SPONSORED ARTICLE Changes to national insurance (NI) and minimum wages make a compelling case for salary exchange, says Susan Hope, workplace savings specialist at Scottish Widows. As of 6...
Read moreDetailsSupporting employees is the top reason people like working in HR, but pay for people professionals is less satisfactory, research has indicated. A poll of 300 HR professionals found...
Read moreDetailsMore 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...
Read moreDetailsAs 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...
Read moreDetailsChancellor 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...
Read moreDetailsNext 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...
Read moreDetailsAlmost 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...
Read moreDetailsFixing the organisation, not just the individual, is vital to improving employee wellbeing, argues Colin Fitzgerald, distribution director at L&G’s Group Protection business, as he highlights the experience of...
Read moreDetailsMore than two-thirds (69 percent) of employers in the UK now offer a responsibly invested company pension, research from Scottish Widows has revealed. However, the pension provider found that...
Read moreDetailsThe risk that employers will fail to comply with regulations will increase when the national minimum wage (NMW) rates rise in April, experts have warned. A survey from accountancy...
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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?
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