All articles by System Administrator – Page 68
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Case Studies
Ringwood Brewery offers choice around personal development allowances
The Ringwood Brewery in Hampshire has a PDA policy that allows staff to spend their £500 yearly allowance on almost anything. However, it does impose some restrictions such as only being able to spend up to £250 on gym membership. Office manager, Lin Black, says she hasn't yet turned down ...
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Emap takes strategic approach to seasonal celebrations
Emap delegates the organisation of seasonal benefits to individual departments. Stewart Grant, group benefits manager at the company, which publishes titles such as Heat and Zoo, says staff identify strongly with their individual brand.The company is aligned into three operating divisions: consumer media, communications, and radio, in addition to its ...
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Cadbury Trebor Bassett has made staff wellbeing part of its ethos
Employee wellbeing has been a part of Cadbury Trebor Bassett's culture since it was founded back in 1879.In the last year-and-a half, however, it has taken a fresh approach, culminating in its wellbeing programme, Fit for Life. Kate van der Plank, Fit for Life programme manager, says: "(Employee wellbeing has) ...
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PricewaterhouseCooper harmonises benefits post-merger
Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was formed from the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998. Carolyn Wilkinson, senior benefits manager at PwC, explains that a year later, it implemented a flexible benefits scheme partly to "align benefits for all staff within the company and recognise the diversity ...
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Toshiba maintains flexible benefits momentum
Toshiba Information Systems UK, which makes PCs, flat screen TVs and mobile phones, introduced a flexible benefits scheme for its 350 sales staff in 2001, at a time when it was hard do recruit IT specialists.Toshiba used an online flex platform from day one. Susan Stevens, head of HR at ...
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Body Shop International offers cash for staff to spend on skills and wellbeing
Cosmetics firm Body Shop International offers its UK employees up to £100 a year to spend on learning new skills and activities which help them to stay fit and healthy for work. The company calls this 'Love' money, which stands for Learning is Of Value to Everyone. The cash can ...
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Norton Rose offers a more complex PMI scheme to staff to boost take up
Law firm Norton Rose swapped its private medical insurance scheme to a provider offering additional benefits in June 2006. Although it had no qualms about the service or premiums of its previous insurer, Mandy Campbell, pensions and benefits manager, believes that the additional benefits offered by PruHealth will make the ...
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Britvic rethinks its earnings caps
The principal aim for soft drinks company Britvic following A-Day has been to preserve members' pension entitlement and position.One way was by allowing all employees who could withdraw more than a 25% tax-free lump sum to continue to do so after A-day.Michael Mountford, head of compensations and benefits, explains: "For ...
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ALD offers risk management for own-car drivers
ALD Automotive has launched an online risk management product for staff who drive their own cars on company business.The system, called Car Allowance Road Risk Solution, is a modular product that can provide employers with management information depending on their business needs. There are various options depending on business needs. ...
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Mortgages as a benefit
Giving staff access to mortgage advice can provide employers with a high-impact low-cost perk, says Laverne Hadaway.Buying a house is probably the biggest purchase decision most people will ever make during their lives. Finding the right mortgage deal, let alone choosing a property and moving can be a worrying and ...
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BSkyB helps staff manage their cash
BSkyB is piloting a financial education programme designed to help improve financial literacy levels. The scheme from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) will be tested on the 70 members of BSkyB's employee forum to decide whether it is appropriate for the wider workforce. If successful, it will be rolled out ...
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Buyer's guide: Fleet management
The maturity of the fleet management market means employers stand to get a good deal, but watch out for extra costs, says Jamin RobertsonArticle in fullEnvironmental issues continue to rocket up employers' agendas when it comes to fleet management with hot topics for discussion including CO2 emissions and hybrid vehicles.Fleet ...
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Capgemini offers financial education to employees
IT consultancy Capgemini decided to offer a financial education package to employees after its HR department received numerous requests for help with financial queries, especially about mortgages.Many of the firm's 6,500 employees are based at client sites spread throughout the UK. In order to fit in with their working patterns, ...
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Company cars and fleet - definition
The company car market has seen a move away from the traditional outright purchase method of procuring company cars for employees, and there are now a variety of methods of sourcing and funding cars. In some cases, employers see fit to offer several types of scheme, such as through an ...
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Financial education - definitions
Financial education is becoming increasingly important in helping staff to both select and better understand the value of the benefits they are given. Providing financial education for staff around personal financial issues can also help to reduce problems such as stress.Common terms related to financial education in the workplaceBenefits modellersFinancial ...
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Wiggin LLP launch absence management programme
Media law firm Wiggin LLP is to launch an absence management programme for its 85 staff early next year.The system, which will be available online, will help managers to monitor staff taking time off, collate information, and enable them to forward requests to employees asking why they were off sick.Sarah ...
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Royal Mail appoints chair for Attendance Academy
Royal Mail has appointed Professor Mansel Aylward as chair of its Attendance Academy, which is aimed at dealing with high absence rates.Aylward is currently director of the UnumProvident Centre for Psychosocial and Disability Research at Cardiff University. He was previously employed by the Department for Work and Pensions as chief ...
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Danone offered cash to fund learning and wellbeing activities
Danone has added cash accounts with half-matched employer funding that employees can use to spend on learning and development, and wellbeing activities to its flex scheme.From this month, staff in its Danone Dairies division can save between £10 and £50 a month into either a learning and development account, a ...
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Cadbury adds new perks to voluntary benefits offering
Cadbury Schweppes has added new perks to its voluntary benefits scheme after a group-wide survey revealed employees' demand for discounted products.Suzanne Laverick, UK employee benefits manager, explained this was the first time that the organisation had polled all of its staff about its benefits schemes.In response to the findings, it ...
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NHS update benefits to comply with age discrimination
Last month, the National Health Service overhauled its redundancy benefits to comply with October's age discrimination legislation. All employees will now receive one month's pay for each year of service up to a maximum of 24 months.In addition, staff over the minimum pension age will be able to take early ...