Rise in out-of-work long-term sick set to continue
With 2.7 million UK adults out of work due to ill health, a report has warned “the rise shows little sign of slowing”. The Resolution Foundation report, which examined...
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Ombudsman asks parliament to enforce WASPI compensation
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has asked parliament to force a government department to compensate women affected by its “maladministration” of changes to the state pension age....
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Vivup and Perkbox to merge as part of growth deal
Global benefits providers Vivup and Perkbox are set to merge as the pair announced they had secured a strategic majority investment. Investment, from equity firm Great Hill Partners, will help...
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Report finds 30 percent gender pay gaps at UK universities
Fourteen UK universities have average gender pay gaps of 20 percent or more, despite progress in the sector to narrow the gap. The largest mean pay gaps were at...
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Majority of DC savers want automatic payments at retirement
The majority of defined contribution (DC) pension savers, 75 percent, want their pension to automatically pay an income when they reach retirement. The finding was revealed in a paper...
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Salary sacrifice ‘more viable’ in wake of child benefit changes
Planned changes to child benefits mean that pension salary sacrifice schemes will be more attractive for higher earning households. For a family with three children, child benefit is worth...
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Zedra beefs up service with new client relationship director
Pension and incentive services provider Zedra has boosted its governance team by creating a new client relationship director role. Appointee Nicola Parnham, who joined Zedra in 2018 to build...
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Pressure on pensions as retirement resilience declines
A moderate retirement is within reach for about 41.7 per cent of households, a decrease from 42.6 per cent in July, according to Hargreaves Lansdown. According to the HL...
Read moreDetails140,000 with long-term sickness could drop out of work this year – research
Economic inactivity caused by long-term sickness could increase by a further 140,000 by the end of 2023, according to Broadstone. The number of people leaving the workforce due to...
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Older pension savers suffer biggest hits – research
Thousands of savers approaching retirement in September saw devastating falls in their fund value in the year to state pension age or their stated retirement age, with the average at-retirement...
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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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