All articles by System Administrator – Page 70
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Case Studies
Adecco provider relationship underpins admin success
Case study: AdeccoKatie Ivie, head of HR business partnering for recruitment company Adecco,believes a strong relationship with providers is crucial to eliminating unintended costs of flexible benefits schemes.The firm, which introduced a flexible benefits package in June 2004 for its 3,500 staff in the UK, used the increased headcount made ...
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Gap opts for stakeholder pension
Case study: GapGap employs 6,500 staff in the UK, predominately in stores across 140 locations, with 90% working on a part-time basis across a variety of shift patterns and days. Sue Hayes, HR consultant, says: "Effective and consistent messaging to this group is one of the biggest challenges we face. ...
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Orange gives staff money help
Orange is embarking on an online financial education programme to help staff better understand the value of their benefits.The first web-based module to be launched will be on the firm's share incentive plan that is available to all staff.Although all details of the share scheme are already available online, Orange ...
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Qinetiq chooses own providers in outsourced scheme
Case study: QinetiqWhen Qinetiq, the defence technology and security company, revamped its benefits package in November 2004 it added home computers, childcare vouchers and bicycles on a salary sacrifice basis.Delivering the best possible scheme for its 9,500 UK-based employees meant looking carefully at potential suppliers. Qinetiq's group head of reward ...
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Premier Paper Group launches childcare vouchers
The Premier Paper Group has launched childcare vouchers after receiving numerous requests from employees. Nav Matharu, HR manager at the paper merchant, said the company launched the benefit by including information about it in employees' August payslips ready for them to take it up from September.She added that the company's ...
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Chard fleet goes greener
Case Study: ChardWest London estate agency and lettings firm Chard has taken a greener route when ferrying potential buyers and tenants around available properties in Notting Hill, Kensington, Brook Green and Fulham.The company has plans to eventually replace about 50 Toyota Rav4 vehicles with petrol-electric Toyota Prius cars.Jim Pike, fleet ...
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Whitbread focuses on company cars
Case Study: WhitbreadHospitality and leisure firm Whitbread runs 600 company cars and has reduced the number of cash alternatives it offers.The company has two fleet systems, a car benefit scheme for status and perk drivers, and the company car scheme for business drivers.Nigel Trotman, business relationship manager, believes retaining company ...
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McDonald's staff eye cash for cars
Case Study: McDonald'sMcDonald's offers a cash allowance scheme to its 1,300 employees who are entitled to a company car.The split between employees taking a company car and the cash option is reasonably even. The fleet department calculates the cash allowance by grading employees, with each grade being entitled to a ...
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Legislation - Union helps recoup car cash
Local authorities have been warned to check their car mileage allowance schemes after Birmingham City Council (BCC) was ordered to pay more than GBP39,000 to employees who had been underpaid.All of the claimants' contracts of employment were specified under the Scheme of conditions of service of the National Joint Council ...
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Company car loss needs cash compensation
Nearly three-quarters (70 per cent) of company car drivers would expect an increase in salary as compensation if their company car benefit is withdrawn.Just 7 per cent said that removing the benefit wouldn't have any impact on them, while 20 per cent would want to buy their current company car ...
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Capita Group offers financial education on share schemes
Case study: Capita GroupProfessional services and outsourcing company Capita Group has offered a sharesave scheme since 2000 and a share incentive plan since 2002. It uses a range of methods to educate its employees about its share schemes, including mailing booklets to their home addresses, hosting presentations and putting information ...
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Yorkshire Building Society prefers cash over cars
Case Study: Yorkshire Building SocietyBuild in reduced admin Yorkshire Building Society has had a cash allowance scheme in place since 1998.Mary Blackwell, supplies manager at the organisation, believes the reduction in admin is the key advantage of the scheme. “It certainly is easier to administer, we obviously have more to ...
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Majority of Procter & Gamble staff take advantage of share scheme
Case study: Procter & GambleProcter & Gamble employees were first encouraged to buy company shares in the US during the mid nineteenth century.The share habit quickly spread across the Atlantic and today the vast majority of P&G's 4,500 UK staff take advantage of a scheme under which they can spend ...
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Relaunching a salary sacrifice scheme
Relaunching existing tax-efficient benefits schemes to staff is not only cheaper than bringing in new benefits, it is much less hassle, says Nick GoldingCase study: NestleArticle in fullAlthough, on the face of it, you are giving people something they already have, with careful marketing and effective repackaging, take-up rates can ...
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Offering pensions through salary sacrifice
Offering pensions through salary sacrifice can result in savings but may not suit all staff, says Jamin RobertsonArticle in fullLured by the National Insurance (NI) and tax savings on offer, employers have been drawn in large numbers to set up salary sacrifice arrangements for pension plans. Employee Benefits/Aegon Trustee Solutions ...
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Getting the most from staff surveys
Staff surveys can be invaluable in identifying employees' top perks but employers must be prepared to act on the results, says Nick GoldingCase study: Mills & ReeveArticle in fullAt some point in our lives, whether at Christmas or on a birthday, we have all unwrapped a present, feigned a smile ...
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The future for salary sacrifice schemes
Salary sacrifice arrangements are a growing trend, but what does the future hold, asks Vicki TaylorArticle in fullOrganisations introducing new tax-efficient benefits would be forgiven for being apprehensive about the government’s commitment to the longevity of schemes.Since the shock removal of the home computing initiative (HCI) in April’s Budget statement, ...
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E.on helps staff fitness
About 1,300 employees at E.on UK have enrolled in its wellbeing programme. The plan aims to lift staff fitness and make health perks more consistent.The Active Energy scheme, which was launched in July and is offered to all 14,500 permanent staff, focuses on cardiovascular, posture and nutrition. Staff receive free ...
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Share plan lessons pay dividends
Educating employees about share schemes can help to boost participation. More than 80 per cent of staff that have joined sharesave plans, for example, have done so more than once, while 50% have joined on more than four occasions, according to Employee share ownership plans, financial education and savings behaviour ...
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DHL Express launches voluntary perks
DHL Express has launched a voluntary benefits scheme for staff as the first step towards providing a total reward package.The scheme, which was launched to around 13,000 employees at the beginning of September, is intended to familiarise staff with the concept of benefits. It will also help to create a ...