All articles by Kate Cummins
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Case Studies
Rise in staff absence prompted Quintiles to adopt stress policy
It introduced its current stress management policy in 2012 as part of its holistic health and wellbeing strategy.A driving factor behind the stress management policy was an increase in stress-related sickness absence. To address this, Quintiles formed a health management team, which concluded that the organisation should improve its approach ...
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Catherine Ward joins Interserve
She had previously held the role of group director, people and communications at BMI Healthcare since 2006.Ward’s other career roles include director of consultancy, SHL; HR director, production, BBC; European HR director, Sotheby’s; head of HR, Norwich Union; and executive consultant, KPMG.
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Jonathan Sparham moves to Novae
He previously spent two years at American Express as benefits manager for Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA).His other past roles include international mobility process manager for Europe, Unilever; benefi ts manager, Convergys; compensation and benefits manager, Akzo Nobel; and compensation and benefi ts programme design manager, Procter and Gamble.
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Andrew Kinder takes EAPA chair
Kinder, chief psychologist at Atos, replaces David Smith, who has stepped down after two years in the post.
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AMUK appoints Neil Robson
His previous roles include interim head of reward, BBC; senior compensation manager, Société Générale; deputy head of reward,HSBC; head of reward and head of reward integration, Standard Chartered; and head of reward integration, American Express.
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Accolades for Employee Benefits Connect
“Just to say many thanks for organising another great event, well worth every minute out of the busy office and hectic schedule.” - Ricky D’Ash, head of compensation and benefits, Equity Insurance Group“Thank you, Debi, Debbie and all the Centaur team. An excellent, thoughtprovoking day.”- Ashleigh Witcher, senior benefits and ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Transfer rumours
We have yet another person in charge of mobility. It seems to come with the job that the incumbent is rather mobile too. No sooner have they unpacked their desk tidy than they are off looking for another job. I can understand why. Head of mobility is on the list ...
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Opinion
Wayne Pontin: Healthcare strategies need good data
The technological world we live in is all about communicating quickly and accurately, but who instigates the communication? Who produces the products and goods? Who services the communication and computer technology? Who delivers the productivity and so controls the profitability? People.So it becomes increasingly obvious that the health and wellbeing ...
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Opinion
Mark Polson: Slow take-up for workplace savings platforms
Nonetheless, attitudes have hardened to corporate platforms. One major employee benefits consultant told us recently: “I am not sure we have written a single workplace savings platform scheme.”There are four main reasons for the slow take-up of workplace savings platforms. First, auto-enrolment is crowding all thoughts of shiny new things ...
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Case Studies
Glenmorangie finds right platform for pension communications
Ian Drysdale, HR director at Glenmorangie, says: “As an employer, we were very keen to increase membership of our scheme.”Take-up of its DC scheme was 53% higher than that of its previous defined benefit scheme, which closed in 2002. The rise was credited to the communications strategy, which included employee ...
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Opinion
Ian McKenna: Online tools will increase benefits understanding
These fall into various categories. Some tools are designed to help employees better understand their own attitudes to investment and help them reach decisions about the investments in their pension. These would include: risk-profi ling tools to help members understand their attitude to risk; portfolio modelling tools to help explore ...
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Case Studies
Shop Direct Group sold on pension modeller
Richard Waddilove, head of employee relations and reward at Shop Direct, says: “The tool models people’s current contribution levels and their likely retirement income. Then it compares that against their target and enables them to say to what extent it will close the gap if they increase their contributions by ...
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Opinion
Amanda Solomon: Share schemes can motivate staff
In such a tough environment, it is more important than ever for employers to be able to retain and incentivise staff. There are a number of share schemes that can help achieve this, including HM Revenue and Customs-approved plans.Incentives such as the share incentive plan (Sip) and the enterprise management ...
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ArticleThe Hot 100 Benefits Managers 2013
Salute 100 more top performersWe are proud to announce, for the second year running, a fabulous line-up of 100 leading players in benefits management. They are the movers and shakers of the benefits industry and are therefore our ‘Hot 100’. Over the next 10 pages, you can see who made ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2013 is the benefits celebration of the year
Whether or not you have entered the Employee Benefits Awards 2013 it is THE social celebration of the year for everyone in the UK benefits industry.From benefits, pensions and HR managers to suppliers and advisers, this is where those with the finger on the pulse network.You can view details, including ...
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Employee Benefits Connect 2013: Global reward plays key role
In a global economy, businesses must understand the need to use reward to overcome issues such as attracting talent in emerging economies, adapting to local needs and the impact of expansion on the business and staff.In the dedicated ‘Global reward’ conference at Employee Benefits Connect, highly experienced speakers from leading ...
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Lloyds appoints Philip Hutchinson
His previous interim roles include reward manager at Bwin.Party and reward manager at International Power.He has also been managing director and owner of RePosition Consulting since January 2010.
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Marcus Underhill joins Aon Hewitt
He will be based in Singapore.Since June 2009, Underhill has been global reward director at Thomsons Online Benefits.He has also been head of consulting at Vebnet, head of flexible benefits consulting for Europe at Mercer, and head of flexible benefits at Watson Wyatt (now Towers Watson).
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John Lawson moves to Aviva
He was previously head of pensions policy at Standard Life, a role he had held since 2011.He has also held various roles at the Bank of Scotland, including associate director, sales strategy and development, and corporate sales manager.
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Employee Benefits Connect 2013: Opportunity for a relaxed, in-depth chat
This intimate exhibition offers a location for in-depth conversations where delegates and suppliers can chat in a relaxed atmosphere.Book your place at: employeebenefitsconnect.co.uk