All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 483
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BGL Group promotes wellbeing programme and fundraises for charity trek
BGL Group is promoting its wellbeing programme by offering employees the opportunity to take part in a charity trek in China.The trek, which will take place in April 2012, aims to raise over £100,000 for the insurance firm’s charity partner, Marie Curie Cancer Care.As part of fundraising efforts for the ...
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DTZ increases take-up with the relaunch of flexible benefits
DTZ has increased the take-up of its flexible benefits scheme, following a re-launch.The UK property firm, which introduced the online scheme provided by Bluefin in January 2011, has seen 86% of employees log into the system and 75% actively select benefits.Mark Savory, benefits manager at DTZ, said: “The re-launch exceeded ...
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Workers protest over toilet break alarm
Work-life balance appears to have been given the pan for call-centre workers in Norway who are protesting against a system that triggers an alarm if they spend more than eight minutes in the toilet.Flashing lights alert managers if an employee is away from their desk for a toilet break or ...
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The Hot 100: M - S
Simone MacmillanAssociate director, pensions and benefits, Barclays BankMacmillan has 22 years’ pensions experience covering both DB and DC schemes, working both in-house and with third-party administrators. She started her career at Godwins (now Aon Hewitt) where she gained wide-ranging experience. This was followed by a move to Bupa as technical ...
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The Hot 100: T - Z
Rob TanseyGroup HR director, Dairy CrestTansey has spent more than 25 years in HR, 10 at HR director level in retail and fast-moving consumer goods firms, including Travis Perkins Group, Celesio and the Burton Group.Read also Dairy Crest aims for £30m savings via pension enhanced transfer valueTim TaylorHead of group ...
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The Hot 100: A - F
Caroline AdamsEmployee benefits manager, National GridAdams has responsibility for UK employee benefits policies, including flexible benefits, private medical insurance, family provisions, company cars and recognition. She has worked at National Grid for over 20 years and has spent the past four years as employee benefits manager.Read also National Grid introduces ...
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The Hot 100: G - L
Stephen GamblesSenior reward manager, Santander UKGambles has been a reward specialist for over 10 years. At Santander UK, he is responsible for employee benefits, share schemes and executive remuneration. Previously, he was head of reward and HR services for Alliance Medical. Gambles has also worked for Alliance and Leicester, and ...
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The Hot 100 Benefits Managers
Download a PDF of the Hot 100 benefits managers supplement 2012 View our 100 top benefits managers online listed by surname:Hot 100: A-FHot 100: G-LHot 100: M-SHot 100: T-Z Editor’s commentThis month, Employee Benefits magazine celebrates the 15th anniversary of our launch. Back in February 1997, our first ...
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Case Studies
3663 seeks a culture change
Food distributor 3663 is encouraging its employees to excel in customer service as the economy struggles, says Tynan BartonAs the cost of food and fuel has risen steadily in recent years, food distribution company 3663 has faced challenges, with more to come. In the current economic climate, the foodservice firm’s ...
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EXCLUSIVE: BT increases voluntary benefits take-up to 94% with relaunch
British Telecom (BT) has increased take-up of its voluntary benefits scheme to 94%.The scheme was relaunched on 2 February as part of its 2nd anniversary. Since its 2010 launch the Benefits Plus scheme, provided by Next Jump, has had over 71,500 (94%) of employees register and savings have totaled over ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Gatwick Airport adds extra enrolment periods to promote bikes for work
Gatwick Airport has added extra enrolment periods to encourage staff to take up its bikes-for-work scheme.The scheme, which was launched in July 2011 with Evans Cycles, was opened again in October 2011, and will open in March for further enrolment.Evans Cycles’ representatives were on hand at the airport’s two canteens ...
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EXCLUSIVE: LogBuy partners Affinion International Travel for discount travel scheme
LogBuy has partnered with Affinion International Travel to offer employers access to a discounts travel scheme.Employers that offer LogBuy’s employee discounts scheme to staff can now book anything from ski holidays to city breaks through the travel firm. Affinion is also cutting out all credit card fees on purchases, which ...
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Know the signs of mental health problems among staff
If you read nothing else, read this... Depression and mental health problems are the biggest cause of long-term absence in the workplace. Employers need to face up to the challenge of depression in the workplace to improve employee wellbeing and productivity - and meet their duty-of-care obligations. Offering access early ...
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News analysis: Battle of the sexes continues for annuities
Gender differences can continue for annuity rates in trust-based pension schemes, but not so with contract-based DC plans, says Nicola SullivanAnnuity rates for members of trust-based pension schemes can continue to be determined by gender, after confirmation from the European Commission that trust-based schemes are exempt from a European directive ...
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Midlands Co-operative Society appoints Simon Belton
Midlands Co-operative Society has appointed Simon Belton head of reward.He previously served as head of pensions at Spirit Pub Company for four years.Belton’s previous roles in the industry include: international benefits consultant at Thomsons Online Benefits, service delivery manager at Hewitt Associates, regional operations manager for south-east Asia at Black ...
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The Big Question: What benefits can employers offer staff around weddings?
Sarah Jackson, HR assistant at Hobbs:In an era when marriage is no longer always the fairytale people aspire to and instead, independence and freedom are often seen as more desirable, it is interesting to look at how this affects employers. It is likely to have an impact on the retail ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Jelf launches online assessment tool and microsite for international healthcare benefits
Jelf Employee Benefits has launched an online assessment tool and microsite to help clarify international healthcare benefits.The interactive tool seeks to establish whether an employer is confident its healthcare policy meets the legal requirements of the countries where employees work and travel, and whether it fully understands any exclusions.Sarah Dennis, ...
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Pensions auto-enrolment hard to crack for small employers
If you read nothing else, read this... The staging dates for employers with between 50 and 249 employees to comply with the pension reforms will be staggered between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015. Employers may use existing schemes for all eligible staff or set up new arrangements for ...
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Employers want better benefit design
Improving benefit design is the most cited objective for employers in the next 12 months, followed by preparing to auto-enrol staff into a workplace pension, according to Aon Hewitt’s annual Benefits and trends survey.The research found that improving the design of benefits was a top objective for 34% of respondents, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Marks and Spencer boosts take-up of voluntary benefits and sharesave schemes
Marks and Spencer has boosted take-up of its voluntary benefits and sharesave schemes by involving staff and going paperless for its communications.Its voluntary benefits website has attracted over 45,000 hits since the perks were relaunched in September – a 450% increase on this time last year. Take-up of the sharesave ...