research – Page 61

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    Research: Dental perks bring a smile to staff

    2010-03-29T08:00:00Z

    Dental benefits are seen as an integral way to improve staff morale and reduce sickness absence.In Simplyhealth's Dental Survey 2010, 67% of respondents believe dental benefits improve morale, up from 51% in 2008. The figure for companies that believe dental benefits reduce absence has also increased, from 30% in 2008 ...

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    Nine out of 10 employers see pension as effective recruitment and retention tool, says research

    2010-03-29T06:00:00Z

    Nearly nine out of 10 employers see a pension as an effective recruitment and retention tool, though only 7% have carried out a formal assessment to confirm this, according to a survey published today by actuarial firm Punter Southall.In one of the biggest surveys of opinion among UK employers with ...

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    Employee Benefits launches new research into workplace health benefits

    2010-03-29T06:00:00Z

    Would you like to receive privileged access to a new piece of research into UK employers' health and wellbeing strategies?We would value your input into the Employee Benefits Healthcare Research 2010. If you respond by the time the survey closes on 22 April, we will send you an advance copy ...

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    Hewitt New Bridge Street research: recession’s impact on executive remuneration

    2010-03-22T15:23:33Z

    Eighty percent of FTSE SmallCap companies responded to the economic downturn by freezing executive pay and reducing bonuses, concludes a series of reports on executive reward published by Hewitt New Bridge Street.The report collates data published by companies in the FTSE SmallCap index, which comprises more than 250 businesses outside ...

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    Axa research shows disparity between public and private pensions

    2010-03-22T10:42:04Z

    New research from Axa found that six in 10 people believe it is unfair that public sector employees generally receive better pensions than their private sector counterparts.The research also highlighted that 44% of public sector workers agree.Findings show that a 25-year-old woman working in the private sector would have to ...

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    Research finds reward is growing as a wider company strategy

    2010-03-19T10:55:54Z

    Reward was found to represent 70% of a company’s total costs, making it a top management issue rather than merely the sole responsibility of compensation and benefits experts, according to new research from the HayGroup, The Changing Face of Reward.The global reward research was conducted through the survey of HR ...

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    Employee Benefits/Towers Watson Flexible Benefits Research 2010

    2010-03-01T17:29:00Z

    Research: who are the respondents; key findingsResearch: attitudes to flexible benefitsResearch: structure of flexible benefits schemesResearch: flexible benefits on offerResearch: tax-efficient flexible benefitsResearch: how flexible benefits schemes are administeredResearch: alternatives to flexible benefitsSponsor’s comment: Using flexible benefits can pay off in a period of change Editor’s commentAs employers have continued ...

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    Research 2010: alternatives to flexible benefits

    2010-03-01T17:15:28Z

    There has been a significant rise in the proportion of employers that do not think their organisation offers enough benefits to flex, says Debbie LovewellImplementing a flexible benefits scheme requires time and commitment from employers if they are to fully engage employees with the concept and optimise the plan's value.So ...

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    Research 2010: structure of flexible benefits schemes

    2010-03-01T17:00:09Z

    There is a growing trend for employers to enable staff to trade their existing benefits up or down rather than provide a flex pot to spend, says Debbie LovewellSince flexible benefits schemes arrived in the UK from the US in the 1980s, the industry's view of what exactly constitutes such ...

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    Research 2010: flexible benefits on offer

    2010-03-01T16:55:23Z

    Employers are moving towards offering a wider selection of benefits within flex, and childcare vouchers remain the most popular option, says Debbie LovewellIt can be a challenge to get the balance right when it comes to deciding on the number of options to include within a flexible benefits plan. Employers ...

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    Research 2010: attitudes to flexible benefits

    2010-03-01T16:46:15Z

    The recession and looming pension reforms have affected attitudes to flex, but meeting staff needs is still the top reason for offering a plan, says Debbie LovewellThe top reason to offer flex has remained largely unchanged over the 12 years Employee Benefits has conducted research in this area: that it ...

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    Research 2010: who are the respondents; key findings

    2010-03-01T16:37:34Z

    Our survey was carried out in January 2010, with analysis based on 354 responses from Employee Benefits’ readers and users of www.employeebenefits.co.ukKey Findings55% of respondents believe their flex scheme has been effective at reducing/containing the cost of reward.31% do not give staff a flex pot to spend, but enable them ...

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    Research 2010: tax-efficient flexible benefits

    2010-03-01T16:30:32Z

    The recession has seen more employers use the tax and NI savings from flex to fund business initiatives and additional pension contributions, says Debbie LovewellIn September 2009, the government made a shock announcement that it planned to phase out the tax breaks on childcare vouchers from 2011. This caused such ...

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    Research 2010: how flexible benefits schemes are administered

    2010-03-01T16:26:57Z

    A minority of employers administer flex fully in-house, but many still claim not to know how much their scheme costs to run per employee, says Debbie LovewellThe proportion of respondents that manage their flexible benefits scheme fully in-house has been on a downward trend over the past five years. Five ...

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    Best Companies Research: Employees are less happy with benefits year on year

    2010-03-01T07:00:00Z

    Employees are not as happy with the benefits they are offered as they were a year ago.Data collated so far for this year's Best 100 Companies to Work For survey took an average score over four statements put to respondents to find an overall 'fair deal' score.†The statements were: 'I ...

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    Research: Employee engagement and motivation are key priorities in 2010

    2010-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Employers’ key priority for benefits communication in 2010 is influencing employee engagement and motivationAlso high on the agenda is increasing staff perception of the value of benefits (67%), increasing employee appreciation of the benefits package (54%) and boosting take-up of available benefits (40%), according to Accor Services’ Future of benefits ...

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    Buck research: Pension de-risking to accelerate

    2010-02-20T14:51:09Z

    The transfer of pension scheme liabilities is likely to accelerate over the next three years as companies struggle with deficits, reported a joint survey from Buck Consultants and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).The Future of corporate pensions survey found more than a quarter (27%) of company pension schemes plan to ...

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    Hymans Robertson research: pension risk transfer market to double

    2010-02-17T12:58:23Z

    Pension scheme risk transfers deals worth £7.7bn were completed in 2009, and this figure will double in 2010, according to research from pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson.The survey, Managing Pension Scheme Risk Report 2009, showed that the longevity swaps market took off last year with deals covering £4.1bn of pension scheme ...

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    CIPD Research: Many employers up benefits spend despite the recession

    2010-02-01T11:21:05Z

    Many employers increased their benefits spend last year despite the recession, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Some 40% of respondents to its Reward Management Survey 2010 said they had increased their benefits spend in the past 12 months. Those in the voluntary sector were ...

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    IFF research: Most employees expect to retire between ages 61 and 65

    2010-02-01T09:47:03Z

    Between ages 61 and 65 is the most popular age bracket in which employees expect to retire, regardless of how much they earn.More than 40% of respondents said they expected to retire between age 61 and 65, according to the Attitudes to Work survey by IFF Research.This attitude emerges regardless ...