Maternity benefits changes cause confusion

Employers will not understand changes in maternity pension benefits, and they could also end up out of pocket, according to legal experts.

Employers under pressure to agree pay rise demands

Employers are feeling the heat from staff demanding pay rises to offset rising fuel costs.

Royal Mail accused of draconian practices

Royal Mail has been accused of using a "draconian and dictatorial" approach to its absence management policy in the same month it launched a health and safety training scheme.

Executives get same pension benefits as staff

Most executives get no better retirement benefits than other members of staff.

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Employers step up their road risk management

Fleet decision-makers are finally getting to grips with the demands of occupational road risk management, finds a new survey by Kwik-Fit Fleet.

Tips not to be used to form minimum wage

The Government announced that it will close the legal loophole that allows companies in the hospitality industry to use tips to top up salaries.

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Government plans to extend minimum wage and flexible working

The Government has said it will lower the age threshold for the adult national minimum wage from 22 to 21.

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Businesses ill-prepared for welfare reform

More than half of UK employers (56%) are unaware of the Welfare Reform Act, which may force them to review their flexible working arrangements or change their group income protection policies.

Regulation sounds death-knell for final-salary pensions

Employers have been warned that excessive regulation is putting as many as three million final-salary pension schemes at risk of winding up or being bought out.

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Royal Mail - First-class delivery of wellbeing

Royal Mail's investment in staff health pays for itself many times over in terms of reduced absenteeism, rate of return to work after illness and higher productivity

Swift action in the workplace can save a life

The Lifeline Automated External Defibrillator

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Let the Met show you how to combat stress

Met Police launches Shrinking Clouds DVD

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