Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits

PBUK 2015: OTS expects trivial benefits exemption to be resurrected

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) expects the exemption for trivial benefits in kind to be re-introduced in 2016.

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

Uber facing legal action over pay and holidays

The GMB is taking legal action against private hire company Uber over claims it is failing to provide basic employment rights to its drivers.

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

UPDATE: Childcare voucher providers will not challenge Supreme Court ruling allowing tax-free childcare to proceed

Voucher providers will not be appealing further a Supreme Court ruling that threw-out their challenge to the government's tax-free childcare (TFC) scheme.

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

PBUK 2015: Why the BBC believes wellbeing is 'tarred with the fluffy stuff'

Wellbeing programmes must be attached to an organisation's key needs in order to survive, according to the BBC's chief medical officer (CMO).

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

BIS sickness absence rises as one in four goes unidentified

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is unable to account for a quarter of its staff sickness absences.

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

Four in ten employers potentially breaking eyecare rules

As many as four in ten employers are breaking health and safety laws by not providing eyecare for their computer users.

clock 01 July 2015 •

Employee Benefits

Towers Watson merges with Willis in £11.4bn deal

Towers Watson has merged with insurance broker Willis Group in an $18bn (£11.4bn) deal to create a wide-ranging global advisory, broking, and solutions provider.

clock 30 June 2015 •

Employee Benefits

PBUK 2015: Tribunal fees causing fall in HR compliance

HR departments are cutting back on compliance following the introduction of tribunal fees while trade unions are becoming stronger and more militant, an employment lawyer has warned.

clock 30 June 2015 •

Employee Benefits

How the voluntary benefits market is changing

The UK voluntary benefits market has been stable for some time but that could be changing. Debi O'Donovan reviews the advances and new players meeting growing demands

clock 26 June 2015 •

Employee Benefits

Openbet sees high voluntary benefits take-up

Openbet has revealed its voluntary benefits portal, launched alongside its flexible benefits platform, has received high employee engagement.

clock 26 June 2015 •
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