All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 790
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AnalysisIs total reward dead?
If you read nothing else, read this…The relevance of total reward is in doubt because of continued downward pressure on pay. Employers need to focus on better use of data and evidence.Organisations should engage with staff of all generations to find out which benefits they actually want and value. Total ...
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Case StudiesBritish Sugar revamped benefits to suit modern workforce
“When I look at the discussions going on, I do think there is one thing the industry often misses,” he says. “When thinking about total reward, it must not just be about pay or benefits, but also about things such as learning and development, the working environment, leadership and the ...
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ArticleLloyd’s Register appoints Nick Jackson
Nick Jackson has been appointed interim head of global mobility at Lloyd’s Register.He leads a team of six across three locations and is responsible for implementing assignment management technology, rolling out a new suite of global mobility policies and bringing a new data vendor on board.Previously, Jackson worked for Associated ...
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ArticleNew Look appoints Keith Manning
New Look has appointed Keith Manning reward manager.He joined the fashion retailer in September 2014 from Tullow Oil, where he was an interim payroll and benefits adviser.Manning has more than 20 years’ benefits management experience and over 30 years’ experience managing payrolls of various sizes.He has also worked for British ...
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ArticleDon't miss the Employee Benefits Awards deadline
Categories for the 2015 awards are:BEST STAFF TRAVEL POLICYMost effective travel strategy for business and perk car drivers.BEST HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING BENEFITS – SMALL EMPLOYERMost effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for employers with fewer than 1,000 staff.BEST HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING BENEFITS – LARGE EMPLOYERMost effective healthcare and wellbeing strategy for ...
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ArticleIan Hodson: Are Christmas parties worth the spend?
In whatever format it takes, being able to say thank-you to their workforce is really important for employers.The cost of a celebration event is often easier to justify than the significant cost through the payroll in the form of remuneration.But I think there are a few fundamental questions employers have ...
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ArticlePaul Craven moves to Eversheds
Paul Craven has been appointed reward and benefits manager at Eversheds.His previous roles include compensation director at GlaxoSmithKline and head of compensation and benefits for the UK and Ireland at Sanofi. Craven has experience in managing teams of compensation professionals, designing and implementing compensation and benefit structures, and project-managing teams ...
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ArticleFinance Bill includes tax changes
The draft Finance Bill 2015, published yesterday, provides more detail on the diversion of profits for multinationals, further guidance on changes to pension flexibility and narrowing of the options for small business tax planning.The 552-page draft bill also includes changes to individual savings account (Isa) allowances between spouses on death ...
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ArticleEAT rules that holiday can be carried over
Holiday allowance can be carried over where employees are unable to take annual leave because of reasons beyond their control.An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found in NHS v Larner in 2012 established that employees can take holiday at a later date because of sickness, but in The Sash Window Workshop ...
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Google wins best employer award
Google has been recognised by the Employees’ Choice Awards 2015, run by recruiter Glassdoor, as the best company to work for in the UK.The search engine received a 4.4 out of 5 rating, closely followed by John Lewis, which received a 4.3 rating.The results are based solely on input from ...
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Top discussion on LinkedIn
Michael Cope, a reward and performance manager, said: “Benchmarking what benefits are offered, to which people and at what cost, will always be a vital piece of research and analysis. However, merely ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ is not the answer…”Laurence Power, technical consultant at Generali Employee Benefits, said: “Benchmarking ...
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ArticleTop 10 most read stories this week
The top 10 most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk from 4-11 December: 1. Autumn Statement’s impact on benefits 2. Fujitsu to pilot emotional resilience programme 3. The impact of the four pensions bills due in 2015 4. SSE extends living wage commitment 5. Easyjet to launch biopsychosocial assessment service 6. Capgemini ...
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ArticleThe scariest commute in the world
Something for the weekend…It seems that the travel benefits for employees in the UK are endless, given the plans to create the world’s longest urban trampoline to help staff travel to work currently being considered. But this is nothing compared with one extreme mode of transport being used in China.Villagers ...
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Article23% think shared parental leave will help gender discrimination
Less than a quarter (23%) of UK employees believe that new shared parental leave reforms will result in women being viewed more favourably by employers, according to a study conducted by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.The research, drawn from a survey 2,012 employees and 100 recruitment decision makers in November 2014, also revealed ...
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Article?MacDermid Canning completes DB pension buyout
MacDermid Canning has completed an insurance buyout of its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme.The bulk annuity for the global speciality chemicals organisation’s scheme, which has 670 members, amounts to £50 million.Aon Hewitt and Eversheds were appointed to advise on the deal and the Pension Insurance Corporation was appointed to secure ...
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Jelf Group offers will writing service to staff
Jelf Group has added a will writing service to its employee benefits package for all staff, including those at Jelf Employee Benefits.An extensive communications programme is currently underway to promote the new service to staff, which includes benefit days, educational-based workshops, presentations, question and answer session, with further information posted ...
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ArticleChelsea FC to pay living wage
Chelsea Football Club has become the first Premier League team to sign up to pay the living wage.Chelsea will pay all directly-employed members of staff the living wage, currently £9.15 in London or £7.85 elsewhere in the UK, who work at the club’s football ground Stamford Bridge, its training ground ...
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Article96% would rather have a Christmas bonus than a party
Almost all (96%) employee respondents would rather receive a cash bonus at Christmas than a party, according to research by Harris Poll on behalf of jobs website Career Builder.The survey, which questioned 2,203 human resources professionals and 3,103 employees in the United States, also found that 63% of employer respondents ...
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Article28% of civil service staff satisfied with pay and benefits
Civil Service employees’ satisfaction with their pay and benefits has fallen for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Civil Service people survey. It found that only 28% of the 274,080 respondents were satisfied with their pay and benefits in 2014, a fall from 29% in 2013.Satisfaction with reward in ...
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Article35% of UK organisations increased salaries in 2014
More than a third (35%) of UK organisations have increased salaries in the past 12 months, according to research by global workplace provider Regus. Its Business confidence index, which has charted fluctuations in business confidence over the past five years and surveyed 22,000 business respondents from 100 countries, found that ...