Employee Benefits
Defined Benefit
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.
09 March 2010
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Argentina
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.
10 February 2010
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Law
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).
15 December 2009
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Employee Benefits
One in four employers have reduced their benefit costs by implementing a flexible benefits scheme, Mercer says.
11 December 2009
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Employee Benefits
The vast majority of businesses are unprepared to deal with the "protection time bomb" that closing or revising defined benefit schemes could create, research reveals.
07 December 2009
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Employee Benefits
Some 29% of companies have not changed their employee benefits during the recession despite the collapse in the "war for talent" due to unemployment, Aon says.
07 December 2009
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Employee Benefits
Aon Consulting says a client has been warned by the HM Revenue & Customs that its employee benefits trust scheme used for high earners could face immediate tax charges.
03 December 2009
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Employee Benefits
Iron Mountain has appointed Aon Consulting to develop and implement a flexible benefits programme for its UK employees.
23 November 2009
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Employee Benefits
Employers should be looking to get regular feedback from members to ensure flexible benefits packages remain relevant.
19 November 2009
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Employee Benefits
More than four out of 10 UK employers now give staff some form of choice in the benefits they receive, a Mercer statistics show.
22 October 2009
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