All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 811
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Article09 Events: Have you met the Employee Benefits Awards 2015 judges?
Have you met our judges for the Employee Benefits Awards 2015?This year’s panel chairs are Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, editor, Employee Benefits; Clare Bettelley, associate editor, Employee Benefits; Jane Fenwick, global head of benefits, Shire Pharmaceuticals; and Neil Morrison, group HR director, Penguin Random House.The other judges are:Roland Baskeyfield, group reward manager, ...
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Article09 Top story Events: Employee Benefits Awards 2015 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Employee Benefits Awards 2015 is now available at www.employeebenefitsawards.co.uk.The winners will be announced during a lunchtime ceremony on Friday 12 June at the Artillery Garden at the HAC in London.As well as the 22 category winners, the winner of the prestigious Grand Prix award will also ...
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ArticleUniversity of Bolton invests £100,000 in motivating staff
The University of Bolton is investing £100,000 to send all 700 employees on a staff development programme to help boost motivation and inform them of the organisation’s strategic aims.The programme, which runs from September 2014 to May 2015, comprises approximately 20 group visits of an average 35 people per trip, ...
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ArticleVospers relaunches voluntary benefits plan
EXCLUSIVE: Vospers Motorhouse has relaunched its voluntary benefits scheme for all 550 members of staff.It now includes access to over 7,500 national retail discounts, cashback offers and the option of local discounts, which employees can access via a unique login.The family-run motor organisation wanted to replace its previous scheme which ...
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ArticleClare Bettelley: Pensions re-enrolment is a great time to re-engage staff
Organisations should consider, for example, whether they have appointed the right provider with which to auto-enrol. Has the provider offered the employer the necessary or expected level of support for both the organisation and its employees?Has the provider’s technology coped with employee volumes and opt-out requests? If not, how can ...
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ArticleCoats appoints John Lovell
Coats has appointed John Lovell group pensions director.Lovell is responsible for overseeing Coats’ global pension schemes as well as developing the organisation’s pension strategy and working closely with the trustees of the various schemes to ensure their effective delivery.He has joined the organisation from Sainsbury’s, where he was head of ...
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Article?Jenny Davidson moves to Dixons Carphone
Dixons Carphone has appointed Jenny Davidson group reward director. She will head up the reward function across the newly merged Dixons Carphone Group, with responsibility for the strategy and implementation of all pay and benefits, as well as reward integration projects across the organisation. Davidson’s previous roles include head of ...
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ArticleSports Direct faces mass legal tussle over bonus claims
Sports Direct is facing a legal tussle with 300 of its employees over claims made by those on zero-hour contracts that they were not eligible to participate in its bonus scheme. While no claim has yet been issued, law firm Leigh Day sent letters in February to the retailer’s legal ...
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Article37% of employees cite stress as reason to quit job
Almost two-fifths (37%) of employees have considered quitting their job in the last year because of stress at work, according to research by MetLife Employee Benefits.Nearly half (47%) of respondents find their job stressful on a day-to-day basis, according to the research, which surveyed more than 1,000 full-time employees.And 48% ...
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Supplier article#EBAsks answers key healthcare benefits questions
The inaugural Employee Benefits Twitter takeover took place on 10 March in partnership with Johnson Fleming.A number of questions were asked and answered on Maximising the value of your protection, health and wellbeing benefits Winter School tutorial video by Angela Jones, senior consultant at Johnson Fleming.The event took place between ...
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ArticleBalreed boosts prostate cancer awareness with workshops
EXCLUSIVE: Balreed has raised the awareness of prostate cancer in the workplace through its ‘Be a Hero’ campaign.All 204 employees at the independent provider of print, document, IT and process technology attended workshops on highlighting the importance of prostate cancer and early detection in January.Workshops were run at Balreed’s eight ...
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ArticleCo-operative employees to vote on 8.5% pay rise proposal
More than 60,000 Co-operative employees will receive a 8.5% pay rise over the next two years if the proposal is voted in by members of the trade union, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), in April.The proposal, which was developed by the Co-operative Employers Association with USDAW, would ...
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Five check-points to becoming ‘pension freedom’ ready
So what’s happening in less than one month, Easter? End of the tax year? New holiday entitlement? All that, yes, but the introduction of pension freedoms also becomes a reality. Here are five areas employers and trustees should be focusing on in the next four weeks:1. Engagement StrategyEmployers and trustees ...
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Why prevention is better than cure
Disengaged employees and poor health is costing the UK economy around £6bn; this is certainly a figure that cannot be ignored. Research from a recent study of 5,000 workers in the UK suggests that half of people admitted to not working to their full potential, citing low morale or stress ...
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ArticleEmployee Engagement report 2015
Employee Benefits’ Employee Engagement report 2015 explores how employers can better engage their staff.The report includes the following articles:Clare Bettelley: Employee engagement replies on employer supportWhy any employer embarking on an employee engagement strategy should first question the extent to which it can consider itself engaging. The true meaning of ...
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ArticleScan Coin UK launches life assurance and auto-enrolment pension
Scan Coin UK has introduced a new group life assurance scheme and workplace pension scheme to comply with auto-enrolment for its 50 UK staff.The supplier of cash handling and money processing equipment organisation will offer a scheme, provided by Portus Consulting, that manages its workplace pension auto-enrolment programme, as well ...
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ArticleEmployers will have to reveal gender pay gap
Employers with more than 250 employees will have to reveal differences in pay between male and female members of staff under a change to a law passing through Parliament.Firms that do not comply with the new rules could face fines of up to £5,000.The government will set the form and ...
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ArticleJohn Lewis staff to share £156m bonus
Around 94,000 John Lewis Partnership employees are to share a bonus payout of £156.2 million.It is the second year in a row that staff at the retail giant, which is owned by employees of John Lewis and Waitrose, have seen the payout reduce.Employees will receive a bonus of 11% of ...
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Supplier articleTop 10 most read stories this week
The most read stories on employeebenefits.co.uk from 5-12 March 2015: 1. Employee Benefits Connect 2015 speaker slides 2. DWP begins Fit for Work national roll-out 3. Key questions employers need to ask ahead of April’s pension changes 4. Wolseley UK to introduce mobile technology for flex 5. Canine cottage critic ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid tries to make a PMI claim
It seems like a good idea to put this through the health plan. I am paying enough tax on the benefit; I might as well use it for a change. I realise that although I have been responsible for this plan for a couple of years, I have no idea ...