All articles by Jennifer Paterson – Page 95
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Servisair launches corporate gift cards
Airport lounge provider Servisair has launched gift certificates for employers to use in reward and incentives packages.The certificates provide access to 21 Servisair lounges throughout the UK, continental Europe and Canada.The lounges feature complimentary drinks and snacks, newspapers and magazines, flat-screen televisions and flight information screens, and free Wi-Fi.The certificates ...
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Leading speakers announced
The conference line-up for Employee Benefits Live, which will be held 25-26 September at Olympia, London sees expert reward, benefits and HR specialists discussing the latest challenges in free-to-attend sessions.Michelle Connolly, compensation and benefits director, UK region, at Oracle, will deliver the opening keynote address on Tuesday 25 September. She ...
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Jelf launches auto-enrolment guides
EXCLUSIVE: Jelf Employee Benefits has launched a series of guides to help employers navigate the changing landscape of pensions in the UK.The series, Making sense of workplace pension reforms, reflects the nine sections of The Pensions Regulator’s (TPR) guidance for professional advisers.It is designed to make the topics accessible for ...
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FSA announces incentive scheme review findings
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has completed a review of 22 organisations’ financial incentive schemes.The review encompassed banks, building societies, insurers and investment firms.It found:Most incentive schemes were likely to drive employees to mis-sell and these risks were not being properly managed.Firms were failing to identify how incentive schemes might ...
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World’s largest pension funds grew by less than 2% in 2011
Total assets of the world’s largest 300 pension funds grew by less than 2% in 2011, according to research by Towers Watson and US investment newspaper Pensions and Investments.The P&I/Towers Watson global 300 research found that the growth in assets in 2011 was the lowest since 2003, except for a ...
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Deloitte offers heart checks to staff
EXCLUSIVE: Deloitte has hosted a day of healthy heart checks for its employees to coincide with World Heart Day on 29 September.The event, which was run by Roodlane Medical, included cholesterol and glucose tests, blood pressure checks and nutrition advice.It was available to the firm’s 6,000 London-based employees.The event is ...
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UK directors' average pension pot is $4.3m
Directors of the UK’s FTSE 100 companies have built up pension pots worth an average of £4.3 million, according to research by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).The tenth annual PensionsWatch survey, which analysed the pension arrangements of 351 directors from FTSE 100 companies, found that the average transfer value for ...
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UK staff unsure of value of pension
Over three-quarters (76%) of respondents said they have no idea of the value of the workplace pension pots they have built up in their careers, according to research by Prudential.The research, which surveyed more than 2,000 UK employees, also found that one in six (16%) have lost track of their ...
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Employee Benefits Flexible benefits supplement 2012
Employee Benefits has published a report on the latest trends and topics in flexible benefits schemes.The report covers:Is it possible to offer too many benefits through a flex scheme?Employer profile: GE harmonises perksOpinion: Peter Reilly of the Institute for Employment StudiesTop tax tips
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City University hosts wellness day for staff
EXCLUSIVE: City University hosted a wellness day for its 2,500 staff to educate staff on the importance of a healthy lifestyle and to highlight its health and wellbeing benefits.The wellness days have been held since 2008, and are part of the university’s wellbeing campaign Well.Clara Correa-Zappa Demilew, wellbeing and safety ...
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Report on employee motivation 2012
Employee Benefits’ motivation report rounds up the main issues and trends in staff motivation and employee recognition.The motivation report covers:Workforce segmentation helps target motivation benefitsMotivation schemes on a limited budgetOlga Tregaskis: Work practices could boost productivitySocial media plays a growing role in recognition schemesMatt Duffy: Accurate data is key to ...
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Workplace Savings Quarterly – September 2012
The third Workplace Savings Quarterly from Employee Benefits magazine digs deeper into the issues that HR and benefits managers need to consider around workplace savings.Find out what topics should be front of mind, including pensions investment risk, corporate platforms and auto-enrolment.
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Premier launches auto-enrolment product
Pensions and actuarial firm Premier has launched a product to help employers manage their auto-enrolment obligations.The Premier Auto-enrolment Manager (PAM) can be tailored to suit any size of organisation. It can also be adapted to work with multiple pension schemes and can interface with all payroll systems.Paul Couchman, managing director ...
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Over-55s would support appointment of a retirement minister
Nearly two our of three (64%) of over-55s would support the appointment of a retirement minister to focus on the issues facing employees as they approach retirement, according to research by retirement income specialist firm Primetime Retirement.Its survey found that 25% of respondents would not support the appointment of a ...
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EOA appoints Hasdell to taskforce
The Employee Ownership Association (EOA) has appointed Iain Hasdell to its employee engagement taskforce.Hasdell has been the chief executive of the EOA since April 2012. He previously spent 10 years as a senior partner at KPMG.Hasdell said: “As a long-standing supporter of greater involvement and fairness in the workplace, I ...
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Standard Life makes corporate changes
Standard Life has made a range of changes to its business, including:Its corporate function will now be known an Workplace under Ronnie Taylor. He will also remain accountable for the firm’s implementation of the retail distribution review (RDR).Its retail adviser, proposition, wealth and investment solutions businesses will report into Richard ...
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Bluefin appoints Ian Treece
Bluefin Corporate Consulting has appointed Ian Treece as a consultant in its auto-enrolment practice.Treece joins from Barclays, where he was associate director for the bank’s pension scheme.He has also spent seven years at Xafinity Paymaster as a senior project manager.
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Benefex and Enrich form partnership
Benefex and Enrich have become flexible benefits partners to offer a range for services to all sizes of employers.Enrich will combine its broking experience with Benefex’s flexible benefits technology.Cheryl Brennan, director and head of strategy and change management at Enrich, said: “Rather than going through the usual industry practice of ...
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Cineworld launches flexible benefits
Cineworld has introduced a flexible benefits scheme, added in new benefits, introduced a salary sacrifice arrangement, and rebranded its benefits communication.The cinema group, which has 650 monthly-paid employees and 4,200 fortnightly-paid employees, launched the online scheme for its monthly-paid staff on 1 August.Nicole Tomlinson, senior HR business partner at Cineworld, ...
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Participation in share plans motivates staff
Three-quarters (75%) of respondents who participate in a share plan were more motivated and committed to their employers, according to research by Loughborough University.The research, which took data from 1,500 employees in an HM Revenue and Customs- (HMRC) approved share plan, was commissioned by BT, IFS Proshare and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).It ...