Young employees are cutting their pension contributions due to the economic downturn.
Staff at the University of Sussex are on strike today over proposals to shut its final salary pension scheme.
Hitachi Data Systems will offer private medical insurance (PMI) cover and managed care for over 350 UK staff.
The Retail Prices Index (RPI) increase to 5% will have a significant knock-on effect on the UK pensions industry, according to industry experts.
Healthcare professionals need to engage more with employers to help people with long-term health problems return to work, according to the Institute for Employment Studies (IES).
Asda will provide healthcare benefits to its 165,000-strong workforce.
BSkyB has introduced online total reward statements (TRS) for its 15,000 UK staff.
Training provider JTL has increased its employee benefits provision to increase take-up and engage staff.
The Government has introduced benefit plans to help single parents get back to work.
The rate of closure of defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes remains stable but further change is on the horizon, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
Eight out of 10 (81%) employers now publicly report their commitment to health and wellbeing compared with 68% in 2007.
According to Ashridge Business School and the National School of Government, public and private-sector managers ranked challenging and interesting work the number one motivating factor.
