Automatic enrolment: Time to widen the net?
When the government began the rollout of auto-enrolment (AE) back in 2012, only four in 10 people had a workplace pension. Marking 10 years of the initiative last autumn,...
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Fifth of employers missing out on salary sacrifice pensions tax break, study finds
A fifth of employers are missing out on tax savings by not using salary sacrifice, and many of those that are doing so are not using it effectively, according...
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Joe Dabrowski: Employer pension contributions lost in standard of living debate
Against a backdrop of high inflation driven by spiralling energy, food and petrol prices, worker shortages, train strikes, increased working from home, and ‘the great resignation’, how we work...
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HMRC urges staff to check their pay following 2022 underpayments
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a campaign urging those working in the UK to check they were paid correctly last year, following research which uncovered thousands of...
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Gender pension gap reporting could highlight important and widening issue
In a letter to the chair of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC), Minister for Pensions Laura Trott MBE MP has stated the government’s aims to create a metric...
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Fears over new funding code impact on pension schemes
UK pension schemes are expecting the Defined Benefit (DB) Funding Code, currently in consultation, to affect the way they are run in the future, according to Aon. A webinar...
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Millions could face difficulties in retirement due to ethnic pension gap
Ethnic minorities are significantly less likely than white Britons to save money in a pension plan, placing millions of people in danger of facing financial trouble in old age,...
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IFS proposes scrapping 25% tax-free lump sum
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the government to scrap the 25% tax-free lump sum in a report published today (6 February), which also suggests including pension...
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Veitchi completes £8m buy-in with Just Group
Veitchi (Holdings) Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed an £8 million full buy-in for members of its pension scheme. The specialist service provider to the construction industry worked with...
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Most pension schemes will struggle to provide dashboard data
Only one in 20 pension schemes expect to be able to provide dashboard data for all their members by the upcoming 'connection' date. The survey by Willis Towers Watson...
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Benefits Unboxed
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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.
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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