All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1088
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Chelsea Football Club takes on Matthews
Sporting organisation Chelsea Football Club has appointed Sara Matthews as chief HR officer.Matthews has expertise in developing incentive programmes to drive commercial performance, achieving shareholder approval for executive pay and rewards, optimising talent acquisition, leading social responsibility policies and regulatory compliance, and providing HR thought leadership.Previously, Matthews held positions at ...
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ArticleUni-Select hires Gagnon
Automotive distribution organisation Uni-Select has hired Marie-Noelle Gagnon as vice president, human resources.Previously, Canada-based Gagnon held numerous roles at pharmaceutical organisation Novartis, including oncology Canada HR head, head of compensation and benefits, oncology region, Europe and emerging growth markets, head of rewards, UK and Ireland, and total rewards and human ...
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ArticleBurtoft takes on benefits at AMC Networks International UK
Television organisation AMC Networks International UK has hired Kirsten Burtoft as interim compensation and benefits manager.Burtoft has 12 years of specific reward experience, as well as four years of generalist HR experience.Previously, Burtoft worked as global benefits manager at Comcast, reward manager at NBC Universal, senior reward advisor, also at ...
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Top 10 considerations for employees who are retiring in 2018
The New Year is the perfect time to take stock of our finances. Employees who are facing retirement and have a defined contribution (DC) pension will have a number of decisions to make given the freedom and flexibilities.To help with this, WEALTH at work, a leading provider of financial education, ...
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Supplier articleReward Gateway delivers first end-to-end engagement platform
Easy-to-use integrated survey solution allows employers to both measure employee engagement and impact it through a centralised employee engagement platform.The employee engagement company Reward Gateway has announced the launch of Employee Surveys. The move makes Reward Gateway the first end-to-end employee engagement platform that allows employers to seamlessly measure employee ...
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Supplier articleWhat's your HR resolution for 2018?
By Chloe Deiulis, Content MarketingHappy New Year! Whether you rung in 2018 with a champagne toast, good laughs with friends or your favorite flick, we hope you had a great end of 2017.Before we knew it, we were back to the grind and sprinting towards our 2018 goals.And what are ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Snow Software holds ski trip for 650 global staff
EXCLUSIVE: Technology organisation Snow Software has taken 650 of its global employees to Engelberg, Switzerland to celebrate achieving its annual sales target, as well as to support its employee engagement and teambuilding strategies.The employer-funded ski trip is taking place between Saturday 13 January and Tuesday 16 January 2018, with 650 ...
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ArticleRugby Australia equalises pay under new collective bargaining agreement
Rugby Australia, the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) and Australia’s four Super Rugby teams have introduced a collective bargaining agreement that will equalise pay between male and female athletes.The new agreement, which is effective until 2020, ensures that entry-level, full-time minimum salaries for professional male and female Super Rugby and ...
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Article42% believe winter has negative impact on mental wellbeing
More than two-fifths (42%) of respondents believe that winter has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing, according to research by Peldon Rose.Its survey of 500 UK office-based employees also found that 45% of respondents feel that winter adversely affects their motivation, while 34% think the colder weather impacts their ...
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AnalysisWhat impact will GDPR have on healthcare benefits data?
Need to know:The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25 May 2018, will apply to the processing of employees' personal data within healthcare benefits.Employers will need to get data subject consent from employees and inform them of the type of data the employer wishes to collect, ...
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OpinionSarah Thompson: The next steps in employers’ GDPR compliance
Last October, McGuireWoods covered some of the keys steps that reward professionals could take to get up to speed with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force this May. With fines of up to €20 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover, whichever is greatest, at stake, GDPR ...
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OpinionAnna McCaffrey: How will GDPR affect processing of employees’ healthcare benefits data?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018.The good news for employers is that many GDPR rights are similar to those under the current Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).The bad news is that, as a general rule, GDPR expands existing rights, introduces a few ...
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Supplier articleA tale of the employee survey: Finding our perfect match
By Catrin Lewis, Internal Communications Manager Before I joined Reward Gateway and became our internal communications manager, I assumed a People Team strategy and employee insights largely came from one seemingly valuable tool: An annual employee survey.I wasn’t necessarily wrong. Many rely on annual surveys to get a “temperature check” ...
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Supplier article‘If it ain’t broke consider breaking it’: are you a Netflix or a Blockbuster?
By Jacqueline BenjaminI read an inspiring article the other day by author and motivational speaker Rasmus Ankerson. Titled ‘if it ain’t broken, consider breaking it’ the piece looks at the issue of complacency amongst businesses – particularly successful ones – and it struck me that there were some very interesting ...
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WEALTH at work launches telephone-based retirement guidance service
WEALTH at work has launched a telephone based guidance service to offer support to employees and pension scheme members facing life changing decisions about their pensions and lifetime savings.The new service has been developed in recognition of the demand on employers and trustees to support employees and members with the ...
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ArticleCiti reports gender and minority pay gaps of 1%
Global banking organisation Citi has reported a 1% gender pay gap and a 1% minority pay gap for its employees in Germany, the UK and the US.Its pay analysis, conducted this year, compared the pay of male employees to female employees, and US minority groups to non-minority groups, accounting for ...
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Support your employees this Dry January
Every January, Alcohol Concern runs a national campaign to encourage as many people as possible to go alcohol-free for 31 days. There are many benefits to ditching the booze and throughout the month, we'll be looking at these and helping you to encourage your employees to get involved.Taking part in ...
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ArticleLendlease UK reports a 19.2% gender pay gap
Construction organisation Lendlease UK has reported a 19.2% mean gender pay gap, excluding non-executive directors, for fixed hourly pay as at 5 April 2017.The organisation has reported its gender pay gap data in line with the government’s gender pay gap reporting regulations and ahead of the private sector submission deadline ...
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ArticleITV employees accept a 2.75% pay rise
Employees who work at broadcasting organisation ITV and who are members of the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU) have voted to accept a 2.75% pay increase, effective from 1 January 2018.The pay offer will apply to all employees working at grades below management level, in roles that cover ...
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Why positive employee recognition in the workplace is so important this January
Ensuring you provide a positive, productive and innovative workplace environment with plenty of employee recognition and rewards might be more important than employers realise, particularly in this New Year period.Temptation is GreatThe ‘New Year, New You’ motto rings true not only for health and fitness, but also extends to the ...