Employee Benefits

GLOBAL - Just 16% of multinational companies feel their existing benefit plan governance structures are sufficient to meet current and anticipated future needs, research by Mercer shows.

Technology supplier CSC has become the first firm to subscribe to Scottish Widows' corporate benefits platform.

Mouchel has launched a new benefits programme for its 4,500 employees in conjunction with Thomsons Online Benefits.

US - AT&T has asked a US judge to dismiss claims that it discriminated against older workers when it converted its defined benefit pension scheme to a ‘cash balance' arrangement in 1997.

Now the dust has begun to settle on the financial crisis, Laura Blows explores what impact the recession had on employee benefits packages

Sebastian Cheek previews the April 1 edition of Professional Pensions.

Pitmans Trustees has launched a master trust service to allow schemes to offer "life only" members life assurance benefits.

Most employees still see a pension as the best way to save for retirement but only a third are confident it will provide an adequate retirement, latest research from the National Association of Pension Funds reveals.

ARGENTINA - President Cristina Fernández announced pension payments will be raised by 8.2% from the beginning of March, taking the level of pension increases to nearly 500% since 2003.

IRELAND - A construction company has pleaded guilty to deducting pension contributions from its workers but failing to deposit the funds into the Construction Workers Pension Scheme (CWPS).