All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 549
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Case Studies
AstraZeneca shows off health strategy
The disclosures also help the organisation maximise its score on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, a benchmark for investors that integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios.Sue Connelly, global health and wellbeing lead at AstraZeneca, says: “We took the proactive elements of health and wellbeing away from occupational health in 2008/9 ...
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Analysis
Wellness days boost health perks
Wellness days in the workplace can be used to communicate and highlight health and wellbeing benefits offered as part of a formal employer-paid package or as flexible or voluntary benefits.Justin Crossland, senior consultant at Towers Watson, says: “These events make employees more aware of health benefi ts and promote a ...
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AnalysisDisclosure of staff health information
If you read nothing else, read this …Most FTSE companies disclose information about the health and wellbeing of their employees.But disclosures tend to be inconsistent across organisations in terms of volume, content and format.Greater disclosures about workplace health can help investors understand any potential risks to organisations in which they ...
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Article
Andy Porter is HR director at TWMA
He has more than 30 years of experience in operational and strategic HR management, and has held senior roles in a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, telecommunications and professionals services.
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Article
Tune in for breaking news at Employee Benefits Live
Europe’s largest reward and benefits conference and exhibition, Employee Benefits Live 2012, begins today at Olympia in London.The Employee Benefits’ team will be reporting live from the event, which runs from 25 to 26 September, so follow us on Twitter at #EBLive for breaking news from the event.Whether looking to ...
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Article
Oracle launches voluntary benefits
Oracle has launched a voluntary benefits scheme for its UK employees to help them maximise their disposable income.Speaking at the keynote address on 25 September at Employee Benefits Live, Michelle Connolly, compensation and benefits director at Oracle, said: “We can’t change the economic environment, we can’t necessarily change the pay ...
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Article
Informa educates staff on pensions
A robust communications strategy will help employees make informed decisions about pensions, said Thomas Humphris, head of office HR and UK reward at publishing firm Informa.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live on 25 September, Humphris said that it was important that communication with employees about the auto-enrolment changes was easier to ...
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Article
Engagement surveys measure benefits ROI
Groupon and Virgin Media are measuring the return on investment (ROI) of their benefits package with employee engagement surveys.The organisations shared the background around these surveys in a session at Employee Benefits Live on 25 September.Groupon has an annual engagement survey called Pulse, as well as monthly focus groups for ...
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Article
Tesco reviews global mobility compliance
Tesco is to work with its advisers to ensure its global mobility programme is still compliant.Speaking at Employee Benefits Live 2012, Elly Parselle, head of global mobility at Tesco, explained that the retailer started with global mobility in the mid-1990s.Several years ago it set up a Global Employment Company (GEC), ...
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Article
Asda focuses on auto-enrolment administration
Auto-enrolment planning must include a focus on the administration systems needed to run a scheme, warned Jane Earnshaw, head of reward at Asda, during a session at Employee Benefits Live.Asda is due to go live with its auto-enrolment scheme on Monday, 1 October.Earnshaw advised organisations that are starting to make ...
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Article
Staff unenthused by corporate platforms
The majority of employees are unenthusiastic about workplace savings platforms, according to research by The Platforum.For example, between just 5% and 10% of respondents have signed up for an Individual savings account (Isa) through their employer, preferring to source financial products from banks and building societies.The research, the Workplace savings ...
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Engagement Task Force reveals next step
The Employee Engagement Task Force will launch a website, which will include advice, tools and networks, in the next phase of its work around improving the employee engagement of the UK workforce.Speaking during the keynote address at day two of Employee Benefits Live, David MacLeod, co-chair of the task force ...
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Opinion
Professor Sayeed Khan: Should older workers get healthcare perks?
Given that we have a workforce in many sectors that is ageing, organisations are going to have more people with potentially chronic problems that need intervention, some of which will be surgical intervention, some of which medical. Given the state of the NHS, the likelihood of that intervention being done ...
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Article
Review suppliers on a regular basis
Employers should review their benefits suppliers at least every two years, advised Paul Bissell, head of reward at Cable and Wireless Worldwide.Speaking on day two of Employee Benefits Live, Bissell warned that organisations can get too comfortable when working with a supplier for a number of years, which could mean ...
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Article
Devonshire NHS Trust runs wellbeing event
Devonshire Partnership NHS Trust is running an activity and wellbeing event today (27 September) to provide staff with more information about healthy living.This will include free taster sessions on yoga and massage, and stands and presentations on benefits such as childcare vouchers, pensions and automotive leasing. Staff from a local ...
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Article
50p pensions compliance product
A software system designed to help financial advisers provide essential pension compliance to the 968,545 micro firms in the UK employing fewer than 10 people has been launched by JargonFree founder Steve Bee.JargonFree Pensions Compliance is a middleware product that will allow even the smallest firms in the UK to ...
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Article
Executive remuneration consultation closes
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ (BIS) consultation exercise on revised executive remuneration reporting regulations has closed.The consultation, Directors’ pay: revised remuneration reporting regulations, includes draft regulations setting out the proposed form and content of the director’s remuneration report.The proposals of the report, if enacted, will give shareholders a ...
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Article
Hargreaves Lansdown adds bonus to funds
EXCLUSIVE: Hargreaves Lansdown has introduced a 0.5% loyalty bonus on over 1,000 of its investment funds, which will benefit 120,000 members of its self-invested personal pensions (Sipp).Of these, 4,734 are employees who use one of 47 Hargreaves Lansdown workplace savings platforms, which have been set up in the last two ...
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Article
HR needs commercial outlook
HR and benefits professionals require a commercial approach to their role to win support from their finance team for their initiatives.Speaking in a panel debate, entitled ‘How do you get the FD on side? Tricks and tips for HR and benefits managers’, at Employee Benefits Live, Catherine Ward, group director, ...
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Article
A pillow for the workplace
After a busy week attending Employee Benefits Live 2012, a power nap with the Ostrich pillow could be just what the doctor ordered for staff here on the news desk.The Ostrich Pillow, from designers Kawamura-Ganjavian and product innovators Studio Banana Things, is designed so that its users can rest their ...