All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 799
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AnalysisHow to build a compelling business case for benefits
If you read nothing else, read this…A business pitch should take an average of four to six weeks to create and present.A compelling pitch will clearly outline the objectives that a benefits professional hopes to fulfil with the benefit they are proposing to implement.The focus of the pitch should be ...
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Case StudiesGoodman Masson looks for unique business cases
“A benefit must have a directly positive impact on the life of an employee, so that they are excited about coming to work, because they believe that their employer is looking after them, so they are engaged and so their performance increases and we prosper when they stay,” he explains.Hayward ...
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ArticleImpact of the Fit for Work Service
Provided by Health Management, the service includes an online library, telephone, email and online support for employers, staff and GPs, as well as occupational-health-related assessments.This support is for employees who have been, or are expected to be, absent from work for at least four weeks. Staff will be referred by ...
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ArticleEmployee Benefits digital magazine - February 2015
Read this month’s articles in the digital magazine by clicking the links below, or read the online versions by using the links to the right under ‘Related articles’ (these articles will go live in stages during February 2015).At a time when employers are anxious about losing their top talent, building ...
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Case StudiesPenguin Random House revamps benefits post merger
Now one of the world’s largest trade publishers, the merger presented a number of challenges and opportunities for the organisation, not least when it came to harmonising its employee benefits package. Alongside the harmonisation project, the organisation identified an opportunity to simultaneously review its health and wellbeing offering .Neil Morrison, ...
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ArticleNon-executive directors' pay rises 7%
Non-executive directors in the UK’s largest organisations have seen a move towards annual pay increases of 7% in 2014, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) annual non-executive director report.Its annual Non-executive director fees report found that non-executive directors saw a rise in base pay to £65,000 in 2014, up from ...
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ArticleRefresco Gerber staff strike over pay
Employees at Refresco Gerber are to hold eleven 36-hour strikes over a 10-week period due to the organisation’s plans to cut pay and change staff terms and conditions. The proposed changes at the juice maker, which produces supermarket own brand products for Waitrose, Asda and Tesco and works with brands ...
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ArticleDisney, Pepsi and Starbucks to take part in wellbeing event
Swarovski, Pepsi Co, The Walt Disney Company, Starbucks Coffee Company and CBS News are among more than 50 employers at Chiswick Park that will participate in a wellbeing event for staff at the beginning of February. The event, which is part of the business park’s Enjoy Work programme and is ...
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ArticleMaking the case for a good benefits proposal
In many cases, this will result in benefits professionals identifying the need to introduce new initiatives, either to replace an existing benefit or as an addition to their package. Either way, ensuring they get the go-ahead for their plans will be the next crucial step.This is where an engaging business ...
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ArticleRound up of compliance issues in January
A date has been set in the Asda equal-pay case, with legal action likely to be taken by female employees over claims that male employees in the supermarket’s distribution centres are being paid more, despite doing comparable work. The firm representing employees, Leigh Day, and Asda are due to attend ...
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ArticleJust 12% comply with default retirement age laws
Just 12% of employers believe their organisation has fully has fully complied with legislation abolishing the default retirement age (DRA), since it came into effect in 2011, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.Its study of 248 employers also found that 34% of respondents felt they need to improve all ...
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ArticleFCA to introduce protection for DC pension members
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to introduce additional protection to defined contribution (DC) pension scheme members ahead of April’s incoming reforms that will give members more flexibility around how to take their pension pot. Under the new rules, which are aimed at protecting members who are keen to cash ...
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Supplier article
Can UK companies satisfy global appetites?
Global protein demand is steadily growing, particularly in Asian markets, driven by urbanisation, population growth and rising incomes.Chinese meat consumption in particular is forecast to reach 69kg per capita annually by 2030, an increase of almost 40 per cent but still well below the levels currently seen in the US ...
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ArticleClyde and Co boosts payroll giving take up
EXCLUSIVE: Clyde and Co has increased take up of its workplace giving scheme after launching a campaign to encourage more employees to give money to charity through payroll.The law firm launched a campaign at the start of January 2015 after identifying that its take up was not as high as ...
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ArticleBP freezes pay globally for 2015
BP has frozen pay for its nearly 84,000 employees globally for 2015. It made the decision in response to changes to simplify and increase efficiency throughout BP.It is also in response to its market environment, which has seen a significant fall in oil prices.The pay freeze will have some exceptions ...
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Automatic enrolment - is it solving the pensions crisis?
Automatic enrolment began to be rolled out across all employers from October 2012, starting with the largest. The hope was that the millions of people who were not saving for their retirement would be swept into pension saving, and that once enrolled, they would not opt out.On the face of ...
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Article169 employers fined for auto-enrolment non compliance
The total number of employers fined for failing to comply with their workplace pensions duties reached 169 by the end of 2014, according to figures from The Pensions Regulator (TPR).However, this figure represents a small number compared to the tens of thousands of businesses which have now complied with their ...
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ArticleShare ideas at Employee Benefits Connect roundtables
These will cover and discuss topics such as the future of car salary sacrifice schemes, changing workforce demographics, how to make data analytics relevant, challenges facing employee engagement and the importance of investing in staff health and wellbeing both now and in the future, as well as global reward, motivation ...
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ArticleITV staff to ballot for strike action over pay
Employees at ITV have rejected the organisation’s 2% pay increase offer for 2015 and will move to ballot for strike action.The broadcasting organisation made the one-year pay increase of 2% effective from 1 January.Employees that are members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre ...