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Pay rises ‘stagnate’ as costs squeeze employers
UK pay rises “stagnated” in the third quarter of 2024, remaining at 4 percent, while forecasts for 2025 point to...
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Is your pension messaging relatable? It needs to be if you want engagement
For employees, pensions can seem complicated, or stuffy even, so to engage members successfully communications need to be about the...
How flexible is your reward model?
With business resilience moving back up boardroom agendas, it’s time to ditch outdated, one-size-fits-all compensation structures, says David Ellis, head...
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UK women retire 7 years later as flexible work dubbed ‘a game-changer’
UK women are retiring seven years later, on average, than they did 30 years ago, signalling “dramatic shifts” in how...
A fifth of employees ‘clueless’ about amount paid into pensions
Almost one in five (19 percent) employees do not know how much they or their employer are paying into their...
Standard Life boosts DB pension de-risking team with Mitterhuber
Standard Life has appointed Alexa Mitterhuber to its defined benefit pension (DB) de-risking team as director of DB solutions. DB...
Named exec could be required to take responsibility for staff pension outcomes
Employers may be required to name a dedicated executive that is responsible for staff retirement outcomes, a treasury consultation has...
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UK women are retiring seven years later, on average, than they did 30 years ago, signalling “dramatic shifts” in how people approach work. The study from longevity think tank Phoenix Insights, part of the Phoenix Group, found that both men and women now retire at an average age of 64,...
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Three quarters of employers (76 percent) are communicating with staff more frequently about the benefits they offer, but only half of businesses (53 percent) think their workers have a good understanding of the full range of benefits provided, research has shown. The survey, from Towergate Employee Benefits, found that the...
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Employee benefits specialist, consultant and podcast co-host Steve Herbert has taken on the role of brand ambassador for Occupational Health Assessment. With a long career in the benefits and wellbeing strategy sector, including posts at Jelf Group, Howdens Employee Benefits & Wellbeing and Partners&, Herbert will now champion the under-used...
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