The Employee Benefits Award winners 2013 were announced on 7 June during a summer party held at the Artillery Garden at the HAC, London.
BMW (UK) won the prestigious Grand Prix award at the Employee Benefits Awards 2013. The Grand Prix is awarded to the most outstanding winner of an Employee Benefits Award.
BMW (UK’s) (pictured) Stress Management Programme – Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, for which it also won the title ‘Best stress management scheme’, was deemed by the judges to be a particularly brave approach to tackling a sensitive subject head on to help support employees. The judges felt that it could become a best-practice benchmark for workplace stress management programmes.
Janine Sparks, senior reward manager at British Airways, was named ‘Employee benefits professional of the year’. She was nominated by the judges as a person that the industry looks up to as a leader in employee benefits.
Full list of Employee Benefits Awards 2013 winners:
Grand Prix (sponsored by Mercer Marsh Benefits)
BMW (UK)
Employee benefits professional of the year
Janine Sparks, senior reward manager, British Airways
Benefits team of the year (sponsored by Tusker)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Best car and travel benefits:
Axa UK – Axa UK Car Scheme
Best healthcare and wellbeing benefits (sponsored by Westfield Health)
Winner: Hewlett-Packard – Fighting Cancer at HP (entered by HealthScreen UK).
Best stress management scheme
BMW (UK) – Stress Management Programme – Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
Best pensions change
Winner: FirstGroup – The First UK Bus Pension Scheme
Highly Commended: Morrisons – Morrisons Retirement Saver (entered by JLT Benefit Solutions)
Best pensions communications
Winner: Admiral – The Admiral Pension (entered by Jelf Employee Benefits)
Highly commended: Morrisons – Save Your Dough
Best DC pension default investments
Finmeccanica UK – Finmeccanica FuturePlanner (entered by P-Solve)
Best workplace savings benefits (sponsored by Wealth at Work)
Hymans Robertson LLP – Hymans Robertson Workplace Savings
Most motivational benefits (sponsored by Edenred)
McDonald’s Restaurants – Olympic Champion Crew
Best flexible benefits plan – large employer
Winner: Severn Trent Water – Lifestyle (entered by Edenred)
Highly commended: J.P. Morgan – Elements (entered by Vebnet)
Best flexible benefits plan – small employer
Hymans Robertson LLP – Flex@Hymans
Best voluntary benefits plan
BSkyB – Choose iPads (Sky Choices)
Best employee share scheme
Home Retail Group – Save As You Earn 2013
Best international benefits
Bwin.party Digital Entertainment – Just.rewards (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Best benefits communication – small employer
Benefex – The Marvellous School of Benefits
Best benefits communication – large employer
Winner: J.P. Morgan – Elements (entered by Vebnet)
Highly commended: E.On UK – My Choice DIY (entered by Benefex)
Best work-life balance strategy (sponsored by Bright Horizons Family Solutions)
The Random House Group – Our House
Best total reward strategy (sponsored by Aon Hewitt)
Winner: City Health Care Partnership CIC – Flextra Staff Benefits Portal (entered by Edenred)
Highly commended: Capital One – Let’s Make Lives Better
Best total reward statements
Winner: Virgin Media – Total Reward-It’s All Yours (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)
Highly commended: Asda – Asda Total Package Website
Best reward strategy linked to business strategy
Winner: Goodman Masson – The Benefits Boutique
Most engaging benefits package (sponsored by Personal Management Solutions)
Holiday Extras – My.extras (entered by Thomsons Online Benefits)