Employers need to reconsider their definition of childcare vouchers

There is a common misconception when it comes to childcare vouchers that this popular employee benefit is restricted only to babies and nurseries. Yet whilst childcare vouchers continue to provide...

How to promote the value of the pension you are providing when you can't legally offer advice

The employee pension is arguably the most valuable and expensive employee benefit a company offers and starting from 2012 will be a compulsory obligation for almost all employers and employees.

Unite campaigns against Local Government Employers' decision to freeze pay of low-waged

Unite has launched a campaign to protect 'People, Pay and Pension' in local government.

Pay report reveals NHS chiefs received 7% rise compared with 2.2% set for rest of service

NHS bosses received pay rises last year more than double those of nurses.

57% of AA staff have voted in favour of strike action over plans to cap employee pensions

The AA has claimed it offers a 'good pension deal' despite staff opting to take strike action.

Aligning reward with the employer brand strategy is crucial to retaining and motivating staff

Integrating reward strategy with employer brand will help employers put themselves in the best position for the upturn, new research reveals.

Public-sector pensions model is unsustainable, says CBI, and must be reformed

Pensions in the public sector must shift from an unsustainable 'final salary' model to a more affordable system if we are to contain a 1 trillion burden on the taxpayer, the Confederation of British...

Employers agree childcare vouchers must be simplified

If there was one HR lesson the prime minister learned last year, it was this: mess with working parents at your peril. When he threatened to scrap existing tax relief on employer-provided childcare,...

McGraw-Hill to pay for emergency childcare for working parents on its staff

McGraw-Hill has launched a back-up childcare service to give its 1,500 employees, based in Canary Wharf, access to emergency childcare in a bid to help staff with their work-life balance.

Royal Bank of Scotland's suggested new bonus regime must properly incentivise staff to avoid a return to the 'bad old days' of excessive risk taking in the finance sector

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) revealed its new bonus plan for senior executives earlier this month, to be approved at the AGM on 28 April. It could allow up to 400% of salary to be awarded in shares...

High Court hearing allows employers to claw back bonuses and payments from departing staff

For some months over the winter, the High Court was hearing the case of Tullett Prebon v BGC Brokers, in which BGC was accused of the organised poaching of a team of brokers from Tullett.

Young jobseekers could bear the cost of a National Minimum Wage hike

The Government has announced increases to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) from October this year - but experts predict this could have a detrimental affect on the job opportunities of younger job...