FLEXIBLE BENEFITS
Azzurri Communications implements online flex
Azzurri Communications, a managed services company delivering flexible voice, data and mobile communications, has implemented online flexible benefits for its 700-strong workforce.
The company was formed in June 2000 and has grown rapidly, partly through the acquisition of 16 companies. Azzurri appointed Thomsons Online Benefits to harmonise its benefits, including 17 pension schemes, and to create a unified benefit brand. The aim was to both engage employees and promote the firm’s commitment to its people by offering a competitive and appealing reward package to support individual lifestyles.
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Thomsons created the brand “The Benefits Network” and first implemented online pension functionality in October 2008 to enable employees to enrol and manage their pension using its Perquisite software. As part of the second phase of development, online total reward statements and flexible benefits were launched in April 2009.
Communications
Thomsons used a range of communication methods, including face-to-face meetings and the telephone. Employees also received a campaign of highly targeted and personalised online and printed communication pieces. “This approach resulted in unique login rate of 75%,” says Thomsons.
A final word
“As we have grown so quickly, and as a result of so many acquisitions, managing and communicating our reward package had become an increasingly complicated and time-consuming task. We now have one reward structure and brand that unites our people in line with our ‘One Azzurri’ culture and facilitates our future expansion. In addition, from an HR point of view we have reduced our administrative and communication burden. We now have straight-through processing from our HR system to Perquisite. We are delighted with the launch of the Benefits Network. It is now a familiar brand with our people and is viewed as a trusted source of information.” - Noel McGonigle, HR Director, Azzurri.
Want to know more?
Thomsons Online Benefits says: “Since our inception, our vision has been to transform employees' appreciation and understanding of their reward package and to remove the administration and communication headaches organisations suffer as a result of running them”. Further information can be found at www.thomsons.com.