Peter White
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BT calls out to managers using performance perks
BT has introduced flexible benefits for its 27,000 managers to complement a recently revamped performance and appraisal system.
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Congestion charge hike hits John Lewis
John Lewis has estimated that the increase in London's congestion charge will cost its company car fleet up to an additional £100,000.
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Pensions simplification 2005: Interview with NAPF's director of policy, Joanne Segars
There is a banging coming from downstairs. It is loud and repetitive. While there are no signs that a group of angry workers are starting to attack the National Association of Pensions Funds' (NAPF) Westminster offices, the noise draws parallels to the struggle faced by the NAPF's director of policy ...
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Glaxo to assemble single voluntary plan
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is finalising a deal that will bring all of its voluntary benefits in the UK under one plan.
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Flex helps freelance IT workers go full-time
IT motoring consultancy Gedas has introduced a flexible benefits scheme to help encourage its contract staff to become permanent.
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Insurer acts to cut final salary deficit
Allianz Cornhill has introduced a salary sacrifice pension arrangement to cut its final salary deficit.
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Car parks fuel green drive
A group of large employers are pioneering environmentally friendly benefits as a way to negate parking problems in major cities. Some are specifically ear-marking staff car park cash to help fund a raft of green perks.
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Enviros uses pensions savings to offer flex
Enviros is using the success of its revamped stakeholder pension scheme to fund the development of a flexible benefits plan, specifically targeted at its young workforce.
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Home PC savings fuel perks
Hertfordshire County Council plans to expand its range of health benefits and family friendly policies using savings from its recently launched home computing scheme. The local authority, which introduced the discounted computer plan in March, hopes to see significant savings in employer National Insurance contributions that will allow it to ...
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HR speeds up voucher plans
Benefits bosses are hurriedly introducing childcare voucher schemes to take advantage of tax relief legislation. Employers such as Compass, Barclays, Eli Lilly and Herefordshire Council are all launching or re-launching schemes before April 5 to ensure staff get maximum discounts.
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Are home computing schemes the best deal?
Home computing schemes continue to be very popular, but the market is not saturated yet. NHS trusts are now getting involved after public sector organisations initially had mixed results with legislative issues, says Peter White
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Royal Mail sick leave down 11 per cent
Royal Mail has seen a reduction in its sickness absence levels despite receiving significant criticism for its stick and carrot approach to the problem. The organisation, which introduced a prize draw in August 2004 to help its 190,000 staff reduce the number of sick days taken, has since seen sickness ...
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News International blushes over share scheme blunder
News International was forced to cancel its sharesave scheme and compensate staff after its shares became invalid. The media firm, which is the UK arm of News Corporation and publishes The Sun and The Times newspapers, discovered the problem after the parent company moved its shares from the Australian Stock ...
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Scots council rolls out smoking ban
Aberdeen City Council has imposed a ban on employees smoking during working hours, including in company cars. It plans to abolish all smoking rooms in council buildings and staff who are found to be smoking outside or anywhere else while they are working will be punished. Employees will not be ...
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GNER's home PC success fuels charity plan
GNER has donated a number of computers to charities across the UK following the success of its own home computing scheme. The train operator saw a quarter of its workforce take part in the salary sacrifice offer despite uncertainty over whether the company will still have its rail franchise. The ...
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Mitie offers staff help with their addictions
Support services firm Mitie Group is introducing a drug and alcohol training programme to help staff kick addictions. It is providing staff with counselling services, both internally and externally, and quick access to treatment. Andy May, head of health and safety at Mitie, said that the company took action following ...
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Tsunami focuses pay giving
Organisations across the UK have been helping staff raise millions of pounds to assist victims of the tsunami tragedy. And benefits bosses are being urged to use their positions to provide further support. Payroll giving and one-off salary sacrifice donations have been popular options as they allow more money to ...
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Charity sets up EAP for its support staff
The Royal British Legion introduced a counselling service (EAP) in the run up to Christmas to ensure that its support staff had support services themselves. It also hoped the service would help bring down staff turnover throughout the organisation.