All articles by System Administrator – Page 61

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    Corporate Manslaughter Act is ""missed opportunity""

    2007-04-01T00:00:01Z

    The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Bill was awaiting Royal Assent to become an Act as Employee Benefits went to press. David Urpeth, partner at solicitors firm Irwin Mitchell, said the government had "missed an opportunity" by not including individual liability for senior managers. Instead, organisations will be fined if the ...

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    HR-related legislation coming into effect in April 2007

    2007-04-01T00:00:01Z

    Several legislative changes that employers must comply with come into effect this month, including:From 1 April: Enhanced parental rights under the Work and Families Act 2006 which apply where the expected week of childbirth or date of adoption is on or after 1 April 2007.From 2 April: Workplaces in Northern ...

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    Confessions of a benefits manager

    2007-03-23T15:16:43Z

    Candid: I suspect something is up, almost before I pick up the phone. Even the way the phone rings is enough to tell me it’s going to be someone difficult. And it is.I’ve never actually met Manipulating Monica from marketing as she has only been in the company for a ...

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    FirstGroup launches intranet site to encourage staff training

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    FirstGroup has launched an intranet site to help staff access training, and encourage them to think about career progression.The site is targeted primarily at the bus and rail operator’s drivers, who comprise 80% of its 25,000-strong workforce.The site will include information on career development and will encourage staff to visit ...

  • Case Studies

    Equals One and Encore Recruitment has found that flex works

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Recruitment consultancy Equals One and Encore Recruitment has a bulging trophy cabinet full of awards for innovation, particularly in the flexible working field. Director Vivienne Duke says: "Without doubt, flexible working [arrangements] improve staff turnover and [reduce] staff absenteeism, and promote a healthy, happy workplace."The company has offered flexible working ...

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    DHL has re-packaged its perks

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    DHL Express is gradually implementing a total reward strategy.Although the delivery company began to develop its scheme in 2004, various factors such as its unionised environment meant that it only began to put this into practice last year. The first step was its introduction of a voluntary benefits scheme last ...

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    Nestle HR chief finds new role

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Nestle UK's head of compensation and benefits, Neil Millan, is to become head of employee services across the company's UK businesses and will be responsible for transactional HR functions. Millan's present duties will be taken on by David Harvey, currently director of HR for the company's coffee, food and nutritional ...

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    MTV changes private medical insurance provider

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    MTV has changed its private medical insurance provider from Norwich Union to PruHealth. Tarun Patel, compensation and benefits director, said that the change had been made in time for this year's flexible benefits election period. "I just wanted to see what was out there in the market. The buy-in has ...

  • Case Studies

    Training proves popular with Buckinghamshire County Council staff

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Buckinghamshire County Council has found that training is a popular benefit among staff. Feedback from its annual benefits survey shows that training is consistently rated as one of the organisation's top three perks. For this reason, it plans to offer each employee a minimum of five days training and development ...

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    Speculation over Bringme's future

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Lloyds TSB Registrars is, according to press reports, up for sale, but the future of its benefits arm, Bringme, remains unclear. Lloyds TSB refuses to comment on whether its share registration business is being sold off and Bringme with it.Bringme claims to have launched benefits schemes to around 50% of ...

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    Tribunal finds for Tupe bosses

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Employers are not obliged to provide staff transferring to their organisation under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Tupe) regulations with additional rights and benefits to which they were not previously entitled.In the case Computershare Investor Services v Jackson, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the purpose of ...

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    Warburtons plans reward scheme beyond senior management

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Independent bakery Warburtons is in the process of forming a reward strategy after appointing its first reward manager last year.It currently only offers benefits to its senior employees, apart from an employee-paid cash plan introduced for all staff last year. It is now looking at introducing other benefits for the ...

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    Poor pay and benefits cause stress

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Poor pay and benefits is the main cause of stress at work for 12% of employees.However, almost a quarter (24%) believe that stress is mainly caused by a heavy workload, while a further 12% claim long hours help to increase stress levels, according to Research into stress triggers from Croner.Relationships ...

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    CPM launches flexible benefits

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Field marketing company CPM is launching a flexible benefits plan for its 800 employees.The scheme, which will be branded Flex 2 Fit, is being offered after survey feedback indicated staff would like more flexibility in their benefits package. It will go live in April after employees make their choices this ...

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    Wesleyan launches online flexible benefits

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Wesleyan is to launch an online flexible benefits scheme, after the results of a benefits survey indicated its 850 employees wanted greater choice from their packages.The scheme, which is due to open for employees to make their first selections next month, will include the financial services company's existing benefits, such ...

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    Which? launches online voluntary benefits

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Consumer magazine Which? has launched an online voluntary benefits plan to offer employees more choice of benefits.The scheme, introduced after feedback from a staff survey, offers discounts on travel and products such as furniture and clothing.Paula Evans, talent advisor, said: "We wanted something that was relatively low-cost and which complemented ...

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    Law firm Mills & Reeve launches voluntary benefits

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Law firm Mills & Reeve has launched a new voluntary benefits scheme after changing providers.The firm originally operated a plan provided by Bringme, the benefits arm of Lloyds TSB Registrars, but pulled the scheme when Bringme announced that it would begin charging for the previously free service.Sandy Boyle, HR director ...

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    Westminster County Council extends employee assistance programme

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Westminster City Council has decided to run its employee assistance programme (EAP) for a further 12 months, following a positive response to the service from employees and unions.It launched the EAP in May last year to help reduce absenteeism among its 4,000 employees. Although the scheme was scheduled to run ...

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    Arcadia clarifies its flexible benefits offering with a rebrand

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Arcadia Group has rebranded its flexible benefits scheme after a survey showed that staff didn't fully understand what perks were on offer.In some instances, employees had suggested benefits that they would like to see in future schemes, which were already included in the flex package.Niamh Collings, reward manager at the ...

  • Case Studies

    EC Harris' dental plan is particularly appealing

    2007-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Jessie Hiney, an associate at EC Harris, has been with the company for just over six years.She particularly values the extensive range of perks offered through the firm's flexible benefits scheme My Share. "It offers virtually everything other than pet [insurance]," she says.Hiney uses her flex fund to buy dental ...