All articles by Tynan Barton – Page 52
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North Merseyside NHS trusts sign new HR and payroll services contract
Ten NHS trusts in North Merseyside have signed a new contract with Capita for the delivery of transactional HR and payroll services.The new seven-year agreement will also enable other trusts from the north west of England to procure these services from Capita.Raj Jain, chief executive of Liverpool Heart and Chest ...
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Over half of Irish professionals expect salaries to remain constant in 2012
Over half of Irish professionals expect their salaries to remain the same over the next 12 months, according to research by Morgan McKinley.The Morgan McKinley Ireland salary survey 2012 found that 21% of human resources managers and business leaders surveyed predict salaries will increase, albeit modestly, by approximately 1-5%.However, 13% ...
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Pay and pension cuts for Singapore’s ministers
Singapore’s prime minister has agreed to take a pay cut of 35% –but will still be one of the world’s best-paid leaders.A review committee appointed to look at the salaries of Singapore’s ministers recommended that prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s annual salary be cut to 2,200,000 Singapore dollars (£1.1 million).The ...
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UK pensions face potential threat from EU law
UK occupational pensions face potential threat of closure if a new European Union (EU) law comes into effect.The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have warned that the review from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) on the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive ...
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Pay rises and bonuses leave employees dissatisfied
Employees’ satisfaction with pay rises and bonuses decreased in 2011, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).The annual Employee attitudes to pay survey found that the net satisfaction score among those who received a pay rise was 56 in 2011, down from the 61 recorded ...
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Home Group uses competition to increase take up of voluntary benefits
Home Group, the affordable and supported housing provider, has increased engagement and take-up of its voluntary benefits scheme following a competition among staff.The competition, run in conjunction with its employee discounts provider Asperity Employee Benefits throughout November 2011, was a communications initiative to drive take up and find out what ...
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Gulf between private and public sector pensions is growing
The gulf between private and public sector pension provision is growing, according to research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).The 2011 Pensions trends survey found that nine out of ten private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes are now closed to new entrants, and four out of ten closed to ...
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Liverpool Community Health appoints new HR director
Liverpool Community Health (LCH) has appointed a new director of human resources.Michelle Porteus joins the NHS trust’s board of directors and will lead the human resources, organisational development and communications teams at LCH.Porteus gained Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) qualifications at Salford University and has since spent 14 years ...
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Employer profile: John Lewis Partnership
Case study: Sporting challenge is a winner at John Lewis?Chris Husbands is a fitness adviser in the sports department at the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis.Specialising in large fitness equipment, he is part of a team of four who advise customers on fitness and explain how to get the ...
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Case study: Sporting challenge is a winner at John Lewis
Chris Husbands is a fitness adviser in the sports department at the Oxford Street branch of John Lewis.Specialising in large fitness equipment, he is part of a team of four who advise customers on fitness and explain how to get the most out of the store’s products.Husbands has been with ...
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Harveys switches fleet supplier following review
Furniture specialist Harveys has switched from a multi-supplier to a sole-supplier approach in the provision of around 140 contract-hire cars for its staff.Harveys, part of the Steinhoff UK retail group which also owns Cargo, Reid Furniture and Sleepmasters, has signed a five-year agreement with Leasedrive after a review, choosing a ...
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Santander’s salary sacrifice car scheme deemed a success
Employees at Santander ordered more than 160 cars within the first month following the launch of its salary sacrifice car scheme.The scheme, which was launched in October using provider Zenith, is open to all UK-based permanent Santander employees, with an aim of enhancing the bank’s benefits package.The Santander All-Employee Car ...
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Legal and General research: Stress-related absence more likely to be taken by women
Women are nearly three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, according to analysis by Legal and General.Using Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) statistics, Legal and General found that between October and December 2010, 31,000 women took sick days citing stress, depression or anxiety, compared to 11,000 ...
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ABI launches consultation to encourage informed annuity choices
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a consultation to find out what the industry can do to help people make informed choices when they cash in their pension for an annuity.In September 2011, the ABI announced that it would introduce a compulsory code, binding all its members, to ...
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Aviva research: Employees want easier ways to manage multiple pension pots
Employees want new and easier ways to manage multiple pension pots, research by Aviva has found.The poll of 2,000 employees in the UK found that while almost half (49%) had multiple pots, 58% were unclear of the overall value of their pension savings.However, three-quarters (75%) felt they would not have ...
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BlueSky Pension Scheme launches all-employer scheme
BlueSky Pension Scheme has introduced an all-employer scheme ahead of auto-enrolment, which commences from October 2012.The scheme will be open to employers from all sectors from 1 January 2012, and is intended to be an alternative to the national employment savings trust (Nest).BlueSky has developed its offering to incorporate target ...
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MetLife Assurance research: Employers could cut back on recruitment to fund auto-enrolment
Employers may cut back on recruiting new staff to fund auto-enrolment, according to research by MetLife Assurance.Although nearly two-thirds (63%) of finance directors have not addressed the issue, 16% among organisations with more than five employees said they would cut back on recruitment in order to fund the new legislation.The ...
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DWP to consult on auto-enrolment earnings threshold
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a consultation on the auto-enrolment earnings thresholds for 2012/2013.The consultation, open until 26 January 2012, seeks views from employers and the employee benefits industry to inform the DWP how to take the review of the figures forward for the first year ...
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Government proposes abolition of short-service refunds for defined contribution pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has proposed the abolition of short-service refunds for defined contribution (DC) pensions in order to protect the pension pots of people who move jobs often.Short-service refunds allow individuals to get their pension contributions back, but leave them without a pension.The DWP has published ...
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Croner research: Significant pay gap between directors at small and large organisations
Directors of small organisations have seen a drop in their pay, while those in large organisations have seen an increase, according to research by Croner.The Directors’ rewards research found that the average 2011 annual pay for directors of small firms, with a turnover of less than £5 million a year, ...