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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective benefits strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 staff
WINNERFirst Group, My RewardsIn April 2010, this entrant introduced a secure website for its reward package My Rewards, giving employees a single hub to access benefits. Although the internet is commonly seen as an inappropriate medium to deliver benefits to transport sector employees, First Group chose to challenge this in ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan
WINNERCancer Research UK, CR-UK RewardsThe judges were impressed by this charity organisation’s belief that, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. When Cancer Research UK’s previous voluntary benefits scheme suffered from very low take-up levels, a lack of promotion and a sign-up process that seemed to discourage staff ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan
WINNERCisco, i-Benefit@Cisco entered by Thomson Online BenefitsCisco was the outright winner in this category because of its input from top leadership, the speed at which the new package was delivered to staff, its focus on aligning its employee profile and business brand, and the impressive savings worth more than £1 ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers
WINNERInterserve Project Services, Fleet Carbon Reduction Scheme entered by The Miles ConsultancyThis entrant’s UK car strategy is closely aligned with its business needs to provide transport for almost 1,300 drivers, as well as its corporate social responsibility goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Almost all the fleet is classified as ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective pensions strategy
WINNERInstitution of Civil Engineers entered by SecondsightThe Institution of Civil Engineers Group dealt with the closure of its final salary pension scheme in a fair and responsible way, while taking into account employees’ negative reactions to the changes. Generous employer-funded contributions were offered for members to sweeten the pill for ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective sickness absence management strategy
WINNERCisco, i-Benefit@Cisco entered byThomsons Online BenefitsAs winner of this category, Cisco demonstrated the implementation of a sickness absence management scheme that reduced the high number of staff on long-term sick leave and tackled the underlying causes of ill-health.With a high-performing culture and long working hours, Cisco was affected by high ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective motivation or incentive strategy
WINNERThe Pensions Trust, Rewards and Benefits ProgrammeA key part of this entrant’s people strategy is what it describes as the deal between the employer and the employee. This refers to what it means to work for The Pensions Trust and the benefits of the employment relationship for both parties. A ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective benefits strategy for working parents or carers
WINNERUniversity of Lincoln, UOL Total Reward and WellbeingThe clear winner in this category, this entrant proved that public sector funding is not an obstacle to offering a wide scope of benefits to achieve a healthy work-life balance.The diverse workforce at the University of Lincoln includes a number of people with ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy
WINNERMarks and Spencer, Sharesave 2010 entered by EquinitiThe tough economic climate, coupled with the Treasury’s decision to remove the bonus on three-year sharesave schemes, prompted Marks and Spencer to review its scheme to ensure it continued to be valued as an employee benefit.he company took the bold step of stripping ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective reward or benefits strategy for staff based outside the UK
WINNERQuintiles, EMEA total reward statements entered by EdenredThe pharmaceutical firm bravely took on the challenge of delivering international total reward statements cost-effectively and in a short timeframe.A three-tiered approach enabled Quintiles to deliver the appropriate statements in various countries. Unusually, the analogy used to convey messages around reward was milk. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective benefits strategy in a public sector organisation
WINNERUniversity of Lincoln, UOL Total RewardLike many public sector organisations, the University of Lincoln had traditionally taken a very formal approach to benefits, based on the public sector philosophy of offering generous sickness entitlement, holidays and pay, but demonstrating little in the way of creativity. To meet the needs of ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Benefits team of the year
WINNERAmey nominated by Aon HewittThis entry from the large public contract supplier demonstrated its HR and benefits team’s strong links with the organisation’s business strategy. The team is at the heart of what Amey is trying to achieve, playing a key role in helping to meet organisational objectives and being ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Benefits professional of the year
WINNERJohn Chilman, group reward and pensions director, FirstGroupJohn Chilman is a well-known and highly respected figure in the employee benefits industry. He has been highly rated for the work he has done at FirstGroup in recent years. During his tenure, the transport firm has won several Employee Benefits Awards accolades, ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective total reward strategy
WINNERRS Components, My RewardIn 2008, RS Components, like many other employers, felt the effects of the economic downturn and had to implement redundancies, pay freezes and bonus cuts. As part of efforts to re-engage its workforce during this difficult time, the firm introduced a branded total reward scheme. Extensive research ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Grand Prix
E.On was voted winner of this year’s Grand Prix because of its approach to tackling employees’ financial wellbeing issues, particularly in relation to debt and saving enough for retirement. Debt is currently one of the biggest problems in the UK, but in the next 10 years, the largest issue is ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: The Judging Panel
Employee Events Awards Judging PanelDebi O’Donovan is editor of Employee Benefits and is responsible for editorial strategy across events, web and magazine.Bernie Buckley is head of reward and analysis at Whitbread, the employer that won the Employee Benefits Awards Grand Prix 2010.Samantha Gee was director of strategic reward and resourcing ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011
The Employee Benefits Awards is the only event in the UK dedicated to celebrating employers’ reward and benefits strategies. This year, more than ever, it is vital to acknowledge outstanding practices as employers aim to prepare staff for changes ahead.So we would like to congratulate our worthy finalists and winners!Download ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011: Most effective use of financial education in the workplace
WINNERE.On, Making the Most of your MoneyThe judges loved the way this entrant focused on two key issues within the organisation and encouraged employees to engage with these.E.On’s two main objectives for its financial education strategy were to help employees find support to deal with debt issues and encourage as ...
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Cisco, Sage, and City and Guilds win hat trick for one adviser at Employee Benefits Awards
Cisco, Sage, and City and Guilds were among the winners at the Employee Benefits Awards 2011.The three organisations, nominated by their adviser Thomsons Online Benefits, took home four awards in total: Cisco won ‘Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan’ and ‘Most effective sickness absence management strategy’; Sage won ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2011 winners to be announced
The Employee Benefits Awards will take place today to recognise and reward employers which have made a significant difference to their organisations through their reward strategies.The event, hosted by acclaimed actor Stephen Mangan, will take place at The Artillery Gardens at The HAC. Organisations that have been shortlisted for awards ...