All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 141
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Case Studies
Case study: Symantec spreads the good news on reward
Security software provider Symantec has expanded rapidly through acquisition, growing its workforce from 6,500 to 14,000 in July 2005, and reaching 18,500 today. The firm operates in more than 50 countries.Jennifer Reimert, senior director, global compensation at Symantec, says: “One of the challenges of rapid growth was a resulting ‘culture ...
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L'Oreal launches pensions communications campaign
L’Oreal has launched a new communications campaign to engage its 3,000 UK staff with pensions ahead of the 2012 reforms.The drive began in June and will continue until the cosmetics and beauty firm’s staging date in 2013. Matthew Scott, HR compensation and benefits director at L’Oreal, said: “We are trying ...
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Dun and Bradstreet opens quarterly enrolment for bikes-for-work scheme
Dun and Bradstreet’s (D&B) Irish office has introduced a quarterly enrolment period for its bikes-for-work scheme.The scheme launched in January 2011 with the firm’s flexible benefits plan through provider Benefex.It was previously only open for enrolment twice a year.D&B’s Irish operation has grown steadily since it was formed in May ...
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Bruce Sayers starts up benefits consultancy
Bruce Sayers has left DHL Express, where he was senior director of reward and recognition, to open up a pay and benefits consultancy, Bruce Sayers Associates.His previous roles include reward and policy manager at National Grid Wireless and reward and policy development manager at Sequence UK.Read more reward and benefits ...
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HSS Hire restructures core benefits
HSS Hire has restructured its core benefits, adding life assurance, a health and wellbeing package, and changing its maternity and paternity provision.The tool hire firm has also introduced a childcare voucher scheme and an online flexible benefits plan for its 2,200 staff in UK and Ireland. The flex plan has ...
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Inchcape Retail use Facebook to communicate voluntary benefits
Inchcape Retail is using Facebook to communicate its voluntary benefits plan, Inchcape Employee Advantages Scheme, to its 5,600 employees.The automotive distributor and retailer is using the social networking site after an employee benefits survey indicated staff would respond positively to it. The firm also ran a series of focus groups ...
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Mills and Reeve to launch voluntary benefits
Mills and Reeve is to launch an employee discounts scheme and discounted gym membership on 1 August.The law firm has provided a discounted shopping website for the past six years through provider Perkz but decided to offer a wider selection.Samantha Neaves, reward and HR information systems manager at Mills and ...
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Spirit Pub Company promotes Sarah Bell
Spirit Pub Company has appointed Sarah Bell head of reward after its de-merger.Bell’s previous role at the group was reward manager, following eight years as reward manager at Capital One Bank Europe.Read more about reward and benefits jobs
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Busy Bees Benefits expands product range
Busy Bees Benefits has expanded its product range to include a car care scheme, a bikes-for-work scheme, and a tickets and hospitality service.The car care scheme can be offered by employers to help staff save money on car repair and maintenance costs. If an employer operates its childcare voucher scheme ...
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Fair Care launches pensions auto-enrolment product
Fair Care is to launch a product in August to help employers and staff manage the auto-enrolment and compliance issues associated with the 2012 pension reforms.Smart Pensions, designed for use with plans that operate salary sacrifice arrangements, can be added to the provider’s flexible benefits product. It will help with ...
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Locog appoints Sasha Brenner
The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Logoc) has appointed Sasha Brenner benefits and policy manager.She moves from Sainsbury’s where she was benefits and reward policy manager for three years, as part of the secondment programme that helps Sainsbury’s staff join Locog alongside its role as key sponsor of ...
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Nationwide Building Society appoints Carol Hosey
Nationwide Building Society has appointed Carol Hosey head of reward and recognition.Her previous roles include group head of employee pay policy and benefits at Lloyds Banking Group, interim head of compensation and benefits at Skandia, and interim group head of compensation at HSBC Insurance Brokers.Read more about reward and benefits ...
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Aon Hewitt research: Employee healthcare costs on the rise
Employee healthcare costs have risen by over 50% in the last five years, according to Aon Hewitt's Benefits and Trends Survey.The research, involving 480 UK employers, found 69% want to reduce costs, and 67% have experienced rising healthcare premiums. Nearly one-third of employers plan to revise their healthcare perks to ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Siemens finds the answer to global staff recognition
With 60,000 staff across more than 190 countries, Siemens had a disparate range of reward and recognition programmes in place for many years. But the firm recognised the need to create a company-wide programme and, in early 2010, it set up a recognition scheme called You Answered.The programme, provided by ...
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Adidas adds perks to voluntary benefits scheme
Adidas has added a dental plan, travel insurance, critical illness insurance and life assurance for employees’ partners to its voluntary benefits scheme.The new benefits, launched on 1 July, are all available to staff and their families. The firm already offered life assurance for employees but has added optional cover for ...
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Group Risk Research 2011: Cost
Some employers still do not know what they spend on benefits provision in this area, but many focus on obtaining quality, good-value products, says Jennifer PatersonWhen selecting a provider for both healthcare and group risk benefits, the top factors respondents look for are the quality of the product or service, ...
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Group Risk Research 2011: Key findings
Our group risk survey was carried out in April 2011, with analysis based on 356 responses from Employee Benefits readers and users of www.employeebenefits.co.ukKEY FINDINGS41% believe government plans will help get the long-term sick back to work.36% believe they will need to review their absence strategies in response to the ...
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Group Risk Research 2011: Attitudes
Employers see group risk benefits as an important recruitment, retention and reputational tool, as well as helping to control costs, says Jennifer PatersonFor the most part, employers’ top objectives in providing group risk benefits are the same, whether they offer group risk benefits alone or in conjunction with their healthcare ...
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Love2reward introduces two new gift card products
Love2reward has introduced two new employee benefits products to its portfolio: Flexebens and Flexesaver.Flexebens is a gift card which offering 7% discount at 23 high street retailers such as River Island, Debenhams, Comet and Boots. Employers can offer the gift card via a salary sacrifice arrangement or through online payments ...
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Metlife research: Private sector employers consider cutting holiday to reduce benefits costs
A quarter (25%) of private sector employers are considering cutting holiday entitlement for staff in order to reduce the costs of employee benefits, according to research by MetLife.The Metlife 2011 International Employee Benefits Trends Survey, which surveyed 403 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), revealed that 27% of organisations believe they ...