Santander to offer range of benefits tailored to the needs of parents in its workforce

Santander has launched a new range of benefits tailored to the needs of working parents across its 24,000 strong workforce.

New benefits system from Fair Care aims to give employers more control and flexibility

Employee benefits provider Fair Care has launched a new system which, it believes, will simply flexible benefits for employers.

Centralised benefit buying could increase employee take-home pay by 12%

Employers could boost the effective take-home pay of their staff by up to 12% by restructuring reward packages, according to tax experts.

New online system at First Direct gives staff the chance to check their own stress levels

First Direct has launched a new system to allow employees to manage their own stress levels online.

Auto-enrolment into occupational pensions to go ahead but with simpler rules than envisaged

It's official: every employer will have to offer a company pension from 2012 following the latest Government review.

The occupational system is broken and must be fixed

The occupational pensions system is broken, says National Association of Pension Funds chief executive Joanne Segars. It must be fixed.

Any salary increases in 2011 are expected to be below the rate of inflation

While salaries are set to increase in 2011, they will be below inflationary levels, new estimates suggest.

BP to link health and safety to reward following Macondo 'incident'

BP is to create a new safety division and has put plans in place to link staff safety to reward.

EU proposes 20-week full maternity pay for new mothers

THE EU parliament has voted in favour of a number of measures designed to strengthen maternity protection.

Comprehensive Spending Review: Auto enrolment and NEST given the official go-ahead

Auto enrolment and NEST have been given the go-ahead in the Comprehensive Spending Review but this will bring yet more opportunities and challenges for employers and financial services services before...

HR staff think the grass is greener for employee benefits at their competitors

Almost half of HR professionals working for large firms believe their competitors offer a superior benefits package.

Comprehensive Spending Review: Child benefit cuts could act as work disincentives

Working Families has condemned cuts in Comprehensive Spending Review which, it claims, act as work disincentives