All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 1116
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Supplier article
Employee recognition for every budget
Recognising your employees and rewarding them for their hard work and achievements is essential to ensure you build and maintain a positive, engaged and motivated workforce. However, when it comes to recognition, this doesn’t have to come at a great expense to your company. In fact, some of the simplest ...
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Case StudiesMunich Re UK Services offers a number of core group risk benefits
Munich Re UK Services is a global reinsurer which covers life reinsurance, non-life reinsurance and global risk. The group’s headquarters are in Munich, Germany, and the organisation has more than 43,420 employees.Munich Re UK Services offers a number of core group risk benefits including: group life, private health insurance, private ...
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AnalysisGroup risk in numbers
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AnalysisHow can employers calculate a return on investment on group risk benefits?
Need to knowEmployers should make sure they are maximising all features of group risk benefits they offer.The benefits provided to employees must be communicated in a compelling and timely manner.Employers should also factor in employee sickness absence and the cost of sick pay.Nearly 12.5 million employees were covered by group ...
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ArticleKellogg’s to run summer hours scheme for Manchester-based staff
Food manufacturing organisation Kellogg’s is running a summer hours scheme for its 420 Manchester-based staff.The scheme, which is now in its 15th year, will enable all 420 employees based at its MediaCityUK office to finish work from 12pm on Fridays, provided they have already completed a full weeks’ working hours. ...
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ArticleCalifornia court rules in favour of drivers in employment status case
The Supreme Court of California has ruled to restrict the classification of workers as independent contractors, and to adopt a worker-friendly system of classification, following developments in a case concerning parcel delivery organisation Dynamex Operations West.The original case, Dynamex Operations West v Charles Lee, regards Charles Lee, a former delivery ...
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Article29% of new group income protection claims in 2017 related to mental health issues
More than a quarter (29%) of new group income protection claims in 2017 were for mental health issues, according to research by Legal and General.The research, which is based on the group protection claims Legal and General paid in 2017, also found that the insurer has paid 2,614 group protection ...
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Case StudiesCA Technologies relaunches health and wellbeing strategy to expand wellbeing focus
Software organisation CA Technologies has relaunched its health and wellbeing strategy, expanding its wellbeing offering to include mental health and resilience components, rather than focusing solely on physical health.The organisation has 2,500 employees across 22 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), including 500 staff in the UK. ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories: 26 April-2 May 2018
The 10 most read stories on www.employeebenefits.co.uk between 26 April and 2 May 2018 were: McDonald's employees strike in dispute over payFitFlop, Skyscanner and Xiros shortlisted for Best healthcare and wellbeing benefitsEmployees entitled to at least 50% of pension if employer becomes insolvent rules EU courtEmployment Appeal Tribunal rules against ...
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ArticleStar Wars robot could earn £39,221 to work on Earth
Something for the weekend: Plucky robot R2-D2 from the film franchise Star Wars would earn an estimated £39,221 a year if he swapped the Millennium Falcon for a job here on Earth, according to research by Adzuna.If R2-D2 made the move from a galaxy far, far away to one much ...
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Poll: Should employers pay shared parental leave at the same rate as enhanced maternity pay?
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ArticlePoll: 55% think more employers will offer collective DC pensions after Royal Mail
Employee Benefits Poll: More than half (55%) of respondents think that more employers will follow the example set by postal organisation Royal Mail and implement collective defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.A straw poll of www.employeebenefits.co.uk readers, which received 44 responses, also found that 20% of respondents do not think organisations ...
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ArticleMarks and Spencer and Weetabix shortlisted for Best voluntary benefits
Marks and Spencer (pictured), the University of Lincoln and Weetabix are among the organisations shortlisted in the Best voluntary benefits category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2018.This award celebrates the most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan within an organisation, including staff deals that are available for employees.The full ...
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ArticleTPR to appoint enforcement officers to seize assets for pension non-compliance fines
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to appoint high court enforcement officers (HCEOs) to enforce court orders or their equivalent on employers who have failed or refused to comply with auto-enrolment pension duties.The HCEOs will operate in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and will have the ability to visit the ...
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ArticleFTSE 350 defined benefit pension deficit falls to £53bn
The accounting deficit for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes at the UK’s top 350 organisations has decreased by £19 billion, from £72 billion at the end of March 2018 to £53 billion at the end of April 2018, according to research by Mercer.The research, which analyses pension deficits calculated using ...
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Supplier article
How to step up your fitness routine for summer
Summer will be here soon and with it holiday season. Sometimes we need a push or incentive to help us to be more physically active, and a holiday abroad can be the perfect opportunity to do so! However, exercising shouldn’t solely happen once a year when you want to look ...
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Qatar Airways hires Taylor
Airline Qatar Airways has hired Tim Taylor as vice president, remuneration and organisational design.Taylor specialises in executive pay, long-term incentives, change management, compensation and benefits, pensions, incentive and recognition programmes, reward communications and mergers and integration.Taylor most recently worked as head of reward at British Airways, although he has also ...
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OpinionMichael Rose: How employers can create an integrated reward strategy to support business goals
When I think about an integrated reward strategy, the first thing that comes to mind is the differences between the parts of reward. They all cost money but they do different things. So, for example, death-in-service benefits do something very different and carry different messages to a cash incentive plan. ...
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Platt takes on reward at Britvic
Drinks manufacturer Britvic has appointed Nina Platt as interim reward specialist.Platt has specific reward experience as well as generalist HR management skills, and typically works at all levels within an organisation to manage and deliver reward projects.Previously, Platt worked as group reward manager at Sainsbury's Argos, reward manager at Dixons ...
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Fryer accepts interim post at Kindred Group
Online gambling organisation Kindred Group has hired Nick Fryer as interim reward consultant.Fryer specialises in the delivery of core reward processes, particularly around pay and bonus systems, as well as the development of strategies to contain non-standard employee benefits and migrate employees to standard benefits structures.Previously, Fryer has worked as ...