Measures used by the government to decide future rises in the state pension age (SPA) have been deemed too optimistic, as a separate analysis suggests the rising costs of...
Read moreDetailsPeople aged 40-75 who are yet to fully retire expect they will need an income of £30,525 a year when they stop working, which means individuals need to fill...
Read moreDetailsAlmost all defined contribution (DC) pension savers, 97 per cent, support investing their retirement savings into affordable housing, seeing it as a critical social issue, according to research from...
Read moreDetailsAviva has launched a new ‘flex first, fix later’ guided retirement service and product for its workplace customers. Initially the blended solution will be available to people saving through...
Read moreDetailsThe UK has a pensions adequacy problem. Many people are not saving enough into their workplace pensions for a comfortable retirement, and a significant proportion won’t have enough to...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s revived Pensions Commission, led by Baroness Drake, is set to re-examine auto-enrolment and the state pension age (SPA). One of the commission’s aims is to build cross-party...
Read moreDetailsThe government has reinstated the Pensions Commission to address concerns that many people retiring in the future will be worse off than pensioners today, with almost half of working...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s Pensions Review, which will look at ways to expand workplace pensions auto-enrolment, could be launched before parliament’s summer recess next week (22 July 2025). The review centres...
Read moreDetailsProposals to implement “targeted support”, to improve the availability and affordability of help with financial decisions, have been set out by the Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....
Read moreDetailsRegular financial advice can have a significant impact on people’s finances and their financial wellbeing, with almost two in five (37 percent) people that received professional financial advice estimating...
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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.
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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?
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.
