Employee Benefits

APRIL 10, 2023

Need to know: Increasing education about pensions is key to helping employees make the right decisions about accessing their pension savings early. The ability to access pension funds early could prompt changes to the way that pension providers invest for their members.

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MAY 9, 2023

Travel business Thomas Cook has completed a £900 million bulk purchase annuity buy-in transaction for its UK pension scheme. Aviva insured the defined benefit (DB) pension liabilities for more than 12,500 scheme members following the liquidation of the business in 2019.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 13, 2023

In October 2022, professional services firm Deloitte introduced a flexible pension policy that gave its 22,000 UK employees more control over their finances, while still centring the importance of retirement savings. We deliberately structured the new policy to be more pro pensions than it was.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 13, 2023

Flexible pension policies can help employees shore up short-term financial wellbeing, while still saving for the future. In difficult periods, the ability to flexibly drop or pause pension contributions could be invaluable. One thing that might feel set in stone is pension contributions.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Of 500 people surveyed by online pension provider PensionBee, 66% said they were unaware of the total value of their pension pots. While customers under the age of 40 have on average of just £11,200 saved for retirement, they have also already typically brought together two pension pots.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 16, 2023

It included a number of key announcements that could impact employees’ pay , pensions and benefits. appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 9, 2022

New research has found the gender pension gap between men and women’s contributions is 35% for employees aged between 50 and 54, almost double the gap for 35 to 39 year-olds (18%). There is never a perfect time to increase pension contributions, but a phased approach should help to ease any sudden financial impact on employers and employees.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 2, 2023

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a ministerial statement confirming that the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) will not be able to meet the delivery deadlines originally set out in its legislation. DWP and the Money and Pensions Service [MAPS] remain committed to dashboards.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Charity website Easyfundraising, which employs 85 staff, recently switched from its group personal pension (GPP) scheme to a salary sacrifice arrangement, primarily to negate the increase in national insurance (NI) in April 2022.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Deloitte has made improvements to its family policies and will offer its 22,000 UK employees greater choice in how they receive the value of its pension contribution. It will be providing pension modelling tools to the workforce and undertaking an annual re-enrolment of the pension to safeguard people’s choices.

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International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

AUGUST 4, 2022

As the global impact of climate change grows, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a core consideration for pension funds. Read more > The post Protecting Pensions and ESG Risks appeared first on Word on Benefits. ESG issues and concerns can no longer be.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 25, 2022

Workplace savings fintech firm Cushon has acquired financial services business Creative’s workplace pension scheme. This is Cushon’s third workplace pension acquisition in two years, in line with regulatory goals to drive further consolidation in the market.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 24, 2023

Herbert Smith Freehills, Citizens UK, Aviva, and Phoenix Group this week became among the first employers to sign up to the new Living Pension Employer standard , launched by the Living Wage Foundation. The living pension is a voluntary savings target of 12% of an employee’s salary, whereby the employer contributes 7%.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 24, 2023

Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills and kitchen furniture business Howdens have been shortlisted for Best pensions communications at the Employee Benefits Awards 2023. This award was created to celebrate a successful strategy that boosts employee knowledge and understanding of pensions, and the need to plan for retirement.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 10, 2022

Shareholder returns that feed into UK workers’ pensions “disproportionately benefit a wealthy minority”, according to a report put together by the TUC, think tank Common Wealth and the High Pay Centre. The study found that almost one in three UK shares was held by a UK pension fund in 1990 yet this had declined to 2.4%

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Employee Benefits

MAY 10, 2023

Fashion brand Stella McCartney and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills are among those employers on the shortlist for Best pensions strategy at the Employee Benefits Awards 2023. A spokesperson for the university said: “We’re delighted to win, we really didn’t think we stand a chance of winning in a category about pensions.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 27, 2023

Pensions dashboards will give employees more visibility than ever before regarding their retirement savings. All pension pots, and the state pension, will be shown digitally in one place. But it’s pension schemes, not employers, which will need to manage this project. What does this mean for employers?

