NI Civil Service Cylce to Work

damianmcr

As one of, if not the biggest employer in N.Ireland you would think that they would have sorted out the cycle to work scheme for their employees.

Contacted HR today and was told its still with Corporate HR and has been from at least September last year. How longs it flipping take?

totallybroke_2

Some civil service departments are already taking part in this scheme?

Contemplates

I know of some CS depts that have been offering the cycle to work scheme for the past three years. In fact some have opened the scheme, and suspended it already due to oversubscription! Possibly this has had a knock on effect?

damianmcr

I work in DSD:money:

dmxdave

Can someone please explain to the non public sector people what this is?

Contemplates

If I recall correctly the cycle to work scheme is a government run system whereby employers can sign up to a scheme that allows their employees to purchase bicycles from selected retailers tax free. This equates to a pretty good saving for the employee, who basically rents the bike from the employer for a one year period whilst making direct payments from pay-packet.

At the end of the year, a final payment is required to either buy the bike outright, or hand the bike back in reasonable condition? I think the thinking behind it is to improve fitness and overall health of the workforce, and reduce vehicles commuting?

Edit: And AFAIK it wasn't just limited to the public sector?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Cycling/DG_190101

damianmcr

dmxdave wrote: »

Can someone please explain to the non public sector people what this is?

Whats it got to do with the public sector? My friend at Allstate recently availed of it.

dmxdave

damianmcr wrote: »

Whats it got to do with the public sector? My friend at Allstate recently availed of it.

The thread title suggested it!

Mistral001

Are we not talking about a bicycle here? "Leasing out" and "tax free allowances" for a bicycle. A bicycle can be bought for a few pound unless you want one of the designer ones with go-faster stripes on it and many people have one anyway.

Golden_Anemone

This is from DFP's March Core Brief to staff.

"The next change to HRConnect is the introduction of the Cycle to Work and TaxSmart schemes.


The Cycle to Work scheme was set up by the government to encourage people to use bicycles as a means of transport to and from work. If you wish to begin cycling to work you will soon be able to obtain a bicycle through a salary sacrifice scheme, making savings on tax and national insurance contributions. More details on this scheme, including when and how to apply will be available on the HRConnect 'What’s New’ section in the coming weeks."

steveymp

Ran in the health service a few years ago but has now been discontinued

I don't know whether due to lack of interest or over subscription ?

I walk to work anyway so it was of no interest to me