All articles by System Administrator – Page 113
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Health provider launches lifestyle services
Health provider The Health People Group has launched two new health and lifestyle programmes. Corporate and employee health and lifestyle management programmes are designed to boost workplace health and reduce absenteeism. The company predicts onflow effects including an improvement in staff retention.For more information phone 08451235320
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Clearwater launch hamper benefits online
Clearwater Hampers has launched an online service to organisations with company intranets. The product gives employees the opportunity to buy food hampers online. The company will offer negotiable discounts to those businesses who offer the tailored reward package.For more information call Peter Loverdos on 01235833732
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A-Day guide aims to simplify pension planning
An A-day pension planning guide entitled "Planning for Pensions Simplification" is out. The guide is produced by John Scott & Partners and aims to outline preparations and steps to consider prior to pension changes in April next year.To request a copy call 08458507508 or email info@jsandp.com
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Court ruling impacts at pumps
A decision by the European Court on reclaiming the VAT on fuel will have a major impact on company car fleets. Organisations will no longer be able to claim back the VAT back on fuel purchased by company car drivers because staff are not VAT registered. Employers will now only ...
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Karcher cuts costs with fleet switch
Cleaning equipment supplier Karcher UK introduced a number of changes to its company car fleet to save costs and improve service. It administered a sale and lease back agreement with fleet provider DaimlerChrysler Services Fleet Management, moving away from its previous outright purchase plan.Karcher UK management accountant Mark Venner said: ...
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Compass cooks up perks
Compass has launched a home computing scheme and a tax-free bike plan alongside its salary sacrifice childcare voucher package. The catering company decided to introduce all three benefits at the same time so staff could have one contact point and could see how the sacrifice on the benefits combined would ...
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Citigroup gives staff ethics hotline
Citigroup is offering employees the chance to call an ethics hotline so that staff can help prevent any regulatory or legal problems in the future. Chuck Prince, chief executive of the financial services firm, said he hoped to change the culture of the company following incidences such as the closure ...
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Choosing your helpers for flex
Implementing flex demands input from different departments. A feasibility study can create a business case and a consensus is crucial, says Matthew StibbeCase Studies: Craegmoor Healthcare, Aon Insurance Group.Article in fullThe job of implementing flexible benefits cuts across boundaries within organisations, demanding input from different departments and, in many cases, ...
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Care home staff get Smart cars
Springfield Home Care has introduced a contract purchase agreement that exclusively included Smart cars. Staff at the care home are now driving to patients in their new cars, which were arranged through a deal between DaimlerChrysler Services Fleet Management and motor retailer Smart of York.
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Risk assessments - legal requirements
Safety laws don't just apply in the workplace, they extend to an employees' own vehicle while at work, says Nicole SmithArticle in fullMany employers believe that complying with road traffic law requirements, such as ensuring company cars have valid MOT certificates and that drivers hold valid licences, is enough to ...
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The benefits of risk assessments
By managing road safety, for example, not only can better employee health be achieved but by identifying unnecessary costs, savings can be made. Training can also bulk up the bottom line, says Nicola SmithArticle in fullThe Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Driving at work:managing work-related road safety document states: "The ...
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Building a risk assessment policy
A risk assessment is the first step towards managing risk in an organisation. This will cover issues such as vehicles, journey tasks, drivers and uncover any problems or hazards, which gives a focus for employers, says Nicola SmithCase Study - ICI DuluxArticle in fullThe level of risk assessment that an ...
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BT affinity deals help staff get cars
BT has arranged for staff to get discounted car and van rental through an affinity deal with National Car Rental. The deal allows staff at the telecoms firm to get cheap deals on hire cars in over 80 countries and is promoted through BT's intranet site.
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Staff surveys
How do you know what employees are thinking if you don't ask for feedback? Jenny Keefe looks at issues to consider when formulating staff surveys.Case Study - National Express GroupArticle in fullPotential recruits surfing a UK airline union website might think twice about applying upon reading staff comments such as ...
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Salary sacrificed phone offers overtake PC plans
More organisations have given staff the chance to salary sacrifice mobile phones than home computers, according to research by Accor Services. However, the childcare voucher provider's Benefits Research 2005 shows that childcare vouchers are the most popular salary sacrifice offering.Some 29% of employers offer staff childcare vouchers through salary sacrifice, ...
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Pensions - What trustees need to know
Employers are expected to find it more difficult to recruit trustees for their pension schemes as new regulations were announced. The Pensions Regulator, the new regulatory body looking after occupational pension schemes, has issued a consultation document that sets out what it expects trustees to know from April 2006.Trustees will ...
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Long hours put strain on home life
Binge-working 'ruining our family life'The Story Employees working too many hours is having a disastrous impact on family life and health in the UK. Workers that put in extra hours at the office drink too much, eat unhealthily, do not exercise and rarely see their children. According to research conducted ...
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Heath Lambert pays MFI pension
Furniture retailer MFI has been paid £12m from pensions adviser Heath Lambert because advice it gave lead to an unexpected £50m increase in MFI's pension liabilities.The liabilities had previously been calculated with the view that its retirement ages of men and women had been equalised in 1994. The payout will ...
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Pensions society publishes new guide
The Society of Pension Consultants has launched a service to provide employers with information about pensions changes being introduced from A-Day. It has published a guide on its website entitled The new lifetime allowance and your benefits that is intended as a background to the changes tabled for April next ...
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Introducing flex
Introducing flex is a complex issue. Employers need to analyse why they are looking at flex because it won't suit all employers. If flex does get the green light, support at each line of the business is crucial, says Victoria FurnessCase Study: AjilonArticle in fullFlexible benefits schemes first came into ...