All articles by System Administrator – Page 23
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Evan Davidge moves to the Department of Transport
The Department for Transport has appointed Evan Davidge as its interim head of reward, with a remit to develop a total reward strategy for the organisation. His role, which began in February and is due to last for three months, is to cover maternity leave.
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Ashley Bestwick joins Apple
Apple Europe has appointed Ashley Bestwick as head of European compensation and benefits. Bestwick, who will take up his new role at the end of this month, joins Apple Europe from publishing firm IPC Media, where he has spent five years as reward manager. Bestwick has been involved in reward ...
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Employee Benefits/Towers Perrin Flexible Benefits Research 2009
Research: who are the respondents; key findingsResearch: attitudes to flexible benefitsResearch: structure of flexible benefits schemesResearch: how flexible benefits schemes are administeredResearch: salary sacrifice in flexible benefitsResearch: alternatives to flexible benefits plansFeature: pensions within flexible benefits schemesFeature: how to communicate flexible benefitsSponsors Comment: Realise the full value of flexEditor's commentOver ...
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Research: Key findings of flexible benefits research
Our survey, which was carried out in January 2009, received 832 responses from Employee Benefits readers and users of www.employeebenefits.co.ukKey Findings36% of respondents say the recession will result in greater pressure to introduce tax-efficient benefits via salary sacrifice, while the same percentage (36%) say they will review providers to get ...
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International Employee Benefits Senate
International Employee Benefits Senate 2009This event has been postponed. Date to be confirmed.Organised by Employee Benefits MagazineEmployee Benefits is running it’s 2nd International Employee Benefits Senate in London.This senate will give you insight to what top employers of choice are doing, plus current market developments so you can be sure ...
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Kent County Council offers online fitness programmes
Kent County Council has launched a virtual gym to give its 44,000 employees access to online personalised fitness programmes.Staff are issued with a password with which to log on to the website, where they can complete a questionnaire and then receive tailored advice on health and wellbeing.They can then access ...
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Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust looks to extend long-service recognition scheme
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is looking to extend its long-service recognition scheme after launching the benefit to staff last year.It wants to honour staff, who pass the benchmarks of 15 and 30 years' service, in addition to those who are currently recognised for 25 years' service.Under the scheme, ...
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Boost for discount card
Asperity Employee Benefits has reported a five-fold increase in employee transactions around the use of its retail discount cards and gift vouchers after axing employee-paid charges. The benefits provider has cut a number of administration fees around these perks, such as the £1.50 top-up charge on its Asda pre-pay discount ...
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Cigna enhances private medical insurance plans
Cigna has enhanced its private medical insurance plans by allowing general practitioners (GPs) to directly refer their patients for diagnostics, cutting out the wait to see private consultants. The change should provide quicker investigations and avoid unnecessary consultation costs.Ann Dougan, Cigna's marketing director, said: "If a GP knows that their ...
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Thomsons offers online pensions
Thomsons Online Benefits is offering employers that provide pensions from Axa and Scottish Widows, the opportunity for staff to join the schemes online. Thomsons' Perquisite platform already provides an online joining process for Aegon Scottish Equitable, Friends Provident, Standard Life and Scottish Life pensions.Michael Whitfield, chief executive officer of Thomsons ...
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PADA appoints Michelle Lewis
The Personal Delivery Authority (PADA) has appointed Michelle Lewis to its trustee corporation where she will work on issues such as member engagement and investments. Prior to joining PADA, Lewis was senior policy adviser at the National Association of Pension Funds and has also worked for the Trade Union Congress ...
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Mark Cook, head of captive consulting for employee benefits at Towers Perrin: Captive insurance can pay off for employers
Captives, which could be viewed as insurance companies established by non-insurers, such as companies and trade associations, have been developed to finance a number of employee benefits.Recently, interest has become more widespread among companies heavily affected by the financial crisis as they look to cut costs and improve the governance ...
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Sarah Barnes, HR policy and equalities manager, Crawley Borough Council: Wellbeing agenda for workers is not frivolous
When it comes to wellbeing initiatives, the line between good practice and good business sense is often unclear. As individuals, we know the benefits of healthy eating, regular exercise and work-life balance. And as employers, it is clear that if we provide wellbeing benefits we can attract and retain our ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Calculated silence
With morale at an all-time low, it has been decided that end-of-year bonuses should be paid after all, although Candid could not possibly comment on the mysterious way these will be totted upFebruary might seem like an odd month to be paying bonuses and so it is. We normally pay ...
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The Future: from thought leaders
Employers, academics and industry experts give their views on what the future holds for benefits, such as pensions, company cars, share schemes, flexible benefits.Editor’s CommentThe Future Landscape for benefitsThe Future: from thought leaders: Norwich Union insight: wellness in the workplace: preventionThe Future: from thought leaders: Healthy competition will be crucialThe ...
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Financial Education Supplement
Interview with Annamaria Lusardi, professor of economic at Dartmouth CollegeTailor financial education to suit employees’ life stages Key messages to deliver to staff during a recession Educating staff about annuitiesMake the most out of workplace financial education. Discover how to educate staff with relevant, targeted lifestyle-based financial ...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises switches childcare voucher provider
Coca-Cola Enterprises switches childcare voucher provider
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Case Studies
Case Study: Abbey
As a financial institution, Abbey regards financial education as being paramount to the wellbeing of its 16,000 employees, particularly during the current economic climate.It is planning to launch a workplace financial education programme to help staff cope with the credit crunch, following on from an initiative built around its sharesave ...
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Inchcape switches provider for an integrated VB solution
Thursday 22nd January 2009Inchcape plc, leading car retailer, has switched its UK employee benefits provider to Asperity Employee Benefits to broaden its benefit offering and increase employee engagement.The new voluntary benefits programme, launched at the beginning of December 2008 to Inchcape’s 5000 employees across the country with a membership card ...
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Engage staff through total reward
Knowing the value of their benefits package increases engagement for staff, says Buckinghamshire County Council’s Gillian HibberdToo often we try to overcomplicate the relationship between employees and employers. In reality, employees’ expectations are quite straightforward - they are simply looking for answers to a number of questions. They want to ...