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Chris Wilson leaves Oracle
Oracle's benefits director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Chris Wilson, has left his position to start up a new consultancy firm called Rewarding People. Wilson, who had worked at Oracle for the past 10 years, said: "It is time to move on to a new environment. I think that ...
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Tax rules clarification due expected
Benefits experts hope that the tax rules around tax-free health screening and authorised mileage allowance payment (Amap) rates will be clarified in the Budget on 12 March.Last August, new tax rules concerning health screening came into force, making the perk taxable as a benefit-in-kind, unless employers pay for it for ...
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Coors launches total reward statements
Coors Brewers is to introduce total reward statements and has added a pensions salary sacrifice arrangement to its flexible benefits scheme.The salary sacrifice, which applies to the company's group personal pension (GPP), was introduced after feedback from its staff survey, The Big Listen, carried out last year.Employees were able to ...
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Employers fail to explain full value of perks to staff
Employers are failing to properly communicate the value of their benefits packages to staff. So while almost two-thirds (63%) of employers say that they tell their staff the value of their total benefits package, only just over a third of employees (39%) believe that they receive this information, according to ...
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Pay parity for finance jobs
The salary levels of financial directors, tax managers and payroll managers working in small to-medium-sized UK organisations differ little from those in larger firms.Financial directors and chief financial officers with more than 15 years' experience and working for organisations with 250 staff or fewer earn average salaries in excess of ...
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Flex switch at Southern
Southern Housing Group has switched flexible benefits providers following an in-house employee survey and a tendering process.The group previously used Xafinity Consulting with a platform from a third-party provider, but it is now using Thomsons Online Benefits.The housing group, which offers holiday trading, critical illness cover, life assurance and childcare ...
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Flexibility on trial
Sharon Coleman, the mother of a disabled son, has successfully claimed that she was not given the same degree of flexible working by her employer as other members of staff with non-disabled children in the initial stages of a case in the European Court of Justice.The Advocate-General has agreed that ...
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New perks at Fortnum
Fortnum & Mason has implemented a new package of voluntary benefits to support staff on lower salaries. The scheme, provided by Asperity, includes retail vouchers and discounts on home and car insurance, mobile phones and broadband. It is being communicated online and via a brochure distributed to the store's 450 ...
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Yahoo uses web to make pension more user-friendly
Yahoo is giving staff the chance to sign up for its group personal pension (GPP) online and make alterations to their contribution rates as and when they want.It has also launched a pensions modeller to help its 800 UK employees increase their understanding of the scheme.Staff can log onto the ...
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Taking an objective view of retirement
A lawyer who tried to sue the firm of solicitors of which he was a partner for breaching age discrimination laws after being forced to retire at the age of 65 years, has lost his case as the law firm was able to objectively justify its reasons for enforcing retirement.Under ...
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Severn Trent offers Aecop
Severn Trent Water has launched an all-employee car ownership plan (Aecop) to enable its 5,000 staff to lease their own vehicle at a discounted rate over a set period.Under the new arrangement, also known as an affinity scheme, employees can select a vehicle, arrange a lease period with the provider, ...
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New wave alchemists turn green into gold
There's a serious financial case for adopting a green fleet strategy, and as journeys diminish cash savings pile upEverybody knows that cutting carbon emissions is good for the planet. Figures from the Met Office show that the last five years have been the warmest on record in the UK, a ...
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Exhaust all the options
Offering alternatives to petrol, imposing limits on carbon emissions and providing incentives help build a green fleetWeaning executives off their petrol-hungry status symbols in favour of low-emission cars, can enhance the green credentials of organisations and result in tax and fuel savings.Generally, diesel engines belch out less carbon dioxide and ...
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Make a dent in bad habits
Driver training is good for health and safety reasons and has environmental benefits tooIn an ideal world, every company driver would choose a Toyota Prius, run it on biofuel and jump at the chance of car sharing with Derek from accounts.In the real world, however, a more practical solution is ...
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Fuel hikes needn't put fleet bosses over a barrel
Persuading staff to be more frugal and introducing greener and cheaper alternatives to petrol can help control fuel costsWith the price of crude oil breaking the milestone of $100 per barrel at the beginning of January, cutting fuel consumption has never been a more pressing issue for fleet managers. The ...
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Counting emissions is like counting calories
A green fleet audit entails reviewing driver behaviour, vehicle choice, fuel use and carbon footprint in a bid to cut emissionsLike going on any diet, cutting a fleet's carbon emissions is a long process, requiring sustained effort and unwavering determination.The first step to scaling back carbon emissions is carrying out ...
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Lex names top-three most popular cars
Vauxhall Astra, Ford Focus and Vauxhall Vectra have been named as the top-three models of company cars supplied by Lex in 2007. The Vauxhall Astra was the most popular company car in the Lex fleet, followed by the Ford Focus. The Vauxhall Vectra was the third most popular vehicle in ...
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A green fleet saves costs
This article is brought to you by our sponsor Alphabet.When oil briefly reached $100 a barrel in January, it served as a clear warning that carbon has not only got a footprint but also a potentially painful kick.It may be only a gas, but carbon can inflict a heavy toll ...
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Ernst & Young offers financial education
Ernst & Young has invited all its UK employees who are part of its defined contribution (DC) arrangement to attend financial education workshops in May.There will be two workshops, with one short session that will look at the mechanics of the firm's DC scheme and a longer, half-day session that ...
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Get even further for less
Including greener cars in a company car fleet is a sure-fire way of slashing tax bills for the employer and employee alikeThe simplest way to slash your fleet's tax bill is to buy greener cars. Back in 2002, the government changed the way company cars were taxed in a bid ...