All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 748
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ArticleGovernment appoints Ros Altmann champion for older workers
The government has appointed Dr Ros Altmann its new business champion for older workers.Altmann, who is a former director-general of Saga and an independent expert on later life issues, will be tasked with making the case for older workers within the business community and challenging outdated perceptions.The appointment follows the ...
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ArticleArgos staff to strike over work-life balance
Around 1,000 Argos employees based at five distribution centres are to strike for 24 hours on Friday 4 July in a dispute over terms and conditions, including changes to working hours that could have an adverse impact on their work-life balance.The changes to terms and conditions are part of a ...
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Case StudiesAsda makes savings with company car scheme
The retailer has more than 150,000 staff and introducing the scheme, provided by Zenith, has helped the organisation and its employees to save on car running costs.To date, Asda has saved about £6,000 per company car compared to the cost of providing a cash allowance. Savings are made on fuel, ...
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ArticleGuide Dogs Association launches salary sacrifice cars
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has launched a salary sacrifice car scheme for 1,200 eligible employees.The UK-wide charity has signed a four-year contract with Leasedrive, which will supply its Mycar scheme to the organisation.As a registered charity, Guide Dogs is also able to make use of the benefits ...
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ArticleBookatable.com sees no opt out post auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Bookatable.com has seen no eligible employees opt out of its group personal pension (GPP) since they were auto-enrolled. Prior to its staging date on 1 July, 45 of the online restaurant reservation organisation’s 130 employees were members of its pension scheme.All eligible staff are now in the scheme, which ...
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John Lewis Partnership awarded for total reward statements
John Lewis Partnership won the award for Best total reward statements at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the retailer was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London
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Live Nation awarded for financial education strategy
Live Nation Entertainment won the award for Best financial education strategy at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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Jobs and Business Glasgow awarded for best DC default investments
Jobs and Business Glasgow won the award for Best DC pensions default investments at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why Jobs and Business Glasgow was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC ...
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Northern Trust awarded for work-life balance
Northern Trust won the award for Best work-life balance strategy at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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Capital One awarded best staff travel policy
Capital One won the award for Best staff travel policy at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation won the award.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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Barclays and IBM awarded for work-life balance
Barclays, IBM and Marks and Spencer were awarded for their equality and inclusion policies at the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (ENEI) Awards 2014.The awards acknowledge and celebrate employers with a commitment to good practice above and beyond legal compliance, and innovative approaches that will inspire other employers.Barclays was ...
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Tesco awarded for employee share schemes
Tesco won the award for Best employee share schemes at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation was judged to be the best in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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ArticleCost is main barrier to PMI provision
More than two-thirds (42%) of respondents said the main barrier to offering private medical insurance (PMI) to employees is that the organisation cannot afford it, according to research by Bupa.Its research, which surveyed more than 1,000 senior decision-makers, found that 28% of respondents that do not offer private healthcare to ...
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ArticleDAC Beachcroft launches financial education
DAC Beachcroft has launched a financial education programme for its 2,000 UK employees.The law firm introduced the programme to provide a more consistent and continual approach to promoting its benefits package, which includes a flexible benefits scheme with an annual enrolment window.Sarah Young, head of HR at DAC Beachcroft, said: ...
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ArticleQueen's Speech legislative changes that impact benefits
The Queen confirmed that the Pensions Tax Bill will offer greater flexibility to defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.From April 2015, the legislation will remove previous restrictions on the way employees can access their DC pension savings, allowing them to access savings as a lump sum, through drawdown or by converting ...
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University of Lincoln invests in relationships with benefits providers
The University of Lincoln invests in building sustainable relationships with its benefits providers.Ian Hodson, reward and benefits manager at the University of Lincoln, has initiated a conversation with the organisation’s childcare voucher provider, Computershare, about its future business strategy.This is part of his efforts to understand the possible impact of ...
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ArticleDOD’s blog: New world order for working policies
For some months I have been using the term ‘age management’ to describe a new discipline creeping into human resources strategies.Now that staff can work for as long as they want to (or have to), HR professionals are taking stock of their workforce planning strategies, their wellbeing initiatives and how ...
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ArticleHMRC to raise bonus rates for sharesave schemes
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to increase the bonus rates payable on five-year sharesave schemes.A new bonus rate of 0.6 times monthly contributions and an annual equivalent rate of 0.39% will be applied to these schemes from 28 July 2014.This is the first time a bonus rate will be ...
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VideoBritish Sugar focuses on total reward
“Pay is very important and it has to be on an acceptable level, but there are so many other things that are also important to people,” says Verhoek. “I always look at total reward in four sections: variable pay, the benefits, learning and development opportunities, and what we offer as ...
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AnalysisTop ways to save on car running costs
If you read nothing else, read this…Savings can be made by choosing the right cars to offer employees.Fuel is the biggest area where savings can be made.Car telematics can monitor how employees drive.Driver training can teach staff driving techniques that can save on costs such as fuel. Short and long-term ...