All articles by System Administrator – Page 34

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    Atkins ups holiday trade

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    Engineering consultancy Atkins has increased the number of days staff can buy through its holiday trading scheme from five to 15 per year, in order to offer more flexible working and aid retention.The move follows the success of the scheme last year, when 18% of the workforce either traded in ...

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    First tribunal case on age-related flex

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    Employers offering insurance perks with age-related premiums may have to review their practices following the first employment tribunal ruling on flexible benefits and age discrimination legislation.In the case of Swann v GHL Insurance Services UK, 51-year-old Susan Swann claimed she had been unfairly treated by her employer because the cost ...

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    Diligenta adds TRS

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    Diligenta has issued total reward statements (TRS) to its 750 employees to improve employee understanding and appreciation of their benefits package.The IT consulting firm, which is the UK subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services, issued paper statements to its mostly call centre and administration-based staff last month. Online statements are due ...

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    Over half of accountants unhappy with benefits

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    Over half (52%) of UK accountants are unhappy with the benefits package offered by their firms, according to Reed Accountancy's 2008 Salary and benefits survey. However, this was in sharp contrast to the views of employers, where 83% of managers in the accountancy profession believed their employees were satisfied with ...

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    Awards 2008 - shortlist

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    The Employee Benefits Awards 2008 have been inundated with more sparkling entries than ever, making it the most popular year yet. The finalists are unveiled below, leaving the winners of each category to be announced at a gala lunch on 18 June at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Click ...

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    Centrica adds bike plan to help staff cut CO2 output

    2008-05-05T23:00:00Z

    Centrica is launching a bikes-for-work scheme to its 30,000 staff on 5 June, to coincide with World Environment Day.The energy firm is hoping that the new perk will encourage more employees to cut their carbon footprint by cycling to work as opposed to taking the car or another mode of ...

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    Car reliability is most important fleet issue

    2008-05-01T00:00:01Z

    Vehicle reliability is the most important factor for fleet managers when choosing a company car, according to Bosch's survey Electronic stability programme (ESP) and the UK fleet market. Some 94% cited vehicle reliability as a key criteria when choosing a company car. The second most important requirement was safety (89%), ...

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    RSM reviews car payments following staff feedback

    2008-05-01T00:00:01Z

    Accountancy firm RSM Bentley Jennison is imposing CO2 limits on its fleet and is reviewing the amount of cash that it provides staff each month through its cash allowance scheme.Following feedback from staff that the cash allowance levels are too low, the firm has asked its provider ING to benchmark ...

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    Satisfactiion

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Employers have their work cut out if they are to make sure that their employees are satisfied with their benefits package. More than 60% of the UK workers surveyed are not satisfied with their perks, while 29% are actually dissatisfied. Some employers, however, must be doing something right because 38% ...

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    Recruitment and Retention

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Benefits strategy is inextricably linked to recruitment and retention in the minds of most HR experts. When Employee Benefits last conducted research into the strategies of employers (Employee Benefits/JPMorgan INVEST Benefits Research 2007), staff recruitment and retention were considered to be among the main functions of a benefits strategy – ...

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    Future Responsibility

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Health and wellbeing, financial security and the state of the environment are just some of issues on the government’s agenda that are also taxing the minds of HR professionals as they look at the future structure of the benefits packages available to staff.However, workers believe that employers should first think ...

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    Employee Engagement

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Boosting employee engagement has become a key management goal for all types of organisations, so much so that even chief executives place it high on their agenda. It is no wonder, as those organisations that have a large percentage of employees who are prepared to go the extra mile are ...

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    Valued Benefits

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Employers spend a sizeable proportion of their wage bill on benefits, but may not necessarily know how much the perks provided are actually valued by staff.They can, however, be reassured by the fact that the benefits staff appreciate the most tend to be those that are most commonly provided. When ...

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    Benefits Received

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Pensions, paid holiday above the statutory minimum, extra holiday for long service and flexible working are the most common benefits given to staff either as part of their core benefits package or part of a flexible benefits scheme. They also appear to be more widely offered in the public sector ...

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    The Employee Benefits Research 2008

    2008-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Employee EngagementRecruitment and RetentionBenefits ReceivedValued BenefitsSatisfactionFuture ResponsibilityThe aim of this study was to find out which benefits employees in Great Britain receive from their employers and which ones they value. We also wanted to find out what perks they would like to receive and what factors they think should shape ...

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    Misys places reward online

    2008-04-06T23:00:00Z

    Misys has provided its 3,000 staff with access to online total reward statements (TRS).The software and services provider previously used paper statements, but has moved these online as part of an initiative to harmonise HR processes.The online statements support the organisation's commitment to be more environmentally responsible, says Andrew Brown, ...

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    Pushing the message to quit smoking

    2008-04-06T23:00:00Z

    A series of No-Smoking Day events were held across the country last month by employers keen to encourage their staff to quit the habit and to embrace a healthy lifestyle.QVC, the television shopping channel, set up a stall manned by representatives from Quit, the no-smoking charity, at its London office ...

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    Moves at Herbert Smith

    2008-04-06T23:00:00Z

    Baker & McKenzie's European director of talent management Chris Lynch is leaving the firm to take up the role of global HR director at Herbert Smith.Lynch, who will start her new role in May, replaces HR head John Lucy, who was due to leave Herbert Smith at the end of ...

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    Universal Music to run a health week

    2008-04-06T23:00:00Z

    Universal Music will run a health awareness week in April to encourage employees to think about their health and to boost their understanding of the wellbeing benefits available at the music firm.Health advisers and experts will offer guidance on a different health issue each day of the week to 1,000 ...

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    Part-time firefighters win out

    2008-04-06T23:00:00Z

    The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has won an eight-year legal battle to ensure that part-time firefighters working on a emergency call system entitled 'retained duty' receive the same benefits as full-timers.Firefighters working retained duty respond solely to emergency requests via 999 calls.The Croydon Employment Tribunal found that firefighters working retained ...