All articles by System Administrator – Page 65
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DSGI revamps communication
Electrical retailer DSG International will launch a new website in May in order to improve communication with staff.Employees of the company, which owns high street brands such as Dixons, Currys and PC World, will be able to access the site from home, which will enable it to reach many more ...
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DB schemes continue to lose favour
More than half (58%) of employees have had to increase their contribution levels into defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the past 12 months.Other employers (17%) have moved from offering a DB scheme to a defined contribution (DC) plan in a bid to control costs, while a further 12% have ...
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Who is responsible for CSR?
Most small and medium-sized employers (92%) believe corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a fundamental role to play in how a company is run. Yet there is some debate over who should be responsible for managing a CSR strategy. More than a quarter (27%) believe that this should be down to ...
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Case Studies
InterContinental Hotels Group invests in global employee engagement
Staff seen as vital link in hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group puts its money where its mouth is and, this year, invested $10m (£5.4m) in a global employee engagement programme.David Anderson, vice president of global brand innovation, headed the project, which involved 140 hotels in some 69 countries."A couple of ...
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Legal & General offers pension tools
Legal & General has launched a selection of tools to help employers set up, or manage, a pension scheme and communicate it to staff. These include a communication guide, a DVD which helps employers to provide financial education to staff around pensions, and access to a website containing relevant information.For ...
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Analysis
Group products to regenerate group income protection?
Group income protection is often perceived as complicated and expensive. That has long been the view of individual income protection products and, on a group basis, employers are especially nervous about the long-term commitment of providing for employees who are off sick.If you read nothing else, read this ...The group ...
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Higginson leaves GSK
Richard Higginson has been appointed head of reward at financial services firm Towry Law.He was previously director of international benefits at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a post he held from 1999 until the end of last year.Higginson described the move as a career change, having only previously worked for FTSE multinationals. Towry ...
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Stress is still an issue at work
Stress is still an issue for many at work, with 44% stating that they feel under excessive pressure once or twice a week. According to How engaged are Britain's employees report, conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development for Kingston Business School and Ipsos Mori, just under a ...
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BBC to close in-house nurseries
The BBC is to close its in-house childcare nurseries over a three year period due to a reallocation of funds.The move will save the broadcaster more than £1million. Although staff pay discounted rates for places, the nurseries are heavily subsidised by the BBC to the tune of £5,000 per child.The ...
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Acas settles on childcare vouchers
Acas, the organisation that aims to prevent and resolve workplace disputes, has launched childcare vouchers and a bikes-for-work scheme in response to staff requests. Gill Cook, reward manager, said it expects a take up of between 2%-3% for the childcare voucher scheme.
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The backlash to benefits for working parents
This article is brought to you by Accor Childcare Vouchers.Lynne Currer, product manager - Childcare Vouchers at Accor Services considers the growing resentment towards family-specific benefits and advises employers on managing the backlashThe cost of a typical full-time nursery place in England has increased by more than 27 per cent ...
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HM Revenue pilots childcare calculator
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is piloting an online calculator to help employees ascertain if they will be better off financially by taking child tax credits, or childcare vouchers offered by their employer. Its calculations are based on how many children employees have parental responsibilities for, how many hours they ...
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Charteris launches childcare vouchers
Charteris has launched a childcare voucher scheme this month following employee requests for the perk.The professional services firm has also added details about the benefit to its online platform, which was launched last October.The company is now assessing the options available to it around flexible and voluntary benefits schemes.Barry Hoffman, ...
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Do parents know the real value of employer supported childcare?
This article is brought to you by Accor Childcare Vouchers.Childcare Vouchers are the most popular form of employer supported childcare in the UK, and with a tax and NI exemption of up to £55 per week, parents can save up to £1,195 per year on the cost of their childcare.But ...
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HM Revenue & Customs launches childcare vouchers
This article is brought to you by Accor Childcare Vouchers.HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a scheme to provide its 100,000 staff across the UK with Accor Services Childcare Vouchers.Employees have a choice of either paper or electronic vouchers and access to a helpline for emergency childcare in case ...
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Case Studies
PricewaterhouseCoopers has introduced a pilot emergency childcare system
Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers introduced a pilot emergency childcare scheme for staff in five of its offices in May 2006. The pilot, which is running for an initial 12-month period, provides staff in London, Birmingham and the East Midlands, Manchester and Edinburgh with access to five free days of emergency ...
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Legal support for drivers offered by Miles
The Miles Consultancy has launched a legal support service for company car drivers. Its TMC Driver Protect product offers drivers 24-hour telephone support from qualified solicitors in the event of a road accident, and legal representation should the matter be taken to court.Through the telephone helpline, solicitors will be able ...
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Employers under pressure to be environmentally friendly
Employers have come under increasing pressure to become more environmentally friendly, following a series of government reports.The Stern review on the economics of climate change published in October, was followed by the Eddington transport study last month, which recommended a nationwide system of road pricing. In addition, a Climate Change ...
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New flexible working laws
Benefits SurgeryEmployer's query: I've heard that there are new rights coming in to request flexible working, what will our obligations be?Since April 2003, the parents of children under the age of six years (or 18 years if disabled) have had the right to request to work flexibly to enable them ...
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Employers are split over EAP priorities
Less than half of employers (43%) currently offer an employee assistance programme (EAP) to their staff, while a further 5% plan to introduce one in the next year.Some 52%, however, have no intention of providing an EAP for employees, according to the Employee Advisory Resource’s Employee wellbeing survey 2006. This ...