Average salaries of pension professionals are out of line with market rates following a sustained period of salary freezes, Sammons says.
With an overhaul in childcare funding among a raft of ‘family-friendly' proposals announced by the government, where does this leave employers and staff who are working parents? Hannah Uttley investigates.
George Osborne pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat last month with a number of surprise pension announcements. Hannah Uttley discusses these and other major benefit announcements.
The government's highly anticipated consultation into zero-hours contracts closed last month and a number of organisations put forward their recommendations. Hannah Uttley rounds up the responses.
From June, all employers will have a duty to consider ‘reasonable' requests for flexible working from employees. But how much cultural change will this bring about to workplaces? Hannah Uttley examines whether the new rules will have the desired impact....
A committee of MPs has called for zero-hours contracts to be scrapped across the UK, as it says the use of such contracts is creating a two-tier workforce.
"The salary sacrifice model seems to fit quite well with what we do for people in looking beyond just their salary to what else we can add and how else we can keep people engaged," explains Lexington people manager Emma Langford.
Almost half (48%) of UK companies do not believe the benefit programmes they have in place today will be fit for purpose in 2020, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals.
Salary sacrifice is a pretty common concept in benefits administration, but it is still fraught with legal risks. Owain Thomas outlines the potential pitfalls and advantages.
A raft of changes to employment regulations have come in to force with the start of the new tax year - including increases to maternity and sick pay.