Employee Benefits

A record number of 13,000 volunteers from 200 companies are volunteering instead of doing their normal work today to help communities around the country.

Employers do not need to introduce specific trigger points for implementing sickness absence policies for disabled staff.

Defined contribution (DC) savers who intend to manage their own pension pot in retirement are unwilling to pay for regular advice, according to research from Hymans Roberston.

With the cost of absence and presenteeism "too significant to be ignored", there is a strong business case for investing in employees' health and wellbeing, the CBI says.

Despite being the most common working environment, open plan offices may actually be detrimental to employee health, wellbeing and productivity, according to Canada Life research.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has formally agreed proposals from the Investment Management Association (IMA) that will see fund managers break down profits and losses in pounds and pence figures for the first time.

Just under a quarter (24%) of applications for remission of employment tribunal fees from 29 July to 31 December 2013 were accepted, a written answer in the House of Commons reveals.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is taking a risk-based approach to dealing with benefits taxation - putting a greater emphasis on benefits and reward professionals to monitor taxable benefits.

Workplace Challenge and the British Heart Foundation are launching a training course to help employers develop their health and wellbeing initiatives to improve workforce health.

More than half of employees (52%) would be willing to save into a pension if they had a better idea of how they worked, a report by Capita Employee Benefits reveals.