Benefits and allowances surveyed
The first instalment of IRS Employment Review's annual benefits and allowances survey looks in detail at provision of general allowances and health benefits, from call-out payments to private medical insurance.
The survey focuses on the concept of total reward, investigating the value of all elements of the employee's compensation package beyond basic salary (with the exception of pension schemes).
Benefits and allowances (1): general allowances and health-related benefits Sheila Attwood presents the results of the annual pay and benefits survey, based on responses from 209 organisations, together employing more than 387,000 staff. From IRS Employment Review.
Benefits and allowances (2): non-statutory benefits Sarah Dennis looks at the provision of non-statutory benefits, including long-service and deputising payments. Actual and potential changes to employers' benefits provisions are also investigated .
Benefits and allowances (3): travel and subsistence allowances In the final instalment, Sheila Attwood looks at the travel and subsistence allowances, including company cars; car allowances; and subsistence payments .
Also
Total reward takes off IRS Employment Review
investigates the concept of total reward, and why UK employers are increasingly
adopting it.
Do
benefits packages score with staff? By Personnel Today's Mike Berry.
Benefits and allowances 2003: Part one , Part two and Part three Read the findings of IRS
Employment Review's previous survey of benefits and
allowances.
Why it pays to communicate the value of benefits Personnel Today's Nic Paton argues that benefits strategies could play a vital role in reducing turnover at many companies - if only their virtues were properly communicated to staff.
Benefits roundtable 2003 Personnel Today invited a select number of HR professionals to discuss leading issues affecting compensation and benefits offerings. Nic Paton reports.
Changing benefits IRS Management Review examines how and why a change is occurring in benefits provision, and includes a look at flexible benefits schemes.
How to manage basic pay and benefits and How to establish a flexible benefits scheme Practical guidance from the HR & Compliance Centre 'How to' service.
Benefits: the legal basics HR & Compliance Centre's employment law reference manual provides the legal basics on benefits.
