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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Whitbread’s strong drive lands Grand Prix
Thanks to its strong performance in several categories this year, Whitbread was voted winner of the Grand Prix 2010.The hospitality firm won top honours for ‘Most effective motivation or incentive strategy’, ‘Communications strategy of the year for employers with more than 5,000 staff’, and ‘Most effective travel strategy for business ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Laughs and cheers for the winners
More than 600 benefits professionals gathered at the London Hilton, Park Lane on Friday 25 June to celebrate the best reward and benefits strategies among employers operating in the UK.Entertained by comedian Mark Watson of Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Mock the Week fame, guests were treated to an afternoon ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010 winners and finalists
The Employee Benefits Awards is the only event in the UK dedicated to celebrating employers’ reward and benefits strategies. This year, more than ever, it is vital to acknowledge outstanding practices as employers aim to engage staff in tough times.So we would like to congratulate our worthy finalists and winners!View ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective sickness absence management strategy
WinnerHumberside Police Attendance criteria policyBefore introducing its sickness absence strategy, this was one of the worst-performing police forces in the country, with absence costing more than £3m a year. Culturally, there was an acceptance of sickness absence and staff perceived that they had the right to leave the force early ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective motivation or incentive strategy (sponsored by Compliments)
WinnerWhitbread Going for goldIn a closely-fought category, Whitbread's entry stood out because of the way it used its motivation strategy to address key business challenges. The firm operates across industries hit hard by the recession, so it was vital to engage staff with the business to improve sales across brands. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective benefits strategy for working parents and carers
WinnerNHS Bradford and Airedale District Childcare support serviceThis winning entry focuses specifically on working mothers, but it was its range and innovation that made it stand out from other entrants.The strategy covers a large workforce across four NHS trusts, and it has been in development since 2002, gradually adding initiatives. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers
Winner Whitbread Company car schemeWhitbread’s approach to its company car strategy stood out because of the company’s refusal to take the easy option when looking to reduce the scheme’s running costs by 25%. The judges were impressed by the effort made to improve the benefits offered to staff, rather than ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective all-employee share scheme strategy
WinnerFirstGroup SAYE and BAYEThis winning entrant from the transport sector runs two forms of all-employee share scheme: a share incentive plan (buy as you earn or BAYE) and sharesave (save as you earn or SAYE). These are run as integral to the firm's overall employee savings strategy and, in particular, ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for organisations with fewer than 1,000 staff (Sponsored by Westfield Health)
WinnerTD Waterhouse International Health and wellbeing programmeThis financial services firm has a clear health and wellbeing policy of offering a suite of initiatives and activities that are driven, in part, by the articulated needs of its workforce via an annual survey.There is a strong desire to offer a range of ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 staff (Sponsored by Westfield Health)
WinnerUnilever UK and Ireland Fit businessThis entrant was rigorously scrutinised by the judges because of the advantages Unilever may be perceived to have as a company that produces healthy consumable goods. But because of the excellent way it went about aligning its internal brand with its external brand and the ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective total reward strategy
WinnerTowry Total rewardIn 2007, this financial services firm moved away from commission-based charging to fee-based billing. This led to the introduction, in 2008, of a new reward strategy that included higher pay and lower variable pay for client-facing staff. In addition, the firm needs to hold on to top talent ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Communications strategy of the year for employers with fewer than 5,000 staff
WinnerMoneyway FlexiBen (entered by Motivano)The judges were "blown away" by this entry, which made use of social media to communicate benefits to a workforce that is hard to engage with perks. This small bank's workforce comprises mostly young, low-paid employees, few of whom would consider sacrificing part of their salary ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective international reward strategy
WINNERTrowers and Hamlins TH&me (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)Implementing a global flexible benefits scheme is no small task in itself, but to put one in place in just eight weeks, as this law firm did, is an even greater achievement. The new scheme replaced a previous, unsuccessful, paper-based flex plan. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Communications strategy of the year for employers with more than 5,000 staff
WinnerWhitbread Going for goldWhitbread’s entry was a strong example of a communications campaign that supported an incentive scheme designed to engage staff in the organisation’s core business activities during tough economic times. Its ‘Going for gold’ scheme was introduced to encourage staff to maximise sales for the company, to provide ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective benefits strategy for organisations with fewer than 1,000 staff (Sponsored by Secondsight)
WinnerVisitScotland VisitScotland rewardsIn 2008, this Scottish tourism body faced the significant challenges of high staff turnover, difficulty in attracting and retaining staff in the face of strong competition from private sector organisations, and poor employee perceptions of pay and benefits. Budget restrictions and government pay remit rules meant no money ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan (Sponsored by Personal Group)
WINNER Moneyway FlexiBen (entered by Motivano)This entrant was the outright winner because it got its voluntary benefits exactly right for its budget, employee profile and business objectives.This small banking company has 180 staff who are largely on salaries of £14,000 a year, and most have been there for fewer than ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective benefits strategy for organisations with more than 1,000 staff
WinnerKwik Fit Financial Services FlexAs a call-centre organisation with a high number of young, low-paid employees, this insurance intermediary looked to its benefits strategy to help overcome a number of wider business issues. The launch of its flexible benefits package coincided with the introduction of a number of facilities to ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective use of a flexible benefits plan (Sponsored by Bluefin)
WinnerBG Group BG flexible benefitsThe judges were impressed with the innovative structure of the oil and gas firm's scheme around a share incentive plan (Sip). All eligible employees receive an allocation of shares through the Sip, which they can accept or decline as they wish during the annual flex enrolment ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective benefits strategy in a public sector organisation
Winner Kent County Council Kent rewardsLike many public sector organisations, this entrant has a strong focus on increasing workforce diversity, so it was important that it offered a wide-ranging benefits package. Also, because not all staff are computer literate, it was important that any websites used were easy to navigate. ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Compensation and benefits professional of the year
WinnerColin Miller, reward manager, Kent County CouncilColin Miller has been highly rated for the work he has done at Kent County Council in recent years.The local authority has won several Employee Benefits Awards accolades during his tenure, notably the 2010 'Most effective benefits strategy in a public sector organisation' award ...