All articles by System Administrator – Page 60
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Elan IT set to launch flexible benefits
Elan IT is to finally offer its 400 employees a fully flexible benefits scheme from July after the framework for its scheme was introduced almost two years ago, in August 2005.Its Central Perks-branded scheme currently offers core benefits which are allocated according to employees' length of service and grade. From ...
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Fife Council launches voluntary benefits
Fife Council has introduced a range of voluntary benefits in a bid to become a more competitive employer when compared with the private sector.The council, which employs 21,500 staff, has launched an employee-paid LHF healthcare cash plan alongside a voluntary benefits scheme.Caroline Murphy, HR adviser, said: "We are trying to ...
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King Sturge launches health benefits
King Sturge has launched health-related benefits following a request from its corporate social responsibility (CSR) committee to further improve employee health.These include a cycle-to-work scheme and a free electrocardiogram (ECG) scan to assess the health of employees' hearts. The latter will be offered on-site throughout April.Karen Clark, senior HR officer ...
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Standard wellness benefits
Freebies charge up perksEmployers can provide a number of healthcare perks, and as providers vie for business, barter for free or low-cost add-onsThere are a number of common benefits an employer can offer staff that will provide a good foundation for a health and wellbeing strategy. These include private medical ...
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Ernst & Young's Quinn joins Royal Bank of Scotland
Ernst & Young (E&Y) performance and reward director Mark Quinn is moving client side to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) where he will oversee reward for the retail arms of RBS, NatWest, Coutts and Mint. As technical partner retail markets, he will be part of the reward team in group ...
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Make audits a life line
Make audits a life lineWhen developing a strategy avoid costly duplication by having a thorough review of existing health benefits and practicesPRIOR to implementing a health and wellbeing strategy employers need to spend some time considering exactly why they want to introduce one in the first place. This might seem ...
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Norfolk County Services launches employee assistance programme
Norfolk County Services has replaced its ad-hoc occupational health service with an employee assistance programme (EAP).The move is aimed at reducing stress and absence levels, and enabling it to gain a better understanding of the causes of stress among its 4,500 employees.Patricia Fuller, HR director at the facilities management firm, ...
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Time for a more hands-on approach for the health and wellbeing of our employees
Sponsor's commentTime for a more hands-on approach for the health and wellbeing of our employeesThis article is brought to you by BUPAWe are all busy people, yet it's worth stopping to think, could we do more to improve the health and wellbeing of our employees? More and more employers are ...
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Help Meet business aims
Help meet business aimsCase study 1 - Cadbury Trebor BassettCadbury Trebor Bassett engaged the services of Nuffield Proactive Health (NPH) to ensure the wellbeing of 260 of its employees through a six month period during which their workload had increased while implementing an IT project.Dr Paul Kanas, head of occupational ...
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car has extended compulsory retirement age
Enterprise Rent-A-Car extended its compulsory retirement age of 65 years to all employees, following the introduction of the Employment Equality (Age) regulations 2006 last October.This had previously only applied to its senior management team, while the rest of its workforce had no set retirement age.Jim Burrell, senior vice president for ...
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Staff fail to notify pension providers of change of address
More than a third (36%) of employees in a private sector pension scheme have failed to notify providers of their change of address since 1996, placing them at higher risk of losing their fund through identity theft. Aon Consulting's Pensions research 2007 found that younger employees were the least likely ...
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Adding value
Fit culture into the packCanvassing employee opinion is vital in assessing what health perks will ultimately suit your staff's needsDevising a wellbeing strategy to complement standard employee healthcare benefits and employers' workplace obligations is one thing, but the real key to the success of any such initiative is to add ...
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Ensure absence management systems are effective past the first year
Initiating sickness absence management can result in steep falls in sick days, but unless momentum is kept up and data continues to be closely checked then absenteeism will creep back up, says Vicki TaylorIf you read nothing else read this...Many employers find sickness absence levels reduce greatly in the first ...
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Absence ails industry
Absence ails industryEmployers have a vested underlying interest in staff wellness as sickness absence continues to put pressure on British industrySome employers take the view that when it comes to the health and wellbeing of their employees, as long as the environment in which they work is safe and comfortable, ...
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New proposals for parental leave
Employers need to consider arrangements for fathers, says Alison ColemanCase study: Mouchel ParkmanArticle in fullAmong the raft of new measures outlined in the Work and Families Act 2006 are proposals to extend paid maternity leave and allow working fathers to take up a share of it.This has provoked the usual ...
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Grosvenor launches online risk management system
Grosvenor Contract Leasing has launched an online fleet risk-management system.Its web-based Go4 product, which is aimed at fleet managers and drivers that are permitted to choose their own vehicles, includes a licence-checking facility and reminder service of when an employee's road tax and insurance is due. It costs between £2.50 ...
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Environmental issues impact on fleet policy
Environmental issues are having an impact on employers' company car policies. Just under a quarter (22%) have adopted a green transport policy, while a further 40% encourage staff to car share. More than a quarter (27%), meanwhile, have restricted drivers' choices to lower consumption diesel engines, according to the Company ...
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Small cars safer to park
Medium and large-sized company cars are 300% more likely to be involved in accidents while trying to park than smaller cars.Just 6% of executive cars have been involved in parking incidents over the past 12 months according to the Parking damage survey by fleet management firm Masterlease. The average cost ...
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A guide to childcare benefits
With a number of childcare options in the market, employers should choose wisely, says Jenny KeefeCase studies: The Gambling Commission, Goldman SachsArticle in full'Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?', is the clarion call often made by many employees, but parents may have particular ...
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Mothers embrace flexible working arrangements
Flexible working is considered the benefit most likely to aid working mothers, according to a survey of HR and finance managers. More than two-thirds of respondents to the Workplace survey by Robert Half International favoured this method, with part-time hours offered by 64% of respondents as a means of encouraging ...