All articles by System Administrator – Page 34
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Centaur opts for sharesave
Centaur Media launched a sharesave plan in April to boost staff engagement and retention.Employees at the publisher could opt to save a monthly fixed amount for three or five years and then earn a tax-free bonus.The firm already has a share incentive plan (Sip) in place, but it hopes that ...
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Voluntary plan is first step to flex for publisher Dennis
Dennis Publishing has launched an online voluntary benefits plan along with the option to make pension contributions through salary sacrifice, with a view to launching flexible benefits in the next 12 months.The voluntary benefits scheme, provided by Motivano, offers employees discounts on products and services ranging from holidays and AA ...
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Vets Now opts for flex plan
Vets Now, the provider of out-of-hours emergency veterinary care, is launching a flexible benefits scheme in an effort to aid its recruitment and retention of vets.The company is to offer its 300 employees 1.5% of their salary to spend on benefits that include Bupa private medical insurance, childcare vouchers and ...
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McAleese joins Pace Micro from GE
Ian McAleese has left his role as HR business partner at GE to become head of HR at Pace Micro Technology. He said: "There's an awful lot to do [here], like bringing a real commercial edge to HR within the business."
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Trotman goes in Whitbread restructure
Whitbread has made Nigel Trotman, business relationship manager, redundant following an internal restructure. Trotman hopes to be able to use his primarily fleet-related skills working for another organisation.
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Nottingham loses Humphries
Helen Humphries has retired from her role as HR consultant at Nottingham City Council to set up her own consultancy. Humphries has worked in the public sector for 42 years, 18 of which have been at Nottingham City Council. She said: "I am looking forward to working with employers from ...
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Car reliability is most important fleet issue
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
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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The Employee Benefits Research 2008
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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Valued Benefits
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
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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Employee Engagement
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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Future Responsibility
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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Recruitment and Retention
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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Satisfactiion
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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Trustees show concern about the demands of their role
Almost half of pension trustees from the UK's largest defined benefit (DB) schemes are worried about the growing demands of their role. Of the 250 trustees questioned by the Aon Consulting trustee survey, 46% said they found it difficult to find time for their role. This sentiment was more acute ...
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Unisys adds to flex scheme
Unisys has refreshed and improved its flexible benefits scheme by adding five new benefits in order to give staff more choice and aid recruitment and retention.The technology firm has added travel insurance, health screening for employees' partners, experience days, magazine subscriptions and the facility for staff to conduct credit checks.Andrew ...
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Iceland unveils voluntary benefits scheme online
Iceland has revamped its benefits offering by introducing an online and paper-based voluntary benefits scheme in a bid to improve staff retention.Previously, the supermarket chain had various standalone voluntary benefits in place.The new scheme, provided by Asperity, offers employees access to discounted shopping at stores such as Comet, Sainsbury's and ...
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Wilson moves to Bradford and Bingley
Bradford and Bingley (B&B) has appointed Sandy Wilson as its new head of group reward. He joins from Norwich Union, where he was head of reward. Wilson said: [As B&B is not as large], it is much easier to communicate and I can implement reward quicker."
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Budget places emphasis on fleet emissions
Business cars will be subject to emission-based capital allowances following the Budget last month. Cars will be placed in one of two capital allowance pools, according to their CO2 emissions, with vehicles releasing more than 160g of carbon dioxide per km attracting a 10% writing down allowance, while those which ...