All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 684
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Award fosters pride at Hewlett-Packard
Lorna MacMillan (pictured), former total rewards manager, UK and Ireland at Hewlett-Packard (HP), explains what it means to be recognised with an Employee Benefits award.The technology organisation won ‘Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013. It was chosen for its education-based campaigns and screening initiatives in ...
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Asda staff to receive £17m festive bonus
Asda is to reward its 180,000 staff with a £17 million festive bonus to thank them for their hard work throughout 2013.The Christmas bonus package includes a £20 Asda gift card, with £5 towards a Christmas party and a free meal.It also includes double discount days on 19 and 20 ...
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DOD’s blog: Workplace kitchen wars
Last week a friend of mine sounded off on her Facebook wall about the proposed notices to be put up in the kitchen at her workplace. A meeting had even been held to decide how exactly to phrase the “Please clean up after yourselves” message so that it had maximum ...
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Top 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 7-14 November:1. EHRC to investigate maternity discrimination2. Lloyds Banking Group consults on DB pension changes3. Three raises pensions take up to 80%4. Aon Hewitt launches auto-enrolment product 5. The challenges of auto-enrolling weekly-paid employees6. Pension comparison service launched7. Arsenal FC denies ...
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What's in a job title?
Something for the weekend…What a load of jobbledygook! Talent delivery specialists, sorry, recruitment staff, are revamping job titles to make them sound more attractive.In today’s job market, a number of positions have flash names. Research by recruitment website Myjobmatcher.com found a number of ridiculously sounding names for jobs.The wackiest job ...
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ArticleStress is barrier to staff productivity
Three-quarters (75%) of London respondents said stress is a significant barrier to productivity in their job, according to research by Canada Life Group.Its research, which surveyed 763 UK employees, found that only 22% London respondents said stress has never been a problem for their productivity, compared to 27% of national ...
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Mayer Brown appoints employment and benefits partner
Mayer Brown has appointed Stefan Martin as a partner in its employment and benefits group.Martin has experience across the full range of employment law, and has been involved in cases in the Employment Tribunal and High Court.He joins from Allen and Overy where he was a partner in the employment ...
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Greenery UK hires DB pension administrator
Food distributor, Greenery UK, has appointed Capita Employee Benefits to provide actuarial and administration services for its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.The services, which are part of a three-year contract, went live on 1 October.John Priest, trustee of the pension scheme, said: “We saw [Capita] as a trusted partner and ...
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City and Guilds hosts wellbeing day for staff
EXCLUSIVE: City and Guilds has hosted a day of massages and manicures for staff.The organisation, which provides vocational qualifications, invited students from the London School of Beauty Therapy to come into the office to provide the services to its employees.Chris Coyne, head of reward and HR services at City and ...
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Pg 13 – Events – The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 categories
Best staff travel policyBest healthcare and wellbeing benefits – small employerBest healthcare and wellbeing benefits – large employerBest stress managementBest pensions auto-enrolment strategyBest pensions communicationsBest DC pension default investmentsBest financial education strategyMost motivational benefitsBest flexible benefits planBest voluntary benefitsBest employee share schemesBest international or expatriate benefitsBest benefits communications – small ...
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OpinionDavid Batman: How to create a successful health and wellbeing strategy
Healthy, resilient and high-performing organisations are typically supported by healthy, resilient and high-performing employees, and all tend to take a long-term, strategic approach to employee wellbeing.They also embrace employee wellbeing within their existing business objectives and processes, and clearly understand the background of any employee health-related issues and the risks ...
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Buck Consultants and Wragge & Co launch auto-enrolment initiative
Buck Consultants and Wragge and Co have launched a joint initiative to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fulfill their auto-enrolment obligations.The initiative includes:A free online questionnaire designed to capture key information.A face-to-face consultation with pensions and legal experts who will review questionnaire responses and guide organisations through a comprehensive ...
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Employers must promote better staff healthcare
The majority (96%) of respondents believe it is appropriate for employers to promote better health to their staff, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.Its research found that 93% believe that positive health interventions can influence individual and organisational performance.It also found that 62% of respondents do not believe current ...
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Britvic recognised for employee engagement
Britvic Soft Drinks has been recognised for its employee engagement excellence with the Good Employer Award at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards.The awards celebrate organisations across the food and drink industry that make an extra effort to create a positive working environment for employees.Britvic was recognised for its ...
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Hymans Robertson on Employee Benefits win high
Steve Moore (pictured), HR manager at Hymans Robertson, explains what it means to be recognised with two Employee Benefits awards.The organisation won ‘Best flexible benefits plan – smaller employer’ and ‘Best workplace savings benefits’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013.What has winning an Employee Benefits award meant to you?This is ...
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BT Group expands global pay review process
BT Group has expanded the reach of its global pay review process to include 38,000 employees across 60 countries using software from Talentia. The telecommunications organisation had previously only used the software provider’s web-based package to support and manage the process for management.Stakeholders and managers can now oversee the process ...
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Pg 16-17 Interactive – The month in numbers
0.75% – Cap the government has proposed on pension charges for default funds (see Update on workplace pension charges)£200 – The amount NCFE employees receive each year to spend on their own personal development and training (see NCFE focuses on flexibility in benefits package)25,000 – The number of employers that ...
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OpinionDoctor Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain: Tools to measure workplace stress
Work-related stress is widespread and is not confined to particular sectors, jobs or industries.It is a significant cause of illness and is known to have a link to high levels of sickness absence, staff turnover and other issues, such as human error that can lead to accidents. Therefore, it is ...
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Gain recognition for pensions achievements
The award for ‘Best pensions auto-enrolment strategy’ will recognise employers that maximised the opportunities offered by the need to comply with auto-enrolment.Meanwhile, employers that have made a concerted effort to offer an effective default investment strategy for their defined contribution pension scheme could enter the award for ‘Best DC pensions ...
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James Dunningham: Which wellbeing initiative has the biggest impact on the workforce?
However, we find that the initiative that has the biggest impact on workplace wellbeing is the training that line managers receive. The quality of line managers or supervisors and the training they receive will have a bigger long-term impact on the workforce, more so than just an exercise session here ...