Top-up payments wont affect entitlement to NHS care

Patients will be allowed to top up payments for non-NHS treatments, such as expensive drugs, without losing their entitlement to NHS care, the Government has announced.

Tesco helps staff to manage personal finances

Tesco is launching a drive to help employees manage their finances and is introducing annual benefits reports to staff.

Employees don't know about tax relief on pensions

Three quarters of UK employees are unaware they are eligible for tax relief on their pension contributions.

Pensions: staff lose out on 5 billion

UK workers lose out on over 5 billion a year by not joining company pension schemes.

John Lewis staff get fit

The John Lewis Partnership is to launch a programme to encourage its 69,000 employees to improve their health by getting involved in sport.

Exclusive: Water provider boosts benefits uptake by 33%

Wessex Water has reported a 33% take-up of its employee benefits scheme within a week of its launch.

Work-related road deaths ignored

More needs to be done to investigate deaths in work-related accidents, the House of Commons Transport Committee said today.

From the front line: Be a real force to be reckoned with

Commentators have invested rewards specialists with the power to topple the global economy.

Pensions: Safeguarding contributions

Money is tight and staff are already cutting the amount they pay into their pension pots. It's HR's job to spread the news that if employees don't save now they could pay later.

Benefits case study: Notting Hill Housing

Take-up of childcare vouchers at affordable housing provider Notting Hill Housing has increased by 25% following a communications drive to spell out the benefits. Alison Clements reports.

BT launches campaign to reduce diabetes

BT is encouraging employees to change their lifestyle to avoid developing diabetes.

Sharp drop in value of DC pensions

The value of employees defined contribution (DC) pensions have plummeted by 157 billion over the last year, according to Aon Consulting.