All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 103
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B. Braun Medical receives payroll accreditation
Healthcare supplier B. Braun Medical has been accredited with the Payroll Quality Partnership (PQP) from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).The PQP recognises employers that apply best practice in the development of their payroll professionals. It was launched in 2007 to provide a standard for performance management in payroll.There ...
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Flexible working offered by less than half of employers
Less than half (47%) of respondents’ employers offer flexible working for their entire workforce, according to research by workplace software provider Croner Solutions.Its research, which surveyed 1,200 working adults, found that 23% of respondents said their employers do not offer flexible working arrangements.The research also found, if offered flexible working ...
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Employees plan time off for the Olympics
EXCLUSIVE: More than one-third (36%) of respondents plan to take holiday to attend the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a poll by employee assistance programme (EAP) provider ComPsych.The London Olympics poll, which had 200 respondents, also found that 32% would work remotely and 20% would call in ...
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National Childcare Week highlights family perks
National Childcare Week 2012, from 2-9 July, gives employers an opportunity to highlight their childcare benefits and other work-life balance opportunities.Many childcare providers and industry bodies will host information events for employers. Edenred, for example, is focusing its roadshows and webinars on summer holiday survival, with tips for the summer ...
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Oscar Mayer Group rejigs health cash plan
Oscar Mayer Group has withdrawn hospitalisation benefits in its health cash plan and added new benefits such as funding for prescriptions, consultations and diagnostic tests, health screening, and an increase in optical benefits.The food producer has offered the cash plan, provided by Bupa, to its 2,000 staff via its flexible ...
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Unum launches video to raise awareness of group income protection
Unum has launched a video to help employers understand the value of group income protection.The video forms part of the insurance provider’s income protection awareness-raising campaign.It is hosted on AskUnum, an online hub that hosts blogs, downloadable resources, videos, and questions and answers to help employers and employees find out ...
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Legal and General targets staff on retirement savings ahead of auto-enrolment
Legal and General has run an initiative to educate its 7,000 staff about the importance of saving for retirement as the first phase of its communications around auto-enrolment.The insurance firm has an auto-enrolment staging date of April 2013. It has a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme, which was closed to ...
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William Grant and Sons adds health cash plan to flexible benefits
EXCLUSIVE: William Grant and Sons has added a health cash plan to its flexible benefits scheme to offer more flexible healthcare provision for its 1,600 employees.The Scottish distiller offers the plan, provided by Cigna Healthcare and introduced in July, in addition to its onsite occupational health programme and private medical ...
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Education sector framework appoints payroll provider
A framework in the education sector has appointed Equiniti ICS to provide payroll services.The framework, provided by Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), enables educational institutions, including universities, further education colleges, sixth forms and schools, to procure payroll services from Equiniti ICS’ in-house expertise.Alan Foley, director at Equiniti ICS, said: “We are ...
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Salaries are up 1.5% year-on-year
Salaries are up 1.5% year-on-year in the UK, according to research by recruitment consultancy Robert Walters.The Robert Walters 2012 salary survey found that overall permanent salary levels increased 1.8% in London, 2.4% in Thames Valley and the south east, 0.4% in the Midlands, and 0.8% in the north of England.Contractor ...
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Membership in DC pensions set to reach 16 million by 2020
Membership of private sector defined contribution (DC) pensions schemes is projected to more than double, from 6.6 million to 16 million by 2020, according to research by the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) and MetLife Assurance.The research, The changing landscape of pension schemes in the private sector in the UK, found ...
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Pension Quality Mark adapts its standard for new types of pension scheme charges
The Pension Quality Mark (PQM) is setting up a new standard for pension schemes that use new types of charges, in order to adapt to changes prompted by auto-enrolment.Previously, only defined contribution (DC) pension schemes that used annual management charges (AMCs) were able to apply for the PQM, which was ...
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The Bernicia Group launches flexible benefits scheme for staff
The Bernicia Group has launched a flexible benefits scheme for its 350 employees to allow them to maximise choice around their benefits.The housing organisation, which provides more than 8,000 homes throughout the north east of England, has introduced the scheme, Building Bernicia, with You at Work and Barclays.The scheme includes ...
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BT barred in attempt to lower pension scheme costs
BT has been barred from inducing its competitors to share in the costs of lowering its £3 billion pension scheme deficit by setting higher charges for their use of its phone lines.The Competition Commission has decided that BT’s regulator, Ofcom, correctly barred the organisation from including deficit repair charges from ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2012: High pay decisions may not always be justifiable
The justifications for high executive pay typically lie in talent ideology, however, there are reasons to be sceptical of this, according to David Bolchover, author of Pay check: Are top earners really worth it?Speaking on the second day of the Employee Benefits Summit 2012, he said that the top reason ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2012: Freshfields uses Olympic sponsorship role to motivate and engage staff
More than a third (34%) of delegates at the Employee Benefits Summit 2012 will offer themed events for staff during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.A further 17% are still making plans around the games, while 15% are undecided, and 34% will offer no Olympic-themed events to staff.Freshfields Bruckhaus ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2012: Tax incentives could help to tackle long-term sickness absence
More than half (56%) of delegates at the Employee Benefits Summit 2012 believe that the introduction of tax incentives would make some difference to how their organisation helps long-term ill employees.A further 16% said that this would make a big difference, while 11% felt their organisation is already demonstrating best ...
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Microsoft, Tetra Pak and Futurice top list of best workplaces in Europe
Microsoft, Tetra Pak and Futurice have topped the list of the 2012 European Best Workplaces.Great Place to Work, the global research, consulting and training firm, has listed 100 employers, chosen through a survey with more than 250,000 employees across 1,500 European organisations.Microsoft was top pick in the multinational category, Tetra ...
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63% of respondents believe auto-enrolment is a good idea
Two-thirds (63%) of respondents said that auto-enrolment is a good idea, according to research by the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) Corporation.The research, which surveyed 1,847 employees not currently in a qualifying pension scheme, found that 16% of respondents would definitely opt out of their pension scheme once opted in ...
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73% of respondents would not let governance budget restrict investment strategy
Three-quarters (73%) of respondents would not let their pension governance budget restricts their investment strategy, according to research by Schroders.The independent research, which surveyed 200 pension scheme managers, trustees and financial directors of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the UK, found that 15% of respondents said they had no ...