All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 3
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ArticleSocial media is key to staff engagement
Mervyn Dinnen (pictured), blogger, and content and social engagement strategist, will speak about social media and its role in engaging employees in the opening keynote session on the second day of Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Social media to engage top talent’, will provide an overview of social media, including how ...
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AnalysisPg XX – Health screening in numbers
Source: The Benefits Research 2014 , published in May.Source: Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible benefits research 2014 , published in April. bit.ly/OeUozD Source: The Employee Benefits Salary survey 2014 , published in January. bit.ly/1oUTrfNEmployer case studiesLaw firm Mills and Reeve extended the range of health screenings it offers ...
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AnalysisMotivation report – Motivation in numbers
Source: The Benefits Research 2014, published in May.Source: Hot 100/Lorica Thinktank debate, published in June 2014.Source: Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible benefits research 2014, published in April.Source: Research by the UK Gift Card and Voucher Association in May 2014. bit.ly/TPDwDjEmployer case studiesAsons Solicitors launched a range of initiatives to boost staff ...
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ArticleUnmissable benefits tax keynote at EB Live
Delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2014 can find out all they need to know about the tax changes impacting benefits in a keynote session on 24 September.In the session titled ‘Business critical tax and legislation changes impacting benefits’, John Whiting (pictured), tax director at the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), ...
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ArticleHMRC to withdraw employee benefit trust settlement opportunity
Employers that used an employee benefit trust (EBT) before 6 April 2011 must notify HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by 31 March 2015 if they wish to take advantage of the beneficial terms of the EBT settlement opportunity (EBTSO) to settle the resulting pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) and national insurance contributions (NICs) ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 7-13 August:1. Government publishes draft Taxation of Pensions Bill 2. PAYE tax code changes could adversely impact employers ?3. University of Reading launches salary sacrifice cars and bikes ?4. Employee Benefits Summer School launches ?5. Glassdoor launches benefits comparison site ?6. ...
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ArticleMore than 4m now auto-enrolled into workplace pension
More than four million employees have now been auto-enrolled into a workplace pension, according to research by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Its monthly declaration of compliance report found that more than 21,000 employers have now completed their declaration of compliance, informing TPR how they have met their duties.Charles Counsell (pictured), executive ...
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ArticleTotal pay falls 0.2% since June 2013
Pay, including bonuses, for UK employees was 0.2% lower than it was a year ago, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK Labour market, August 2014 report found that this was mainly due to an unusually high growth rate for April 2013 because some employers that ...
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ArticleTowers Watson appoints new head of retirement
Towers Watson has appointed Peter Rowles head of its retirement practice for the UK and Ireland.Rowles will succeed John Ball, who was appointed Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) head of retirement solutions in June 2014.Rowles joined the organisation in 1987, and has held various leadership roles, most recently head ...
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ArticleEDF Energy settles pay dispute
EDF Energy has settled a pay dispute for nearly 500 workers.The employees, who install meters and deal with alleged electricity theft, in the London, south east, south west and eastern regions, staged selective industrial action in the dispute.Staff were disputing three elements of the ogranisation’s pay package:A 2013 pay offer ...
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Article11.9m workers not saving enough for retirement
Nearly 12 million UK workers are not saving enough to ensure they can maintain their standard of living in retirement, according to research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).Its Scenario analysis of future pension incomes research, found that, of the 11.9 million ‘undersavers’, nearly half are at ...
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ArticleWork’s a beach for Japanese firm
Something for the weekend …Hopefully, all our readers have managed to take a holiday this summer, whether enjoying a staycation in the beautiful British sunshine or jetting off to more exotic locales.Where employees have not managed to get away, perhaps they can bring a bit of the tropics into the ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
1. Government launches review of taxation on travel and subsistence expenses2. MetLife research: Employers review benefits to meet needs of older workers3. EXCLUSIVE: Madgex launches wellbeing workshops4. The Pensions Regulator has used auto-enrolment powers 23 times5. EXCLUSIVE: IMG launches personalised financial education 6. What are collective defined contribution pension schemes?7. ...
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OpinionAshleigh Witcher: Protection of employees’ employment
For the past four years, I have worked for Serco, a large international services organisation, looking after its long-term absent employees. Serco has a group income protection (GIP) policy, which protects staff through illness and injury.In the world we live in today, with such amazing medicines and cures for some ...
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Article78% of global employers committed to healthy workplace culture
More than three-quarters (78%) of respondents are strongly committed to creating a workplace culture of health to boost employee engagement and organisational performance, according to research by Buck Consultants at Xerox.Its Working well: a global survey of health promotion and workplace wellness strategies research, which surveyed more than 1,000 employers ...
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ArticleGlassdoor launches benefits comparison site
Jobs and careers website Glassdoor has launched a comparison site for benefits packages.The free online benefits review survey, Benefits Reviews, asks employees to rate how satisfied they are with their employer’s overall benefits package, and describe the best and worst aspects of the package they receive. Employees are also asked ...
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ArticleGo North East switches voluntary benefits provider
Go North East has switched the provider of its voluntary benefits scheme. The bus organisation introduced its new scheme, Save on the go, at the end of June, because it offered more diverse communications options than its previous scheme.The new scheme, which is provided by Personal Group, offers the organisation’s ...
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ArticleDens sees 50% pension take up before auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Action against homelessness charity Dens has seen 50% of staff take up its pension scheme after it complied with auto-enrolment more than three years early.The charity’s auto-enrolment staging date is 1 January 2017, but it launched a master trust, provided by Now: Pensions, in October 2013.This is the first ...
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ArticleEmployers review benefits to meet needs of older workers
More than a third (37%) of respondents plan to review their benefits package to meet the needs of an older workforce, according to research by MetLife Employee Benefits.Its research, which surveyed 214 HR directors, found that 17% of respondents have already done so.More than half (54%) of respondents are anticipating ...