HR

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

George Osborne pulled a rabbit out of the Budget hat last month with a number of surprise pension announcements. Hannah Uttley discusses these and other major benefit announcements.

The overwhelming majority (94%) of HR directors believe that HR and finance teams should work together more closely to help boost company performance and profits, research finds.

In a special audio debate, PP discusses what the AE experience has been for employers and asks what lessons have been learned.

Women expect to receive an average of £3,000 less in joint retirement income than men, according to research from Prudential.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) will conduct sector-specific compliance research to better understand how auto-enrolment (AE) is applied in different industries.

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) will give all staff transferring to TSB a cash payment of 27.5% of annual salary to "compensate" them for losing access to the group's defined benefit (DB) scheme.

The industry has been eagerly awaiting guidance on scheme charges but the Department of Work and Pensions' consultation has raised more questions than it has answered. Here is Towers Watson's list of what we still need to know.

Almost a quarter of young people in Britain expect to retire by the age of 60, according to research from Aegon.

Aon Hewitt is to merge its benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing (HRBPO) units in the UK, leading to around 45 redundancies.