All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 753
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Nottingham City Council awarded for voluntary benefits
Nottingham City Council won the award for Best voluntary benefits 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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Cisco awarded for international benefits
Cisco won the award for Best international or expatriate benefits 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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Asos and E.On awarded for benefits communications
Asos and E.On won the awards for Best benefits communications at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why Asos (pictured right) won the award for best small employer and why E.On (pictured far right) was judged to be the best large employer in this category.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held ...
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Thales awarded for total reward strategy
Thales won the award for Best total reward 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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Thales awarded for aligning benefits to business strategy
Thales won the award for Best alignment of benefits to business 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 Londo
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Danone has most engaging benefits package
Danone won the award for Most engaging benefits package 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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Three UK awarded benefits team of the year
Three UK was named Benefits team of the year at the Employee Benefits Awards 2014.Read why the organisation won this accolade.The Employee Benefits Awards 2014 were held on 27 June 2014 at the Artillery Garden at the HAC London.
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ArticleDr Bridget Juniper: Should employers include wellbeing policies in annual reports?
Anything that forces employers’ hands to take employee wellbeing seriously should be welcomed in principle. However, the devil is in the detail, and unless there are some clear parameters about what this entails, the whole initiative will be a waste of time.The phrase ‘wellbeing policies’ is very woolly and means ...
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ArticleMost talked-about news in June
Reward may never be the same again, said Sarah Purnell (pictured), head of UK reward and benefits at Tesco, during a session at the Employee Benefits Summit in Alicante, Spain in May. She said the recession, consumer trends and workforce demographics are the three key factors that will affect reward ...
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ArticleCap executive pay at fixed multiple of lowest-paid staff
The government should consider requiring organisations to cap executive pay at a fixed multiple of their lowest-paid employee, according to a report by the High Pay Centre.Its report stated that different ratios could be applied to different sectors, based on the advice of businesses, employees and academic experts.??The report also ...
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HMRC loses Rangers employee benefit trust appeal
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has lost its appeal in the upper tier tax tribunal in the case around defunct Rangers Football Club plc’s use of an employee benefit trusts (EBT).In November 2012, the first tier tax tribunal ruled in favour of the Murray Group, which had owned the club ...
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ArticleLSL Property Services launches flexible benefits
LSL Property Services has launched an online flexible benefits scheme for its 5,000 UK staff.The property group, which owns the estate agency brands Reeds Rains and Your Move, identified a need to overhaul its benefits package after conducting a series of focus groups with staff.Nearly two-thirds (64%) of employees wanted ...
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OpinionAdam Lambert: How employers can comply with holiday pay law
The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling in Lock v British Gas Trading Limited and others must be taken into account when calculating an employee’s entitlement to paid holiday.The case concerned an employee whose commission tended to be paid weeks or months after it was actually earned. As a consequence, ...
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AnalysisHow to select the right motivation vouchers for employees
If you read nothing else, read this…Employers should examine the demographics of their workforce to help choose the right motivation vouchers.Employee communication campaigns or surveys can reveal what types of voucher are valued by employees.Once the vouchers have been chosen, organisations should aim to keep the campaign fresh.Voucher schemes offer ...
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ArticleFidelius Employee Benefits appoints James Biggs
Fidelius Employee Benefits has appointed James Biggs head of employee benefits.His previous role was director of corporate pensions at Lorica Employee Benefits, which was acquired by Aon in June 2014.With almost 15 years in the industry, Biggs has also been associate director of Jelf Employee Benefits, head of group self-invested ...
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ArticleUniversities in London to launch pensions portal
London universities, such as King’s College London, London School of Economics and University College London, are to launch an interactive pensions website.The Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (SAUL) will make the website available to its 54 participating employers, more than 36,000 pension scheme members and other stakeholders.SAUL provides ...
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ArticleTui hosts employee recognition event
EXCLUSIVE: Tui UK and Ireland has held its annual employee recognition event, which included 24 finalists and five overall winners.The event is a culmination of the travel organisation’s recognition programme, ‘Saying… Thank you’, which also includes e-cards, £20 voucher awards and quarterly £100 voucher awards.Cara Catlin, reward analyst at Tui ...
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ArticleSerco promotes Emma Penn
Serco has promoted Emma Penn to head of reward and share schemes.She has worked at Serco since December 2007, as group share schemes manager and group reward and share schemes manager.Her previous roles include implementation manager at Capita Share Plan Services and senior service delivery manager at Lloyds TSB Registrars.
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ArticleBNP Paribas promotes Thomas Hiles
BNP Paribas has promoted Thomas Hiles to group benefits manager, UK.He has been with the French bank since 2009 in various roles, including reward consultant and benefits manager.Hiles’ other previous roles in the industry include project manager, employee benefits at CMS Cameron McKenna, compensation and benefits manager at Bureau Veritas, ...
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ArticleArla Foods appoints Julian Daley
Arla Foods has appointed Julian Daley reward manager.His previous role was reward manager at Carlsberg UK.Daley had been with the brewery since January 1997 in a range of roles, including financial accounts analyst, HR specialist, and compensation and benefits specialist.