All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 767
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AnalysisKim Stephenson: Why offer Christmas incentives?
The Christmas bonus, be it a cash or non-cash incentive, once a year in addition to usual compensation, is not linked to improved performance or a profit share. Nor is it designed to focus employees on objectives or behaviours. It therefore does not establish a link between pay and performance ...
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ArticlePWC partners receive largest pay rise since 2010
PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PWC) 854 partners have received their biggest salary increase since 2010.Partners at the professional services firm each received, on average, £722,000 in 2013/14, an increase in salary of £11,000 from 2012/13.The increase in pay has been attributed to the organisation’s performance, with the organisation reporting increased total profits for ...
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ArticleJobs and Business Glasgow streamlines 29 pension plans
Jobs and Business Glasgow streamlined 29 different pensions schemes into a single scheme to prepare for auto-enrolment, following the merger of five organisations. Caroline Glen, head of HR at Jobs and Business Glasgow, will share her experiences of managing pensions change in merged organisations and focus on the communications strategy ...
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Case StudiesScisys Group uses workplace savings platform to boost pensions engagement
Scisys Group has seen 30% of its employees increase their pension contributions since the organisation launched a workplace savings platform in November 2013.The IT services developer, which employs more than 400 people, launched the platform to help boost pensions engagement among staff and to offer them a variety of saving ...
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Article34% of Christmas reward budget is wasted
A failure by employers to effectively plan and deliver end-of-year recognition leads to around a third (34%) of Christmas rewards being wasted, according to research by Edenred.Its Reward and recognition at Christmas 2014: How to give an impactful end of year ‘thank you’ to employees report, which surveyed 1,000 employees, ...
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ArticleChurch of England schools receive living wage accreditation
The National Society and Church of England schools are to pay the living wage to all staff. The National Society, which resources and promotes Church of England schools, reached a deal with trade union Unison that paves the way for all schools to receive living wage accreditation.The schools will be ...
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ArticleFord justified in not paying enhanced paternity pay
An employment tribunal has ruled that car manufacturer Ford was justified in not paying enhanced paternity pay to a male employee during additional paternity leave.In the case of Shuter v Ford Motor Company, an employment tribunal ruled that the organisation was not obliged to provide enhanced pay incircumstances where it ...
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ArticleTotal reward is outdated
Total reward has served its time because it has not delivered joined-up reward strategies that are relevant to employers and employees.Martha How (pictured top), partner at Aon Employee Benefits and Duncan Brown (pictured bottom), head of the UK performance, reward and talent consulting practice at Aon Employee Benefits, will discuss ...
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ArticleKodak Alaris appoints Iain Willetts
Kodak Alaris has appointed Iain Willetts interim global compensation and benefits lead.He has several years’ experience in reward roles, most recently at Serco, including: reward director, group projects; director of reward and engagement, European division; and director of reward and engagement.His other roles in the industry have included head of ...
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ArticleHowdens Joinery appoints Ian Morley
Howdens Joinery has appointed Ian Morley reward consultant.Since March 2013, he has held a range of reward consultant roles at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Learndirect.Morley’s other roles in the industry have included interim head of reward at Geoban UK, reward consultant at the National Society for the ...
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ArticlePg 10 – People Moves – Dentsu Aegis appoints Toria McCahill
Dentsu Aegis has appointed Toria McCahill head of reward.McCahill had previously been group reward manager at Dixons Retail since December 2013 and was involved in the organisation’s merger with Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.Other roles include HR manager, projects and reward, at Samsung’s Cambridge Solution Centre, and talent and succession ...
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Supplier article
Ensuring your pension scheme remains compliant post staging date
To help employers facing greater scrutiny from the Pensions Regulator, Johnson Fleming has launched the second in a series of informational guides, which is intended to help you reduce risk and ensure full compliance.While the two years leading up to a company’s auto-enrolment staging are all but dedicated to organising, ...
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ArticleOver 300 Welsh Water employees take up bikes-for-work scheme
Welsh Water (Dwr Cymru) has seen 313 employees take up its bikes-for-work scheme since its launch in August.The organisation promoted the scheme in cnojunction with provider Cycle Solutions, which visited seven key sites across Wales with a virtual shop.This enabled staff to experience some of the bikes and cycling equipment ...
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ArticleTotal pay increases by 0.6% year on year
Pay, including bonuses, for UK employees is 0.6% higher than it was a year ago, according to research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Its UK Labour market, September 2014 report found that pay, excluding bonuses, for UK employees was 0.7% higher than it was a year ago.According to the ...
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ArticlePoor employee performance behind non bonus payment
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents did not offer any bonus payments as a result of poor individual perfomance in 2014, according to research by Aon Hewitt.Its European bonus and sales compensation survey 2014, which surveyed more than 110 organisations across 15 countries and outlines employers’ approaches to pay, found ...
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ArticleUniversity of Sheffield focuses on holistic wellbeing
The University of Sheffield offers a free health and wellbeing service to all 7,000 of its employees in order to create a happy and remarkable place to work. Andrew Dodman, director of human resources at the University of Sheffield, and Gary Butterfield, executive director of Juice, will discuss how the ...
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ArticleNetwork with benefits providers at Employee Benefits Live
Delegates at Employee Benefits Live 2014 will have plenty of opportunity to meet, network and interact with a range of reward and benefits providers, advisers and consultants at the annual event’s lively exhibition.The headline sponsor of the event is Benefex, while the two opening keynote sessions will be sponsored by ...
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OpinionIvan Robertson: Data can innovate healthcare strategies
A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on knowledge-based capital (data, software, processes, and so on), Supporting investment in knowledge capital, investment and innovation, published in October 2013, shows that business investment in these assets is growing at an even faster rate than investment in ...
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ArticleBoodles increases staff pension contributions
EXCLUSIVE: Boodles has seen almost a quarter (22%) of its pension scheme members increase their contributions following the launch of a workplace savings platform.The platform, provided by Hargreaves Lansdown, offers staff access to a group self-invested pension plan (Sipp), a cash individual savings account (Isa), a stocks and shares Isa ...
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ArticleFirstGroup to debate whether pensions are best savings option
John Chilman, group reward and pensions director at FirstGroup, will question whether pensions are the only solution for long-term saving in a session at Employee Benefits Live.The session, ‘Pensions as a gateway to wider benefits engagement’, will look into alternative saving vehicles on the back of the government’s chances to ...