All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 721
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AnalysisStephen Hackett: Health management and wellness: tackling a growing global issue
A combination of factors means health insurance benefits are under increasing financial pressure globally. The cost of health insurance is rising by 3-5% above gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries in the world.This puts increasing pressure on employers that provide health insurance as part of their benefits offering. So ...
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Supplier articleTop discussion from LinkedIn
I am looking at expanding the benefits range for a company I am working with and would love some feedback on benefits your employees like, over and above the usual discounts and vouchers side of voluntary benefits.- Jane Vivier (pictured), owner, The Rewarding CompanyBuying and selling holidays, or even control ...
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Fidelity promotes Kate Naylor
Her previous role was head of compensation – financial services, UK and India at Fidelity Worldwide Investment.Naylor previously held a range of reward roles at Barclays, following a background in consulting at Towers Watson.
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McDonald's UK promotes Jez Langhorn
He had held the role of vice-president of people since December 2010.Langhorn has also been UK HR director and head of talent and education at the fast food giant.He joined McDonald’s UK in 1984 as a crew member and has held a number of roles in operations, franchising and HR.His ...
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Teachers to strike over pay and pension changes
Teachers are to strike over performance-related pay, changes to their pensions and workloads on 26 March.A new national pay framework for teachers came into effect from September 2013. This will:End pay increases based on length of service. Currently, virtually all full-time classroom teachers on the main pay scale automatically progress ...
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ArticleTranslink to launch voluntary benefits
Translink is to launch a voluntary benefits scheme for its 3,940 employees.Northern Ireland’s public transport provider, which owns Metro, Northern Ireland Railways and Ulsterbus, will implement a programme called ‘Your Benefits’.The scheme, provided by Personal Group, includes both online and offline access to 8,000 retail discounts, at stores such as ...
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ArticleTobin Murphy-Coles: The even hotter Hot 100
It is not lost on me that to be in the Hot 100 today is a fairly profound achievement.If I look back at benefits provision five or 10 years ago, you couldn’t get away from recruitment, retention, strategy and the oh-so-important war for talent. Today, that almost seems charming. Wasn’t ...
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ArticleCongratulations to the 2014 Hot 100 benefits managers
These are people who, during 2013, were featured in our magazine or on our website for the great work they are doing with their organisations’ benefits packages; or people who have spoken at our events or taken part in our roundtable discussions; and those who have judged or won gongs ...
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AnalysisEmployee Benefits' Hot 100 list of benefits managers for 2014
‘Congratulations to the 2014 Hot 100 benefits managers’ — read Employee Benefits’ Editor Debi O’Donovan’s take on this year’s Hot 100.‘The challenges and learning curve for anyone in this role are enormous’ — read Hot 100 sponsor Lorica Employee Benefits’ take on this year’s list.Skip to D Skip to J ...
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ArticleCycling to work more than doubles in 10 years
The number of working UK residents who cycle to work increased by 90,000 between 2001 and 2011, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The largest increase was in the number of London residents who cycle to work, which more than doubled in the period between 2001 ...
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ArticleE.On and McDonald’s shortlisted for auto-enrolment
E.On and McDonald’s Restaurants are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best pensions auto-enrolment strategy – large employer’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.This award recognises employers that maximised the opportunities offered by the need to comply with auto-enrolment legislation, and that demonstrated how these actions ...
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Neptune video: Europe — banking on a recovery
brightcove.createExperiences();For more Neptune market views please click here.Important information: This is not for retail clients. It is intended for investment professionals and is not for forward transmission.Neptune funds are not tied to replicating a benchmark and holdings can therefore vary ...
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Neptune’s Paul Caruana-Galizia: what’s behind the UK’s recovery?
1. What explains the recent acceleration in growth? UK banking sector losses were concentrated in non-UK assets. Improving credit provision depended on deleveraging happening overseas, particularly in the eurozone. As external conditions improve, largely due to European Central Bank intervention, the UK’s banking system is recuperating and domestic financial ...
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Neptune video: a bull case for US equities?
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ArticleGovernment sets pension charges cap at 0.75%
The government has announced it will set the charges cap for workplace pensions at 0.75%.The proposal for the cap on pension charges was part of the Department of Work and Pensions’ consultation into charges on workplace pension schemes, which opened in October 2013 and closed in November 2013.The government has ...
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AnalysisDaniel Gilborn: Computer scheme returns
The home computing initiative (HCI) was a government programme first introduced in 1999 to improve the IT skills of employees and grow the number of internet users. It allowed employers to provide personal computers and peripherals to their staff without the benefit being taxed.In April 2006, HM Revenue and Customs ...
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Top 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 20-27 March:1. Employee Benefits Awards 2014 shortlist announced2. BP and Tui criticised over executive pay 3. Engagement biggest HR challenge 4. JLT to acquire Ensign Pensions 5. Buyer’s guide to computer salary sacrifice schemes 6. TPR and FCA launch DC pension ...
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Do suppliers provide value for money?
If your experiences are anything like those of delegates at the National Association of Pension Funds’ (NAPF) Investment Conference in Edinburgh earlier this month, the answer is most likely to be no.When polled ahead of a panel debate on the topic, nearly three-quarters of delegates said they did not believe ...
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Cleaners take life into their own hands
Something for the weekend…Most office-based employees have the safety of sitting behind a desk. So it might not seem important to them to know whether their employer provides life assurance benefits or not.But employees who take their life into their hands might want to check this before going on the ...