All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 17
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OpinionMirka Slater: Global expansion drives data need
The expansion has happened mostly in the last five years, with expansion in existing countries, opening new offices, as well as mergers and acquisitions.Because of this rapid growth, many countries in EMEA had not been reviewed properly for some time and I was not sure how accurate my data was ...
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ArticleNestle and Sainsbury’s shortlisted for total reward
Nestle and Sainsbury’s are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best total reward strategy’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.For this award, the judges were looking for an employer that has successfully integrated its reward offerings into a single ‘total reward’ strategy, which might include pay ...
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ArticleTop discussion on LinkedIn
In her weekly blog on 7 March, Debi O’Donovan (pictured), editor of Employee Benefits, asked why the benefits industry is getting back to basics.She wrote: “…although the new world order is different, with new technologies available, new benefits emerging and new communication media on offer, it is important to remember ...
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ArticleBBC to review presenters' pay
The BBC Trust is to launch a review into what it pays its presenters.The trust published its work plan for 2014/15, which sets out key planned activity in the year ahead to inform its strategy for the BBC, and scrutinise and assess its performance.Since the trust’s previous review, in 2008-09, ...
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ArticleCarphone Warehouse appoints Jeremy Hinds
He was previously international reward and engagement director at The Body Shop, a role he had held since 2012.Hinds’ other previous roles include head of people systems and reward at Pret A Manger, HR operations manager at SJ Berwin, group payroll manager at Esporta, payroll and benefits manager at The ...
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ArticleCoca-Cola appoints Mohammed Valjy
He has spent eight years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as international benefits manager.His other roles in the industry include pensions manager at Unilever and international benefits consultant at Mercer.
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E.On and HSBC shortlisted for benefits communication
E.On and HSBC are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Benefits communication – large employer’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.This award recognises an effective and innovative approach to benefits communications, be it through face-to-face presentations, print, social media or digital media.The full category shortlist is:E.On ...
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ArticleNorthumbria Police accredited as living wage employer
Northumbria Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) have been accredited as living wage employers.The living wage, which is currently set at £8.80 per hour in London and £7.65 per hour across the rest of the UK, is an hourly rate set independently by the Centre ...
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ArticleAsda staff launch equal pay case
More than 400 female employees at Asda have launched legal action against the supermarket around equal pay.The cases are aimed at determining if the mainly female-staffed retail jobs are of equal value to higher-paid jobs in Asda’s male-dominated distribution centres.If the case is successful, the employees who have alleged they ...
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OpinionJill Clucas: How the lifetime allowance reduction will impact benefits and charges
The lifetime allowance (LTA) was reduced from £1.5 million to £1.25 million on 6 April 2014. When an individual draws pension benefits, the value of the benefit drawn is tested against the LTA (reduced by the value of benefits taken previously). With a reduced LTA, more individuals will be subject ...
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Wates Group to launch on-site wellbeing kiosks
EXCLUSIVE: Wates Group is to roll out on-site wellbeing kiosks in 2014.The construction organisation will roll our kiosks for all employees, including contract staff, after trialling an on-site wellbeing kiosk, provided by The Wellbeing People, at its Leatherhead site in April 2013.There will be two kiosks that move around Wates ...
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AnalysisHow to align tax-efficient benefits with a CSR strategy
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers can align a range of benefits to their CSR strategy, including bikes-for-work schemes and payroll-giving plans.Tax-efficient benefits are an obvious choice, because employers can donate the national insurance (NI) savings and employees can donate the NI and tax savings they make.Tax-efficient benefits, such ...
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Industry experts to run thought-leadership workshops at Employee Benefits Summit
The sessions facilitate professional networking, exchanging of expertise and the chance to learn new techniques and strategies for delegates to take back to their organisations.Throughout the event, delegates will be divided into different groups for each workshop to maximise networking opportunities.Discussions will cover a wide range of reward and benefits ...
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ArticleCo-op Bank to review directors' remuneration
The Co-operative Bank is developing a new directors’ remuneration policy, which is aimed at aligning the interests of its executive directors with the interests of its shareholders.In its Annual report and accounts 2013 the bank stated that, while the new remuneration policy is being developed, the remuneration committee will not ...
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ArticleDanone and UKTV shortlisted for motivational benefits
Danone and UKTV are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Most motivational benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.This award recognises employers that have put in place a successful motivation strategy that uses either incentives or motivational rewards to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The ...
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Tesco and RBS to speak at Employee Benefits Summit
Wendy Cartwright, former HR director of the Olympic Delivery Authority, will lead a session entitled ‘Are organisations finally championing health and wellbeing in their business?’Sarah Purnell, head of UK reward and benefits at Tesco, will discuss ‘The outlook for reward and benefits as the economy improves’.Martin Flavell, HR director at ...
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Barclays and LV= awarded for payroll giving
Barclays, HostelBookers, LV= and Shoosmiths are among the employers that have been recognised for the success of their payroll-giving scheme.The Pennies from Heaven Awards are presented annually to celebrate employers’ best practice and achievement in the running of their scheme.Winners of its Gold award have more than 20% of staff ...
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ArticleCourt rules IBM breached employer duties in pensions restructure
The High Court has ruled that technology organisation IBM has breached its duties to members of its UK pension schemes in the way in which it implemented a restructuring of their pension arrangements.The ruling, in the case IBM vs Dagleish, is of particular interest to employers that are, or have ...
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ArticleWeetabix consults with staff on pay
Weetabix is in consultation with employees to determine what steps to take around pay cuts and working hours in an effort to bring down costs.The cereal company, which also owns Alpen, Ready Brek and Weetos, is currently in consultation with its 2,000 employees.A spokesperson from Weetabix confirmed that a consultation ...
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AnalysisHow to maximise savings from tax-efficient employee benefits
If you read nothing else, read this…Salary sacrifice arrangements can increase employee engagement with benefits.Employers can use NI savings from salary sacrifice arrangements to help fund pensions auto-enrolment, introduce new benefits, or cover the cost of benefits technology.It is important to communicate the value of tax-efficient benefits to employees.These savings ...