While the number of employees on international assignments has remained relatively stable over recent years, the percentage of ‘global nomads’ (employees who move from country to country on multiple...
Over the last weeks, the world has watched Bradley Wiggins lead the Tour de France on his way to victory, and he has become Britain’s first ever yellow jersey winner when only a few years ago a...
With just a week until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, it seems an opportune time to reflect on the changes to the benefits environment in the UK since the last time The Olympics...
With a 2,000-strong workforce split between academic and support staff and ranging from minimum wage workers to highly paid academics, the challenge for the University of Lincoln was to develop a...
Two-fifths of firms with between 10 and 100 staff do not plan to review the benefits they offer their staff for the foreseeable future, research conducted on behalf of insurer Legal & General has...
The majority of employers in the UK could be wasting the money they spend on salaries and benefits by leaving employees in the dark about the true value of the total package. That’s according to new...
The Government supported Cycle to Work Scheme has seen a 9% increase in take up during the first quarter of this year compared to 2011.
Chancellor George Osborne has one last chance to present a Budget tomorrow that delivers real growth, even if it means having to take controversial decisions, say business leaders.
With the Government attempting to deal with debt reduction and taxes and social insurance costs rising on employments, employers are increasingly implementing schemes to reduce their tax liabilities....
The three most pressing benefits issues facing employers are managing cost; addressing low levels of employee engagement; and dealing with legislative changes, according to Aon Hewitt.
Workers in Western European countries, on average, have access to the greatest amount of statutory paid holiday in the world.
Although the concept of a single European currency has been kicked about since at least the Second World War, it is hard to believe that 2012 marks 20 years since the establishment of the euro by the...
