How employees can benefit from pension provider support
SPONSORED ARTICLE Many employees have a workplace pension, and around one in five of them * has a support need of some kind. Health, such as serious illness, is...
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Staff becoming carers earlier than expected prompts call for employers to step up retention efforts
Many employees will become carers at an earlier age than they expect, prompting concerns about undersaving for the future and calls for employers to support these staff to stay...
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Government plans to consolidate 13m small pensions to help savers track money
Government proposals to consolidate pensions worth £1,000 or less into authorised default consolidators from 2030 could be a "gamechanger" for employee savers. In the government's ‘Small pots delivery group...
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Social media work trends could cost young workers £80K in pension savings
Workplace trends driven by social media are predicted to have a significant impact on younger workers’ long-term savings, according to analysis from pensions provider Standard Life. The provider examined...
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Scottish Widows Workplace Savings Podcast: An Employer’s Story
SPONSORED CONTENT In this episode of the Scottish Widows Workplace Savings Podcast, we hear from an employer’s perspective. Paul Bird joins Robert Cochran, sharing his insights from 40...
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Close to half of global employers plan to boost AI use in benefits strategy
Nearly half (46 percent) of multinational employers plan to increase their use of AI to enhance their benefits management and strategies, research has revealed. The survey, from Towers Watson,...
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AI set to transform pensions by 2035, but beware the risks, says PLSA
The adoption of AI by pension schemes is “already reducing costs” and improving communications, however, greater use of the evolving technology also raises significant concerns, the Pensions and Lifetime...
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Look beyond Trump’s chaos: innovative ways to boost employee pension savings
Trump’s tariff chaos has shaken the financial markets, but it’s a timely reminder that pensions are built for the long haul. With many UK workers still saving too little...
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The Benefits Expert Guide to Helping Employees Save 2025
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO HELPING EMPLOYEES SAVE The number of employees saving into non-pension workplace schemes has grown significantly in the...
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Benefits risk ‘stagnation’ without better ROI data, warn researchers
A third of proposals to change and invest in employee benefits are being blocked by management teams due to a lack of evidence that the plans would achieve the...
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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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