Employee Benefits
Health and Wellbeing service launched to save £555 million by improving NHS staff health and absenteeism
David Woods, 02 March 2010
A new service has been launched to help NHS trusts respond to the Department of Health's new employee Health and Wellbeing agenda - and to benchmark their progress.
News
Energy Saving Trust gives employers full marks for attitude to the 'greening' of car fleets but low marks for action
David Woods, 10 March 2010
Businesses, charities and public-sector organisations are keen to operate environmentally- friendly fleets...
Exclusive: Westminster City Council publishes salaries of its chief executive and senior offices on its website
David Woods, 08 March 2010
Westminster City Council has published the salaries of 30 members of its...
i-level redesigns its employee reward communication strategy to reflect its young, innovative image
David Woods, 08 March 2010
i-level, the digital communications agency, has revamped its employee reward offering to...
New bonus scheme for Eversheds takes a holistic view of lawyers' performance
David Woods, 04 March 2010
International law firm Eversheds is to launch a new bonus scheme for...
New online flexible scheme lets Sage staff shape their benefits package to their lifestyle
David Woods, 04 March 2010
Sage has launched a new online flexible benefits package to its UK...
Employee Benefits In Depth
Think carefully before sacrificing employee benefits for short-term savings
Paul White, 05 March 2010
Looking at the benefits budget from an outsider's perspective, it's relatively easy...
Regular payroll updates for HR professionals
Advertising Feature, 03 March 2010
Since 1985, the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP) has been providing our...
Membership of private-sector occupational pension schemes continues to fall
David Woods, 01 March 2010
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline...
State pension age needs to be raised sooner to offset funding problems and reflect the trend that people live longer
David Woods, 26 February 2010
The state pension age should be raised faster and further than currently...
Stagecoach to provide health checks for its workforce in a Heart Healthy Bus
David Woods, 26 February 2010
Stagecoach has sent a Heart Healthy Bus on a tour of its...
Pension funds association urges Government to make pensions taxation "simpler and fairer"
David Woods, 26 February 2010
UK pension funds have challenged the chancellor of the Exchequer's proposals on...
Employers' average maximum contribution to defined contribution pension schemes rises to 16.5% of salary
David Woods, 25 February 2010
The average maximum contribution that large employers are making to defined contribution...
Commission-free reward strategy has improved staff engagement levels, Carphone Warehouse claims
David Woods, 25 February 2010
The Carphone Warehouse has decreased its rewards costs and improved staff engagement...
Gender pay gap narrows for younger accountants but widens for the over-45s
David Woods, 25 February 2010
While the pay gap between males and females is narrowing for accountants...
How to make your workforce aware how much you spend on their benefits
Gareth Ashley-Jones, 25 February 2010
What occupies HR minds? Clearly, you can answer this better than me,...
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