Employee Benefits

Just over a third of organisations are planning to review their employee benefit packages to ensure they are suitable for older workers, with half that number having already done so.

Human capital is an organisation's most valuable intangible asset, according to ING Investment Management (IM), and is an important value driver in achieving better long-term risk adjusted returns.

The Childcare Voucher Providers Association (CVPA) has slammed the government's decision to choose National Savings & Investments (NS&I) as the sole provider for the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

National Savings and Investment (NS&I) will work alongside HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to provide the government's new tax-free childcare scheme - following the wishes of employers.

Just 14% of UK workers want to work in a traditional office environment in the future, in contrast to one in five people who want to work in a ‘virtual' workspace, research reveals.

The vast majority (90%) of employers have not yet reviewed or amended their policies and procedures in light of the new shared parental leave changes, according to an Eversheds survey.

Scientific and mathematical consultancy Quintessa is leading the way in switching to full employee ownership under the new tax regime for employee ownership trusts.

A third of HR professionals are regularly using the results from employee engagement surveys to direct people investments and impact their business.

Further communication about salary sacrifice car schemes would be appreciated by 85% of scheme participants, according to a survey carried out by Zenith.

Double Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell is set to lead a new project on the long-term impacts of obesity and inactivity for the think tank Policy Exchange.