Employee Benefits

UK - Employee benefits are among the "most frequently" benchmarked activities by UK businesses measuring performance against competitors, new research reveals.

UK - Supermarket giant Tesco is piloting a benefits programme aimed at cutting unplanned absences among staff.

UK - Independent financial adviser Thomson's has boosted the resources available to its advisers by providing them with a database containing industry research and product information.

UK - Leisure giant Rank has moved its £36m defined contribution scheme back into the state pension system in order to give members better benefits.

UK - Reward managers have the best paid jobs in the personnel profession with salaries around 12% higher than the average salary within the sector, new research shows.

UK - Company car tax reforms have saved businesses £35m a year and removed 200,000 tonnes of carbon from the environment, a government report claims.

UK - Standard Life is consulting staff over the benefits it should offer them when the final salary scheme closes to new members.

UK - Mercer Human Resource Consulting is to hold a series of seminars on employee benefits between May and July.

UK - Flexible retirement plans to be introduced in 2006 will create a win-win situation for employers and staff, Mercer Human Resource Consulting claims.

UK - Over 90% of staff do not have sufficient access to information about their employee benefit packages, a new survey shows.