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Top tips for boosting employees’ pensions knowledge 

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Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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What actions can employers take to close the gender pensions gap?

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More employers could introduce gender inclusive paid parental leave to prevent and try to close gender pension gaps. The Pensions (Extension of Automatic-Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill will remove the lower earnings limit, enabling more employees to pay into a pension. The Pensions (Extension of Automatic-Enrolment) (No.

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One-third think the pension pot for life will help employees manage their pension

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Employee Benefits poll: Just one-third (33%) of organisations think the pension pot for life plans announced in November’s Autumn Statement by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will help employees to manage their pension, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers.

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Half of employers think pots-for-life will increase pensions engagement

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Employee Benefits poll: Approximately half (49%) of organisations think the pots-for-life plan will increase employees’ engagement with their pensions, according to a survey of Employee Benefits readers. Employees would also be able to choose their own pension scheme for automatic-enrolment.

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What are the benefits of educating employees around pensions investments?

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Need to know: There are plenty of benefits to getting employees engaged with their pensions investments, but employers should to be clear about what behaviour they want to encourage. Employers do not have to have much say in how employees’ pension savings are invested. So, should pensions education be one of them?

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How to sell pensions change into an organisation

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Need to know: Change will happen when it comes to employers’ pensions plans. But when change happens in areas that are not well understood, like pensions , people can sometimes assume that any news is bad news. Independent sources of support Employees may well feel less self-conscious asking an independent person about their pension.

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EY to allow consultants to take time away from roles

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Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Professional services and accounting firm Ernst and Young (EY) is to allow its UK consultant employees to take time away from their roles. The post EY to allow consultants to take time away from roles appeared first on Employee Benefits.