All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 758
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ArticleEmployers review benefits to meet needs of older workers
More than a third (37%) of respondents plan to review their benefits package to meet the needs of an older workforce, according to research by MetLife Employee Benefits.Its research, which surveyed 214 HR directors, found that 17% of respondents have already done so.More than half (54%) of respondents are anticipating ...
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ArticleDens sees 50% pension take up before auto-enrolment
EXCLUSIVE: Action against homelessness charity Dens has seen 50% of staff take up its pension scheme after it complied with auto-enrolment more than three years early.The charity’s auto-enrolment staging date is 1 January 2017, but it launched a master trust, provided by Now: Pensions, in October 2013.This is the first ...
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Japan: mid-year review and outlook
By Chris Taylor, Manager of the Neptune Japan Opportunities FundH1 2014Economy: after a harsh winter that slowed activity in the economy, the main event of the first half of the year has been the debate over what impact the 1 April VAT hike from five to eight per cent would ...
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ArticleGo North East switches voluntary benefits provider
Go North East has switched the provider of its voluntary benefits scheme. The bus organisation introduced its new scheme, Save on the go, at the end of June, because it offered more diverse communications options than its previous scheme.The new scheme, which is provided by Personal Group, offers the organisation’s ...
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ArticleGlassdoor launches benefits comparison site
Jobs and careers website Glassdoor has launched a comparison site for benefits packages.The free online benefits review survey, Benefits Reviews, asks employees to rate how satisfied they are with their employer’s overall benefits package, and describe the best and worst aspects of the package they receive. Employees are also asked ...
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Article78% of global employers committed to healthy workplace culture
More than three-quarters (78%) of respondents are strongly committed to creating a workplace culture of health to boost employee engagement and organisational performance, according to research by Buck Consultants at Xerox.Its Working well: a global survey of health promotion and workplace wellness strategies research, which surveyed more than 1,000 employers ...
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OpinionAshleigh Witcher: Protection of employees’ employment
For the past four years, I have worked for Serco, a large international services organisation, looking after its long-term absent employees. Serco has a group income protection (GIP) policy, which protects staff through illness and injury.In the world we live in today, with such amazing medicines and cures for some ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
1. Government launches review of taxation on travel and subsistence expenses2. MetLife research: Employers review benefits to meet needs of older workers3. EXCLUSIVE: Madgex launches wellbeing workshops4. The Pensions Regulator has used auto-enrolment powers 23 times5. EXCLUSIVE: IMG launches personalised financial education 6. What are collective defined contribution pension schemes?7. ...
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ArticleDOD's blog: More wine, less cycling
How many of you have succumbed to one of these mobile wellbeing apps or bracelets?A few years ago we hadn’t even heard of them, now large numbers of people rely on them and their entry into UK workplace wellbeing programmes must be imminent (perhaps an employer is already using them ...
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ArticleWork’s a beach for Japanese firm
Something for the weekend …Hopefully, all our readers have managed to take a holiday this summer, whether enjoying a staycation in the beautiful British sunshine or jetting off to more exotic locales.Where employees have not managed to get away, perhaps they can bring a bit of the tropics into the ...
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Article11.9m workers not saving enough for retirement
Nearly 12 million UK workers are not saving enough to ensure they can maintain their standard of living in retirement, according to research published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).Its Scenario analysis of future pension incomes research, found that, of the 11.9 million ‘undersavers’, nearly half are at ...
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ArticleEDF Energy settles pay dispute
EDF Energy has settled a pay dispute for nearly 500 workers.The employees, who install meters and deal with alleged electricity theft, in the London, south east, south west and eastern regions, staged selective industrial action in the dispute.Staff were disputing three elements of the ogranisation’s pay package:A 2013 pay offer ...
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Article42% expect to raise basic pay
Some 42% of respondents expect their organisation to raise basic pay, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).Its latest Labour market outlook survey, which questioned more than 1,000 employers, found that this expectation has fallen from 48% in the CIPD’s spring 2014 report.The research also ...
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ArticlePAYE tax code changes could adversely impact employers
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax code regulations could have an adverse impact on employers and employees, according to the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT).The professional body has expressed its concerns in writing to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).It stated that HMRC’s proposal to relax the timeframe in ...
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ArticleInvestec Bank wins £6m bonus claim
Investec Bank has won a £6-million bonus claim against two former employees.The High Court rejected the claim by Andrew Brogden, former head, and Robert Reid, deputy head, of its structured equity desk.The pair had claimed that their 2010/11 bonus had been pre-agreed in an oral contract with the organisation and ...
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Guide: Johnson Fleming produces auto-enrolment checklist
Click on the link below to download the auto-enrolment checklist. Links'Your auto-enrolment checklist'
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Guide: Johnson Fleming’s managed auto-enrolment service for SMEs
Click on the link below to download this guide. Links'Your managed auto-enrolment service'
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Guide: Johnson Fleming looks at choosing an auto-enrolment adviser
Click on the link below to download the guide.Links'Choosing an auto-enrolment adviser'
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Johnson Fleming’s Mark Beddowes completes L’Etape du Tour for charity
Established in 1993, the L’Etape du Tour allows amateur cyclists to test their legs on one of the Tour de France’s toughest mountain stages through the Pyrenees, including an ascent to the summit of the Col du Tourmalet, which reaches 17.1km and gradients of more than seven per cent.CLIC Sargent ...
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Openwork selects Johnson Fleming’s managed auto-enrolment service
This partnership will see Johnson Fleming being the outsourced service of choice for Openwork’s advisers. Johnson Fleming has extensive experience in the market, having staged more than 60,000 employees to date. This hands-on experience, coupled with its associated knowledge and experience of auto-enrolment, alongside the distribution scale of Openwork, will ...