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    Attend free conference sessions at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-09-14T16:43:00Z

    Employee Benefits Live offers visitors a free-to-attend high level conference which is designed to give you maximum flexibility to choose your sessions and bespoke your own programme.Two ground-breaking keynote sessions and nearly 40 practical sessions on all benefits topics from total reward and flexible benfits to pensions and employee healthcare.Book ...

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    Optimise your reward strategy at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-09-14T16:43:00Z

    This year, with the move to Olympia National Hall, the Show is set to be bigger and better than ever. With over 38 Conference sessions, over 100 leading reward and benefits providers and lots of brand new Show features this is a must attend event for anyone in the benefits, ...

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    Entries to Employee Benefits Awards 2013 to open in October

    2012-09-10T16:16:00Z

    These awards recognise and showcase employers that have made a significant difference to their organisations through their reward strategies. The independence and integrity of these coveted awards is well recognised and therefore makes winning a highly regarded achievement. We will be opening the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 to entries later ...

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    Employee Benefits Live 2012 25-26 September National Hall, Olympia, London

    2012-09-04T08:55:00Z

    Employee Benefits Live is Europe’s largest reward and benefits event, and this year, with the move to Olympia National Hall, the Show is set to be bigger and better than ever.With 38 free Conference sessions featuring top employers presenting inspirational case studies, over 100 leading reward and benefits providers offering ...

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    Savings will be in spotlight at Employee Benefits Live

    2012-09-03T11:00:00Z

    The subject of workplace savings will be at the heart of debate at Employee Benefits Live, which takes place on 25-26 September at its new home, London’s Olympia.The subject is one of a dozen live streams that also include benefits strategy, human resources, pensions strategy and communication.Sessions will cover how ...

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    New at Employee Benefits Live 2012

    2012-08-24T16:57:00Z

    Drop-in clinicsEach day delegates can drop into our legal clinic for a short one-to-one session with experts including Jane Samsworth of Hogan Lovells, Alison Cribbs of Sackers and a lawyer from CMS Cameron McKenna. To book a legal session, visit http://www.employeebenefitslive.co.uk/en/visitor-zone/legalclinics.aspxThe tax clinic will be staffed by tax advisers Shawn ...

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    David MacLeod to speak at Employee Benefits Live ahead of MacLeod report update

    2012-08-15T09:29:00Z

    David MacLeod will be a keynote speaker at Employee Benefits Live 2012 ahead of the publication of the MacLeod report update due in October.MacLeod, co-chair of the Employee Engagement Taskforce and co-author of the MacLeod Report on Employee Engagement, will be the keynote speaker on the second day of the ...

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    Winners of the Employee Benefits Awards 2012

    2012-07-02T06:53:00Z

    Asda, BT, Kraft Foods and McDonald’s Restaurants were among the winners at the 2012 Employee Benefits Awards.Read details on why our winners won, and which organisations made the runners up lists in our special publication ‘The winners 2012’ (click on the image of the cover).

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    The Employee Benefits Awards celebrates UK employers’ reward and benefits strategies. We would like to congratulate our worthy finalists and winners!Download a PDF of the Employee Benefits Award Winners 2012†(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4)Click on each category below to view winners and finalists.Grand PrixEmployee benefits professional ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective use of total reward statements

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERTesco, Benefit Reports: Communicating our overall pay and benefits packageThis entrant sent personalised total reward statements to its 277,000 staff to ensure they understood the value of their pay and benefi ts in a tough economic climate. The statements, sent to employees’ home addresses, came with a personal letter from ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective benefits strategy in a public or voluntary sector organisation

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERYHA (England and Wales), YHA RewardsYHA designed a cost-effective benefits package that was relevant for staff of different ages and life stages. It was launched in conjunction with a three-year cost-saving exercise designed to cut central overhead costs by £1.7 million, so it had to achieve return on investment, and ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective strategy to encourage workplace savings

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERBT, Planning for retirement, entered by Wealth at WorkBT’s workplace savings strategy aims to ensure employees make informed decisions about their future.The company provides its workforce with a number of savings options, including two sharesave schemes and a share incentive plan. It also provides a defined benefit pension for employees. ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective pensions communications strategy

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERElectronic Arts, My Future, entered by Thomsons Online BenefitsElectronic Arts’ creative and fun strategy was designed to engage younger employees with pensions.It decided to take action after a review of its pension scheme in April 2011 revealed that 66% of staff had signed up to the scheme, but just 43% ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective pensions change strategy

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERSvitzer UK, Launch of Corporate Wrap, entered by Hargreaves LansdownThe innovative way in which Svitzer UK consolidated several legacy pension schemes by introducing a corporate wrap with a contract-based defined contribution (DC) scheme made it a clear winner.The corporate wrap, available to the entire workforce, allows employees to manage their ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERAsda Stores, Sharesave, entered by ComputershareIn a tightly-fought category, the judges were impressed by Asda’s decision to remove paper enrolment for its sharesave scheme and rely solely on electronic methods. This was felt to be a particularly brave step given Asda’s workforce demographic and the fact that most employees do ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective absence management and rehabilitation strategy

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERSerco, Serco Absence Process Review, entered by Jelf Employee BenefitsThis strategy features an online system that records and notifies managers of an employee’s absence on day one.Depending on the triggers for absence, a relevant professional, for example the insurer’s vocational rehabilitation consultant, or an in-house occupational health manager, gets in ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective reward or benefits strategy for staff based outside the UK

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERAmerican Express, Global Benefits GovernanceThis entrant introduced a new international reward strategy that reduced its total benefits costs and used the dividends from pooling arrangements to fund health and wellness benefits around the world.The Global Benefits Governance programme, which went live in 11 countries across Japan Asia-Pacific and Australia, and ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Most effective motivation or incentive strategy

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERMerlin Entertainments, Merlin Global Recognition Schemes: Star and CEO Award PlanMerlin Entertainments impressed the judges with its introduction of two global motivation and recognition schemes for all staff after rolling out new company values across the business. The new schemes replaced more than 20 previous ones, which were owned at ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Benefits team of the year

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERKraft Foods, entered by BenefexThe benefits and reward team at Kraft Foods successfully tackled the huge challenge of harmonising employee terms and conditions in 2011 following the organisation’s high-profile acquisition of Cadbury.For the Cadbury acquisition to be a success, each member of the team was involved in the complex task ...

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    Employee Benefits Awards 2012: Employee benefits specialist of the year

    2012-07-01T23:00:00Z

    WINNERFrancis O’Mahony, head of employee share plans and share registration, BTFrancis O’Mahony was voted this year’s Employee Benefits Specialist of the Year because of his pioneering work on workplace savings and dedication to financial education at BT. This year, BT took the award for ‘Most effective strategy to encourage workplace ...