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Kingfisher provides benefits security through bulk annuity purchase

Employee Benefits

Credit: ClimbWhenReady / Shutterstock In the UK, home improvement firm Kingfisher’s pension provision comprises a closed final salary section, with 28,000 deferred and pensioner members, and an open money purchase section, with 70,000 active and deferred members.

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What does the modern company car scheme look like?

Employee Benefits

A company car can be a useful attraction and retention tool for employers. Car salary sacrifice arrangements are popular with employees due to the low cost and access to low and zero-emission vehicles. However, as the needs of employees have changed, so have employers’ strategies behind their car schemes.

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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

Workplace Insight

billion women worldwide by 2030. A question that often comes up is whether employers need to support women’s health and what role they should play. A question that often comes up is whether employers need to support women’s health and what role they should play. Shared parental leave is also a must.

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Employee Benefits: The Only Guide You Need

Achievers

The traditional concept refers to legally mandated benefits plus a few voluntarily added by employers. Employers are responding with a menu of voluntary employee benefits, driven by generational shifts and technology that is dramatically changing the workplace. . Employee benefits are non-salary compensation and perks.

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A 3-day Workweek Could Complicate the Future of Work

HR Digest

Amazon, Kickstarter, Hutch, Blackbird Interactive, and many others have made the graceful leap towards 4-day workweeks , offering employees full salaries for their 8-hour work days. Yet employers are also resistant to making the change , as the list of possible negative outcomes is extensive as well. trillion to $5.8

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. Rather than over-expending resources on attracting talent, employers should take a serious look at ways to retain employees already at the company. (Image credit – Freepik) Why Is Employee Retention Important?

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The Top 10 Stress Free Jobs: Is It Work Or Play?

HR Digest

Median Salary – $77,000. One of the best stress free jobs that pay well, web developers are always in high demand and vacancies are expected to grow by 13% from 2020 to 2030. Median Salary – $86,280. Median Salary – $86,200. Median Salary – $77,080. Median Salary – $60,000. boost to employment.