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Childcare vouchers rolled out to RSPCA staff
The RSPCA is planning to roll out childcare vouchers to its 15,000 UK employees next month. Just 4,000 staff are based in the office so the intranet and helpline will be used to promote the service.
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Feature - Focus on cars: The tax position of diesel cars
A flurry of demand preceded the abolition of the 3% benefit-in-kind concession on Euro IV diesels. Jamin Robertson finds the impact unlikely to significantly sway demand for dieselIf you read nothing else, read this ...The abolition of the 3% benefit-in-kind concession on Euro IV diesel cars on 1 January this ...
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JPMorgan assists retiring staff
JPMorgan is offering financial education to its employees to help them prepare for retirement and the new pensions tax simplification legislation.The offer to attend seminars has gone out to around 750 employees over the age of 50 years and those who are nearing the new £1.5m lifetime allowance, which will ...
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Feature - Special report: Fleet: Do cash allowances detract from corporate social responsibility?
Jamin Robertson asks if cash allowances encourage drivers to do high mileageCase studies: Chard, WhitbreadArticle in fullQuestions have been raised about drivers who receive cash allowances using attractive fuel reimbursement rates to run up excessive amounts of mileage.Employees who have transferred into haphazard cash alternatives may envisage a profit from ...
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Cash allowance calculations crucial
Nick Golding sorts through the confusion surrounding cash allowance calculationCase studies: Yorkshire Building Society, McDonald'sArticle in fullIn essence, when it comes to company cars, cash allowance schemes do exactly what they say. That is, allow employees to exchange their company car for its equal value in cash. The money is ...
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Staff to get childcare vouchers at Department for Constitutional Affairs
The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) - responsible for Her Majesty's Court Service - plans to introduce a home computing initiative and childcare vouchers for its 24,000 employees.Although subject to approval by the DCA's project board, a survey carried out by the department found many staff would be interested in ...
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Pensions update - Statutory overrides warnings
Employers and trustees can still take some last minute action to prepare for A-day (April 6) by checking whether or not they need to change scheme rules in order to comply with the new pensions simplification legislation and taxation limits.Schemes can rely on statutory overrides, which effectively keep in place ...
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Online for Woolies
Woolworths is creating a website to help promote its benefits package both to current staff and potential employees from outside the organisation.Jonathan Davies, head of group reward at Woolworths, said: "We want to pull all our benefits together so our employees can learn more about them. We will have links ...
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Nationwide optimises perks
Nationwide Building Society is working on a new project to divide its employee base into consumer groups in order to optimise its benefits package for the future.Staff are being put into one of a number of groups, based on demography and commitment levels. Each group's preferences for individual perks are ...
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Wickes introduces reward scheme
DIY chain Wickes is introducing a reward scheme for sales staff following a trial. The Xsell scheme allows each of its 360 sales staff to earn up to £1,200 a year to spend on a range of rewards, including high street vouchers, tickets for the London Eye, a PlayStation 2 ...
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Household products manufacturers
Making sure that their reward package outshines rivals' is an all too familiar dilemma for firms making household products, says Neil MerrickCase Studies: Procter & Gamble, AcdocoArticle in fullLike the goods they offer to their customers, organisations that produce household cleaning, soap and tissue products, come in a variety of ...
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Discounts for staff
London & Edinburgh Swallow Group has launched a range of high street discounts for staff.The 8,500 employee hotel firm is offering the scheme in conjunction with provider Combined Benefit Services.Vouchers with discounts of between 5% and 15% are being offered at Sainsbury's, Waitrose, B&Q and Halfords.Employees will also be entitled ...
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Research update - Nearly a third of employers turn to staff for deficits
As increasing numbers of employers close their defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to new staff, it is not surprising that almost a third of organisations have turned to employees to help fund pension arrangements.The Pension scheme risk management survey carried out by Jardine Lloyd Thompson in conjunction with Financial Director ...
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Trust seeks PC deal
A northern NHS trust has been forced to seek a new home computing provider after claiming it was abandoned by a previous supplier on the eve of its scheme launch.A spokeswoman at the 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust said Booost ran a series of staff roadshows in July 2005, but ...
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Northern Rock simplifies communication for staff
Northern Rock has set up a helpline and sent out newsletters to its 5,500 employees explaining the forthcoming changes pensions tax simplification will bring on April 6.Peter Ferguson, senior personnel manager at Northern Rock, admitted that not all employees will be immediately affected by the changes, in particular the new ...
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Eyecare obligations highlight communication needs
Onerous workplace obligations around eye care have led employers to think extremely carefully about their employee communications, says Nick GoldingIf you read nothing else, read this ...Legislation places a responsibility on employers to provide computer screen users with an eyesight test if they request one and at regular intervals thereafter.One-voucher ...
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Cannons pumps up its perks
Cannons Group, the operator of Cannons Health and Fitness Clubs and Courtneys leisure centres, has introduced a suite of voluntary benefits for its 3,500 staff.It has included an employer-paid employee assistance programme, offering counselling and legal help to employees, a healthcare cash plan, private medical insurance and personal hospital policies ...
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News brief - Varsity match for HCI
Southampton University is planning to introduce a home computing initiative (HCI) and a bike to work scheme.
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Take-up sacrifices at Darlington Borough Council
Darlington Borough Council believes uncertainty over salary levels due to the council's ongoing job evaluation programme is having a detrimental effect on the take-up of its salary sacrifice benefits.The council is currently conducting job evaluations in line with the 2004/05 single-status pay agreement which is designed to standardise the pay ...
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Homeworking best practice
Nick Golding establishes the ground rules for employees working from homeCase Study: BTArticle in fullLast spring the Office for National Statistics announced that out of the 28.7m UK working population, 3.3m were working from the comfort of their own homes. And as flexible working grows in popularity, this figure is ...