Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlist announced

Asda, BMW, Hewlett-Packard, GlaxoSmithKline and Virgin Media are among the employers shortlisted for the Employee Benefits Awards 2013

The winners will be announced during a lunch-time ceremony at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London on 7 June 2013. Book a table at the summer party.

Full Employee Benefits Awards 2013 shortlist:

Best car and travel benefits

• Asda - Asda Company Car Scheme (entered by Zenith)
• Axa UK
• BMW (UK) - Car and Travel - BMW Connected Drive
• North Yorkshire County Council - Green Car Scheme (entered by Tusker)

Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch - MyWellbeing (entered by Roodlane Medical)
• BMW (UK) - Health and Wellbeing - BMWellbeing. Live Well. Work Well
• BNP Paribas - Help Yourself To Health
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP - Freshfields Wellbeing
• Hewlett-Packard - Fighting Cancer at HP (entered by HealthScreen UK)
• Trolex - Inspire

Best stress management scheme

• AIG Europe - AIG Absence Management (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
• BMW (UK) - Stress Management Programme - Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
• Quintiles - Healthy U Healthy Q

Best pensions change

• FirstGroup - The First UK Bus Pension Scheme
• Marks and Spencer - Your M&S Pension Saving Plan
• Marriott Hotels - Marriott Pension Plan - UK
• Morrisons - Morrisons Retirement Saver (entered by JLT Benefit Solutions)
• Next (entered by Close Brothers)
• Unilever - Unilever UK Pension Fund (entered by Anthony Hodges Consulting and First Actuarial LLP)

Best pension communications

• Admiral - The Admiral Pension (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
• American Express - Smart Saving
• Aviva - Aviva Staff Pension Scheme (entered by Towers Watson)
• Coca-Cola Enterprises - Connect With Your Future (entered by Standard Life)
• Marks and Spencer - Your M&S Pension Saving Plan
• Morrisons - Save Your Dough
• Samsung - Highlights (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)

Best DC pension default investments

• Associated British Foods - Associated British Foods Pension Scheme (entered by AllianceBernstein)
• Browne Jacobson LLP - Browne Jacobson LLP Group Flexible Retirement Plan
• Finmeccanica UK - Finmeccanica FuturePlanner (entered by P-Solve)

Best workplace savings benefits

• GlaxoSmithKline - GSK TotalReward Shares and Savings
• Hymans Robertson LLP - Hymans Robertson Workplace Savings

Most motivational benefits

• Asda - Stars Recognition Programme (entered by P&MM)
• British Gas - Simply Thank You Recognition Scheme (entered by P&MM)
• Eli Lilly and Company - MyRecognition
• McDonald’s Restaurants - Olympic Champion Crew
• Transport for London - Make a Difference Employee Recognition Scheme (entered by Grass Roots Projectlink)
• Whitbread: Costa Coffee - Costa Feel Good

Best flexible benefits plan - large employer

• Bank of China (UK) - iBenefits (entered by Lorica Employee Benefits)
• BMW (UK) - Flexible Benefits Plan - Choices
• CSC - My Choices (entered by Benefex)
• Direct Line Group - Reward Matters Online (entered by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Aon Hewitt)
• JP Morgan - Elements (entered by Vebnet)
• Northumbrian Water - Mybenefits
• Santander UK - You Choose… Your Benefits
• Severn Trent Water - Lifestyle (entered by Edenred)

Best flexible benefits plan - small employer

• Bibby Financial Services - Your Rewards (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• Hymans Robertson LLP - Flex@Hymans
• Mayer Brown - My Benefit Choices (entered by Capita Employee Benefits)
• NYSE Euronext - iChoose (entered by Helm Godfrey)

Best voluntary benefits plan

• Birmingham City Council - My Birmingham Rewards (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
• British Airways and BA Clubs - Altitude Plus (entered by Next Jump)
• BSkyB - Choose iPads (Sky Choices)
• E.On UK - My Choice Everyday (entered by Benefex)
• FirstGroup - First Xclusives (entered by Asperity Employee Benefits)
• NHS - PScashback Black MasterCard card (entered by P&MM)
• Nottingham City Council - Works Perks

Best employee share schemes

• Asda - Colleague Share Plans
• BT Group - Saveshare UK and Directshare (entered by Equiniti)
• Home Retail Group - Save As You Earn 2013
• Smith and Nephew - Smith and Nephew UK and International Sharesave Plans (entered by Equiniti)
• Whitbread - Whitbread Employee Sharesave Scheme

Best international benefits

• Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment - Just.rewards (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• Merlin Entertainments - Merlin’s Global Mobility Programme
• Smith and Nephew - Smith and Nephew International Sharesave Plans (entered by Equiniti)

Best benefits communications – small employer

• Benefex - The Marvellous School of Benefits
• Heineken UK - Benefits Strategy
• Holiday Extras - My.extras (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• ITV - One ITV - Communicating Reward (entered by Like Minds)
• Kimberly-Clark - Konnected - Flexible Benefits Plan Launch (entered by Aon Hewitt)
• Save the Children - Payroll Giving

Best benefits communications – large employer

• E.On UK - My Choice DIY (entered by Benefex)
• JP Morgan - Elements (entered by Vebnet)
• Mondelez International - Great Rewards
• Oracle - Select Benefits (entered by Secondsight)
• Santander UK - You Choose… Your Benefits

Best work-life balance strategy

• Roche UK (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits)
• The Random House Group - Our House

Best total reward strategy

• Bristol-Myers Squibb - Your Total Reward (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits)
• Capital One – Let’s Make Lives Better
• City Health Care Partnership CIC - Flextra Staff Benefits Portal (entered by Edenred)
• MEC UK - Total Reward Strategy (entered by Aon Hewitt)

Best total reward statements

• Asda - Asda Total Package Website
• HCA International - HCA Beneflex (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits)
• Merlin Entertainments - Global Total Reward Statement Project
• Santander UK - You Choose… Your Benefits
• Tesco - Tesco Benefit Reports
• University of Lincoln - UOL - Total Reward Online Calculator
• Virgin Media - Total Reward - It’s All Yours (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)

Best reward strategy aligned to business strategy

• Ashurst LLP - myRewards (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• Bibby Financial Services - Your Rewards (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• Goodman Masson - The Benefits Boutique
• Nottingham City Council - Works Perks
• Trolex - TrolExtraordinaire

Most engaging benefits package

• Holiday Extras - My.extras (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
• MEC UK - My Perks (entered by Aon Hewitt)
• Northumbrian Water - Mybenefits
• Roche UK - My Total Roche (entered by Mercer Marsh Benefits)

Benefits team of the year

• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
• Incisive Media (entered by Helm Godfrey)
• Merlin Entertainments
• Nottingham City Council

Employee benefits professional of the year

• Adam Brooke, employee benefits manager, JP Morgan
• Jim Cowan, head of benefits, Royal Bank of Scotland Group
• Chris Coyne, group head of reward and HR services, City and Guilds
• Gary Dewin, director of pensions, the Co-operative Group
• Breckon Jones, director of global benefits and strategic health, American Express Services
• Janine Sparks, senior reward manager, British Airways

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