Using tax-efficient benefits to help fund your voluntary benefits scheme

1. Using tax-efficient benefits to help fund your voluntary benefits scheme Helen Humphries HR Consultant

2. A few words about Nottingham City Council� 13,200 employees aged 18 to 65, equal male/female split from multicultural communities Variety of services and posts are in manual/craft, front line, professional and management positions Works Perks employee benefits package introduced in October 2005 as part of our overall Pay and Rewards strategy

3. Works Perks � Benefits Strategy Partner selected to deliver tax free and voluntary benefits on a cost neutral and risk free basis One provider for whole scheme Launched in October 2005 in response to revamp of Pay and Rewards

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5. Delivering our promises Key successes from consultation, marketing and communication of �something for everyone� Tax free benefits attracted �1.2 million sales Discounts for employees from high street goods and services resulting in excess of �200,000 savings in first year

6. Our Cost Neutral Approach Charge for Works Perks is on a per capita basis Booklet for every employee plus web access Charge is set against partner performance Excellent service delivery � they get paid Unresponsive service � they don�t get paid! Partner has invested interest and commitment to make it work linked to awareness and take up of the programme

7. Essential Partner Skills Awareness of and focus on your priorities in your business context Project management skills Marketing and communications know how Good administration systems

8. Results in 2005/6 Employer NI savings from salary sacrificed has funded benefits for 13,200 employees for 2 years through to October 2007 Works Perks has been acclaimed as a leader in its field for both the range of benefits offered and its marketing and communication strategy

9. 6 National awards in its first year including Grand Prix winner at Employee Benefits 2006

11. Corporate and Public Issues Green issues are core business issues for public and private sector (Tesco customers now rewarded for green purchases) City centres are getting more congested and emphasis is on sustainable travel options Transport is the new way to pull together these converging priorities for action

12. Tax �efficient benefits then and now! Until April 2005 � portfolio of these benefits included:- Home Computers Cycles2Work Child Care Vouchers Exploring new ideas to source a new income stream from tax free benefits

13. Dreaming of new possibilities! Vision of City Living is becoming a reality Part of the vision is for greener cities Workplaces are learning environments offering opportunities to influence and communicate Tax breaks for car parking! Challenging the inconsistencies by promoting multi-modal ways to travel to work

14. Transport Plans to encourage new thinking Cycles2Work � part of the travel to work by car with fold-up bike in the boot! - Park and Ride Discounted travel to work negotiated as part of Green travel plans � multi-modal options Changed life choices make way for healthier employees � less sickness absence to manage

15. A Personal View of the Future Further tax breaks? Elderly and care for disabled people � Personnel today compiling a tax breaks for carers petition Health and Fitness programmes to tackle the growing national obesity problem and encourage more healthy lifestyle choices Mobile Phones � almost a PC now Buy and Sell leave - more healthy work-life balance

16. What are you waiting for? Want to talk some more about how this works? Come and see me on P&MM stand No 112

17. Works Perks Demonstration An optional demonstration of our on line package www.worksperkslifestyle.co.uk username - JamesBond password - 007

18. Contact details Helen Humphries HR Consultant, Corporate HR, Corporate Services, Nottingham City Council, The Guildhall, Nottingham NG1 4BT 0115 9154516 helen.humphries@nottinghamcity.gov.uk