Tesco is to reward staff with over 200 million worth of extra employee benefits over Christmas and the New Year.
Zurich is to enter the group risk market.
More than eight out of 10 employees (82%) in employee share ownership schemes feel loyal to their organisation compared with 70% of non-participants.
Pharmaceuticals firm Novartis UK has launched a new flexible benefits scheme to give its 4,000-strong workforce a wider variety of perks.
Management consultancy Celerant Consulting has launched a new flexible benefits scheme and pension increasing pension membership to almost 100%.
The TUC has called for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to be increased from 5.73 per hour to 6.10 by October 2009.
Law firm Beachcroft has relaunched its pension scheme to over 1,400 employees.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has affirmed the TUCs stance that personal accounts will form an essential part of the pensions settlement and auto-enrolment cannot take place without them.
David Blunkett has called for a portable third sector pension scheme for employees as they move jobs from charity to charity.
UK advertised salaries have dropped by 9,500 since October.
Only one in 10 employers believe personal accounts will come into effect as planned in 2012.
Lloyds TSB is launching an online advent calendar for December to encourage staff to take up voluntary benefits.
