Damning research by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) finds 61% of umbrella company workers say they see no benefit to being employed under this arrangement.
A day after the government closed its call for evidence around state pension age changes, new research reveals a significant proportion of workers support the idea of being able to access their state...
Young workers aged between 16 to 21 in the private sector are participating in workplace pension schemes at a much lower rate than their public sector counterparts.
Millions of workers face having only a ‘basic’ level of income at retirement because they are not saving enough.
The average value of a pension fund for a single mother in the UK has dropped by 40% since the start of the pandemic.
HR directors have said financial concerns, compounded by the pandemic, are causing significantly more employee stress and better support is needed to address them.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have made wellbeing and flexible working more important to employees, but pensions have remained the most in-demand employee benefit.
The gender pension gap is already at 17% at the beginning of a women’s career and increases to 56% towards their retirement.
It’s 50 years since it became illegal to pay women less than their male counterparts, yet the gender pay gap means women are still paid 15.5% less than men. The financial gap gets a whole lot wider...
Employers must do more to support women struggling with their finances, say experts
Experts have warned that data errors must be cleared up first for new pensions dashboards to be a success?
Ahead of Hammond’s Autumn Budget on Monday, we outline what the HR community can expect to see