All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 430
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City and Guilds hosts wellbeing day for staff
City and Guilds has held a wellbeing day to raise staff awareness of its benefits.The event, held at its London office, showcased perks and enabled staff to talk with providers about schemes such as income protection and dental insurance.A kiosk was provided for health checks and the most popular activity ...
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John Collison moves to IFS Proshare
John Collison has been appointed head of employee share ownership at IFS ProShare.He has 20 years’ experience in share plans, having worked at HBOS and Abbey. Most recently, he was at the Money Advice Service (previously the Consumer Financial Education Body), with sole responsibility for share plan-related elements.Read more reward ...
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Nuance Communications recruits Spencer Roach
Nuance Communications has appointed Spencer Roach compensation and benefits manager, international, handling EMEA and Asia Pacific.Roach joins from Honeywell, where he was compensation and benefits manager, EMEA.Read more reward and benefits jobs
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Computershare Voucher Services launches Facebook group
Computershare Voucher Services has launched a Facebook group to provide a space for employers, parents and carers to discuss childcare vouchers.The site is designed to provide the most up-to-date information and useful tips, activity videos, links to related websites, and includes a forum to discuss vouchers.Julian Foster, managing director of ...
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Samantha Gee joins Innecto Reward Consultant
Innecto Reward Consulting has made Samantha Gee senior consultant.Her previous jobs include director of reward and resourcing at Cancer Research UK, and head of reward at KPMG.Read more reward and benefits jobs
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Debra Corey joins Merlin Entertainments
Visitor attraction operator Merlin Entertainments has appointed Debra Corey group head of compensation and benefits.Corey was previously senior director of compensation and benefits, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Quintiles.Read more about reward and benefits jobs
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Analysis
Recognition has global differences
If you read nothing else, read this…The recognition awards staff prefer to receive varies across the globe.Employers must determine what type of incentives are appropriate for their diverse workforces.Employers should also consider what language to deliver their scheme in.Logistics such as delivery of incentives and import duties should be measured ...
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Heineken rolls out pre-paid eyecare voucher scheme for staff
Heineken has introduced a pre-paid eyecare voucher scheme for its 2,200 UK staff.The brewer started working with Specsavers in June to provide safety eyewear and visual display user (VDU) vouchers for staff.Heineken has staff in manufacturing roles as well as field- and home-based workers.Olivia Campbell, occupational health development manager, said: ...
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Analysis
Get ready for pension reforms
If you read nothing else, read this... Employers should consider reviewing their pensions portfolio to ensure they offer the best possible package. For example, is the pension plan run via a salary sacrifice arrangement? Encourage staff to use tax-efficient benefits, such as childcare vouchers and bikes for work. This could ...
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Get up to speed on social networking
If you read nothing else, read this... In recent months, the use of social networking sites such as Twitter has reached a new level, breaking news such as the death of Osama Bin Laden and the identity of public figures behind super-injunctions. In the workplace, this means staff have more ...
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Home Group launches peer recognition scheme
Home Group has launched a peer recognition scheme to enable its 4,000 employees to show their appreciation of colleagues.After reviewing its benefits offering, the supported and affordable housing organisation identified that staff wanted some form of recognition scheme.The scheme, launched last month, allows employees to nominate a colleague for an ...
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Interview with Roy Platten, group pensions manager at Volkswagen Group UK
With an accountancy background, Roy Platten, group pensions manager at Volkswagen Group UK, applies his analytical skills to meeting the challenges of his roleRoy Platten, group pensions manager at Volkswagen Group UK, found his way into pensions via an unusual path. He studied accountancy rather than human resources, joining the ...
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Does a health risk management strategy pay off?
If you read nothing else, read this...Using health risk management to measure return on investment on health perks is a new idea in the UK.The idea is to invest in health and wellbeing benefits to improve both employees’ health and the cost of benefits provision.Measuring the effects of healthcare benefits, ...
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Employee Benefits/Friends Life Group Risk Research 2011
Download a PDF of the Employee Benefits/Friends Life Group Risk Research 2011Key findingsCurrent issuesAttitudesActions takenBenefits on offerCostSponsor’s commentEditor’s comment:Several government initiatives and new pieces of legislation over the past 12 months have increased many employers’ focus on group risk benefits. The removal of the default retirement age, the Welfare Reform ...
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Pension Corporation research: Trustees plan to cut equities allocation
Almost three-quarters (73%) of occupational pension trustees plan to reduce their allocation to equities in the next year, according to research by the Pension Corporation.The Future of Pension Funds 2011 survey of trustees found that 22% expect to receive company assets, such as property, in lieu of cash contributions to ...
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Aon Hewitt research: European pension schemes plan to de-risk
Pension schemes across Europe have placed de-risking at the top of the agenda, according to research by Aon Hewitt.Its Global Pension Risk Survey 2011 found that five times more respondents than in the last survey published in 2009, indicated they are now viewing their scheme over a 20-year period to ...
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Debi O'Donovan, editor of Employee Benefits: You'd be a twit to ignore what's happening online
At last month’s Employee Benefits Summit, I boldly announced to delegates that we would be Tweeting live from the event and invited them to do the same. The response was 60 or so very blank faces and just a few nods.Although LinkedIn has become mainstream for benefits managers (the EmployeeBenefits ...
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Heath Lambert Consulting becomes Gallagher Employee Benefits
Heath Lambert Consulting has been renamed Gallagher Employee Benefits following its acquisition of Arthur J Gallagher and Co in May.Michael Brown, chief executive of Gallagher Employee Benefits, said: “Becoming a member of the Gallagher group of professionals enables us to broaden the services we deliver and where we deliver them, ...
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Mercer research: Pay regulation creates unlevel playing field in financial services
European and US pay regulations have created an unlevel playing field in financial services, creating a disadvantage in the competition for high-performing staff, according to a survey by Mercer.Its Global Financial Services Executive Incentive Plan Snapshot Survey, shows European banks may have to pay more to attract top talent to ...
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ONS research: Gap between public and private sector pay widens
The gap between average earnings in the public and private sectors has increased since April 2007, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its article, Public and private sector earnings: Estimating differences in public and private sector pay, found that in April 2010, public sector employees were paid ...