consultancy at the Institute ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2010: Total recognition could replace total reward

    2010-11-03T10:36:52Z

    Employers should look at using a total recognition strategy in place of total reward in order to effectively align performance management with rewards.This is because money is not always a motivator, said Chris Bones, dean at Henley Business School, speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2010. Alongside cash remuneration, employees are ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2010: BG Group gives staff free shares with flexible benefits sign-up

    2010-11-01T08:52:30Z

    The BG Group gave employees £3,000 worth of free shares when it launched its flexible benefits scheme.During the session Getting the right results from your flexible benefits, Lisa Philpott, HR manager at BG Group, said employees could keep the full amount of shares or use some of the value to ...