Employee Benefits

UK - Schemes have echoed union concerns that pensions for executives are outstripping benefits for other staff.

UK - Retail companies are increasingly using flexible benefits to differentiate themselves from competitors, new research shows.

UK - The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the latest company to offer mobile phones on a salary sacrifice basis to its staff.

US/CANADA - Employees' rates of contribution to employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) schemes in North America fall well below estimates of the savings levels required for a comfortable retirement, a new study has found.

UK - Bosses at UK companies are enjoying pension schemes worth up to 50 times those of other workers, according to a TUC PensionsWatch report released today.

UK - Compulsory pension contributions could make the savings crisis worse, senior industry figures warn.

UK - Merrill Lynch has unveiled a new flexible benefits package following its decision to wind up its final salary scheme earlier this year.

UK - Giving workers financial incentives to cut high sickness absence figures will create new problems for employers, health experts warn.

UK - Wandsworth Council is facing mounting pressure to stop its pension scheme investing in arms manufacturers.

UK - Barclays is launching four new employee benefits to give staff the "broadest reward package of any blue chip company in the UK".