All articles by System Administrator – Page 28

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    Benefits portal at Vodafone

    2008-11-01T18:00:00Z

    Vodafone has created a benefits portal to enable staff to access personalised information about all of their perks in one place.The launch of the portal is part of a communication campaign, which has rebranded the package 'The Deal'. The firm's 10,000 UK staff can view total reward statements and information ...

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    University of Wales Institute introduce on-campus health checks

    2008-11-01T17:57:00Z

    The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff has introduced health checks and a series of workplace wellness events as part of a new health and wellbeing strategy.Employees will be given the chance to have regular health MOTs including blood pressure and cholesterol tests. Participating staff will also be given advice on ...

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    Thomsons Online Benefits launches health and wellbeing programme

    2008-11-01T17:56:02Z

    Thomsons Online Benefits has launched a health and wellbeing programme for employees that includes learning accounts as a flexible benefits option.The programme, which was launched in October, kicked off with a group walk to work and a healthy breakfast for all the firm's 100 employees in the UK.This was followed ...

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    My Family Care launch new eldercare facility

    2008-11-01T16:41:20Z

    My Family Care has launched a facility to help workers with eldercare responsibilities. The Search and Guidance for Eldercare service offers clients a home visit from a consultant to assess the environments and needs of dependants and carers. The consultants can interview prospective carers and vet care homes before presenting ...

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    Aegon Scottish Equitable introduces 'one and done' underwriting

    2008-11-01T16:20:06Z

    Aegon Scottish Equitable has introduced what it calls 'one and done' underwriting for its group income protection schemes using a once-only health declaration form. If a member is accepted on ordinary rates with loadings up to 200% or with exclusions, they will not be underwritten again for any future increase ...

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    Part-timer wins right to rejoin pension

    2008-11-01T16:20:00Z

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a ruling that Somerset County Council unfairly prevented a retired female teacher rejoining its pension scheme after she returned to work on a part-time basis.The EAT’s judgment, delivered at the beginning of October, deemed the local authority to be in breach of the ...

  • Article

    EAP launched for SMEs

    2008-11-01T16:18:47Z

    Employee Advisory Resource (EAR) has launched an employee assistance programme for small and medium-sized enterprises. The product offers employees relevant and targeted support and advice on stress and wellbeing issues, legal and financial information, and childcare and eldercare locator services. The service is also designed to protect employers from litigation ...

  • Case Studies

    Case Study: Royal Mail reduces sickness absence

    2008-11-01T13:04:53Z

    Five years ago, Royal Mail was losing money and often offering a poor service to customers, not least because staff absence rates were typically high at around 7% a year and costing an estimated £1 million a day. In a bid to tackle the problem, it introduced a range of ...

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    Social workplace boosts staff retention, research shows

    2008-11-01T12:55:03Z

    Promoting a social working environment as an employee benefit could improve staff engagement and boost commitment to employers.A survey of more than 1,000 office workers by employee benefits provider You at Work found that blurring the boundary between work and play can have a positive effect on staff.The Social colleagues ...

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    Employers' interest in wellness growing globally according to survey

    2008-11-01T12:53:29Z

    The number of employers offering workplace wellness initiatives globally has doubled in the past year, showing an increase in employer interest in the concept around the world.Buck Consultants' Working well: a global survey of health promotion and workplace wellness strategies, showed that - excluding North America where wellbeing strategies are ...

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    Staff more interested in flex than expected

    2008-11-01T12:00:33Z

    There is more interest among employees in flexible benefits than employers assume, according to Alexander Forbes Financial Services' Pension confidence survey. It found that more than half of all pension scheme members (51%) would like to be offered flex, yet 41% of employers believe there is limited demand for it. ...

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    Cripps joins Hewitt

    2008-11-01T07:59:50Z

    Hewitt Associates has appointed Clive Cripps as an associate in the company's reward practice. Cripps joined the organisation in October this year from Xafinity, where he was head of flexible benefits consulting. He said: "My role is to work with HEwitt in developing its offering."

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    Carlsberg takes the green road with car incentive plan

    2008-11-01T00:00:01Z

    Carlsberg has cleaned up its fleet with greener cars and incentivised its employees to choose more environmentally-friendly vehicles.The drinks firm now offers fuel-efficient BMWs, emitting less than 140g of C02 per kilometre (km), to the 320 drivers in its employee car ownership and traditional company car programmes. From September, employees ...

  • Case Studies

    Case Study: Certegy rationalises pension arrangements

    2008-11-01T00:00:01Z

    Following its merger with Certegy, financial technology firm, Fidelity National Information Services had three pension schemes: a stakeholder plan, a contracted-in money purchase plan and a group personal pension (GPP).To harmonise these pension arrangements, it consolidated the schemes into a new GPP. Julie Chell, Fidelity's HR director for Europe, the ...

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    Wessex Water launch VB programme in record time

    2008-10-29T17:14:34Z

    The South West’s primary water provider, Wessex Water, launched their new voluntary benefits scheme with Asperity Employee Benefits in record time last month.The tailor-made scheme, Wessex Water Reward Gateway, was implemented just one week after Asperity’s successful pitch. The scheme offers Wessex’s 1800 employees a range of discounts and offers ...

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    Sarah Matthews: Evaluating staff benefits for an SME with a diverse staff population

    2008-10-29T16:32:47Z

    This project examines whether flexible benefits are a realistic option for the diverse group of individuals employed by Company X – an organisation providing private and NHS healthcare services. The Company employs 68 staff, aged between 20 and 66 years, across four sites.Click to download: Evaluating staff benefits for an ...

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    Wessex Water launch VB programme in record time

    2008-10-29T14:55:02Z

    29th October 2008The South West’s primary water provider, Wessex Water, launched their new voluntary benefits scheme with Asperity Employee Benefits in record time last month.The tailor-made scheme, Wessex Water Reward Gateway, was implemented just one week after Asperity’s successful pitch. The scheme offers Wessex’s 1800 employees a range of discounts ...

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    Wessex Water launch VB programme in record time

    2008-10-29T14:51:00Z

    29th October 2008The South West’s primary water provider, Wessex Water, launched their new voluntary benefits scheme with Asperity Employee Benefits in record time last month.The tailor-made scheme, Wessex Water Reward Gateway, was implemented just one week after Asperity’s successful pitch. The scheme offers Wessex’s 1800 employees a range of discounts ...

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    Employee Benefits Conference 2008, London

    2008-10-06T09:03:13Z

    To view a presentation from the Employee Benefits Live 2008 which was held in London on 30 September -1 October, please click on the link next to the session below. Not all speakers are able to give us permission to put their slides online. When this happens we have tried ...

  • Case Studies

    Case study: Cisco

    2008-10-01T15:44:59Z