Institute of Directors calls for overhaul of state and private retirement system fit for the 21st century

Retirement age needs to rise to 70 and the occupational pension regime should be replaced, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD).

SMEs are invited to bid for share of 4 million Health, Work and Well-being Challenge Fund

The Government is to invest 4 million over the next two years in improving health and wellbeing for staff at small organisations.

The trend to offer benefit choice is higher in the UK than in other parts of the world

More than four out of 10 UK employers give employees some form of choice in the benefits they receive, and a quarter of the remainder are also considering doing so, research reveals.

Latest longevity figures on life expectancy could necessitate a further rethink of state pension age

People are now expected to live longer than the Government thought when it decided to increase the state pension age, leading to another pensions headache for employers, new research reveals.

Prime minister fails to convince the industry on changes to childcare voucher tax breaks

The prime minister has denied the Government will scrap childcare vouchers and has maintained the tax credits low and middle-income parents will receive are better than the tax efficiencies on...

Single Status pay parity creates new problems for public sector

Has the aim to equalise pay between men and women gone too far? Last week, Flintshire Council announced that its staff would face pay cuts of up to 25% in order for the council to even out...

Macmillan Cancer, Nationwide and Ford to offer help for managers dealing with cancer sufferers at work

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a scheme to provide guidance to HR professionals on how to help employees affected by cancer.

British fathers worry that asking to work flexibly will damage their careers

British fathers fear flexible working is damaging to their careers, so are struggling with long hours to balance work and family, new research reveals.

CIPD plans to close its defined-benefit scheme next year

The CIPD is to close its defined-benefit (DB) pension scheme and replace it with a defined-contribution alternative from next January.

Thousands of parents sign up to the Save Childcare Vouchers Campaign

A campaign to persuade Gordon Brown not to phase out childcare vouchers has become one of the most popular in the country, receiving tens of thousands of signatures from working parents.

Staff who have a lot on at work are too quick to think they are suffering from stress

Employees have been criticised by a professor of health for being too quick to describe them as suffering from 'work stress'.

Personal Accounts Delivery Authority boss is confident the new scheme will be resounding success

Personal Accounts will be a "beautiful, wonderful product" not "a default option for low earners", according to the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA).