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48% have poor benefits uptake as staff are not interested in provision

Employee Benefits

The most popular benefits currently being offered by the employers surveyed included flexible working, enhanced pension benefits, enhanced holiday leave, healthcare and or dental care, and free food or drink in the workplace. But clearly something is wrong when this many HR leaders admit their benefits aren’t working.

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Greggs to share £17.6 million bonus among staff

Employee Benefits

The bakery chain also implemented an 8% overall wage and salary inflation in 2023 and expects to make around an increase of around 9.5% This will include the impact of the 10% national living wage increase and enhancement of its pension benefits, with staff now able to access up to 6% employer contributions.

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How to steer clear of Age Discrimination in Employment Act lawsuits

Business Management Daily

Discrimination occurs when age is used as a factor in employment decisions such as hiring, promotions, and terminations. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), employers with 20 or more workers cannot engage in personnel practices that discriminate against employees or applicants that are 40 years of age or older.

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Adrian Cooper: Where next for financial wellness?

Employee Benefits

There are a number of reasons for this: their salary is often higher than earlier in their career, mortgage payments are probably less onerous and children may be grown up and no longer financially dependent. A gradual transition from full time employment to something that may eventually lead to outright retirement.

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London Underground strikes over pension changes suspended

Employee Benefits

A central government-demanded review of TFL’s pension arrangements, which is a condition of the 1 June 2021 £1.1 billion funding agreement made by the government for TFL, suggested that the value of members’ pensions would be cut and a final salary scheme ended in return for pandemic-recovery funding.

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Do employees really need to be concerned about the Lifetime Allowance right now?

Employee Benefits

This is particularly the case where employees are making healthy contributions to their pension scheme and perhaps receiving matching employer contributions. Positive pension fund growth as well as a pay rise may easily push them over the LTA before they know it.

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What employees need to know to reduce the impact of the LTA

Employee Benefits

Positive pension fund growth as well as a pay rise may easily push them over the LTA before they know it. For example*, if someone aged 45 has a pension fund of £400,000 and a salary of £50,000, saves 5% of their salary into their pension which rises by 3% p.a

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