All articles by System Administrator – Page 15
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Benefits team of the year
WinnerE.On:This entry from the large energy provider shows good practice can be simple, provided it is executed well and team members are prepared to put in the hard work at the front line.This is a team that is happy to roll up its sleeves and promote benefits directly to its ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective pensions strategy
WinnerSantander UKThis financial services firm acquired Abbey in 2004 and inherited the challenge of different categories of staff having different levels of pension benefits from eight legacy schemes - four defined benefit (DB) and four defined contribution (DC).After setting up a common trust-based fund and investing £120m into it to ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Grand Prix
WinnerWhitbreadWhitbread was voted winner of the Grand Prix because of its strong performance in several categories in this year's awards. The company proved it has more than one string to its bow, winning the awards for 'Most effective motivation or incentive strategy', 'Communications strategy of the year for employers with ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: The judging panel
DEBI O’DONOVAN editor, Employee Benefits is responsible for editorial across the magazine, online and events.DEBBIE LOVEWELL deputy editor, Employee Benefits oversees features and news in the magazine and the website.PAUL BISSELL head of reward, Cable & Wireless has 30 years’ experience in reward and benefits, and was previously head of ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2010 – speaker slides
Below are the slides from some of the speakers at the Employee Benefits Summit 2010.The Summit took place in Monte Carlo on 9-11 June.Employee engagement and the output of organisations in difficult economic timesNita Clarke, Director, Involvement and Participation Association (IPA)and Deputy Chair, UK Government’s Review on Employee EngagementDownloadNEST (national ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Revenge on the cards
A department scorecard system inviting staff feedback on HR services reopens an old wound, but Candid may have the answerThere is a new irritation in corporate HR called Peter. In the US, they have already started calling him the Hall Monitor because he walks round the corridors checking who has ...
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The Big Question: Does shareholder resistance impact on executive bonuses?
We ask the experts for their answers... have your say online at the Employee Benefits forumMarc Jobling, assistant director of investment affairs at the Association of British Insurers:The dialogue between shareholders and board remuneration committees is constructive in most cases, and where shareholders have concerns, they are generally listened to.The ...
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Employee Benefits Awards 2010: Most effective use of financial education in the workplace (Sponsored by Wealth at Work)
WinnerCapital One (entered by Secondsight)Although this entrant focused purely on educating staff on pensions rather than broader financial matters, its phenomenal results won it this category.The financial firm's largely young, call centre-based workforce had a poor knowledge of pensions, so Capital One set out two key objectives: to educate employees ...
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Hibberd in council move
Gillian Hibberd has changed roles at Buckinghamshire County Council to become strategic director (resources and business transformation). Previously, she was corporate director (people and policy).Before joining Buckinghamshire Council, Hibberd was assistant director of HR at Hertfordshire Country Council for six years and principal HR manager at the London Borough of ...
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Wheeler checks in
Luxury hotel group Dorchester Collection has appointed Sean Wheeler as director of HR. Wheeler will oversee the Dorchester hotel as well as two new UK hotels, which have yet to open.Wheeler moves from Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, where he has been group director of people development since January 2005. ...
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New role for Begbie
Standard Life has appointed Sandy Begbie group transformation and people director after merging its transformation programme and HR division.Begbie joined the insurance company in January 2010 as group transformation director after leaving Aegon, where he was HR director.As a result of the internal merger, Mike Conway, Standard Life’s group HR ...
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Lack of motivation increases as cause of absence
The proportion of employers that attribute lack of motivation as one of the reasons for sickness absence levels has doubled, according to the Employee Benefits/HSF Health Plan Healthcare Research 2010.The proportion of employers citing lack of motivation has risen to 8% from 4% in 2009.The main causes of SICKNESS ABSENCEMinor ...
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Employee Benefits/HSF Health Plan Healthcare Research 2010
Download a PDF of the Employee Benefits/HSF Health Plan Healthcare Research 2010Research: who are the respondents; key findingsResearch: attitudes to employee health and wellbeingResearch: which employee healthcare benefits are on offerResearch: international healthcare benefitsResearch: impact of health and wellbeing benefits on sickness absenceResearch: strategies to deal with employee stressResearch: employee ...
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Healthcare Research 2010: Key findings and respondents
Our survey was carried out in April 2010, with analysis based on 642 responses from Employee Benefits readers and users of www.employeebenefits.co.ukKEY FINDINGS36% of employers have no idea how much is spent on healthcare benefits, compared with 28% in 2009.64% cite improving the health and wellbeing of staff as their ...
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Benefits Research 2010: Strategies used by employers
The economic difficulties of the past few years have focused employers' minds firmly on getting the best possible return on any investment they make.When it comes to investing in reward and benefits for staff, organisations have taken a number of steps to reduce or control costs, including freezing pay, reviewing ...
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Benefits Research 2010: who are the respondents; key findings
The aim of this study was to find out which benefits UK employers offer 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, such as what employers have done to weather the recession ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Union talk is striking
An unnerving meeting with a trade union official is followed by coercion into extra HR duties, leaving Candid plotting revengeThis morning I am meeting with the union of our manufacturing facility, and seriously miffed about it I am too. At the risk of sounding parochial, it simply is not my ...
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Special report 2010: Contract-based pensions governance
Interview with: Victoria Nye, chair of the Investment Governance Group sub-group for defined contribution pensionsCo-ordinated approach needed for defined contribution scheme governancePre-retirement priorities for defined contribution scheme membersMake sure defined contribution default funds are dependable
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The Big Question: Will the 2% charge for the national employment savings trust (Nest) deter employers from using it?
We ask the experts for their answers ... have your say online at the Employee Benefits forum.Tim Middleton, technical consultant at the Pensions Management Institute:When the charging structure for the national employment savings trust (Nest) was announced, many commentators were surprised. Combining an annual management charge (AMC) with a contribution ...
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Employee Benefits Summit: Focus on performance
Business psychologist, strategic adviser and executive coach Dr Adrian Atkinson, chairman of Human Factors International, will deliver the closing session of the Summit, entitled 'Maintaining a high-performance career and business objectives'.The session will explore a variety of issues affecting reward professionals in their corporate roles within organisations.Find out more about ...