All articles by System Administrator – Page 59
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JLT appoints new benefits business development consultant
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Benefit Solutions has appointed Sunny Chauhan as business development consultant in its benefits division. He joins from benefits provider P&MM.†
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Tax and insurance advice for expats
Overseas postings can cause a lot of upheaval for staff, so they will appreciate good advice to help deal with issues such as tax and insurance, and make the transition smoother, says Alison ColemanMany years ago, long-term overseas assignments were few and far between, but as international operations have become ...
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Case Studies
Kwik-Fit Financial Services uses providers to limit admin burden
Kwik-Fit Financial Services, which employs around 840 call centre staff, is keen to limit the administration around its flexible benefits scheme.Elizabeth McVeigh, senior HR co-ordinator, explains: "We have had problems in the past where flex products have been an administrative burden, but having providers offering straight-forward and easy-to-use benefits makes ...
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Schneider adds to its flex scheme
Schneider Electric has included a range of new benefits for the second year of its flexible benefits scheme to boost its appeal and add a health and wellbeing element.The new perks comprise a Denplan dental plan, a healthcare cash plan, salary sacrifice mobile phones, and the option to buy and ...
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Danone offers staff learning and development accounts
Danone UK, the dairy arm of the company's food and drink business offers a learning and development account, alongside a wellbeing account, through its flexible benefits scheme.The accounts, which receive half-matched employer funding, were introduced this January.So far, a quarter of the 90 employees in the Danone Dairies division have ...
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Case Studies
G4S Cash Services outsources its payroll
G4S Cash Services, part of security firm Group 4 Securicor, outsourced its payroll in 1997 while running complex admin for 9,000 staff.When the company decided to outsource, it opted to use a provider it had previously worked with. Gavin Carter, former payroll services manager at G4S Cash Services and now ...
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Pensions supplement May 2007
Incoming PMI president shares his views on pensionsStrategies to manage final salary liabilitiesBack-to-basics guide to DC investmentsPensions scheme charges under the spotlightSponsors comment
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Confessions of a benefits manager
Candid: I am minding my own business when Big Bad Boss comes rampaging out of his office. He jabs a stubby finger at a document and yells: “This hasn’t been updated for three years”, in a most accusing tone. He is waving the sheet around so much I can’t see ...
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How to manage health & wellbeing
Absence ails industryMake audits a life lineStandard wellness benefitsAdding valueMonitoring healthCase studiesGlossarySponsor's commentDownload: How to manage health & wellbeing (PDF 192KB)Contributor: Stephanie SpicerSickness absence costs employers 3.5% of working time a year, or the equivalent of £598 per employee, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's Absence management ...
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Monitoring health
A vital sign that HR careMonitoring staff health can play a major role in illness prevention and should be a key constituent of any wellness strategyAny good health and wellbeing strategy should include measures for monitoring and assessing staff to identify and prevent potential illnesses before they turn into long-term ...
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Growing number of staff unaware of pensions tax savings
An increasing number of workers are unaware of the tax incentives for pension savings.According to construction industry financial services firm B&CE's annual Spring pensions research more than half (52%) of workers claim that they are not aware of these tax breaks, which is an increase from last year's 43%.Younger employees ...
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GVA Grimley launches holiday planning system
GVA Grimley has added a holiday planning system, pay modeller and total reward statements to its online flexible benefits scheme to help staff at the property firm make informed decisions.Employees can now book holiday, access colleagues' timetables and update their absence records online. The data gathered will enable the company ...
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Glossary - Health & Wellbeing
GlossaryAbsence management systemA process of monitoring staff absence levels which can result in data being provided to employers to help them control absence and tackle the reasons behind it.Bikes-for-work schemesA tax-efficient scheme whereby the employer purchases a bike for employees who wish to take up the offer. The employer reclaims ...
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RWE Npower introduces total reward statements as step to flex
RWE npower will introduce total reward statements in June as the first step towards implementing a flexible benefits scheme.The move to flex is part of its long-term benefits strategy, which has yet to gain board approval. The energy firm wants to re-educate staff around its voluntary benefit package, encourage take ...
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Engaging staff
Involve to boost take upEngaging staff in wellbeing lies in making them feel involved from the start, but not all employees will want to participateThe most comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy in the world won't work unless employees know about it and are willing to actively engage with it. This ...
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Deloitte introduces health and wellbeing portal
Deloitte is to introduce discounted health assessments and a health and wellbeing portal in a bid to offer staff a more integrated healthcare scheme.The website will provide employees with information about their healthcare benefits and access to general healthy-living advice. It also features a hospital locator and details of a ...
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Costello joins Lloyds Pharmacy
Lloyds Pharmacy has appointed a new reward manager, Theresa Costello, who effectively replaces remuneration and benefits manager Lorna Brady. She left the company in September last year and her role has been covered by an interim manager. Costello has been a self-employed reward consultant for the last three years. She ...
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Defined contribution pensions: An update
Defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are going under the knife. A huge transformation is set to take place in the pensions market, with government proposals for a new low-cost national pensions savings scheme of personal accounts and a consultation exercise on DC pensions being carried out by the Pensions Regulator. ...
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Universal Music and Wragge & Co run health and wellbeing weeks
Universal Music and Wragge & Co are both to run health and wellbeing weeks in April to raise awareness of such issues.Universal Music will offer its staff heart and cholesterol checks, hearing tests, dietary advice and stop smoking tips during its third annual health and safety week.Michael Pye, director of ...
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Boost for payroll giving
Workplace Giving UK is encouraging clients to relaunch their payroll giving schemes to mark the 20th anniversary of the product and boost staff take up.The move, which is aimed at encouraging employers to achieve take-up rates of 10%-20% and recruit an additional 20 employees to join a payroll giving scheme ...