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More than a million workers are caring for someone with cancer alongside their job, forcing them to take up to an average of six and a half days off...

Video calls and meetings became a must have during the pandemic and have continued to be a vital work communication tool. However, while ubiquitous in the workplace, 31 percent...

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...

The chancellor’s spring statement failed to address key workplace challenges that employers are facing, according to the CIPD and the boss of the ManpowerGroup UK.  The CIPD said that...

Preventative health benefits are in demand, but proving their return on investment remains a challenge for HR. Michelle Stevens explores how employers can measure impact and make a compelling...

As predicted before the chancellor’s spring statement, Rachel Reeves offered no update on the second phase of the government’s landmark pensions review. This is despite a major government focus...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government will invest £1 billion to provide guaranteed, personalised employment support to help people back into work as she presented her spring statement...

Two-thirds (67 percent) of UK companies are considering cutting jobs as a result of economic uncertainty, according to research with 500 senior business decision-makers. More than three quarters (76...

Next 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...

Almost 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...