All Employee Benefits articles in Web Issue – Page 875
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Boots UK
Let Boots help you keep your employees healthy this winter with our winter flu vaccination scheme.Seasonal flu is one of the biggest causes of short-term illness in the UK and generally 15-20 per cent of the population get flu each year.Boots provides a cost-effective and simple way of helping to ...
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caboodle
About usRun by a team of employee benefits and communications specialists, caboodle (formally known as Salary Exchange) has a wealth of experience in providing innovative solutions. We were first established in 2009, and our continual growth and product development means that we are now one of the UK’s leading employee ...
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AnalysisHow to develop a benefits strategy post merger or acquisition
If you read nothing else, read this…The volume of mergers and acquisitions is growing, meaning more HR and benefits teams are having to think about integrating different benefits propositions.Whereas once organisations would leave the benefits of an acquired or merged business alone, this is now less common.If employers do decide ...
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AnalysisHow to avoid the pitfalls of pensions auto-re-enrolment
If you read nothing else, read this… Employers must auto re-enrol their eligible staff in a six-month window around the anniversary of their original staging date. The government has introduced some exclusions to avoid duplication of effort regarding staff who have stepped away from the pension scheme within the last ...
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Case StudiesTalkTalk looks to provide value to staff through benefits strategy
TalkTalk Group is keen to give its employees better value through its ways of working and its suite of benefits. A key element of the telecommunications provider’s benefits strategy is that employees receive benefits that are perceived to be worthwhile and of value. Sam Kirk, reward director, explains that this ...
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ArticleBarclays and Cafcass awarded for working parents policies
Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Cafcass and Centrica were among the employers recognised for their approaches to flexible working and gender diversity at the sixth annual Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards on 3 November.Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, received the 'Overall top employer award' as ...
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ArticleFinancial constraints prevent 37 per cent from taking shared parental leave
More than a third (37%) of respondents believe financial constraints will prevent them from taking shared parental leave where employers do not offer men the same level of enhanced paternity leave, according to research by the Executive Coaching Consultancy.Its Women and the City report, which is based on a survey ...
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ArticleWelcome to the new-look Employee Benefits!
By now, you will have noticed that Employee Benefits has a brand-new look. This is a complete transformation, across the magazine, the website, and, for the first time ever, our logo.Those of you who came to Employee Benefits Live back in September may have noticed the sneak peek we gave ...
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Money worries stop employees taking sick leave
A quarter of respondents are working whilst ill due to financial concerns, according to a survey by National Accident Helpline. The research also found that 13% have been threatened with disciplinary measures as a result of taking sick leave.The investigation was conducted on 1,000 UK residents and revealed that 19% ...
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An open door for scammers?
Recent reports highlight that the Work and Pensions Select Committee of MPs are concerned about the potential for scams following the introduction of Pension Freedoms this year.This is a subject that we have already featured several times on the Jelf Blog, and one that we think is really important for ...
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Pot Follows Member – or does it?
One of the perceived problems with pensions Auto-Enrolment was the number of small pension “pots” that would be created given that the average UK worker changes employer many times throughout their career. In the early stages of the Auto-Enrolment project this was deemed to be a major challenge, and therefore ...
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Workplace pensions go a bit furry…
It’s not often that the opportunity presents itself for something light-hearted – but the DWP’s new pension awareness campaign is one such moment.For last week the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) unleashed a large blue furry monster into the world of Workplace Savings. Workie will be seeking to raise ...
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Case StudiesWorkplace Wellness adopts parallel working after acquisition
In September 2015, RehabWorks bought Right Management Workplace Wellness from Right Management, a ManpowerGroup company.As soon as the deal was announced, the HR teams from both organisations started to think about how to approach the benefits issue, and decided to initially adopt a period of parallel working. Jayne Carrington, managing ...
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Case StudiesInforma involves HR and benefits team in acquisitions
Publishing and events business Informa has made a number of acquisitions in recent years, including US exhibition firms Hanley Wood and Virgo, and UK book publisher Ashgate. Tom Humphris, global support HR director, gets involved around a month before any deal goes through. “We get access to all the information, ...
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OpinionDr Valeriya Vitkova: HR involvement is key in mergers and acquisition deals
HR-related issues can be the primary cause of failure for many merger and acquisition (M&A) deals. In fact, Cass Business School’s M&A Research Centre’s study, Successful dealmaking, published in December 2014, shows that HR involvement and key employee retention are among the main drivers of successful M&A deals.Large M&A transactions ...
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Neptune Global Income: Is Japan the best dividend market in the world?
By George Boyd-Bowman, Fund Manager at NeptuneThe Neptune Global Income Fund seeks exposure to the very best – and often overlooked – income opportunities from across the world. Unconstrained by benchmarks, the fund currently has 24 per cent invested in Japan, differentiating the high conviction portfolio from many of its ...
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58 per cent of teachers say they do not have employee benefits
More than half (58%) of teacher respondents say that they do not have employee benefits, according to research by fleet management firm Tusker.Its survey of 330 teachers also found that just 9% of respondents are satisfied with their current employee benefits package.The research also found:41% of respondents name pay as ...