All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 21
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BGL Group appoints Claire Whieldon
She will lead the organisation’s growing reward and benefits agenda, which includes the creation and implementation of a new reward strategy for more than 3,000 staff in the UK and Europe.She previously held a reward and benefits role at Napp Pharmaceuticals. Before that, she was a tax manager at the ...
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Heineken appoints Neil Parfrey
Parfrey’s previous roles in the industry include interim head of pensions at EDF Energy, interim director of pensions for the UK and return on investment at Diageo, and director of pensions at Alliance Boots.He has also been a director at KPMG and a partner at Buck Consultants.
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Kantar Worldpanel promotes Hema Patel
She was previously compensation and benefits manager for the UK and Ireland.Patel’s other previous roles in the industry include UK compensation and benefits executive at Taylor Nelson Sofres, and compensation and benefits adviser at Gate Gourmet London.
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ArticleAon to acquire Lorica Employee Benefits
Aon has agreed to acquire Lorica Employee Benefits, subject to regulatory confirmation.The aim of the acqusition is that, by joining forces, Aon and Lorica Employee Benefits will deliver significant employee benefits experience to organisations across the UK. Aon’s benefits solutions business currently employs around 240 people in seven locations in ...
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ArticlePension membership increases to 50%
Participation in pensions increased in 2013 for the first time since 2006, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its 2013 Annual survey of hours and earnings: summary of pension results, found that the proportion of employees who belong to a workplace pension increased from 47% to 50% ...
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ArticleFour Seasons Health Care launches voluntary benefits
Four Seasons Health Care is to launch a voluntary benefits scheme for its 33,000 UK employees.The scheme, which will launch in March, will be available to the health and social care provider’s employees through an online portal and a hard-copy benefits book.It will include access to a discounts scheme and ...
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ArticleLast month's top stories in numbers
£6 million The amount that 1,000 Whitbread staff will share after the maturity of the organisation’s three-year and five-year sharesave schemes.45,000 Metropolitan Police Service staff can access its new voluntary benefits scheme.99.3% The percentage of Finmeccanica Group’s employees who are in its trust-based defined contribution pension scheme after auto-enrolment.164,000 The ...
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She was previously senior reward manager at British Airways, a role she held for five years.Her other previous roles include head of reward at Lloyds TSB Asset Finance and personnel officer at Morgan Grenfell.In 2013, Sparks was Employee Benefits Professional of the Year in the Employee Benefits Awards.
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ArticleMen dominate jobs with highest pay
Nearly two-thirds of the 900,000 employees in the UK’s best-paid occupations are male, according to research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).Its analysis of the 10 best and 10 worst-paid occupations in the UK showed that legal professionals, head teachers and college principals are the only top-paying occupations that employ ...
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ArticleNielsen shares importance of strategic focus needed on employee engagement
Employee engagement is integral to the effective management of a transformational business change.Kathie Miller (pictured), senior vice president of global learning at Nielsen, will lead a session called Engaging a changing workforce at Employee Benefits Connect in New York on March 25, 2014.She will share her own experience, over the ...
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ArticleLloyds to revise pensionable pay cap
Lloyds Banking Group is to revise its pensionable pay cap for around 35,000 employees who are members of its six defined benefit (DB) pension schemes.Following a consultation with employees and unions in November 2013, the bank will revise the current cap on the increase in pensionable pay from 2% to ...
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ArticleMinimum wage to increase by 3% from October
The national minimum wage will rise to £6.50 an hour for adults aged 21 and over from October.This represents a 3% increase as recommended by the Low Pay Commission.According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) around two-thirds (64%) of respondents thought policymakers should try ...
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ArticleResponsibility for workplace health should be shared
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 80% of respondents believe the responsibility for managing staff health and wellbeing should be shared between employer and employee, according to research by health insurance provider Westfield Health.Its Employee view – health and wellbeing in the workplace research, which surveyed 1,500 UK adults, found that only 7% of ...
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ArticleBazaarvoice to present on delivering total rewards at Employee Benefits Connect
A session at Employee Benefits Connect, in New York, will demonstrate how managing total rewards is as much about organizational change management as it is about dollars and cents. Philip Ziman (pictured), vice president, total rewards and operations at software-as-a-service organization Bazaarvoice, will lead a session titled Advancing total rewards ...
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ArticleInterview with George Makris, lead reward manager and head of executive compensation, Direct Line Group
After graduating from university, he became a research analyst at Manifest and a corporate governance analyst at Institutional Shareholder Services. In these early roles, he was responsible for assessing corporate reward structures and executive payroll and remuneration arrangements for various organisations.“I had regular engagement with the organisations I was analysing, ...
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Lafarge Tarmac promotes Alison Moloney
She was previously director of reward and performance at Lafarge Tarmac, and has also held the position of director of reward and recognition at Tarmac.Moloney has also held a number of senior roles at the construction group, including head of reward, pensions and HR shared services. Previously, she was a ...
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Citigroup promotes George Kingaby
He has held a range of roles at the banking group since December 2002, including EMEA pensions and benefits manager, UK pensions manager and pensions analyst.Before that, Kingaby was a pensions analyst at Aon Consulting.
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ArticlePersonal Group acquires Lets Connect
Employee benefits provider Personal Group has acquired Lets Connect for a total consideration of up to £12 million.The consideration is to be satisfied by a £6 million cash payment at completion, followed by an earn-out over two years for the remainder of the consideration, dependent on performance.Lets Connect is a ...
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Rolls-Royce to launch deferred bonus plan
Rolls-Royce has reduced the deficit of its defined benefit (DB) pension schemes and is to launch a deferred shares bonus plan for executive directors and senior managers.Its Annual financial report showed that, during 2013, the net deficit of the pension schemes fell by £49 million, principally due to the movements ...
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ArticleLoews to share how HR can shape company strategy at Employee Benefits Connect
A session at Employee Benefits Connect New York will set out why HR departments should align themselves with the branding of the rest of the business.Alan Momeyer, vice president of HR at Loews Corporation, will lead a session titled The role of HR in shaping company strategy at Employee Benefits ...