All articles by System Administrator – Page 16

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    Employee Benefits Summit: Global perspective

    2010-05-04T09:06:28Z

    On the second day of the Summit, Susie Inwood, former global mobility policy manager for gas company the BG Group, will lead a session entitled 'Managing benefits in an environment of increased globalisation'.Inwood specialised in expatriation in her role with BG, travelling on business to destinations such as Brazil, Nigeria, ...

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    Employee Benefits Summit: Engagement is the opening message

    2010-05-04T09:04:47Z

    The Employee Benefits Summit will open with Nita Clarke, director of the Involvement and Participation Association and deputy chair of the UK government's Review on employee engagement, delivering a keynote speech called 'Employee engagement and the output of organisations in difficult economic times'.Clarke will discuss issues such as engaging employees ...

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    Employee Benefits Summit: Guidance on the road to pension reform

    2010-05-04T09:01:16Z

    As the 2012 pension reforms approach, employers have a lot to think about and subsequently communicate effectively to staff.Jim Bligh, senior policy adviser for employment and pensions at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) , will address the key issues in his session, 'Pension commitments for employers in the run-up ...

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    Employee Benefits Summit: Top names join the debate

    2010-05-04T08:57:10Z

    Leading UK organisations such as Marks and Spencer, Time Warner, Comet, Lloyds TSB and Pret a Manger will be among those attending the Employee Benefits Summit, running from 9-11 June at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel, Monte Carlo.Now in its fifth year and facilitated by Employee Benefits magazine, the Summit ...

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    Employee Benefits Summit 2010: Shaping the Future of Workplace Retirement Savings

    2010-04-16T13:08:06Z

    More than 50 leading reward managers from the UK’s most prominent organisations, such as Shell, IBM and Glaxosmithkline gathered at the Employee Benefits Pensions Summit 2010 at Pennyhill Park, Surrey on 13-14 April. The Summit, Shaping the Future of Workplace Retirement Savings, focused on defined contribution (DC) pensions and where ...

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    Maintain Staff Loyalty With a Healthcare Trust

    2010-03-29T13:52:17Z

    The recession has brought increasing focus on the costs of employee benefits, with many organisations looking closely at whether Private Medical Insurance can continue to be provided as an employee benefit due to spiralling costs. More and more FD’s are asking their HR Directors to find lower cost options – ...

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    Euan Hutchinson's global role at Skype

    2010-03-29T08:00:00Z

    Euan Hutchinson has been appointed global head of reward and human resources operations at Skype.He joined Skype on an interim basis in November 2009 after more than eight years as head of reward for Europe, Middle East and Asia at Hewlett Packard. Previously, Hutchinson was manager of human capital services ...

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    Damian Cannell joins Bovis Lend Lease

    2010-03-29T08:00:00Z

    Damian Cannell has been appointed reward manager at project management and construction company Bovis Lend Lease, replacing Lee Smith.Cannell joined the company from Anglian Water Group, where he held the position of reward manager for three years.From 2003 until 2007, Cannell was HR manager (reward) at BG Group.

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    Jason Taylor moves to Hewitt Associates

    2010-03-29T08:00:00Z

    Hewitt Associates has appointed Jason Taylor as senior associate. Taylor was previously managing director of benefits provider Benefex and has moved across following last September's partnership between Hewitt Associates and Benefex. Taylor has nine years' experience in benefits and human resource outsourcing, having also worked for Ceridian and Northgate Rebus.He ...

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    Employee Pensions Summit: Reach the summit on pensions

    2010-03-29T06:00:00Z

    Employee Benefits is running a two-day summit on 13-14 April looking more closely at best practice for the role of defined contribution (DC) pensions within reward, as well as how other forms of employee savings are developing in employee benefits packages.The Employee Pensions Summit will equip delegates with knowledge on ...

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    Employee Pensions Summit: Delegates invited to workshops

    2010-03-29T06:00:00Z

    Six leading pensions firms will run dedicated workshops for small groups of delegates at the Employee Pensions Summit: The future of workplace retirement savings on 13-14 April.Consultants from Bluefin, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Thomsons Online Benefits, Towers Watson and Wealth At Work will run the workshops.Topics covered will include: selecting ...

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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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    Employee Benefits Summit: You can bank on Monte Carlo

    2010-03-29T06:00:00Z

    Leading benefits managers will be gathering on 9-11 June in Monte Carlo for the fifth annual Employee Benefits Summit.Benefits managers from large organisations who have not attended this summit before are invited to request a free place by emailing lucy.jones@centaur.co.ukTo view a full programme, go to: www.employeebenefitssummit.co.uk

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    Confessions of a benefits manager: Groundhog day

    2010-03-28T23:00:00Z

    Candid appears to be caught in a time loop of complaints about pension errors, and the explanations have a familiar ring, tooEveryone makes mistakes, I don't deny it, I make enough myself. But the mistakes coming to my attention are starting to get on my nerves. I mean, to err ...

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    Controlling costs is biggest challenge in Asia Pacific

    2010-03-28T23:00:00Z

    Improving employees' perceived value of benefits was second, with 22% making it their first choice. In the Towers Watson HR perspectives on benefits trends survey, only 4% say improving employee communication is their first choice.Read more benefits research

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    The Big Question: How would a higher default age affect non-pension perks?

    2010-03-28T23:00:00Z

    We ask the experts for their answers ... have your say online at the Employee Benefits forum.†Katherine Moxham is spokesperson for Group Risk DevelopmentThere is increasing consensus that the default retirement age review will recommend the complete removal of the default retirement age. But encouragement can be taken from the ...

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    Employee Benefits Events: Diary dates 2010

    2010-03-28T23:00:00Z

    13-14 AprilThe future of workplace retirement savings, Surrey.Join reward managers from firms such as Amey, Aramark, Cisco and Sony.ebpensionssummit.co.uk13 MayHealth and wellness in the workplace, London. A conference delivering expertise from stakeholders in the health and wellness at work arena. employeebenefits.co.uk/event9-11 JuneEmployee Benefits Summit, Monte Carlo.The Summit brings together the ...

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    SSL International replaces expired sharesave plan

    2010-03-01T11:00:00Z

    SSL International is launching a new sharesave plan for its 900 UK staff to replace the current five-year plan that expires at the end of this month.Employees taking part in the new scheme, My Sharesave, to be launched in May, will be able to save between £5 and £250 a ...

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    Staff at Countrywide Farmers take up sharesave plan

    2010-03-01T07:00:00Z

    More than 10% of staff at Countrywide Farmers have taken up its first sharesave plan.The firm, which supplies products to the rural community, has more than 1,000 staff and was pleased with the take-up in the current economic climate. Sarah Francis, group financial controller, said: “We were a little unsure ...

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    Sage introduces online flexible benefits scheme

    2010-03-01T07:00:00Z

    Sage has launched an online flexible benefits scheme for its UK staff, and introduced pensions salary sacrifice for its group personal pension.The business software firm has used the employer national insurance savings gained from the pensions salary sacrifice to fund a health cash plan for its 2,200 staff. Some 98% ...