More than 1.2 million UK employees saved into a Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme in 2013, with a further million participating in a Share Incentive Plan (SIP), findings reveal.
Almost two thirds (65%) of managers feel under pressure to work extra hours with just under half (47%) typically working one day of overtime per week, research reveals.
Friends Life has launched the Critical Illness Support Service (CISS) as part of its group critical illness (GCI) proposition.
Targets have been set for number of staff cycling to work
Ten Insurance has converted to employee ownership in a move designed to guarantee staff a greater stake within the business and "cement" independent status for the future.
Regulatory amendments drawn up to protect the benefits of UK workers whose overseas employers go bust have been drawn too narrowly to help in future cases, lawyers warn.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed it will conduct a review on the impacts of fees on the employment tribunal service.
The current flexible labour market and employment rights framework is fit for purpose but the political debate surrounding it can sometimes be "unnecessarily polarised", the CIPD says.
The vast majority of employers believe the retirement reforms announced in the Budget will require greater workplace financial education.
The city's Commuter Cycle Project has lofty ambitions