EMPLOYERS are paying an average of 6.9pc of employee pay into defined contribution schemes for new employees, new research reveals.
TOP firms with defined contribution schemes are continuing to increase employer contributions, a Watson Wyatt survey reveals.
Mobile phone provider Orange is launching an online financial education programme to help staff understand the full value of their benefits.
BULLYING and harassment affects a fifth of all employees, research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development reveals.
NOMINATIONS for the second Local Government Association and Local Government Channel "council employee of the year" are under way.
SCHEME managers must communicate changes to members if they are to clear their deficits effectively, pensions show delegates heard.
FLEXIBLE working could be the answer for a nation of workers on the brink of burnout, research shows.
ROYAL Bank of Scotland is offering new employees a cash bonus for joining their defined contribution plan in a bid to keep their pensions offering competitive, delegates at the Professional Pensions Show heard.
SCHEMES are still facing "teething problems" more than six months after the introduction of A-Day changes, delegates to the Professional Pensions Show 2006 heard.