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VIDEO: Anne Teggart: Communicating benefits during tough times
Sapient has used internal resources to communicate employee benefits during tough economic times, said Anne Teggart (pictured), European compensation and benefits lead at the outsourcing firm, during an interview with Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor of Employee Benefits.She added: “We have an EU-[wide] benefits mailbox that we send all of our ...
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VIDEO: Andrew Garner: EVP has to be broken down into component parts
The employee value proposition (EVP) has to be broken down into its component parts, said Andrew Garner, author of Smart moves – successful strategies and tactics for career management, in an interview with Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits.He added that the employee value proposition embraces, in its component parts, ...
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VIDEO: Irene Stark: Employee engagement provides commercial advantage
Employee engagement provides employers with a commercial advantage by encouraging high productivity levels and boosting morale, said Irene Stark (pictured), HR director at ATS Euromaster, during an interview with Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor of Employee Benefits.She added: “[A culture of engagement can be created] by looking at the right things ...
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VIDEO: David Pitt-Watson: Collective pensions could offer better returns
The UK can have a much better system of collective pension savings, said David Pitt-Watson (pictured), author of Building the consensus for a people’s pension in Britain, during an interview with Clare Bettelley, associate editor at Employee Benefits.Pitt-Watson led a session titled ‘What should a best practice pension system look ...
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Staffcare's Auto-Enrolment Portal: a simple guide
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VIDEO: Jonathan Lipkin: Take DC governance seriously
Governance in defined contribution (DC) pension schemes is going to move to the top of employers’ agendas as auto-enrolment accelerates, said Jonathan Lipkin, director of public policy at the Investment Management Association (IMA), during an interview with Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor at Employee Benefits at the Employee Benefits Pensions and ...
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Debbie Harrison: Size of charges have huge impact on pensions
Debbie Harrison, senior visiting fellow at the Pensions Institute talks to Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, about the impact of higher charges on the eventual pension an employee will receive in retirement.“Value is much more difficult. This is where employers and their advisers really need to look at what ...
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Yvonne Braun: Decision on annuities is critical
Ensuring employees have the tools to make the right decision about buying an annuity is critical, said Yvonne Braun, head of savings and retirement at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), during an interview with Tynan Barton, features editor at Employee Benefits at the Employee Benefits Pensions and Workplace Savings ...
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What ideas would Employee Benefits Awards judges take back to their organisation?
This year’s Employee Benefits Awards entries contained a number of ideas and initiatives the judges wanted to take back to their own organisations.Gary Brewer, head of reward and organisational development at William Grant and Sons, intends to look at his organisation’s approach to staff returning from maternity leave after seeing ...
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VideoMerlin Entertainments harmonises reward and benefits
This mantra is also reflected in the benefits and reward package it offers to its 8,000 UK employees.Its focus on building memorable experiences has had a positive impact on staff. In Merlin’s 2013 employee opinion survey, 86% of employees said they were satisfied with their benefits. Debra Corey, group compensation ...
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Employee Benefits Awards judges praise entry standard
The high standard of entries to this year’s Employee Benefits Awards impressed our panel of judges, particularly in regards to entrants’ creativity, innovation and careful tailoring of strategies and schemes to suit their workforce demographics.We would like to thank our highly esteemed panel of judges, many of whom are former ...
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What did the Employee Benefits Awards' judges learn from judging?
The high standard of entrants’ benefits programmes, creative approaches and a willingness to push boundaries impressed this year’s Employee Benefits Awards’ judges.Masha Boldyreva, reward manager for Europe at Mondelez International, highlights the holistic approach employers are taking to benefits and the link between benefits and employee engagement, while Debra Corey, ...
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Carol Young: How Heineken is preparing for auto-enrolment
Carol Young, pensions manager at Heineken (UK), speaks to Jennifer Paterson, senior reporter at Employee Benefits, about how Heineken is managing its obligations to implement pensions auto-enrolment.Heineken’s staging date is 1 August 2013, but it is already extemely well-prepared for this legislative change.Young urges other employers to start preparing as ...
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Janine Sparks: Why pensions should be positioned as part of a total reward strategy
Janine Sparks, reward manager – employee benefits at British Airways (BA), speaks to Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor of Employee Benefits, about positioning the pension scheme as part of a total reward strategy.Sparks points out that the pension is a major investment by the employer, but is often only appreciated as ...
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Jill Cunnison: Top tips to tackle stress and mental wellbeing
Jill Cunnison, head of benefits and HR operations at Capital One, talks to Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, during Employee Benefits Live 2012 about what HR and benefits managers can do to tackle stress and mental wellbeing in the workplace.She shares clever ideas that can be simple to implement ...
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Debra Corey: Top tips for HR to get finance on side
Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2012, Debra Corey, group compensation and benefits director at Merlin Entertainments, provided tips on how HR can get the finance director on side.This presentation followed one made by her colleague Rob Horrocks, finance director at Merlin Entertainments (see related video, top right).Corey discusses how benefits ...
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Tim Middleton: Governance challenges for a DC pension's default fund
Tim Middleton, technical consultant at the Pensions Management Institute, talks to Jennifer Paterson, senior reporter at Employee Benefits, about the governance issues to consider in relation to pension investment fund selection for defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.Contract-based and trust-based DC schemes have slightly different pressures, but both need to take ...
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Jon Bryant: How HR can use MI to engage staff in pensions
Jon Bryant, employee benefits consulting director at JLT, talks to Debi O’Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits, about using member data (also known as management information) to engage staff in their pension plan.Firstly, employers need to get the data into a single database, then they need to hit the right people ...
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Rob Horrocks: How to get the finance director on side
Rob Horrocks, financial director at Merlin Entertainments, the operator of amusement parks and other attractions, tells the audience at Employee Benefits Live 2012 how benefits managers can get the finance director on side.He shares his top tips on what not to say if benefits managers want to avoid winding up ...
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Ian Cloake: Rewarding globally mobile employees
Ian Cloke, vice president of global reward at Unilever, chats to Debbie Lovewell, deputy editor at Employee Benefits, about the key issues to consider when rewarding globally mobile employees.He explains that consistency is important because employees will talk to each other. Global mobility managers also need to be transparent and ...