All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 501
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Analysis
How will pension reforms affect employment contracts?
If you read nothing else, read this… Auto-enrolment is complex and may cause employers difficulties. Care is required in how part-timers, fixed-term workers and secondees are treated. Identifying eligible employees is one of the hardest tasks, because an employer’s existing systems will not be set up to capture this data. ...
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Article
Alan Robertson is Asda team leader
Asda has appointed Alan Robertson colleague engagement team leader.He joined the firm’s retail management graduate scheme in 2000 and worked his way through various department manager and project management roles.Robertson’s previous role at Asda was people conversion support manager.Read more about career in reward and benefits
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Article
Oracle appoints Michelle Connolly
Oracle has appointed Michelle Connolly compensation and benefits director, covering the UK, Ireland and Israel.With eight years’ experience in reward, her previous roles include HR business partner - talent and HR business partner - reward at Amey, and reward consultant at Sage UK.Connolly was chosen as one of the Hot ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Argos staff plan a robbery
Milton Keynes-based retail giant Argos runs ad-hoc awaydays for employees, often incorporating team-building activities with the aim of promoting closer working between teams and departments.At an awayday in December, organised in conjunction with events company Spy Games, a 35-strong team took part in an activity called Diamond Heist. Staff were ...
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Article
New Discovery role for Louise Armitage
Discovery Communications has appointed Louise Armitage international benefits analyst.With more than 15 years in the industry, Armitage’s roles have included international benefits administrator at Discovery Communications; employee benefits consultant at Towers Watson; and group risk account handler at Canada Life Assurance.Read more about career in reward and benefits
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Case Studies
Case study: Awaydays drive engagement at Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Car hire company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which employs 3,000 staff in the UK, runs various awaydays throughout the year.These include monthly Elite Club events, a sales incentive in which the top 10 performers from each region are treated to a day out or a weekend away as a reward for sales ...
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Analysis
Awaydays help team building and motivation
If you read nothing else, read this… Employers should set out their objectives and what they want to achieve from the awayday. A seniority-free environment will get the best out of the entire group. Timing must be appropriate. For example, an awayday for the accounts team will not go down ...
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Article
Confessions of a benefits manager: Careful with that axe
Candid finds herself party to some sensitive information about potential redundancies and feels compelled to interfereToday, I have been given a secret list to work on. Well, everyone seems to be aware the list exists, but not many actually get to look at it. It is a list of potential ...
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Case Studies
Incisive Media finds a balance on healthcare overseas
With offices in locations such as Hong Kong, New York and Singapore, it is not surprising that overseas assignments are high on the agenda of the benefits team at business-to-business publisher, Incisive Media.Although it is essential to look after employees’ health and wellbeing wherever they are, international medical insurance is ...
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Article
Feel Good to launch workplace beauty treatments
Feel Good is to launch workplace beauty treatments as part of its wellbeing services for employers to offer staff.The wellbeing organisation, which partnered with JLT Employee Benefits six months ago to provide its services to employers through its flexible benefits scheme, also offers 20-minute remedial chair massages, fitness classes, and ...
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Article
Belinda Setchell steps in at Kantar Worldpanel
Kantar Worldpanel has appointed Belinda Setchell benefits and compensation manager while Hema Patel is on maternity leave.Setchell had been HR adviser, pay and reward at World Design and Trade Co since 2006.Read more about career in reward and benefits
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EXCLUSIVE: Home Retail Group hosts benefits roadshow
Home Retail Group has hosted an interactive benefits roadshow for its 18,000 Homebase employees to raise awareness around its one-year-old voluntary benefits scheme.The three-day event, which took place from 28 February to 1 March, resulted in eleven-times more new registrations, compared to the previous week, and weekly log-ins to the ...
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Analysis
Total reward statements show full value of benefits
If you read nothing else, read this… Total reward statements (TRS) should be one piece of a larger approach to benefits communication. TRS can be used to promote the non-cash benefits on offer, putting a tangible value on these perks. Some employers are combining TRS with face-to-face pay reviews.Total reward ...
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Article
EXCLUSIVE: Grass Roots staff to take part in charity bike ride
Grass Roots Group staff are to take part in its second annual charity bike ride to raise money for Marie Curie.The bike ride, which will take place on 25 May, is a 106-mile journey from Bath to the organisation’s head office in Tring.Daniel Gillborn, head of commercial operations at Grass ...
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Article
Workplace Savings News: BT share price rise poses CGT problem for savers
BT faces a challenge in communicating to some staff their potential capital gains tax liability because the firm's share price has risen dramatically since its sharesave scheme launched.The scheme, due to mature in August, had an option price three years ago of 68p, compared with the current share price of ...
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Article
Buyer's guide to corporate eyecare
Key factsWhat is an eyecare benefit? Corporate eyecare comes in the form of eye and eyesight tests and contributions towards glasses, either in the form of cash, eyecare vouchers and, in some cases, via employees’ expense accounts.Where can employers get more information? Contact the Eyecare Trust on 0845 129 5001Who ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Volunteering is a revelation for Cancer Research staff
Cancer Research UK avoids traditional team-building days, instead encouraging all of its 3,500 employees to take part in volunteering days away from the office.These include working in Cancer Research shops during the busy Christmas period. Jane Vivier, the charity’s reward and recognition manager, says: “We offer opportunities which benefit individuals, ...
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Case Studies
Case study: CPP introduced a corporate Isa to flex
CPP, the card protection company based in York, introduced a corporate Isa to its flexible benefit scheme last year as part of the annual renewal process.Alanna Knighton, reward manager, says there were two reasons for this. “The new pension rules loweredthe lifetime cap for higher earners, so they were looking ...
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Case Studies
Case study: Standard Life give staff the tools to choose
As one of the UK’s best-known retirement income providers, it is no great surprise that Standard Life holds pensions in high regard for its own employees.The financial services company says pensions are the most important benefit for its workforce and is the foundation of its total reward package.The insurer already ...
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Case Studies
Oracle promotes personal choice for employees
Vance Kearney, vice-president for HR, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Oracle, is a champion of tough love, hence his creation of an employee benefits package based on personal responsibility, rather than a welfare state-esque dependency, at the technology firm.Kearney has worked hard during his 20-year tenure to evolve ...