All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 822
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ArticleYeo Valley staff canteen the best in the world
Something for the weekend… Many employers now are conscious about what their staff eat and health and wellbeing is high on the business agenda.But what if your staff canteen was ranked as one of the best in the world and was so good that it has been opened to the ...
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ArticleRoyal Mail, Mars and BT pledge to end mental health discrimination
Royal Mail, Zurich, Mars and BT are among 14 employers that have pledged to improve awareness of mental health issues in the workplace, according to a report by Business in the Community (BITC).Its Mental health: We’re ready to talk - One year on report, which has been published to coincide ...
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ArticleDo not miss Employee Benefits Wired
Employee Benefits Wired will take place in five days time at 3pm on 28 April in association with mental health charity Mind and Legal and General. The first in a series of live webinars will see an expert panel discuss workplace mental health issues.Employee Benefits Wired: Mental Wellbeing will stream ...
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Johnson Fleming launches dedicated auto-enrolment services for SMEs
Following a rise in the number of compliance notices issued, and recent regulator research indicating that one in five small employers and half of all micro business owners are not even aware of when they must become compliant, these solutions have been designed to ease the burden, risk and cost ...
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A Make Happy award (and a special Next Jump surprise) for Francesca
On Monday, the results of a nomination I had given and a nomination that She’s the First received unfolded in an unbelievable way at our office. (As a reminder, in January, we moved into Next Jump HQ as part of its innovative Adopt a Nonprofit programme.)Around 10:30am, an envelope was ...
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Workplace savings in numbers
50% of the UK female population is now saving adequately for retirement, representing a 10 percentage point rise year on year (Scottish Widows Women and retirement report, November 20143 December 2014: The date when individual savings account (Isa) tax advantages were extended to partners from April 2015, as announced in ...
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Article13 Big Question - Nadeen Jackson-Barker: Should benefits professionals get to know their staff?
Understanding the make-up of your employees and their professional and personal goals can only be the right thing to do, can’t it?As I see it, getting to know employees shouldn’t be viewed as paternalistic, but as a genuine desire to build a long-standing and sustainable culture of trust, whereby staff ...
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ArticleAsda and Unilever shortlisted for share plans
Asda, Royail Mail and Unilever are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best employee share scheme’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.This award recognises employers that have implemented a successful strategy that has made HM Revenue and Customs-approved all-employee share schemes an effective benefit in their ...
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ArticleBurberry and GSK extend living wage
Burberry and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have extended their commitment to pay the living wage to include their sub-contracted and third-party workforces at sites across the UK.They had previously committed to pay the livign wage to all directly employed staff.In addition, painting and decorating firm A Connolly has been accredited as a ...
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The ageing workforce: a cost explosion?
Click on the link below to download the bulletinLinksThe ageing workforce: a cost explosion?
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ArticleJohn Chilman: How can employers predict employees’ likely behaviour around pension flexibilities?
What are employees likely to do? A key factor will be the value of the pension benefit they have.If the pension, whether defined benefit (DB) or defined contribution (DC), is likely to provide enough income replacement for employees to continue their pre-retirement lifestyle ‘adequately pensioned’, then many may take this ...
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ArticleHayman Group improves DB pensions administration
Hayman Group has improved its defined benefit pension (DB) scheme administration to help the firm adapt to funding changes. The distiller’s Hayman Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme will implement new technology, provided by pensions actuarial firm Spence and Partners, to use live administration data to calculate actuarial results to help develop ...
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ArticleTowers Watson acquires Saville Consulting
Towers Watson has acquired international psychometric assessment business Saville Consulting for £42 million.It made the acquisition to help strengthen its position in the HR software provider market.Saville Consulting will operate its business as usual for the foreseeable future to preserve continuity of client teams and services..Julie Gebauer, global leader for ...
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ArticleCaroline Legg: How can employers predict employees’ likely behaviour around pension flexibilities?
As ever, over time, reality kicks in, and a number of factors make it difficult to predict how employees are likely to behave around the new pension flexibilities.In the DC space, surveys indicate that a number of people will look to cash out their benefits for valid reasons, for example ...
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ArticleTribunal to reconsider if redundancy near pensionable age is allowed
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has sent a case back to a tribunal for a re-hearing to consider whether redundancy dismissal, where the timing meant an employer avoided significant pension costs, could amount to age discrimination. In the case of Sturmey v Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, it is being ...
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Putting savers first — how HR can reduce fees by 66 per cent
The reality is that the financial services sector is only now beginning the process whereby consumers saving into pensions are considered to be buying a ‘value-for-money’ product. This is the same product that in various guises has been available for more than 50 years. But it wasn’t self-regulation that brought ...
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ArticleUK's least healthy employees based in the North East
The North East of England has the UK’s least healthy workforce, with 31% at risk of developing health problems, according to research by VitalityHealth.Its Britain’s healthiest company report, which surveyed 23,376 employees across 82 UK organisations, also found that London had the healthiest employees, with less than a quarter (24%) ...
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ArticleNomura and Yorkshire Water shortlisted for health benefits
Age UK, Nomura and Yorkshire Water are among the employers that have been shortlisted for the award ‘Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits – large employer’ at the Employee Benefits Awards 2015.The award, sponsored by Simplyhealth, showcases employers that have put in place a strategy that helps promote health and wellbeing ...
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13: Share schemes in numbers
7,000: Admiral employees will each receive £3,000 worth of free shares into the insurance provider’s share incentive plan (Sip): bit.ly/18uDCXu100%: Architectural visualisation studio organisation Hayes Davidson is now 100% owned by its employees: bit.ly/1DTjGdc17 years: Hundreds of Roadchef employees are to receive a payout after settling a 17-year dispute over ...
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AnalysisThe role of rehabilitation benefits in a group risk strategy
If you read nothing else, read this…Employees need to be made aware of the rehabilitation benefits that can assist their recovery and return to work.Employers should treat each case on an individual basis.Occupational health services, counselling and cancer support can help an employee return to work.A survey, published by Bupa ...