All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 287
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KidsUnlimited adds wellbeing package to voucher scheme
KidsUnlimited is launching a product that integrates its childcare voucher scheme with a wellbeing package.Members of the scheme, which will be available to all its existing clients, will have access to a wellbeing and counselling hotline, provided by FirstAssist, as well as the Best Doctors service, which gives staff members ...
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HMRC announces revised advisory fuel rates
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revised advisory fuel rates for all journeys on or after 1 December.For the first time, the revised rates will take effect immediately after the month's notice previously given for the change was withdrawn. Employers making or collecting payments at the superseded rate because they ...
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Pre-Budget report: Government backs greener fleets
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced plans to increase the number of electric cars on the streets by exempting them from company car tax for five years.In his pre-Budget report, he also announced a 100% first year capital allowance for electric vans.Darling said the plans were a key component of the ...
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Government revises plans for childcare vouchers
The government has confirmed that it has revised its plans to phase out tax relief on childcare vouchers.Instead of withdrawing the tax relief to all new entrants from April 2011 as was previously set out in the prime minister’s speech to Labour Party Conference in September, the government has said ...
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FSA to eradicate commission on GPPs, stakeholder pensions and Sipps
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has proposed that providers of group personal pensions (GPP),stakeholder pensions and self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) should not be able to pay commission to firms that advise employers in setting up pensions schemes.This proposal, outlined in the FSA’s consultation paper, Delivering the retail distribution review, would ...
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Analysis
Implications of early retirement law
Next year’s change to the early retirement age could have major implications, says Ceri JonesIf you read nothing else, read this... For employees to have the right to retire before age 55 after April 2010, an earlier normal retirement age must be written into their contract of employment. A collective ...
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JLT Group acquires HSBC Actuaries and Consultants
JLT Group has acquired HSBC Actuaries and Consultants (HACL) in a bid to expand its employee benefits offering.Duncan Howorth, CEO at JLT UK Employee Benefits, said: "This acquisition brings together two market leading employee benefit consultancies which have great synergy in both culture and client offerings. As a combined business ...
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Aviva appoints Phil Willcock as managing director of UK health business
Phil Willcock has been appointed as managing director of Aviva’s UK health business.Willcock, who will start his new role in January, originally joined Aviva (formally Norwich Union) in 1996. He has previously held roles as sales and marketing director for Norwich Union Healthcare (now Aviva UK Health) between 2003 and ...
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Flexible Benefits Senate 2009, London Hilton Olympia
To view a presentation from the Flexible Benefits Senate which was run by Employee Benefits magazine and held at the London Hilton Olympia on 26 November 2009, please click on the 'Download' link next to the speaker name below. Aligning flexible benefits to your business strategyKeith Luxon, human resources director, ...
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FirstCare teams up with Xchanging
Absence management provider FirstCare has teamed up with global business processing firm Xchanging to offer enhanced absence management services.As a result of the alliance, employers using FirstCare's services will be able to access a wide range of Xchanging's HR solutions. Meanwhile, Firstcare's absence management and pre-employment health screening services will ...
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Richard Tyler leaves Alcatel-Lucent
Richard Tyler is leaving his role as compensation, benefits and HR information systems manager at Alcatel-Lucent.After almost six years with the firm, he is emigrating with his family to Perth, Western Australia.Before joining Alcatel-Lucent in January 2004, Tyler spent more than three years as a human resources specialist at Alcatel ...
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Petra Hughes in Sony move
Sony Pictures Entertainment has appointed Petra Hughes as director of compensation and benefits, Europe, the Middles East and Africa (EMEA).†She was previously group compensation manager at publishing company Reed Elsevier for 15 months where she focused on executive pay for the top 300 staff globally.Before that, Hughes spent five years ...
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Emma Thomas joins Pearson
Emma Thomas has been recruited by media company Pearson as group reward manager.Thomas was previously part of the reward team at Prudential UK and Europe for almost two years. Prior to that, she was a managing consultant (reward) at Norwich Union, which is now known as Aviva
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New faces at the CIPD
HR leaders from the public and private sector have been nominated for three key non-executive roles at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Gill Rider, head of the civil service capability group and head of profession for civil service HR, has been nominated to become the CIPD’s next president.Alex ...
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Logica set to shut final salary pension scheme
Computing group Logica plans to close its final salary pension scheme as part of a restructure of its pensions arrangements in the UK.The plans to close the scheme to future accrual will affect 470 employees, representing 8% of the firm's UK workforce. A Logica spokesperson described the move as a ...
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Case Studies
Employer profile: Amey
Public services provider Amey is focusing on staff health and wellbeing to help it cope with rapid expansion, says Nicola SullivanBusiness is booming for public services provider Amey. The company has a forward-order book of work worthmore than £7 billion, subject to the finalisation of a £2.7 billion highways maintenance ...
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Analysis
Rewards for long service boost staff morale
Long service should still be rewarded, says Nicola SullivanWith the notion of a job for life now firmly in the past, employers may wonder whether long-service awards are still relevant. In many cases, organisations may feel they can take a rain check on rewarding long service during a recession because, ...
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Special report 2009: Tender process requires careful preparation
A benefits tender process calls for careful planning and a clear focus on the criteria for choosing a supplier that best suits an employer's needs, says Debbie LovewellMaking any large purchase can be a daunting experience, especially in these recession-hit times. Few of us would spend a lot of money ...
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Confessions of a benefits manager: Organising the Christmas party
Filling in for the department secretary, Candid is tasked with planning the team Christmas meal, so practical research is called forWhen did I volunteer to become back-up for the department secretary? Because since Scary Mary took leave to visit her new grandchild in Australia (pity the poor daughter-in-law, I say), ...
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Buyer's guide to corporate gym membership (December 2009)
Employers that want to keep their workforce fit and healthy have a number of options, and tax implications, to consider if they decide to offer gym membership as a perk, says Ben JonesA healthy workforce is usually thought to be more productive. But 56% of Britons feel they cannot afford ...