benefits administration, systems and software

Unison has successfully appealed the finding of a judicial review on the controversial imposition of fees for employment tribunals.

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.

HR vacancies grew by 15% in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the last three months of 2013.

The government's highly anticipated consultation into zero-hours contracts closed last month and a number of organisations put forward their recommendations. Hannah Uttley rounds up the responses.

From June, all employers will have a duty to consider ‘reasonable' requests for flexible working from employees. But how much cultural change will this bring about to workplaces? Hannah Uttley examines whether the new rules will have the desired impact....

"The salary sacrifice model seems to fit quite well with what we do for people in looking beyond just their salary to what else we can add and how else we can keep people engaged," explains Lexington people manager Emma Langford.

Almost half (48%) of UK companies do not believe the benefit programmes they have in place today will be fit for purpose in 2020, a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals.

Salary sacrifice is a pretty common concept in benefits administration, but it is still fraught with legal risks. Owain Thomas outlines the potential pitfalls and advantages.

Managing liabilities and reducing risk are among the more pressing issues facing defined benefit pension schemes. Jack Jones looks at steps employers can take to tackle these.

A significant majority of employers lack confidence in the accuracy of their absence data and even more do not calculate the total cost of employee health.