All Research news articles – Page 49
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Employee Benefits/HSA Healthcare Research 2007
Key findingsThe PackageSickness absenceAttitudesCostsSize of organisationSponsor's comment: Prevention as well as cureWhile employers are increasing the number of healthcare benefits being offered to staff, a fifth of our respondents do not know how much they spend on healthcare and only 5% calculate their return on investment.While it is accepted that ...
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Employee Benefits Research 2007: responsibility & communication
Not too long ago dedicated compensation and benefits roles were few and far between. However, the area has developed into something of an HR specialism in recent years. Our research bears this out with 25% of employers saying that compensation and benefits or reward directors and managers have primary responsibility ...
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Employee Benefits Research 2007: Salary sacrifice & voluntary benefits
Voluntary benefits continue to be pretty widespread with 58% of employers offering discounts on products and services to some, or all, of their staff. This is a similar proportion to our last survey of the benefits strategies of UK employers, in 2004, when 60% of employers said they offered voluntary ...
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Employee Benefits Research 2007: Core benefits
Types of benefit package on offerThe complexity of benefits packages has led to a myriad of definitions. Our research is based on the following:Core package: the traditional package of employer-paid benefits that may allow some flexibility within individual benefits, but staff can't opt out of or switch between perks.Flexible benefits ...
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Employee Benefits Research 2007: Evaluation and attitudes
There is little point in devising a comprehensive benefits package and spending large amounts of money providing perks to staff without evaluating the effectiveness of the benefits strategy. But less than half (41%) of employers actually do so. Larger organisations with more than 10,000 staff are the most likely to ...
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Employee Benefits Research 2007: Flexible benefits
DefinitionFlexible benefits: a benefits package where the employer pays for all the benefits, but the employee can choose from a menu of benefits. The employee will have a set budget to use and, depending on the scheme’s rules, may be able to switch into or out of benefits, or trade ...
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Employee Benefits/JP Morgan INVEST Benefits Research 2007: Strategy
How reward strategies impact on employer organisationsImpact of benefits strategies†To some extentTo a significant extentIt helps improve staff motivation/productivity62%20%It engages staff in the organisation62%18%It is an effective recruitment tool57%32%It promotes work-life balance56%24%It is an effective retention tool55%32%Employees clearly understand our benefits strategy55%30%It is flexible enough to meetchanging business conditions/needs55%25%It encourages ...
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Employee Benefits/JPMorgan Invest Benefits Research 2007
The aim of this study was to find out which benefits UK employers are offering to their staff and how these are delivered. We wanted to find out the impact of the benefits strategies employers use and the issues that shape them. We also wanted to identify the key decision-makers ...
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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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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 ...