All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 64
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Wellbeing4Business launches workplace wellbeing challenge
Wellbeing4Business has launched an online team challenges programme to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace.The Healthy Teams programme, which is available for employers of all sizes, provides access to a web portal that enables them to run team-based wellbeing challenges for staff.Each challenge lasts for four weeks, during which ...
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Boots and Waitrose support staff volunteering
Boots, British Gas, Lloyds Banking Group, Prudential and Waitrose are among the employers supporting Give and Gain Day by offering employees the opportunity to volunteer.Give and Gain Day, on 17 May, will see more than 11,000 UK employees volunteer in their local communities.The day is part of Business in the ...
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Cycling to work saves more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
More than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) have been saved every year through employees cycling to work, according to research by the Cycle to Work Alliance.Its Green way to work report, which surveyed 18,500 employees who use a bikes-for-work scheme, found that respondents save 112,210 tonnes of CO2 in ...
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Average pay growth at lowest levels since 2001
Average weekly earnings, excluding bonus payments, rose by 0.8% between January and March 2013, according to figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).This is the lowest growth rate since comparable records began in 2001.Average weekly earnings, including bonus payments, rose by 0.4% during the same period. This growth rate ...
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Xactly launches sales incentive compensation product
Xactly Corporation has launched a sales incentive compensation product that enables managers to link the organisation’s goals to employee behaviour to engage and motivate staff.Xactly Objectives enables employers to set measurable, aligned business objectives for each employee, provide employees with real-time visibility of their performance, calculate achievement of those metrics, ...
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Coca-Cola shortlisted for pensions comms
American Express, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Morrisons are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best pensions communications’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.For this category, the judges were looking for a successful strategy that helped to boost employee knowledge and understanding of pensions and the need to ...
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Wrap Film staff take up voluntary benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Wrap Film Systems has seen 42% take-up of its voluntary benefits scheme since it was launched at the end of February 2013.The programme, Your Choice, was put in place to help boost employee morale and to give something back to the cling film and aluminium foil exporter’s 310 employees.Sarah ...
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Bwin.Party and Merlin shortlisted for global benefits
Bwin.Party and Merlin Entertainments are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best international benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award focuses on employers that have used their global reward strategy effectively to help drive business goals.The full category shortlist is:Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment - Just.rewards (entered ...
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Xerox changes holiday purchase scheme
EXCLUSIVE: Xerox has doubled the number of days staff can buy each year through its holiday purchase scheme, made it available to all employees and extended the time period during which staff can take up the benefit.Employees can now buy up to 20 days a year through the scheme, which ...
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BMW and AIG shortlisted for stress approach
BMW and Quintiles are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best stress management scheme’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award will recognise employers that have made a concerted effort to tackle employee stress and mental health issues.The full category shortlist is:AIG Europe - AIG Absence ...
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Less than half of employers have engagement strategy
The majority (79%) of respondents rate employee engagement as a high priority, but only 41% have an employee engagement strategy in place, according to research by YouForce.The research, which was conducted in March 2013, found that, of the 41% which do have an employee engagement strategy, 30% said it improves ...
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British Gas and Asda shortlisted for motivation
British Gas, McDonald’s Restaurants and Whitbread are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Most motivational benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.For this category, the judges looked for a successful motivation strategy that uses incentives or reward to help drive employee performance, engagement or retention.The full ...
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Awareness of pension tax efficiency is on the rise
More people are aware of the tax efficiencies around pensions than a year ago, according to research by Standard Life.Its research, which surveyed more than 2,000 UK adults, found that more than a third (39%) respondents are aware that the government will automatically add £1 for every £4 they invest ...
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Cisco appoints Spencer Roach
Roach’s previous roles include international compensation and benefits manager at Nuance Communications; compensation and benefits manager, EMEA, and pensions delivery manager at Honeywell; pensions and benefits consultant at Aon Consulting (now Aon Hewitt); and risk and benefits administrator at Mercer.Roach was named as one of the Hot 100 Benefits Managers ...
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BP promotes Susan Hughes
Hughes previously held the role of associate director, UK pension and benefits at BP.With more than 20 years working in the pensions industry, she has also been pensions manager at Independent Television News and senior pensions officer at Abbey National Pension Fund.Hughes was named one of the Hot 100 Benefits ...
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Canal and River Trust appoints George Serls
Previously, he was a reward specialist at Sanctuary Group.His other past roles include senior HR officer, pay and reward at North East Lincolnshire Council and pay and benefits manager at Cattles.
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Sony Europe appoints Roy Douglas
He was previously pensions and benefits specialist for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at State Street Bank and Trust Company.He has also held pensions analyst roles at Citi Global Markets and Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
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Retail group records £31m DB pension net gain
Home Retail Group’s defined benefit (DB) pension scheme has recorded a net exceptional gain of £31.3 million since it was closed to future accrual from 31 January 2013.This includes a non-cash curtailment gain of £37.4 million, arising from the one-off reduction in the scheme’s liabilities because members ware no longer ...
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Holiday Extras and Roche UK shortlisted for engaging benefits
Holiday Extras and Roche UK are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Most engaging benefits package’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.This award focuses on how an employer used benefits within its wider strategy to engage employees with the organisation. The winner will have demonstrated how ...
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Ashurst and Trolex shortlisted for reward strategy
Ashurst and Trolex are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best reward strategy aligned to business strategy’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.For this award, the judges were looking for an entrant that successfully integrated its reward offerings into a single total reward strategy and demonstrated ...