All People moves articles – Page 17
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Incahoot partners People Value to offer high street discounts
Incahoot has partnered with employee benefits provider People Value to extend its suite of offerings to shopping discounts on the high street.The collective buying website, which offers discount schemes on home broadband, energy bills, mobile phones and insurance, has launched Incahoot Plus. It will be available for employers to add ...
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Aviva conjures up financial awareness campaign for young people
Aviva is running a social media campaign using magic to raise awareness among young employees about the importance of retirement savings.In a series of short film clips, magician Pete Hathaway uses magic tricks with money to encourage young people to save for the future.The films, available on social media sites ...
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HMRC wins car allowance tribunal against Total People
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has overturned a first-tier tribunal decision that found business motoring allowances paid to staff at training firm Total People were exempt from national insurance contributions (NIC).The case, from August 2010, concerned whether the NIC relief for business travel could be used, not only on a ...
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Debi O’Donovan: Are sales people coin-operated?
Tell the average line manager that sales people are ‘coin-operated’ and you are likely to get a wry but knowing smile. It is a common assumption that if you stop paying the sales force commission, they will stop selling.But this assumption is wrong, according to Daniel Pink, business writer and ...
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Enrich adds PeopleValue’s discount shopping scheme to its flexible benefits offering
Enrich has added PeopleValue's Advantage discount shopping channel for inclusion in its youFlex Express benefits scheme.PeopleValue’s Advantage product provides employees with online and offline discounts and cash back offers on a range of products and services.Andrew Woolnough, head of flex at Enrich, said: “We are constantly looking to expand our ...
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Reward First People Consulting launches mentoring programme for reward professionals
Reward First People Consulting has launched a programme to provide reward decision makers with one-to-one mentoring programme for reward decision makers to help them address the challenges associated with restricted budgets.The structured programme, Reward First, enables HR professionals, faced with calls for greater accountability around pay and bonuses, to improve ...
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Interview with Leisa Docherty, head of people services and reward at Sage
Leisa Docherty, head of people services and reward at software company Sage, is focused on the essential role reward plays in attracting and retaining talented employeesComing up with fresh and creative ways of rewarding staff without breaking the bank is the biggest challenge facing compensation and benefits professionals, says Leisa ...
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Employee Benefits Live 2010: Design reward to fit people
The essence of total reward is about trying to connect with an organisation’s workforce in order to obtain optimum results.Employers should design their reward strategy to fit their people, rather than trying to get people to fit the reward design, said Peter Reilly, director HR and consultancy at the Institute ...
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PeopleValue adds local discount feature to Advantage card
PeopleValue has added a local discount feature to its Advantage staff discounts and employee benefits scheme.The feature provides members of the Advantage scheme a card which, when presented across a network of over 4,500 high street discounts in the UK, a discount of their purchase. The discounts available are up ...
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Peoplevalue launches new employee reward and recognition service
Peoplevalue has launched an employee reward and recognition impact and effectiveness review service.Its eRewardInsight service will help employers structure an employee reward and recognition scheme prior to its introduction to ensure it is aligned with business objectives.It will also give employers an insight into the functioning of existing reward and ...
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PeopleValue upgrades staff discount and voluntary benefits scheme
PeopleValue has upgraded its Advantage staff discounts and employee benefits scheme, which is used by organisations like Corus, Rank and Hogg Robinson.Advantage provides employees with both online and offline access to more than 4,600 discounts and cash back offers on a range of products and services, from every day shopping ...
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More people planning to save for pensions, says research
The number of people planning to save for a pension has risen by 12% since 2009, according to the MoneyMood Survey from Legal and General.One third (32%) of approximately 940 people polled in 2010 intend to save for a pension, a significant rise from the 20% who were considering it ...
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Investors in People launches health and wellbeing award
Claridge's, Kimberley-Clark and NHS Suffolk are among the first employers to be awarded Investors in People's Health and Wellbeing Good Practice Award.In total, seven employers received the award, which was launched on 11 March and recognises employers that have strengthened their organisations by investing in the health and wellbeing of ...
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Interview with Catherine Slattery, people and development manager, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin
Catherine Slattery, people and development manager at Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, says good communication is the key to engaging a multicultural workforce with benefitsAs far as workforces go, hotel chains have one of the most culturally diverse, flexible and transient set of employees to keep motivated and engaged. But ...
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Ceridian appoints Jennifer Stacey chief people officer
Ceridian has announced the appointment of Jennifer Stacey to the role of chief people officer.†Jennifer joins Ceridian’s Senior Leadership Team and will be responsible for further development of Ceridian’s people initiatives, while also continuing to develop the company’s client proposition.Doug Sawers, managing director of Ceridian in the UK, said: “I ...
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Gillian Hibberd, president of the Public Sector People Managers Association: United approach will help to survive the crisis
These are difficult times and there are tough decisions to make. The recession has impacted on organisations so quickly, they must be flexible to survive. Short-term approaches, or panic-induced cost-cutting, can be destructive and take years to undo.Now, more than ever, organisations must recognise that their employees are their most ...
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Financial help for people who leave work early due to ill-health
People who have had to stop work early due to ill-health could receive payments from the government's Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) up to five years before their pension scheme's normal retirement age.A draft consultation document published today on the Financial Assistance Scheme includes a requirement for trustees to provide information ...
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Interview with Gillian Hibberd, corporate director of people and policy at Buckinghamshire County Council
Gillian Hibberd, corporate director (people and policy) at Buckinghamshire County Council, believes HR needs to take steps to promote its value to an organisationHuman resources was not the first choice of careers for Gillian Hibberd, corporate director (people and policy) at Buckinghamshire County Council. When deciding what to do with ...
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Musculoskeletal disorders affect twice as many people as stress
Employers have been urged to support employees with occupational health benefits to combat musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) which affect twice as many people as stress and account for 9.5m lost working days a year.The Work Foundation's Fit for Work: Musculoskeletal Disorders and Labour Market Participation report argues that early intervention and ...
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People moves at O2
Tina Clayton, pensions manager at O2, is to replace David Gogerly as head of pensions and benefits at the telecoms company.Gogerly is now moving on to take up the role of manager, international assignments at O2. Although the moves were planned earlier this year, Gogerly remained in place to oversee ...