Employee benefits can help staff go green

Saving a forest or two by switching to e-communications is no longer enough to demonstrate a company’s green credentials. In order to be truly classed as 'green', your benefits scheme should enable...

Financial planner acquires web-based benefit admin firm

Mazars Financial Planning, the financial planning and advisory business of accountancy firm Mazars, has acquired the business and assets of Redbourne, a specialist employee benefit administration...

Flexible benefits, not growth, are main business concern, finds Thomsons research

Employers are putting growth plans on the back-burner, focusing on organisational change and re-structuring their employee benefits schemes, according to the 8th Employee Rewards Watch Report from...

No expenses spared

Most employees in the UK are not inherently dishonest. Many, if asked, would say they do ‘an honest day’s work’.

Middle earners will suffer most financially if they have to take long term sickness absence

Employees earning a salary between £16,000 and £50,000 are most at risk should they be unable to work, since state benefits will not maintain their standard of living if they stop earning due to...

TUI travel outsources management of its healthcare employee benefits

TUI Travel has outsourced the management of all its healthcare benefits to simplify the system for employees and reduce spend.

Reward is the spur to corporate culture change

Improving risk management is now a priority for many companies. Regulatory intervention across jurisdictional borders, rigorous health and safety priorities, bribery and whistleblowing legislation,...

HR bonuses doubled in 2010

HR professionals were paid a total of 1.5 billion in bonuses in 2010, more than double the amount of the previous year.

Increased employee contributions will not fatally undermine local government pension scheme

A pension specialist has disputed claims that making council workers pay more into their pensions would fatally undermine the local government pension scheme.

Employers have only six weeks for pensions rethink

UK companies face yet more legislation in running their pension schemes and new developments will add to the complexity and cost - and the deadline for their implementation is 6 April.

Uniq sheds its pension scheme to save its bacon

It was announced on 9 February that, after an 18-month debate, sandwich maker Uniq had finally reached agreement with the Pensions Regulator and the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) on the future of its...

Government in danger of mis-selling pension auto-enrolment, NAPF warns

The Government risks being accused of a 'mis-selling scandal' if it does not match pension auto-enrolment reforms with an overhaul of the state pension, the chairman of the UK's leading pension body...