All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 261
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Group Risk supplement
Interview with industry body Group Risk Development (Grid)Getting the best value out of group risk strategyOffering high earners better life assurance schemeUsing the right absence management strategySponsor's Comment: Don’t put off group income protection until it’s too late
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How to cut down on sickness absence
Sickness absence can be extremely costly to an organisation and a management strategy depends on using the right benefits, says Peta HodgeThe role of employee benefits in reducing sickness absence and getting staff back to work is going through a period of reappraisal. This is illustrated by the fact that ...
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B&Q launches new bonus scheme
Home improvement and garden retailer B&Q is launching a new monthly bonus scheme for store teams, which is set be worth £12 million a year.Under the new scheme around 30,000 shop floor staff will be eligible for a monthly bonus based on achieving individual store team targets and standards. Almost ...
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Group Risk Supplement
Interview with industry body Group Risk Development (Grid)Getting the best value out of group risk strategyOffering high earners better life assurance schemeUsing the right absence management strategySponsor's Comment: Don’t put off group income protection until it’s too late
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Rok wins award for digital media communication of employee benefits
Rok, the nation's local builder, has won “Most effective use of digital media to communicate benefits to staff” in the Employee Benefits Awards 2009 for their innovative DVD and online communication.Rok was named the winner after defeating McDonald’s Restaurants, Chevron, Aviva and Malmaison and Hotel du Vin.Rok Group specialises in ...
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Employers not using limited pay budgets effectively say Watson Wyatt
Research from consultants, Watson Wyatt, has led to concerns that employers are not using limited pay budgets effectively.The Watson Wyatt survey found that less than a third of companies are targeting their reward budget on key employees. Moreover, where this is happening, the focus appears to target only high performers ...
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Lastminute.com offers dream job
Many Britons have found themselves unexpectedly jobless in recent months, but in a bid to lift the spirits of one unemployed Brit, lastminute.com is recruiting for what could be considered the best job in the world.The travel website is looking to appoint a ‘Globe Trotter’ to review some of the ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland win 'Most Effective International Benefits Strategy' at Employee Benefits Awards
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have won “Most Effective International Benefits Strategy” at the Employee Benefits Awards 2009, for the global implementation of their flexible benefits plan “RBSelect”. †RBS, who were entered for the award by Thomsons Online Benefits, beat off stiff competition from HSBC and Baker Hughes to take ...
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BP appoints Martin Self as flexible benefits project director
BP has appointed Martin Self as flexible benefits project director, with responsibility for introducing flexible benefits at BP. Previously, he was EMEA benefits manager at Bank of America for five years.
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Tim Kensey joins Body Shop
The Body Shop has appointed Tim Kensey as employee engagement director, responsible for reward, policy and communication strategies and practices globally. Kensey was previously head of UK remuneration and benefits at Shell.
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Wendy Fleet joins Mercer
Wendy Fleet is ending her nine-year stint at You At Work, most recently as head of relationship development, to join consultancy firm Mercer. She will be senior client relationship manager in its outsourcing team.
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Jeremy Hinds set to join Pret A Manger
Jeremy Hinds is joining sandwich chain Pret A Manger as head of people systems and reward. He was previously human resources operations manager at law firm SJ Berwin.
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Pada targets 2012 myths
Leading reward professionals have a good understanding of the new pension obligations that will come into effect in October 2012.In an interactive poll during the opening keynote session, 20% of delegates said they were very familiar with their obligations, and 53% said they had a broad understanding but needed to ...
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Detica launches voluntary benefits scheme
Business and technology consultancy Detica has introduced a voluntary benefits scheme for its 1,400 UK employees.The scheme, which is called Pick and Mix Extras, will run alongside the organisation's flexible benefits programme and will include discounts from retailers such as Asda, Comet and Vodafone.Jo Eagle, reward and HR analyst at ...
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MediaCom introduces voluntary benefits
MediaCom has launched a voluntary benefits scheme for its 600 UK employees to increase engagement with their benefits package.The scheme gives staff access to a wide range of discounts and the ability to earn cash back at more than 1,800 high-street retailers.Employees can also access a telephone helpdesk to obtain ...
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Online flex and total reward harmonise Azzurri's perks
Azzurri Communications has introduced an online flexible benefits scheme and total reward statements to create a more harmonised perks package for its 700 employees. The communications company, which appointed Thomsons Online Benefits to review its benefits package, has grown rapidly since its launch in 2000, partly through its acquisition of ...
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General Healthcare Group launches payroll-giving scheme
General Healthcare Group has launched a workplace payroll- giving scheme for its 10,000 staff.The healthcare services firm rolled out the scheme last month, enabling staff to give to a charity of their choice tax-effectively, directly from their salaries. Giving to charity in this way can boost donations by up to ...
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LogBuy adds restaurant discounts to voluntary benefits offering
LogBuy has extended its voluntary benefits product to include discounts at more than 100 national chain and local independent restaurants.Through its partnership with Livebookings, one of Europe¥s biggest reservations service for the restaurant industry, employees can book the restaurant of their choice online and receive a discount of up to ...
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Salary sacrifice helps GSK boost pension contributions
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is to introduce a salary sacrifice arrangement for its trust-based defined contribution pension plan this month.Under the new arrangement, employees will make tax and national insurance (NI) savings on all contributions they make to the scheme. GSK will also make NI savings, which it will pass on to ...
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Renault launches pensions salary sacrifice
Renault has introduced a pensions salary sacrifice arrangement for its trust-based defined contribution (DC) scheme.The move is intended to help bring cost savings to the business. Marina Polyakova, HR business manager, said: “Employees will get a little bit more money in their pay cheque and, as an organisation, we will ...