Mills & Reeve is offering its staff access to a new health screening and wellbeing service.

From April employees at the law firm's Birmingham office will have the opportunity to take a comprehensive set of tests designed to help optimise health and reduce the risk of developing major health...

Cycle-to-work programme provider Cyclescheme become part of Grass Roots Group

Cyclescheme, a business that specialises in the administration of tax-efficient cycle-to- work programmes, has become a part of the Grass Roots Group.

An increase in tax exemptions for childcare vouchers could help employers retain talented staff.

The cost of having kids (an eye-watering 201,000 up to the age of 21, according to LV=) just keeps on rising - and not because Pampers are getting any more expensive; it's because the price of...

The cost of public-sector pensions looks set to be a hot election issue

Public-sector pensions have become a real concern for voters in light of the upcoming election.

Employers are maintaining their expenditure on reward and benefits

Employee benefits spend has experienced only a slight downward trend over the past year, as employers keep reward as a main focus of their budget.

Exclusive Reward Survey: Employers must listen to staff views on pensions and employee benefits

Employers who think staff that survived the recession will be happy just to have a job rather than be bothered about their pay and benefits have not been asking their staff what they want.

Employers withhold information on sickness benefits policies from staff

UK employers have been found to routinely keep important details of their benefits package under wraps from staff, according to new research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), the trade organisation...

Working carers have to look after friends and relations as well as children

Male and female workers are just as likely to have caring responsibilities for a partner, relative or friend than they are for children, according to the CIPD.

The income from defined-contribution pensions is less than pre-recession

The value of retirement incomes from defined-contribution (DC) pensions are substantially lower than pre-recession levels.

Pay inconsistency is damaging staff retention

Lack of consistency in employees' pay is having a damaging impact on staff retention, new research reveals.

National Audit Office produces report to improve understanding of public-sector pensions

The National Audit Office (NAO) has today published a report designed to bring greater transparency to, and understanding of, the cash costs involved in public-sector pensions.

Providing a comprehensive programme of employee benefits will be very costly - true or false?

Employers can shy away from adding to their benefits programme for cost reasons - yet all research points to employee benefits as a key recruitment and retention tool. How can you balance the...