All articles by System Administrator – Page 47
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Analysis
Where should benefits sit in an organisation?
With a growing number of employers sharing responsibility for perks with finance departments, Jenny Keefe asks where benefits should sitTraditionally, HR has run the show when it comes to perks. Day-to-day administrative chores may have been farmed out to the finance team or outsourcing firms, and specialist functions might have ...
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Case Studies
Bristol-Myers has a comp and bens team within its HR dept
Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals has a dedicated compensation and benefits team as part of its HR department.Alison Maitland, director of compensation and benefits at the US-owned drugmaker, which markets drugs to help those suffering from conditions such as HIV and cancer, says: "All benefits for employees in the UK are managed ...
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BNP Paribas wins flex working ruling
A working mother has lost her legal claim against investment bank BNP Paribas for sex discrimination, victimisation and constructive dismissal after it turned down her request for flexible working.Before returning to work after a year on maternity leave, Katharina Tofeji asked to work a four-day week so she could handle ...
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National Express firm plans pre-pay credit card
National Express is planning to replace its instant recognition voucher scheme with a new motivation programme that uses a pre-paid credit card.Under the new scheme, due to go live by September, managers at the transport firm who want to reward an employee can load a sum of cash through an ...
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JM Computing healthcare cash plan
JM Computing has launched a cash plan for all 100 employees in order to provide them with an affordable means of healthcare.The company has financed a minimum level of cover for all employees under the cash plan towards treatments such as dental work, eye care and acupuncture. Staff can then ...
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Centrica introduces online self-management system
Centrica is introducing an online self-management system for line managers to notify HR of payroll changes.It is hoped that the system, which will be implemented by April next year, will reduce the level of administration HR has to undertake.The current system involves HR emailing a spreadsheet to line managers to ...
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Government denies regional minimum wage claims
The government has denied newspaper reports that prime minister Gordon Brown is planning to vary the national minimum wage by region across Britain.
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ISG raises matching of GPP contributions
Construction services company, ISG has increased the level at which it matches the contributions of senior staff to a group personal pension (GPP) from 2% to 5% in order to encourage their long-term commitment to the business.Around 100 senior staff in its 570-strong workforce will benefit from the change.Richard Martin, ...
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First Direct launches recognition scheme
First Direct is to launch a recognition scheme with gift vouchers and thank-you cards in a bid to boost staff motivation.Line managers at the bank will receive training on how to recognise employees who have performed well in the workplace.They will be able to hand out thank-you cards and to ...
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Case Studies
National Express employee enjoys voluntary discounts
Neil Watson is a team manager at the National Express contact centre, which he joined, initially as an adviser, some six years ago.When he began working for the firm, Watson only received the employee bus pass but has since made the most of the subsequent benefits developments.Despite the expense of ...
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Analysis
Shareholder dissent over executive pay grows
Shareholder concern over large executive pay packets and bonuses, and the increasing gap between top earners and the low paid has been gathering pace in recent months.At Marks & Spencer's annual general meeting last month, a private investor took to the floor to criticise the retailer for its large executive ...
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New EAP for staff at Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education is launching an employee assistance programme (EAP) to complement existing counselling services and health perks.Face-to-face counselling already exists, but for staff that do not want to use this, the EAP will be offered via the telephone or online.The service is designed to ...
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Case Studies
Toshiba improves employee health and wellbeing
Toshiba introduced a wellness week last year, as part of a series of initiatives designed to improve employee health and wellbeing.Susan Stevens, head of HR at Toshiba, explains: "We wanted to pull together all the themes we had introduced and reinforce the message that we valued our employees' health and ...
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Even middle-aged staff find pensions'massive turn-off'
A third (35%) of employees on the cusp of retirement don't have an occupational pension.While half of those in this group of workers aged between 45-54 years do not have any idea how much money they will need when they retire, according to JLT Benefit Solutions' Research into attitudes around ...
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National Express's O'Reilly is promoted
National Express's Karen O'Reilly has been promoted to board-level HR director after three years as the coach travel firm's head of HR & people development. She said: "[The promotion] recognises HR as an integral part of the board as opposed to sitting outside of that and it puts people focus ...
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Vodafone's Scott Heyhoe joins You at Work
Benefits provider You at Work has recruited Vodafone's head of business marketing, Scott Heyhoe, to its team. He joins from the telecommunications firm as head of commercial operations. "Having previously been a customer of voluntary and flexible benefits at previous companies, I now want to learn about the market and ...
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Orbit brings out online pensions calculator for DB members
Orbit Benefits has launched an online pensions calculator for members of defined benefit (DB) schemes to log into and work out how much money they will receive from their pension on retirement.The DB modeller complements Orbit Benefits's existing modeller for defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.Individuals must input details such as ...
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Entry deadline nears for wellbeing course
Organisations that are accepted nominate one or two employees to be coached by the Centre for Workplace Health at St Mary's University College. Employers can expect to pay £3,500 to take part in the 12-month programme, but organisations with fewer than 250 employees can negotiate a smaller fee.For more information, ...
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Grass Roots upgrades retail voucher product
Grass Roots has upgraded its retail voucher product, voucher4me, so that employees can mix and match the vouchers they purchase. Prior to the upgrade, employees that took the benefit through a flexible benefits scheme could only buy vouchers from one retailer each time they made a purchase.Andy Lister, head of ...
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Microsoft trials mileage reports to monitor fleet CO2
Microsoft is trialling mileage reporting devices in company cars in a bid to educate its drivers about the number of miles they drive and the amount of carbon emissions they create.The move will also give the software company an idea of the amount of damage its 4,000-strong fleet does to ...