Confidence in company pensions makes a comeback

Employee confidence in saving in a workplace pension scheme has improved, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).

Study aims to make young worker-drivers safer

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has launched a research study aimed at helping young drivers stay safe when driving for work.

Abbey targets employees' work-life balance

Abbey has launched an emergency childcare, out-of-school care and eldercare scheme to employees as part of a new work-life balance initiative.

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Healthcare is becoming a prohibitively costly benefit

The cost of providing employee healthcare rose by 5% in 2007.

Downturn impacts employee wellbeing

Three quarters of HR professionals say they are aware of "extreme working" within their organisation, with employees working through incapacity or illness.

Staff wellbeing to be top of Rossendale Council's agenda

Rossendale Council has asked all its line managers to come up with ways to help improve staff wellbeing.

West Ferry Printers insures its pensions liabilities

West Ferry Printers have completed a 130 million pension buy-in, insuring its pensions liabilities with Norwich Union.

Launch of first EAP to meet SME employees' needs

Employee Advisory Resource (EAR) has launched the first employee assistance programme (EAP) geared specifically for small and medium-sized businesses.

Londoners are still UK's top earners

On average Londoners earn 10,000 more than employees in the rest of the UK.

Banks may be penalised for rewarding excessive risk-raking

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) may penalise banks that pay staff bonuses that encourage excessive risk-taking.

Editorial: Innovate your way out of financial crisis

In this era of climate change commentators have been quick to turn to weather-related phenomena when describing the turmoil in the global economic markets. A storm sweeping through the financial...

Long-term sickness - A promising prognosis

Many employers do not know how to deal with staff suffering from long-term illnesses. Only the enlightened few, it seems, have supportive return-to-work policies.