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	<title>Recruitment specialist issues annual salary survey</title>
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Recruitment specialist Sammons Pensions has launched its seventh annual salary survey.</description>
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	<title>Scottish Life in salary sacrifice push</title>
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Scottish Life has re-launched a range of support materials for employers and advisers to help them establish successful salary sacrifice schemes. </description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:15:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Workers unaware about occupational life-cover</title>
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	<description>MORE than three million workers are unaware their employer provides life insurance and are forking out unnecessarily for private cover, Aon Consulting research shows.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:43:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Warning on communication budgets</title>
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Businesses could be putting their flexible benefits at risk by cutting funding for internal communication budgets, Jardine Lloyd Thompson says.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri,  8 Aug 2008 15:26:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Total reward statements pilot debuts with local authorities</title>
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Three large local authorities are to become the first to introduce a total reward statement pilot scheme for employees.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri,  1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>University of Surrey implements salary sacrifice scheme</title>
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THE University of Surrey has launched a salary sacrifice scheme for employees who are members of the University Superannuation Scheme.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed,  9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>B&amp;amp;CE calls for increased pensions education</title>
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LESS than half of workers are aware of the tax incentives of saving into a pension, B&amp;amp;amp;CE Benefit Schemes says.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Workplace packages ignored by nearly 40pc of employees</title>
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Nearly 40pc of employees will not take advantage of benefits provided in the workplace, AIG UK Benefits research shows.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Tesco and Asda to payout &amp;pound;130m in sharesave giveaway</title>
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TWO supermarkets are set to give employees nearly &amp;pound;130m in sharesave plan payouts.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>SPC elects Duncan Howorth as president</title>
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DUNCAN Howorth has been elected president of the Society of Pension Consultants. </description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Thomsons Online Benefits takes over administration of VT Group’s flexible benefits scheme</title>
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Thomsons Online Benefits had taken over the administration of VT Group’s flexible benefits scheme.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon,  9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Buck hires Evans as senior consultant from PIFC</title>
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BUCK CONSULTANTS has hired Chris Evans as a senior consultant in its health and welfare team.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon,  9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Aon Consulting launches wellness programme</title>
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AON CONSULTING has launched a six-month wellness programme to encourage mental and physical health among its 50-strong benefits solutions office in Farnborough.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed,  4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>JLT poaches seven-strong Orbit team to launch online benefits platform</title>
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JLT Benefit Solutions is to launch its own online benefits platform following its hire of a team of seven senior staff from Orbit Benefits.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Getronics launches flex benefits programme</title>
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	<description>GETRONICS has launched an enhanced flexible benefits programme. </description>
	<pubDate>Thu,  8 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>TD Waterhouse introduces new benefits to its flexible benefits package </title>
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TD Waterhouse introduced five new benefits to its flexible benefits package at its first annual review.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed,  7 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>JLT launches online benefits portal</title>
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JLT Benefit Solutions has launched an online benefits portal to help employers manage their employee benefit packages.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri,  2 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Business administration failing staff</title>
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	<description>Businesses need to improve benefit administration and communication to recruit and retain high-quality staff members, JLT Benefit Solutions says. </description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Contribution boost for volunteering public sector workers</title>
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	<description>Public sector workers stand to benefit from &amp;pound;13m in new pension contributions when they volunteer in the poorest countries in the world.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Government helps push for training</title>
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	<description>A government-backed scheme designed to raise the profile of employer-based training has been launched. </description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Conference looks at prepaid options</title>
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	<description>A conference on prepaid gift cards and vouchers will be held next month to promote them as an employee benefit.</description>
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	<title>Royal Mail launches pair of health schemes</title>
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	<description>Royal Mail has launched two schemes which aim to improve the well-being and health of its 180,000 employees.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Benefits moved online</title>
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	<description>Thompsons Solicitors has introduced online total reward statements for its staff in conjunction with Thomsons Online Benefits.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Contribution boost for volunteering public sector workers</title>
	<link>http://www.professionalpensions.com/785649</link> 
	<description>Public sector workers stand to benefit from &amp;Acirc;&amp;pound;13m in new pension contributions when they volunteer in the poorest countries in the world.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>&amp;pound;103bn cost of sicknote Britain</title>
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	<description>Employers and the government must invest more money into health initiatives to reduce the &amp;pound;103bn cost of sickness in the UK, a study says. </description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Bosses admit to bias for lookers</title>
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	<description>Almost nine in 10 bosses admit that they have given the job to the most attractive candidate, Peninsula reveals.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Public sector pay strikes loom</title>
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	<description>The government&amp;acirc;€™s decision to cap public sector pay below inflation could trigger industrial action across the civil service, union officials warn.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>&amp;Acirc;&amp;pound;103bn cost of sicknote Britain</title>
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	<description>Employers and the government must invest more money into health initiatives to reduce the &amp;Acirc;&amp;pound;103bn cost of sickness in the UK, a study says. </description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>PMI launches benefits package for members - EXCLUSIVE</title>
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	<description>The Pensions Management Institute is launching a package of benefits for members.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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	<title>Thompsons Solicitors implements online total reward system</title>
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	<description>THOMPSONS Solicitors has introduced online total reward statements for its staff in conjunction with Thomsons Online Benefits.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 GMT</pubDate> 
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