All Total reward articles – Page 133
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week 13-19 April
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 13 and 19 April 2017 were: Royal Mail to close defined benefit pension scheme to future accrualPensions Ombudsman rejects Standard Life employee's transfer value complaintPenguin Random House UK to pay work experience candidates the national living wageAsda, DS Smith and Samsung ...
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ArticleScott joins Fletchers Solicitors
Tim Scott has joined law firm Fletchers Solicitors as people director.Scott’s new position will see him lead the people team to further develop Fletchers' employee benefits strategy, its employment practices, and manage its people strategies.Scott has more than 20 years of HR experience across a variety of sectors. He founded ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 43% do not provide regular benefits communications
EXCLUSIVE: More than two-fifths (43%) of employer respondents do not provide regular updates on their employee benefits offering to staff, according to research by Chase de Vere and Lightbulb.The survey of 300 senior HR decision makers also found that 23% of respondents provide employee benefits because they believe a competitive ...
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ArticleCelebrate success at the Employee Benefits Awards and Summer Party
Excitement is building for the Employee Benefits Awards and Summer Party 2017, which will take place on Friday 9 June at the Artillery Garden at the HAC, London.The annual event, now in its 15th year, enables HR, reward, benefits and compensation professionals to come together and recognise best practice across ...
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The month in numbers: April 2017
A look at some of the facts and figures relating to employee benefits in April 2017:86% of voluntary living wage accredited employer respondents believe that accreditation has enhanced their reputation as an employer (Source: Living Wage Foundation/Cardiff Business School)74% of employee respondents believe that a traditional office working environment detracts ...
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ArticleRachael Saunders: How can employers support older staff in the workplace?
By 2022, it is estimated that there will be a skills gap of 7.5 million jobs, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's March 2012 report Managing a healthy ageing workforce: a national business imperative. To address this, businesses urgently need to encourage and enable older people to ...
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ArticleAndrew West: How can employers support older staff in the workplace?
The government’s Fuller working lives strategy identifies the need for employers to support older workers, not just to stay in work, but to continue developing, learning and changing jobs, even changing careers.The issues it raises are myriad, but the trap is in assuming that as employers we can somehow consider ...
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ArticleBrian Beach: How can employers support older staff in the workplace?
The need to identify policies and strategies to retain older workers will grow ever more crucial into the future as the age profile of the labour market changes. The missing million: recommendations for action research, published in April 2015, by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) in our Missing ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 6 and 12 April 2017 were: Luxurious office to deliver champagne and sushi to staff desksSalesforce conducts $3m salary adjustment following equal pay assessmentGlaxoSmithKline and Liverpool Victoria shortlisted for benefits team of the yearEXCLUSIVE: Hologic launches online financial education programmeGovernment consults ...
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15 Industry insight: Thinking to the future: 2020 – same issues or new ones?
I have been privileged to have had the opportunity to work outside the UK for the last four years with my last role in Asia running global benefits for a multinational bank. Each year though, I read Employee Benefits’ Benefits research in detail because it gave me a good independent ...
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ArticlePalm Beach County to introduce six weeks' paid parental leave for staff
Palm Beach County is to introduce paid parental leave for state staff.The new benefit, which will come into effect at the end of April, will enable eligible employees to take six weeks of parental leave at full pay for the birth, adoption or fostering of a child. The benefit will ...
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ArticleGlaxoSmithKline and Liverpool Victoria shortlisted for benefits team of the year
GlaxoSmithKline, Liverpool Victoria, and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council are among the organisations that have been shortlisted in the benefits team of the year category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2017.The award, sponsored by Conduent HR Services, celebrates the achievements of an in-house benefits team that works together to deliver benefits ...
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6-9: Benefits offered
Share schemesJust under a third (29%) of respondents offer share schemes or share options to their employees, and a further 17% offer shares or share options to staff at senior or executive level only, according to the Employee Benefits/Staffcare Benefits research 2017.This leaves more than half (54%) of respondents’ organisations ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits shortlisted for Pensions/Benefits Publication of the Year 2017
Employee Benefits has been shortlisted in the Pensions/Benefits Publication of the Year category at the Willis Towers Watson Media Awards 2017.The winner of this category is decided by public vote among readers in the HR and benefits industry. We would be delighted to receive your vote to help us retain ...
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ArticleLuxurious office to deliver champagne and sushi to staff desks
Something for the weekend: An office’s location and its amenities often form part of the decision-making process when an individual is considering a new job, but how far would desk-delivered luxury beverages rank up an employee's list of office enticements? Enstar Capital is pulling out all the stops for its ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 30 March and 5 April 2017 were: Government legislates for changes to salary sacrifice arrangementsThe tax and legislation changes impacting reward from April 2017Merlin Entertainments advertises for Lego model designer41% want to receive childcare vouchers through salary sacrificeUnum launches online financial ...
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ArticleThe month in numbers: March 2017
A look at some of the facts and figures relating to employee benefits in March 2017:62% of employee respondents are worried about not having enough money when they retire (Source: Wealth Wizards) bit.ly/2mXrR89137.3 million working days in the UK were lost due to sickness or injury in 2016 (Source: Office ...
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ArticleThe top 10 most read stories: February-March 2017
The top 10 most-read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 7 February and 6 March 2017 were: BrewDog introduces global paid puppy leaveUS and UK employees at craft beer organisation BrewDog can take a week of paid leave to settle a new dog into their home, whether the pet is a puppy ...
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ArticleBlackshire moves up at McDonald’s
McDonald's Restaurants has promoted Neal Blackshire to director, non-executive compensation.Blackshire’s new role, which has a focus on compensation, will see him join the food organisation’s global rewards and mobility team, reporting to the corporate vice president for reward.Blackshire previously held the role of reward manager at McDonald’s Restaurants.
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ArticleGrayling promotes Zeratzion
Global communications organisation Grayling has promoted Joseph Zeratzion to people and development director, UK and Ireland.In this role, Zeratzion will lead the organisation's talent strategy and learning and development, as well as develop a competency and progression framework to support and reward staff.Previously, Zeratzion was Europe, Middle East and Africa ...