All Research news articles – Page 36
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Exclusive research: staff motivation linked to productivity
Employee engagement and motivation linked to productivity have taken on a new importance over the past three years. This is according to the results of the Employee Benefits/JPMorgan Invest Benefits research 2007, published in the Benefits Book 2007.Benefits are now thought to impact on these areas to some extent by ...
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Exclusive research into salaries and perks for benefits experts 2007
To commemorate our tenth anniversary, we unveil exclusive research polled from the UK’s most comprehensive benefits database that tracks 1.35m staff. It shows that comp and bens practitioners are making massive strides, says Vicki TaylorBasic salary plus all contract-agreed bonusesBetween 1998 and 2006, salary practice in compensation and benefits (C&B) ...
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Towers Perrin acquires global employee research firm ISR
Towers Perrin has acquired global employee research firm ISR.It will now combine its existing consulting and research capabilities with those of ISR.Mark Mactas, Towers Perrin chairman and CEO, said: "With the addition of ISR's capabilities, we can enhance the integrated solutions and metrics we provide to clients across all of ...
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Employee Benefits Fleet Research 2007
The surveyAttitudesWhat’s on offerHealth & safetySponsor’s comment by Masterlease: Grass roots data is catalyst for fleetsThe surveyOur survey was carried out in January 2007. We received 309 replies from Employee Benefits readers and users of www.employeebenefits.co.ukWho are the respondents?KEY FINDINGS51% manage their fleet in-house.31% say cars will always be part ...
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Employee Benefits/Towers Perrin Flexible Benefits Research January 2007
The surveyAttitudesWhat's on offerAdministrationSponsor's comment by Towers Perrin: Flexing upThe surveyOur survey, which was carried out in November 2006 among readers of Employee Benefits and users of www.employeebenefits.co.uk, received 579 responses. The study concentrates ont the responses of employers which offer a traditional flex plan that is communicated as a ...
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Case Studies
Childcare on offer at Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK tested childcare vouchers on a pilot group of 12 staff in April 2005 after the tax and national insurance exemption on vouchers up to £50 a week was introduced. The tax-exempt limit has since been raised to £55 and the charity now offers the benefit to all ...
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Research update - Sales link to motivation
Increasing sales performance is a top priority for 36% of managers which introduce motivational schemes for staff according to research by Incentive Direct. Increased staff loyalty and commitment came a close second (cited by 35%), while 26% of respondents use such schemes to boost employees' happiness with their jobs.For more ...
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Research update - High smoking ban awareness
The majority (95%) of senior HR professionals are aware of forthcoming laws banning smoking in enclosed public spaces and workplaces. But while 72% claim they have already put in place a policy to comply with these, just under half (48%) still provide smoking areas for staff, which would breach the ...
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Research update - A group that will never retire
Research from Friends Provident suggests that a new growing group of individuals will never retire out of choice. Aged between 55 and 64 years, these so-called Bridge Careerists have a desire to keep on spending, maintain their status in society and to undertake work they want to do. The Lasting ...
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Research update - Pensions concerns put HR under pressure
Final salary schemes, A-day (pensions simplification) changes and the Pension Protection Fund are among the top three pension concerns for human resources directors.The findings from a survey conducted by Gissings show that HR directors are finding it difficult to address long-standing issues in relation to pensions.The pressures associated with final ...
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Research update - HR bods are much more mobile
HR and finance professionals around the world are prepared to move abroad to further their careers, according to a study by recruitment firm Robert Half Finance & Accounting. Almost half (45%) cite their career prospects as the main reason to move overseas.For more information visit Robert Half's website at www.roberthalf.co.uk
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Research update - Performance pay heads up agenda
Companies are placing a growing emphasis on performance pay, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. It found that salary increases for executive directors and senior executives decreased slightly last year, while bonuses went up.Median salary increases dropped to 5% of base pay in 2005 from 6% the ...
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Research update - A-Day impact not fully grasped
Although A-Day (April 6) is here, only 15% of employers fully understand the implications of pensions simplification on their pension scheme and only 9% on their life scheme, according to research from Bupa Group Risk. Graham Clark, director of group risk at Bupa, said: "We are not suprised that employers ...
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Research update - Nearly a third of employers turn to staff for deficits
As increasing numbers of employers close their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to new staff, it is not surprising that almost a third of organisations have turned to employees to help fund pension arrangements.The Pension scheme risk management survey carried out by Jardine Lloyd Thompson in conjunction with Financial Director ...
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Research update - Home computer schemes triple
The number of employers offering home computing schemes for staff has more than tripled in the past year, from 380 schemes to 1,250, according to government-backed industry body the HCI Alliance. Five million employees now have access to a home computing scheme, a 39% increase on last year.For more visit ...
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Research update - HR sees productivity links
More than 75% of human resources directors at Britain's larger firms acknowledge that employee health and wellness is strongly linked to productivity and staff morale, according to research from PruHealth. It also shows that 43% of employers think that employee health has a high or very high profile in their ...
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Research update - Multinationals lacking in globally mobile perks
A quarter of all multinational companies do not have a benefits policy for globally mobile employees - according to a new survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.Of those companies that do have policies, around one-in-ten have never reviewed them.The Expatriate and third-country nationals benefits survey included responses from 230 ...
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Research update - IDS finds little pressure on pay rises
Incomes Data Services (IDS) has found that there is little sign of upward pressure on pay rises in the run up to pay round negotiations.The vast majority of private sector pay settlements though are ahead of inflation, which is on a downward trend, with the Retail Prices Index inflation at ...
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Research update - Package drops for FTSE bosses
FTSE 100 executive directors have, on average, experienced falls in their overall remuneration packages this year due to increasingly demanding performance conditions imposed on their long-term incentive plans, claims Watson Wyatt. Its 2005 Executive reward survey found that the average basic salary and bonus for a FTSE 1000 chief executive ...
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Research update - Bonuses diminished this year
One-in-five businesses will not be awarding bonuses this financial year and of those that are, 68% expect them to be lower than in the previous year, according to research conducted by employee reward consultancy Innecto. Of the 183 human resources directors polled, 41% said their company would be awarding staff ...