The government is to consult employers on the use of salary sacrifice schemes and "remains concerned about the growth" of such schemes.
Mental health services are to receive an additional £600m in state funding in a drive by the government for more people to have access by 2020.
Thomson Reuters is to introduce pension freedom education for its in-house defined contribution (DC) scheme in January.
Chancellor George Osborne has extended the removal of the diesel supplement on company cars until 2021 - costing employers an estimated £1.36bn extra.
Willis plans to offer Towers Watson shareholders a £117.75m ($179m) sweetener to head off legal challenges targeting the merger of the two consultants.
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A former owner of Carrington Wire Limited (CWL) has been banned from acting as a company director after helping the firm's parent company dump its defined benefit (DB) scheme.
The majority of benefits professionals believe salary sacrifice schemes "form an excellent element" of reward packages in motivating and retaining staff.
Three in five (61%) adults fear they will not be able to pay the bills if they become ill with cancer.
Almost 5.5 million people in 60,000 firms have been automatically enrolled since 2012, according to the latest government figures.