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Non-financial rewards important at Christmas NEW RESEARCH from Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services reveals that 43% of employees believe free and negligible cost rewards are most important at Christmas, more so than bonuses. Some 84% of employees admitted that a non-financial reward would motivate them to work harder, feel more valued by their employer, more likely to stay in their role rather than job hunt, and feel more recognised for the work they have done. Balancing work with family activities and Christmas shopping causes one in three employees (34%) stress around the holiday period. This increased pressure could be alleviated by employers taking a flexible approach to winter working and providing incentives such as extra holiday, flexible working or early finishes, relaxed dress codes. Iain Thomson, director of incentive & recognition at Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, said: “This research proves to employers that the most valued benefits are those which will immediately impact lifestyle rather than financial gain. Instead of risking lower productivity levels and absenteeism, businesses should look at these simple, affordable options of rewarding their staff. Not only will motivation remain consistent or increase, employees will feel valued and listened to and end of year meetings and awards.” Learn Centre to acquire Payroll Alliance IN OCTOBER, the Learn Centre announced its intention to acquire Payroll Alliance from LexisNexis, part of RELX Group. The deal was due to complete in November. Linda Pullan, head of Payroll Alliance, said “I am absolutely delighted to be joining the Learn Centre family together with my team. Payroll Alliance members will continue to receive the excellent membership packages we offer and we will be looking at ways to provide them with added value. I look forward to the exciting challenges ahead.” Speaking about the acquisition, Neil Hollister, chief executive officer of The Learn Centre, said “We believe that both Payroll Alliance and the Learn Centre customers will benefit from being able to access the wider expertise, information and services now available to them.” Chris Jones, director of LexisNexis UK, added “We believe that the Learn Centre will make an excellent home for Payroll Alliance and we are looking forward to continuing our relationship with them by continuing to provide online information that supports the work of payroll professionals.” AE compliance and enforcement THE MOST recent quarterly update about automatic enrolment compliance and enforcement, which covers the period to 30 September 2016, provides information about cases and the powers The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has used (http://bit. ly/2ffMrfs). The figures show that penalties are on the up, but not in proportion to numbers of employers that have staged. Although the number of compliance notices has risen to over 26,000, TPR finds the majority of employers subsequently comply when given this ‘nudge’ to remind them of their duties.
Payroll World Awards THE PAYROLL World Awards event was held on 3 November at The Hilton London Bankside hotel. The CIPP congratulates the winners: ● Auto-enrolment Engagement Award – Anderson Anderson & Brown ● Benefits and Rewards Engagement of the Year – University of Lincoln ● Best Employer in Payroll Award – SD Worx ● Best Leader Award – Ingrid Johnston, Equiniti Payroll ● Best Payroll Support Team Award – FMP Global ● Cross-functional Partnership Award – Armstrong Watson ● Implementation Project Award – Cintra HR & Payroll Services ● International Payment Delivery Award – Western Union Business Solutions ● International Payroll Award – BDO ● Outstanding Customer Service Award – Cintra HR & Payroll Services ● Payroll Manager of the Year – In-house – Claire Kennedy, University of Lincoln ● Payroll Manager of the Year – Supplier – Linda Cryan, SSE ● Payroll Provider of the Year – SD Worx ● Payroll Software Product of the Year – CloudPay ● Payroll Team of the Year – Bureau / Service Provider – PW Payroll Solutions ● Payroll Team of the Year – In-house – Veolia UK ● Payroll Team of the Year – Public Sector – Gwent Police ● Pension Technology Award – Systemsync ● Rising Star Award – Lucy Brewer, East Midlands Shared Services ● Specialist Payroll Provider of the Year – Liaison ● Technology Award – Activ8 intelligence ● Workplace Pension Provider of the Year – Aviva
A
Col A as % of Col B
B
Power
Number in period
Total number
Information notice
111
57
196
Inspection
13
30
43
Compliance notice
15,073
58
26,040
Unpaid contributions notice
324
36
904
Fixed penalty notice
3,728
55
6,779
Escalating penalty notice
576
78
741
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | December 2016/January 2017 | Issue 26 34
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