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Bank of England gives employees 4% pay rise

Employee Benefits

The Bank of England has given its more than 5,000 employees a 4% pay rise along with a 1% salary top-up deal for 2024/25 as part of its aim to retain staff in a competitive jobs market. The bank also maintained a 1% increase in non-pensionable benefits , which was implemented last year.” It is a bigger increase than the 3.5%

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Greggs to share £17.6 million bonus among staff

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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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Adrian Cooper: Where next for financial wellness?

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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. Then, when they’re ready, they want to understand how to turn their pension savings into an income for life.

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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

Therefore, people’s pension savings will likely start catching up with the frozen Allowance. Further to this, any tax free cash received from the pension will also need to be added to this figure and tested against the member’s available LTA. As of December 2022, the UK Inflation rate stood at 10.5% This includes: 1.

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

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million pension savers [1] are set to reach the limit and will be hit with a tax charge of 55% in retirement. Further to this, any tax free cash received from the pension will also need to be added to this figure and tested against the members available LTA. However despite this, many employees don’t even realise that they are at risk.

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How to steer clear of Age Discrimination in Employment Act lawsuits

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Factors such as the higher cost of salary, overqualification, and lesser years of remaining service are considered to be closely tied to age and thus are not reasonable factors for termination under age discrimination laws. Reducing compensation and benefits. An older gentleman comes in for a job interview.