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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best pension communications
Winner: AdmiralScheme: The Admiral PensionEntered by: Jelf Employee BenefitsThe judges were looking for a successful strategy that boosts employees’ understanding of pensions and the need to save for retirement.Admiral tailored its communications strategy to its relatively young workforce, keeping presentations short and snappy and using attention-grabbing campaigns. Judges particularly liked ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best stress management scheme
Winner: BMW (UK)Scheme: Stress Management Programme - Mental Health and Wellbeing ServicesThis award is designed to recognise employers that have made a concerted effort to tackle employee stress and mental health issues, such as depression, by putting measures in place to actively identify and support affected staff.BMW (UK) launched an ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits
Winner: Hewlett-PackardScheme: Fighting Cancer at HPEntered by: HealthScreen UKFor this award, the judges were looking for a successful strategy that helps to boost productivity or engagement through employee wellbeing.The judges were impressed with the steps Hewlett-Packard has taken to increase awareness of some of the most common cancers in the ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2013: Meet the judges
Debi O’Donovaneditor, Employee BenefitsDebi is responsible for editorial strategy across events, web and the magazine.Debbie Lovewelldeputy editor, Employee BenefitsDebbie is an award-winning journalist who is responsible for news and features across the magazine and website.Clare Bettelleyassociate editor, Employee BenefitsClare joined Employee Benefits in 2012. She oversees all supplements for the ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits Awards 2013: Meet the winners
Click on links below to find out more about the winners:Grand Prix (sponsored by Mercer Marsh Benefits)Employee benefits professional of the yearBenefits team of the year (sponsored by Tusker)Best car and travel benefitsBest healthcare and wellbeing benefits (sponsored Westfield Health)Best stress management schemeBest pensions changeBest pensions communicationsBest DC pension default ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013 winners 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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Tune in live for Employee Benefits Awards’ winners
Asda, BMW (UK), Coca-Cola Enterprises, E.On, FirstGroup, JP Morgan or Samsung?Which employer will take home a coveted prize at the Employee Benefits Awards.The winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London on 7 June.Follow @EmployeeBenefit or search hashtag #EBAwards on Twitter ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013: Best total reward statements
Winner: Virgin MediaScheme: Total Reward-It’s All YoursEntered by: Thomsons Online BenefitsThis award recognises an employer that has successfully integrated total reward statements into its benefits communications strategy.The judges liked the fact that Virgin Media involved employees in the design of its total reward statements. Staff featured in promotional videos explaining ...
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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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Employee Benefits Live sessions cater to HR needs
The conference stream ‘Benefits as an HR tool’ is designed for HR generalists who have a broader remit that includes benefits, or who are currently working in a broader HR role but are looking to move across to specialise in benefits.One day of the conference, which will take place on ...
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Lively exhibition at Employee Benefits Live
Delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2013, which will take place on 25 and 26 September at National Hall, Olympia, will be able to enjoy plenty of interaction with numerous reward and benefits providers, advisers and consultants, who will be on hand to demonstrate their offerings.This year’s exhibitors include: Aon Hewitt, ...
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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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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 ...