Financial provider Scottish Widows has evolved its workplace pension default fund to help “maximise” savings growth for employees. A pension default fund is the option employers offer employees that...
Read moreDetailsNext month's increases in the minimum wage make opening up auto-enrolment to employees under 22 “even more pressing”, according to Kate Smith, head of pensions at Aegon. Her comments...
Read moreDetailsAlmost half (46 percent) of Gen X workers say investing their money in stocks and shares is “too risky” as two-thirds of them are dubbed “cash stashers”. Research shows...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of the 20 largest workplace pension funds grew substantially more than the industry average over five years, according to the latest Corporate Adviser Pensions Average (CAPA)...
Read moreDetailsMore than two-thirds (69 percent) of employers in the UK now offer a responsibly invested company pension, research from Scottish Widows has revealed. However, the pension provider found that...
Read moreDetailsEmployers have been urged to leverage pension salary sacrifice to potentially save thousands of pounds ahead of the rise in employer national insurance next month. Consultancy Hymans Robertson said...
Read moreDetailsMore than £50 million in lost pension savings has been found by Standard Life, in partnership with pension-finding platform Raindrop, in the five months since they launched a new...
Read moreDetailsClose to a quarter of HR professionals (24 percent) do not know what type of workplace pension scheme their organisation offers, suggesting a lack of pension understanding and, potentially,...
Read moreDetailsMore than half (54 percent) of university students say they would be more engaged with their future workplace pension if it was invested in tackling climate change. The survey...
Read moreDetailsEmployees are under saving for their retirement by as much as a quarter, with women expected to be worst affected, according to research from pension provider Royal London. The...
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Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
The US retreat from diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is making waves far beyond the country's borders. In the wake of President Trump’s executive order abolishing DEI across federal government departments, global firms like Goldman Sachs and Accenture have rapidly dialled down their own efforts.
The influence is being felt in the UK too. However, the UK operates under a different legal framework. It has stronger workplace protections and a government actively looking to enhance employee rights through its Make Work Pay agenda. But as US firms reposition their approach to DEI, UK subsidiaries could find themselves caught between conflicting priorities.
In the latest Benefits Unboxed podcast, co-hosts Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert, Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, industry veteran and reward and benefits consultant, discuss how the US DEI rollback might impact UK businesses.
