All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 728
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ArticleAsda staff launch equal pay case
More than 400 female employees at Asda have launched legal action against the supermarket around equal pay.The cases are aimed at determining if the mainly female-staffed retail jobs are of equal value to higher-paid jobs in Asda’s male-dominated distribution centres.If the case is successful, the employees who have alleged they ...
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ArticleNorthumbria Police accredited as living wage employer
Northumbria Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) have been accredited as living wage employers.The living wage, which is currently set at £8.80 per hour in London and £7.65 per hour across the rest of the UK, is an hourly rate set independently by the Centre ...
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Article37% structure flex using salary sacrifice
Meanwhile, the number of employers that enable staff to trade up or down in their current package has steadily decreased. Now just 20% of respondents use that method, compared with 30% in 2011.What has remained relatively stable is that one in 10 employers (9% in 2014) opt to give staff ...
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E.On and HSBC shortlisted for benefits communication
E.On and HSBC are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Benefits communication – large employer’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.This award recognises an effective and innovative approach to benefits communications, be it through face-to-face presentations, print, social media or digital media.The full category shortlist is:E.On ...
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ArticleCoca-Cola appoints Mohammed Valjy
He has spent eight years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as international benefits manager.His other roles in the industry include pensions manager at Unilever and international benefits consultant at Mercer.
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ArticleCarphone Warehouse appoints Jeremy Hinds
He was previously international reward and engagement director at The Body Shop, a role he had held since 2012.Hinds’ other previous roles include head of people systems and reward at Pret A Manger, HR operations manager at SJ Berwin, group payroll manager at Esporta, payroll and benefits manager at The ...
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ArticleCharles Counsell: How will the auto-enrolment 'capacity crunch' affect medium to large employers?
I have seen it reported that pension providers have some concerns about their ability to meet demand and service existing clients. Punch the term ‘capacity crunch’ used in connection to ‘pensions’ into an online search engine and you’ll probably find, as I did, 11,000 suggested links.But this heavy traffic hitting ...
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Top 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read articles on employeebenefits.co.uk from 10-17 April:1. 20% take time off work due to stress2. French firms ban work emails after 6pm3. Employer-supported childcare vouchers to be phased out4. Danone and UKTV shortlisted for motivational benefits5. Staff engagement is main objective for flex6. Asda staff launch ...
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ArticleGame of Thrones helps motivate employees
Something for the weekend…If power-crazed King Joffrey (pictured) from Game of Thrones was your employer, the journey to work would leave you wondering if you would still have your head by the end of the day.But thoughtful boss Dan Rice of online marketplace Handmake.me, takes a more relaxed approach to ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid researches multinational pooling
However, I have to look at these things creatively, and as most of the players are in Belgium, perhaps I can engineer a visit as part of the project.Big Bad Boss wouldn’t normally go for that, because suppliers must come to us, not us to them. But, given we are ...
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ArticleTotal pay rises by 1.7%
Average weekly earnings, including bonuses, rose by 1.7% in the three months from December 2013 to February 2014, according to the latest figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its Labour market statistics, April 2014 report also found that average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 1.4% during the same ...
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ArticleBBC to review presenters' pay
The BBC Trust is to launch a review into what it pays its presenters.The trust published its work plan for 2014/15, which sets out key planned activity in the year ahead to inform its strategy for the BBC, and scrutinise and assess its performance.Since the trust’s previous review, in 2008-09, ...
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ArticleEurope is top region to launch flexible benefits
The survey, conducted in January 2014, found that 29% of the 41 respondents that offer flexible benefits plans to staff based outside the UK have plans to expand their flex offering across Europe.Currently, 30% of respondents that already offer a flexible benefits scheme outside the UK do so in Europe. ...
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Supplier articleTop 15 stories on the website
1. Tax and legislation changes taking effect in April2. The impact of an ageing workforce on a benefits strategy3. Google opens on-site wellness centre in Ireland4. All employers need to know about car salary sacrifice schemes5. Employers must support staff with mental health issues6. Employee Benefits Connect 2014 speaker slides ...
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ArticleTop discussion on LinkedIn
In her weekly blog on 7 March, Debi O’Donovan (pictured), editor of Employee Benefits, asked why the benefits industry is getting back to basics.She wrote: “…although the new world order is different, with new technologies available, new benefits emerging and new communication media on offer, it is important to remember ...
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ArticleEU workers to enjoy transferable pension rights
Employees in the European Union (EU) that move to a different EU country will be able to take their full pension rights with them after a draft law was passed by the European Parliament.Under current EU rules, employees that move between countries do not lose their statutory pension rights, such ...
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ArticleFlex most successful in optimising tax and national insurance savings
This is closely followed by the positive impact of flex on staff engagement, which has continued to rise year on year. In 2012, 41% of respondents said their scheme had been effective in achieving this, rising to 53% in 2013 and 58% in 2014.A further 33% of respondents in 2014 ...
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ArticleNestle and Sainsbury’s shortlisted for total reward
Nestle and Sainsbury’s are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best total reward strategy’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.For this award, the judges were looking for an employer that has successfully integrated its reward offerings into a single ‘total reward’ strategy, which might include pay ...
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OpinionMirka Slater: Global expansion drives data need
The expansion has happened mostly in the last five years, with expansion in existing countries, opening new offices, as well as mergers and acquisitions.Because of this rapid growth, many countries in EMEA had not been reviewed properly for some time and I was not sure how accurate my data was ...
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ArticleNew reward management book published
Michael Rose, who heads up specialist consultancy Rewards Consulting, has written a new book on reward management. Reward Management, which is published by Kogan Page, is a practical guide to understanding and implementing effective reward strategies in an organisation.It outlines how benefits practitioners can align their approach to reward management ...