Employee Benefits

The insurance industry is capable of cost effectively delivering the Chancellor's ‘retirement advice for all' pledge, but passing the "impartially test" would be challenging, Otto Thoresen has told MPs.

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.

Businesses should be encouraged to support their employees, suppliers and visitors to be active while at work, or travelling to or from it, a parliamentary report says.

The evidence is becoming overwhelming. Owain Thomas examines why employers should be creating environments to support and prevent mental ill health.

Three hundred thousand more employees are now covered by group risk insurance through their workplace than a year ago, according to the latest market analysis.

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.

Small businesses could struggle to make the most of the recovering economy as employers do not always know how to get the best out of their staff, research suggests.

Unison is applying for permission to appeal the rejection of its claim for a judicial review of the government's introduction of tribunal fees.

A high-profile report calling for universal state-backed childcare has put the government's impending tax-free childcare scheme back in the spotlight. Owain Thomas investigates.