Employee Benefits

Managing liabilities and reducing risk are among the more pressing issues facing defined benefit pension schemes. Jack Jones looks at steps employers can take to tackle these.

The employment tribunal fee system is under review, says minister for employment relations Jenny Willott, as the government does not want a system that ‘puts people off'.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has welcomed the requirement for employees to pay fees when bringing a claim to tribunal, saying the old regime encouraged a "payoff culture".

Hospital group HCA has promised a "vigorous" legal challenge to the ruling of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it must sell some of it's central London hospitals.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is reducing some of its demands on private healthcare providers and practitioners to address lack of competition and consumer detriment issues in the market.

Private medical insurers (PMIs) are promising to pass on any savings made from the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) final remedies for the private healthcare market to customers.

Recommendations to increase transparency and market plurality could have a significant effect on employers providing healthcare benefits to their staff. Owain Thomas assesses what the likely impacts are

Leaders of UK businesses including BT, RBS and Mars are collaborating to launch a new campaign that aims to end the "stifling" culture of silence on mental health in the workplace.

Half of UK adults are classified as either overweight (31%) or obese (19%) yet a significant proportion believe they are in very good or excellent health, research finds.

One in 10 (11%) organisations using zero-hours contracts adopt exclusivity clauses which seek to prohibit workers from securing employment elsewhere, research finds.