Just 15% of employers have a clear idea of how they will implement the new shared parental leave plans for their employees who are parents, a survey reveals.
A positive cost to perceived value ratio is the most important thing that benefits professionals must aim for, JLT believes.
The wellbeing of employees is not a "fluffy nice to have" but a "business imperative", according to Right Management Workplace Wellness.
Juggling caring responsibilities with work is a growing concern for employers, with many employees looking after elderly relatives as well as their own children, says a Cass Business School professor.
In order for the government's shared parental leave plans to make headway and encourage take-up among fathers, it must be used on a ‘use it or lose it' basis, a report says.
Effective intervention to keep employees at work and reduce sickness absence is the "holy grail" of workplace health, according to Professor Dame Carol Black.
Employers may be inadvertently hurting their employees' financial wellbeing through the unintended consequences of some of their actions.
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are not a motivational tool for employees and are all about "protecting the risk of a company", says First Group reward and pensions director John Chilman.
Pensions and Benefits UK is being held on Tuesday and Wednesaday at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in the heart of Westminster.
Business-to-business (B2B) gift card and voucher sales has increased by 5.56% in the first quarter of 2014, contributing to a 10.53% growth across the industry.