Employee Benefits

Larger businesses are far more likely to appoint female directors than smaller firms, Wilkins Kennedy research reveals.

The government will be "tightening the screws" on employers who plan to exploit workers on zero-hours contracts and flout the ban on exclusivity clauses, business secretary Vince Cable has warned.

Over half of UK workers feel their motivation drops when they need a holiday, with most Brits only managing to take time off twice a year just months apart, research reveals.

Employers overwhelmingly disagree with a legal opinion that severe obesity should be treated as a disability, with many saying they will not provide workplace adjustments.

Employers overwhelmingly disagree with a legal opinion that severe obesity should be treated as a disability, with many saying they will not provide workplace adjustments.

More than a third of parents admit to "taking a sickie" to spend time with their children over the summer.

Patients undergoing operations in private hospitals may be put at risk from inadequate equipment, lack of intensive care beds, unsafe staffing arrangements, and poor medical record-keeping according to a new report.

Employers could soon be using data mining to better understand employees as younger workers admit they are happier to share personal information with their boss.

Annuities are as difficult to explain as particle physics for most of the nation while only 5% of the population believe they could effectively describe pensions and key protection insurances.

Directors and managers at HSBC have been awarded £7.1m in shares under so-called fixed pay allowance arrangements which comprise of employees' fixed remuneration for 2014.