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Employee Benefits presents Health & Wellbeing Conference 2010
Employee Benefits has teamed up with sister magazine Corporate Adviser, the leading journal for benefits advisers and consultants, to deliver expertise from all stakeholders in the health and wellness sector on 13 May.Speakers include Sue Connelly, global health and wellbeing manager at AstraZeneca, and Steve Boorman, director of corporate responsibility ...
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Employee Pensions Summit 2010
Top pensions experts will be speaking at the Employee Benefits Pensions Summit on 13-14 April. They include James Churcher, pensions manager at the Telegraph Media Group; Dermot Courtier, head of group pensions at Kingfisher; and John Chilman, group pensions director at First Group.Key sponsors will run in-depth workshops, enabling delegates ...
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Employee Benefits Summit 2010: the race is on for Monte Carlo
The fifth annual Employee Benefits Summit will take place in Monte Carlo on 9-11 June.This is the premier thought leadership and networking event for senior reward and benefits professionals.Delegates take part in a range of small workshops and attend conference sessions featuring high-profile speakers.Attendance is free for senior compensation and ...
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2010 Employee Benefits Awards judging is about to begin
The judging for the Employee Benefits Awards 2010 will take place during March and the finalists will be announced online in April.Remember to book your table for the Employee Benefits Awards before the early-bird discount offer runs out.For more information, visit: www.employeebenefitsawards.co.uk
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Special report 2010: Financial education
Interview with Andrew Pendleton of York UniversityBe sure to hit your target audience among employeesHow to build a business caseLikely effects of the retail distribution reviewSponsor’s comment: Wide strategy needed to get the financial message across
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Tesco staff urged to take part in share schemes
Retail giant Tesco is taking advantage of an HM Revenue and Customs initiative that allows staff to be automatically signed up to share plans as part of their terms and conditions.New joiners have had this included in their terms and conditions since July 2008, but can opt out. Staff are ...
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Tina Clayton promoted at Telefonica
Clayton gets global callTelecommunications operator Telefonica has promoted Tina Clayton to the role of director of global incentives and international assignments. The change is effective from last month.The move came after Clayton went on international assignment for Telefonica, parent company of O2, supporting the operational function of global compensation and ...
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Cyrille Vanoye named director of global compensation benefits at EMI
Vanoye tunes up at EMIEMI Music has appointed Cyrille Vanoye as director of global compensation and benefits.Vanoye joined the company from the Gucci Group, where he was group compensation and benefits director. This was his first London-based post after 14 years working in Paris.During his time in Paris, Vanoye’s roles ...
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The Big Question: Should firms plan for pension reforms before the election?
We ask the experts for their answers … have your say online at the Employee Benefits forum.James Churcher is pensions manager at the Telegraph Media GroupThere is still consensus among politicians about auto-enrolment. Some Conservatives have suggested that, if anything, the phasing-in process between 2012 and 2016 is too long.Auto-enrolment ...
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BDO launches discounted gym membership and online health assessment tool
Accountancy firm BDO has launched discounted gym membership and an online health assessment tool, and has staged a health awareness week to raise the profile of healthcare benefits for its 3,000 employees.Events were held at all the company’s 13 UK offices in January. These included cholesterol and blood pressure tests, ...
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Trevor Severgnini appointed CEO of Johnson Fleming
Severgnini is new CEOTrevor Severgnini has been appointed chief executive officer at Johnson Fleming, the corporate pensions, risk and healthcare service provider.Severgnini has 20 years’ experience in human resources and employee benefits, working for organisations such as Cable and Wireless, MCI and Verizon. Most recently, he was chief executive officer ...
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Benefex acquires PES and expands services
Benefex Group has acquired Premier Employer Solutions (PES) and its subsidiaries, allowing it to expand the types of consultancy and reward services it offers.The deal means Benefex is able to offer more reward, benefit and broking services tailored for the small and medium-sized market. It can also offer childcare vouchers ...
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Research: Employee engagement and motivation are key priorities in 2010
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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Special report 2010: Contract-based pension investment
This special report looks into investments under defined contribution and contract-based pension plans.Interview with: David Blake, director of the Pensions Institute at City University's Cass Business SchoolFactors to consider in defined contribution pension investmentsMake communications about pensions investment more meaningfulWhy group self invested personal pensions (Sipps) are becoming more meaningfulSponsor's ...
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The Big Question: Should banks compensate for the super tax on bonuses?
Should banks compensate for the super tax on bonuses?We ask the experts for their answers... have your say online at the Employee Benefits forumAngela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers Association:A lot has changed in banking in the past two years, but the reform the public really demands is ...
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Cisco puts employee benefits online
Cisco has moved benefits online for its 2,500 staff in the UK and Ireland to help them understand the full value of their reward package and what they are entitled to.It has also replaced its stakeholder pension scheme with a group self-invested personal pension (Sipp). Employees can transfer between the ...
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Expedia staff donate via payroll giving
Travel provider Expedia has relaunched its payroll giving scheme after recent world events.Since the scheme was relaunched on 15 January, staff at Expedia's Covent Garden office have pledged more than £6,500 to 55 charities including Oxfam, and various charities working in Haiti after last month's earthquake.Mirka Virtanen, EMEA benefits manager ...
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EasyJet employees hang on to shares when incentive plan matures
Just 244 of EasyJet’s 3,500 employees in its first free share scheme chose to sell their shares when the plan vested in October last year.From when the shares were granted three years ago until the scheme vested, the budget airline has seen its share price fall from 490p to 396.8p. ...
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Stephen Gambles leaves Alliance and Leicester
Stephen Gambles left his position as reward and benefits manager at Alliance and Leicester in January to become reward manager at private equity firm Alliance and Medical.Gambles was with Alliance and Leicester for almost two years before it was acquired by Santander in October 2008. After the acquisition, he continued ...
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IFF research: Most employees expect to retire between ages 61 and 65
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 ...