All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 777
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ArticleActors denied minimum wage for not meeting 'worker' classification
A number of actors that worked under a profit sharing arrangement have been denied the right to be paid the national minimum wage. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has rejected the original judgement because it failed to apply the correct legal test to see whether the employed actors were defined as ...
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Article47% of auto-enrolment probes result in breaches
The number of investigations into auto-enrolment compliance by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) that result in potential and actual breaches has more than doubled this year, according to a Freedom of Information request by Creative Auto Enrolment.The request by the auto-enrolment services organisation found that investigations resulting in potential or actual ...
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ArticleDiscovery Networks opens medical and wellbeing centre
Discovery Networks has opened a medical and wellbeing centre at its London headquarters, Discovery House.The centre will provide holistic primary and preventative healthcare for more than 1,300 employees. The new centre, which was declared open by chief executive officer David Zaslav and international president JB Perrette, will be managed by ...
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ArticleFourth Employee Benefits Connect is fast approaching
It is the perfect opportunity for HR, benefits and global reward managers to catch up on current trends, upcoming changes to benefits and to meet leading benefits providers.The conference will include streams on employee benefits strategy, financial wellbeing, workplace wellbeing and global reward.The dedicated networking exhibition and roundtables will enable ...
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ArticleNine out of 10 small employers want auto-enrolment delay
Nine out of 10 small employers that have not reached their pensions auto-enrolment staging date yet want the process to be delayed until the new raft of pension reforms are complete, according to research by the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA).The ACA 2014 Smaller firms’ pension survey, which surveyed 414 ...
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Article75% do not identify or manage staff health risks
Three-quarters of respondents do not identify and manage known employee health risks, according to research by Aon.However, its annual Benefits and trends survey also found that respondents want to understand the impact of employee health risks on business performance and insurance premiums, with half of respondents wanting to get to ...
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ArticleAsda faces mass legal action around equal pay
Asda faces mass legal action around equal pay by female employees over claims that male employees in the supermarket’s distribution centres are being paid more, despite doing comparable work.In April, more than 400 female employees at Asda launched legal action against the supermarket around equal pay.Since then, law firm Leigh ...
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Analysis
Update on shared parental leave
The shared parental leave legislation is part of the government’s commitment to support working families, and is included in the Children and Families Bill 2013, which received Royal Assent in March 2014.What is shared parental leave?The new system will allow working families to have more choice around how they balance ...
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ArticleCrown Estate appoints Eleanor Smith
The Crown Estate has appointed Eleanor Smith as reward, benefits and pension manager, a newly created position.She was previously compensation, benefits and payroll manager at JLT. Smith has more than 19 years’ experience in the HR and benefits industry, including head of reward and people systems at Sainsbury’s, global reward ...
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ArticleJane Vivier: Should employers use social media to communicate benefits?
Think back to the days when we ‘discovered’ podcasts and webinars. We embraced them, not because we found them easy to make or even fun to do, but because they expanded our reach into parts of our workforce that remained untouched by leaflets, roadshows and posters.Using social media is no ...
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ArticleNumber of low-paid staff increasing
The proportion of employees in low-paid work across Britain increased from 21% to 22% last year, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.Its annual audit of low pay across Britain, Low pay Britain 2014, also found that the number of people earning less than two-thirds of median hourly pay, q=equivalent ...
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ArticleMG Rover Group reaches £8m pension settlement
MG Rover Group has reached an £8 million pension settlement with The Pensions Regulator (TPR) following an investigation into its senior pension scheme.More than 100 former employees, who were members of the scheme, will now receive a cash bonus almost ten years after the car manufacturer collapsed in April 2005.In ...
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ArticleTNT aligns global mobility with talent management
EXCLUSIVE: TNT is in the midst of aligning its global mobility framework with its talent management structure to bring both elements into the full HR cycle.Lisa Dempsey, global HR manager at TNT, will discuss how the logistics organisation has been through a major transformation to align global mobility and talent ...
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Supplier article
Health Shield receives two awards and reaches 200,000-member ‘milestone’
The awards follow the news that Health Shield has passed the 200,000-member mark for the first time in its history, in addition to being named in The Sunday Times’ ‘100 Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to work for’ for the second year running.Health Shield was also the only UK cash plan provider ...
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Article71% of City workers expect a bonus this year
Almost three-quarters (71%) of City workers expect to receive a bonus this year, compared to 61% last year, according tp research by eFinancialCareers.Its Bonus expectations survey, which polled 587 professionals working in banking and finance in the UK, 978 in the U.S. and 696 in Singapore, also found that more ...
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Article94% of leaders admit mental health prejudice
Some 94% of UK business leaders say that prejudice towards those with mental health conditions is still abundant in the UK’s largest organisations, according to research by Bupa.Its Breaking the silence report, which surveyed 50 business leaders and 500 workers both with and without mental health conditions, also found that ...
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ArticleThe Pensions Regulator issues first auto-enrolment fines
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued its first fines to employers for failing to meet auto-enrolment duties.It has issued three fixed penalty notices were issued, each levying fines of £400 on employers, according to the TPR’s latest automatic-enrolment Compliance and enforcement bulletin.TPR has not revealed details of the nature of ...
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ArticleLloyd's Register to use global mobility technology
EXCLUSIVE: Lloyd’s Register is to introduce new technology to help manage global mobility.The scheme, which will be launched in December and provided by Polaris Global Mobility, will help the engineering, technical and business services organisation remove the administrative burdens associated with global mobilityIt will also help free up time for ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk from 23-30 October:1. Implications of the October 2015 childcare voucher changes 2. Asda faces mass legal action around equal pay 3. The Pensions Regulator issues first auto-enrolment fines 4. Asos plans to change management incentive plan 5. Government to abolish short service ...
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ArticleBankers face bans on alcohol and late nights
Something for the weekend…Boozy late-night entertaining was once considered an essential aspect of most investment bankers’ careers. But employees in this industry sector could now face new curfews under codes of conduct aimed at improving the sector’s reputation. This means that some staff may have to reconsider what they believe ...