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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Have your say in benefits strategy research
What are the key issues and challenges shaping your organisation’s benefits strategy? What are your organisation’s plans for developing a future-fit benefits strategy? How have the changes to salary sacrifice arrangements impacted on your organisation’s benefits provision?Take part in the exclusive Employee Benefits’ Benefits research 2018 to benchmark your organisation’s ...
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ArticleAdmiral Group, EE and TSB Bank among Best Big Companies to Work For in 2018
Admiral Group, EE, Explore Learning, EY and TSB Bank are among the organisations recognised in the Sunday Times’ 25 Best Big Companies to Work for 2018 list.The Sunday Times’ Best Companies lists are based on the results of anonymous employee engagement surveys, which are designed to allow employees to comment ...
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ArticleMetropolitan Police takes constable to disciplinary hearing for stealing biscuit tin
Something for the weekend: Although a free fruit box or an employer-paid cafeteria may be the norm for staff at some organisations, the Metropolitan Police appears to take a more guarded stance to its employees’ snacks, as a police constable was taken to a misconduct hearing for reportedly stealing a ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 15-21 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 15 and 21 February 2018 were: Bahamas hotel resort seeks chief flamingo officerMcKinsey and Company reports a 23.8% mean gender pay gapSupreme Court to hear Pimlico Plumbers employment status caseThe Pensions Regulator fines schemes non-compliant with basic auto-enrolment dutiesManchester Mears to award ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid attends benefits training
Big Bad Boss has decided I should go to a benefits training seminar. Sounds like it won’t be much of a jolly or he would be going himself. Smarmy Consulting, our pension advisor, run all sorts of events from splendid banquets to low-budget breakfast meetings. It is typical that I ...
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ArticleBahamas hotel resort seeks chief flamingo officer
Something for the weekend: Not many job descriptions hit the holiday hallmarks of sun, sea and sand, however wildlife-loving job-hunters could strike it lucky thanks to Baha Mar, a new hotel resort in the Bahamas, which is advertising for a chief flamingo officer to join its team.The chief flamingo officer, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 8-14 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 8 and 14 February 2018 were: EXCLUSIVE: SSE launches online financial education programmePinsent Masons reports a 22.4% mean gender pay gap33% believe employers should pay employees for keeping healthyLinklaters reports a 23.2% mean gender pay gapStotts Tours Oldham fined £60,000 for failing ...
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ArticleChipotle awards bonuses and extends paid parental leave for 71,000 US staff
Mexican food retailer Chipotle has improved its employee benefits offering to award 71,000 US-based employees cash and stock bonuses, as well as enhancing its paid parental leave policy.The changes, which the organisation is rolling out to employees, have been designed to help support and advance employees' professional and personal lives.Its ...
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AnalysisHow can employers' ensure their benefits strategies are future proofed?
Need to know:Future-proofing a benefits strategy needs to take into account an organisation's wider business goals, macro-economic trends and legislation.Benefits technology needs to be factored into any strategy, including the potential for artificial intelligence.Any strategy needs to be adaptable and able to react to changing needs and circumstances.It is a ...
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Case StudiesAshford Borough Council reforms benefits strategy to meet future business challenges
When Ashford Borough Council took the decision to overhaul its benefits strategy in 2011, one of its key motivations was to create a system that would help it attract and retain talent at a time when the public sector was not seen as an attractive destination.Susanna Aiano, personnel projects and ...
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OpinionDuncan Brown: Reward strategies must bring value to both employers and employees
‘We don’t have a reward strategy anymore’, a well-respected benefits director told me about this time last year. ‘We wait to hear what the Chancellor says in the Budget’. Certainly in this current highly uncertain, volatile, pre-Brexit period, with record low levels of unemployment and widespread skill shortages, and increasing ...
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ArticleAlan Chambers MBE and DLA Piper to speak at Employee Benefits Connect 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Former royal marine and polar adventurer Alan Chambers MBE (pictured) will deliver the closing keynote address at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, while global law firm DLA Piper will discuss the future of performance.Concluding the conference programme on Wednesday 28 February 2018, Chambers’ closing keynote address, titled ‘The only limits ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by UK Power Networks
The workplace benefits offered by UK Power Networks:Pensions and financial wellbeingElectricity supply industry final salary pension scheme, closed to new entrants.EDF Energy defined benefit scheme, closed to new entrants.Defined contribution (DC) group personal pension scheme open to all employees. Matching 2:1 contributions, up to 10% from the employer.Tenancy loan deposit ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 1-7 February 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 1 and 7 February 2018 were: Royal Mail confirms pay and collective DC pensions schemeEAT rules in favour of firefighters' appeal in pensions age discrimination caseTesco to face legal action over equal payAsda, PepsiCo UK and Ireland and Sackers among the UK's ...
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ArticleNSPCC hires Terry
Children's charity The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has hired Brett Terry (pictured) as its new director of people.Terry, who has nearly 20 years of experience in the charity sector, specialises in organisational development, including large scale transformational change, leadership development and employee engagement.Previously, Terry ...
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ArticleAsda, PepsiCo UK and Ireland and Sackers among the UK’s Top Employers for 2018
Asda (pictured), PepsiCo UK and Ireland, Sackers and Starbucks UK are among the 85 organisations that have been recognised in 2018’s Top Employers UK list, compiled by the Top Employers Institute.The annual Top Employers certification process assesses an organisation’s employee offering across nine key areas, including compensation and benefits, talent ...
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ArticleInterContinental Singapore enhances benefits for 360 employees
Hospitality organisation InterContinental Singapore has enhanced its employee benefits package for the organisation’s 360 employees, effective from January 2018.The benefits changes, which includes extended maternity and paternity leave, have been introduced in order to promote better work-life balance and to support employees’ personal and professional development.Under the revised benefits provision, ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 25-31 January 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 25 and 31 January 2018 were: TPR takes ITV to the Upper Tribunal in pensions anti-avoidance caseBBC proposes new pay framework for on-air rolesShopper Media Group motivates new starters with 'best first day ever'Zurich reports a 27.3% mean gender pay gapFord Motor ...
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Article68% see increase in stress and mental health-related illnesses in the workplace
More than two-thirds (68%) of employer respondents have seen an increase in instances of stress and mental health-related illnesses in the workplace, according to research by Aon.Its Benefits and trends survey: January 2018, which surveyed 200 UK employers, also found that 41% of respondents are unaware of the implications of ...
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ArticleBaker McKenzie, Lloyds Banking Group and Sky among 2018’s top LGBT employers
Baker McKenzie, Citi, Lloyds Banking Group, Vodafone and Sky are among the organisations that have been named as inclusive employers for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) employees, according to the Top 100 Employers 2018 list, compiled by LGBT charity Stonewall.The list is based on submissions to benchmarking tool the ...