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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Grand Prix (Sponsored by Watson Wyatt Worldwide)
WinnerLadbrokes Football FrenzyLadbrokes was primarily voted winner of the Grand Prix award because of the way its Football Frenzy motivation scheme fitted with the bookmaker’s culture and helped to engage staff with a key sporting area for the business. Ladbrokes also proved it has more than one string to its ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Most effective use of digital media to communicate benefits to staff
WinnerRok Group RokPay (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)Most employers now use websites to promote benefits and a growing number are putting together DVDs as part of their internal communications. What made Rok’s entry stand out is that it deployed both forms of digital media well.A staff survey and meetings with ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Communications strategy of the year for organisations with 5,000 employees or more
WinnerTesco Tesco Benefits Communication StrategyPeople expect Tesco to communicate well, so this entry was given extra tough scrutiny – and the judges felt it deserved to be held up as an example of good practice. The retailer used simple, often cheap ideas effectively. Communication channels were wide-ranging and sometimes felt ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009 winners and finalists
Welcome to the Employee Benefits Awards 2009.This 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 engage staff in tough times.So we would like to congratulate our worthy ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Communications strategy of the year for organisations with fewer than 5,000 employees
WinnerGrant Thornton UK Your Benefits, Your ChoiceThe judges felt that although this communication strategy was conventional (in a good way), it was absolutely right for this organisation and clearly delivered results.In 2007, Grant Thornton and RSM Robson Rhodes were involved in the largest merger in the financial sector for a ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Compensation and benefits professional of the year
WinnerMichael Rose director of total reward, AonThe judges felt Michael Rose has made a major contribution to compensation and benefits. Michael’s wide experience throughout his career has enabled him to devise a number of innovative reward ideas, both in the UK and internationally.He was one of the first to make ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Conference offers perfect opportunity to hear expert views on benefits strategy
Europe's largest reward and benefits event, Employee Benefits Live, will take place on 29-30 September at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London.The event, which includes both a conference and an extensive exhibition, has been running for 11 years and last year attracted more than 1,700 visitors.The highly-acclaimed, top-level conference programme ...
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Employee Benefits Awards: Glittering ceremony will see top performers crowned
The Employee Benefits Awards 2009 have been inundated with many sparkling entries, so make sure you have reserved your place at the gala lunch in June to see the winners announced. Hosted by comedian Rhod Gilbert, the event will take place on 26 June at the London Hilton on Park ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2009: Most effective use of financial education in the workplace (Sponsored by JPMorgan INVEST)
WinnerSchlumberger (entered by Clarity)Judges praised the oilfield service provider’s approach to the difficult task of providing financial education to a workforce of 84,000 spread across more than 80 countries. Its education programme targets two main groups – expatriate employees and international commuters who live in their home country but travel ...
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Employee Benefits Awards finalists announced
Employee Benefits Awards finalists announcedThe shortlist for the Employee Benefits Awards 2009 has been announced. Leading employers such as Boots, Tesco, Fujitsu and Centrica have made the list of finalists.The ultimate winners will be announced at a glittering lunchtime ceremony on 26 June 2009 in London.The Employee Benefits Awards aims ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Pay alone won't solve recruitment and retention problems
High salaries will help employers attract talented staff, but doesn't necessarily retain or motivate them in the future.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live, Stephen Bevan, managing director at The Work Foundation, said that reward management should be a high performance work practice and that employers who attempt to 'buy' loyalty and ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Cutting the cost of global relocation
Employers could save money by reviewing their global relocation service for staff on expatriate assignments.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live, Craig Truter, reward programme manager at Centrica, said executives often take overseas postings with expectations of higher salary and perks, and there is a need to balance the demand for retention ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Equity key in using money as motivation
Employers should consider that their staff want to be paid fairly, not necessarily more, for their work, said Adrian Furnham, a professor in pyschology.The University College London professor said when creating a rewards programme, it was important to bear in mind that people do not always respond to cash as ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Creating a positive environment crucial in a downturn
Employers have been warned that the current economic turmoil made it more important than ever to create a positive working environment built on trust otherwise they will risk loosing key talent once the downturn is over.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live, Judith Leary-Joyce, chief executive of Great Companies Consulting, told delegates ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Employers should promote total value of benefits
Employers have been advised to promote the total value of the reward package to employees instead of focusing on the cash elements of the reward offering in order to maximise the positive impact that perks have on the workforce.Tony Morgan, head of sales and client management, UK outsourcing at employee ...
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Employee Benefits Live: Benefits audit helps employers manage international perks
An audit of benefits can help organisations with a global remit reduce the complications associated with managing benefits for employees based abroad and integrating a common corporate philosophy.Addressing delegates at Employee Benefits Live, held between September 30 and October 1 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, Ian Wright, †director ...
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Employee Benefits Awards winners 2008
Asda, O2, Danone, Lloyds TSB, Norwich Union and GlaxoSmithKline were among the many winners at the Employee Benefits Awards 2008 which was held at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London on 18 June. For a full list of winners and finalists, click here. In order obtain full details of the ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2008 finalists announced
Leading employers such as Shell International, FirstGroup, Tesco, O2 and McDonalds have been shortlisted as finalists for the UK's only Awards to celebrate excellence in employee benefits.With a record number of entries to the Employee Benefits Awards 2008, competition to be listed as a finalist was tough.The winners will be ...
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Employee Benefits Awards winners 2007
National Express, McDonald’s Restaurants and Siemens were among the many winners at the Employee Benefits Awards 2007 which was held at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London on June 8. By clicking on each of the categories below you can find out the names of the winners and finalists. You ...
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Winners: Employee Benefits Awards 2006
Winners: Employee Benefits Awards 2006Grand PrixNottingham City Council – Works PerksMost effective company car strategyWhitbread – Whitbread Car PolicyMost effective healthcare strategyChannel 4 TelevisionMost effective pensions strategyBurlington Resources (Energy Services) – Burlington Resources Pension PlanThe most effective use of a flexible benefits planDanone UK – MomentumThe most effective use of ...