All articles by System Administrator – Page 43

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    Employee Benefits Conference 2007, London

    2007-10-03T23:00:00Z

    To view a presentation from the Employee Benefits Conference 2007 which was held in London on 2-3 October, please click on the 'Download' link next to the speaker name below. Not all speakers are able to give us permission to put their slides online. When this happens we have tried ...

  • Case Studies

    Rok Construction plans flexible benefits to harmonise perks

    2007-10-01T16:33:58Z

    Construction company Rok is keen to implement a flexible benefits scheme in order to harmonise perks across the group following a spate of acquisitions. In a step in this direction, it asked four firms to tender to run a feasibility study into the suitability of launching a scheme, before settling ...

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    Grab a soapbox and shout about your achievements

    2007-10-01T13:15:00Z

    Amanda Wilkinson, Editor, Employee Benefits: The hard work of compensation and benefits practitioners often goes unnoticed in an organisation. Employees expect perks by right, finance perceives them to be a cost burden, and senior management often fail to understand the contribution that benefits can make.This lack of recognition can be ...

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    GSK outlines perks for staff via financial education

    2007-10-01T00:00:01Z

    GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has put in place a programme of financial education so that staff understand their benefits.Julie Skidmore, financial and education manager, says: "We are looking to get a good return on the investment we put in [in terms of recruitment, retention and motivation]. But, on the flipside of that, ...

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    Sony builds staff's health and finance know-how through sessions

    2007-10-01T00:00:01Z

    Sony Pictures Entertainment has launched a programme of regular health and wellbeing and financial education sessions for staff.This will tackle different issues each month, alternating between health and financial topics. On-site health screening will be made available for staff each day this month until 12 October, while in November they ...

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    Booker outsources staff mileage charging

    2007-10-01T00:00:01Z

    Wholesale food retailer Booker, has outsourced the administration process involved in charging employees for driving personal miles in a company car, to fleet management company The Miles Consultancy.Drivers now use an online fuel reporting system to log their personal miles each month, while The Miles Consultancy tracks where and when ...

  • Case Studies

    Alliance & Leicester runs financial education seminars

    2007-10-01T00:00:01Z

    Alliance & Leicester (A&L) began running financial education seminars on its share plans after the bank floated in 2000 to ensure that staff understood their potential exposure to tax liabilities and the stock market.Paul Askew, share plans manager at A&L, says: "We saw a stockpiling of shares and having far ...

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    Taunton School launches part-funded health insurance

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Taunton School is offering part-funded health insurance to its 377 employees as part of a wider wellbeing programme.The school introduced the health insurance in September and will pay for the initial module of the plan, which includes consultations and diagnosis, provided the employee pays for module two which covers surgery.The ...

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    Pensions Regulator reviews M&A guidance

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    The Pensions Regulator is updating its guidance on the use of its powers in regard to key events, such as an organisation's merger or acquisition.During these corporate events, where the security of the employer and the pension scheme could be at risk, the employer voluntarily approaches the Regulator to seek ...

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    Sara Edwards moves to Liberty

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Maybourne Hotel Group's vice president HR, Sara Edwards, is moving to Liberty Group where she will be HR and change director. Edwards is hoping she will be able to help establish the business as a leader in luxury goods retailing. She said: "I'm terribly excited. The chance to build a ...

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    Martin Swinkels joins Hilton Hotels Corporation

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Hilton Hotels Corporation has recruited Martin Swinkels as international compensation and benefits manager. The Dutch national joins from the technology firm EMC where he was director of compensation and benefits for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Swinkels said: "I hope to introduce a coherent policy of best practice across ...

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    Coors consolidates health provision to simplify perks

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Coors Brewers is to consolidate its healthcare perks with just one provider, in an effort to make its offering easier for employees to use and potentially deliver some cost savings.From the beginning of this month, Bupa will provide the company's healthcare perks, which include an employee assistance programme (EAP) and ...

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    Staff prefer work email for perks communiques

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Nearly four-fifths (79%) of workers responding to an online questionnaire prefer information about their benefits to be sent to their work email address, according to research carried out by provider You at Work.The Communications gap research also showed that more than a third of the 1,987 employees (37%) questioned do ...

  • Case Studies

    Niche Hotels combats high staff turnover with recognition and reward

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    The leisure sector has earned a reputation for high levels of staff turnover, and when Niche Hotels, a collection of four boutique hotels in Cardiff, the Cotswolds, London and Newcastle, was set up, it was something that co-founder and sales and marketing director Alison Corlett was determined to avoid.She says: ...

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    Change in minimum wage rate

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    The main national minimum wage rate for adults aged 22 years and over has increased from £5.35 to £5.52. There has also been a rise in the rate for 18-to-21 year olds from £4.45 to £4.60 and for 16 to 17 year olds from £3.30 to £3.40. The new rates ...

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    BuyingTeam installed software for its flex scheme and did its own communications

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    When procurement services firm BuyingTeam considered implementing flexible benefits, it began speaking to various consultants and advisers. Ultimately, however, it took the decision to go it alone and install a software solution from Staffcare. Leah Fairman, HR manager, explains: "What the consultants appeared to offer - primarily PR for the ...

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    Towry Law launches total reward brochure and workshops

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Towry Law has launched a total reward brochure, in paper and online formats, and provider workshops in a bid to raise staff awareness of the perks it offers.The brochure brings together details of all the finance firm's benefits in one place, whereas previously they were all promoted individually, potentially causing ...

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    IPC in bid to boost health

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    IPC Media has run a series of health and wealth management sessions for its 1,800 staff to help them improve their wellbeing and better manage their finances.Over the course of a two-week period, the media firm's health and financial benefits providers ran seven on-site workshops for employees and manned stands ...

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    Stephen Moir extends his skills beyond HR

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Stephen Moir, director of people and policy at Cambridgeshire County Council, has built his profile internally by taking on more general management tasks outside HR and externally, via his position as vice president of the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA).As well as being responsible for HR at the council, ...

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    Cadbury moves it voluntary benefits online

    2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

    Cadbury Schweppes has moved its voluntary benefits scheme online to enable it to be easily updated.It has also added retail vouchers, PC discounts and telephone offers to the plan.The food and drink manufacturer hopes that by moving the scheme online in place of issuing a bi-annual paper-based brochure, it will ...