The Benefits Expert Guide to DC Pensions 2024
DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO DC PENSIONS 2024 They are the private sector's main vehicle for employee retirement savings, but do you and your employees know how well...
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Employers face ‘precarious start’ to 2025 as wage levels stay high
Persistently high wage levels in conjunction with other cost rises will mean employers face “a precarious start” to 2025, according to the CIPD. ONS data out today show that...
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Employees favour long-term rewards over xmas parties and bonuses
Seven in ten (71 percent) employees who will receive a Christmas bonus would prefer a better benefits package instead, a survey has found. This shift is more prevalent among...
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Potential rise in employer AE contributions postponed
A government review set to look at increasing employer auto enrolment contributions has been postponed, according to reports. Phase two of the pensions review, due to start in 2024,...
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Stuttering UK economy prompts calls to reverse employer NICs hike
A fall in UK gross domestic product (GDP) has prompted calls for the government to reverse its hike in employer national insurance contributions (NICs), unveiled in October's budget. Data...
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Renewed calls to raise employers’ auto enrolment contributions
Fresh calls for the government to raise the minimum auto enrolment (AE) contributions that employers need to pay have come from investment platform provider Tillit. The call follows the...
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EU pay standards could ‘increasingly become the norm’ in UK
Mandated changes in EU pay transparency reporting could have “significant ripple effects” for global compensation, according to Vijay Gandhi, regional director EMEA at consulting firm Korn Ferry. Recent research...
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UK pay rise budgets shrink amid employer challenges
Close to half of UK employers (48 percent) have reported that budgets earmarked for salary increases in 2024 were lower than budget pots in 2023, according to a report...
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Half of UK employers moving towards pay transparency, finds Mercer
Half of UK employers are addressing or planning to address pay transparency within the next one to two years, research from Mercer has revealed. There is a growing focus...
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EU pay rules bring high stakes and big opportunities for employers, says Aon
The EU pay transparency directive brings risks and opportunities for employers as the first pay reports will be required by the second half of 2027, according to a new...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
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.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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