Financial education: solutions

Television adverts with a family sitting around the kitchen table, brandishing calculators and bills, while considering the option of a consolidated loan, are becoming as commonplace on our screens as...

Staff would have been forced off work without the help of EAPs, stats show

More than half of staff that have received counseling through and employee assistance programme (EAP), claim they would have had to miss work, had it not been for the service.

Bonus season is buoyant so far, says IDS research

Bonus levels have continued their post-recession bounce-back in 2011, according to an analysis of official earnings figures, published today by pay research specialists Incomes Data Services (IDS).

Financial education: employer case studies

Gone are the days when bosses paid staff and that was about as involved as they got in their employees’ finances.

Ill-health costs UK £17bn per annum but lifestyle changes could reduce that dramatically, says Bupa

Unhealthy workers are costing the NHS, employers and themselves £17.7 billion every year through their lifestyle choices, according to research released today from Bupa.

Financial education: tailoring financial education to workplace demographics

The removal of the default retirement age means that a growing number of baby boomers who had been expecting to retire are now not going anywhere – and having to share their workplace with the...

Mental health is the biggest cause of staff absence, according to an analysis of 375,000 claims

Mental health has overtaken musculoskeletal issues as the primary cause of staff absence in the UK and Europe, according to data released by Mercer.

Employers move to implement global wellbeing strategies as health costs soar

Most multinationals see workforce health as a higher priority in next few years, according to the latest findings from a Towers Watson global survey.

High Pay Commission report pushes for greater transparency on remuneration at board level

The High Pay Commission, an independent inquiry into high pay and boardroom pay across the public and private sectors, yesterday published its interim report, showing the public want executive...

Pay remains the biggest issue facing global HR directors in the financial sector

Pay is the biggest issue for global HR directors in the financial sector – coming higher on their priority lists than talent management and employee engagement.

Staff fear redundancy if they admit to feeling stressed at work

Workers who admit to feeling stressed or depressed fear being sacked or forced out of their jobs, according to a report published this morning.

Bosses told: “Pay staff more”

Business leaders at yesterday’s IoD conference were told to “pay staff more” if they want to get themselves out of the recession, by Brendan Barber, general secretary of the TUC.