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 10, 2023

Pensions are not usually at the forefront of the minds of young employees, yet early engagement with the subject could make accruing sufficient retirement funds much more likely. Digital marketing firm Flaunt Digital provides pensions education and information for its 30-strong workforce whose average age is 30.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

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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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Need to know: Illustrating the future pension payback to staff can incentivise saving and lessen the sense of giving up money today. Employees should be fully informed of the risks of reducing pension contributions through simple projections and calculations that show the impact on their long-term financial security.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In its blog published 4 November, AE has come a long way, but we all have further to go, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) recognises the successes of automatic-enrolment in encouraging retirement saving. While guidance from MoneyHelper is useful, the process of reconnecting lost pensions remains administratively cumbersome for individuals.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 15, 2023

Spring Budget 2023: Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced in his Budget statement today (15 March 2023) that government will abolish the lifetime allowance for pensions. Jeremy Hunt’s decision to raise the tax free pension allowance will help retain older staff who want work to pay.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As previously discussed , the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) issued final regulations in July 2022 for plans that receive special financial assistance (“SFA”) under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”).

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 7, 2022

New research has revealed that 82% of young employees aged between 18 and 22 believe that individuals in employment should start saving for their pensions and retirement before the current default age of 22. The post 82% of young staff want to save for pensions before turning 22 appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed Laura Trott MBE as minister for pensions, after predecessor Alex Burghart officially held the role for less than one month. Trott was appointed on 27 October, and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made the announcement on 7 November via its official Twitter account.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Pension scheme members may get a similar feeling if their scheme has a mandatory forfeiture rule and the trustees inform them their pension is less than it should have been. Requesting your full pension when you retire is not enough. You have probably got to do that for each instalment of underpaid pension.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a public consultation on a policy framework for broadening collective defined contribution (CDC) provision in pension schemes. The post Department of Work and Pensions launches collective defined contribution consultation appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) launched a consultation titled Pensions dashboards: consultation on the draft pensions dashboards regulations 2022. The draft regulations make provision for mandatory standards associated with pensions dashboards, delegating authority to the PDP to set them.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 15, 2023

Spring Budget 2023: In his Budget address to the House of Commons today (15 March 2023), Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt addressed the issue of unpredictable pension tax charges causing employees to leave work, particularly within the NHS. ” He added: “The issue goes wider than doctors. .”

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 28, 2022

VIDEO: Oliver Payne, international pensions and data analytics manager at Ford Motor Company, presented a session titled ‘Creating dyslexic-friendly pension communications on 5 October at Employee Benefits Live 2022. Key points covered within the session included: The importance of neurodiversity in pension communications.

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HR Digest

MARCH 22, 2023

As France grapples with an aging population and a pension system deficit, the government’s proposal to raise the retirement age and cut pension costs has sparked a wave of protests and strikes across the country. Join the debate and share your thoughts on the France Retirement Age Protest and 2023 French Pension Reform Strike.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 29, 2023

Next January, all going well, approximately 750,000 workers in Ireland will start being automatically enrolled into a new workplace pension scheme that will be co-funded by their employers and the State. The scheme is aimed at addressing the national pension coverage gap. It’s not as if we haven’t talked about it.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 12, 2023

Interserve, a construction firm that went into administration in 2019, has completed a £400 million buy-in for its pension scheme members. The transaction was conducted with provider Aviva, and secured the benefits of more than 7,000 scheme members and follows a £300 million pensioner-only buy-in that took place in 2014.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has reported a mean gender pay gap for 2022 of 5.9%. The post Department of Work and Pensions reports 5.9% The government department’s mean gender pay gap , increased by a 1.7 percentage point from 2021, while its median gender pay gap for 2022 is 0.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 21, 2023

Insurers Phoenix Group and Aviva, and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills are among those that have signed up to become living pension employers , a scheme launched today (21 March) by the Living Wage Foundation. The standard was introduced following research among 3,000 people who saved into a pension in the past year.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2023

The world of international pension and savings plans is expanding at a breakneck pace, with both the demand for these plans and the assets they manage skyrocketing. For many expatriate workers, international pension plans offer a lifeline they simply can’t do without. And the top countries for workers on these plans?

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

One in five defined contribution (DC) pension schemes reported an increase in requests to reduce or opt out of pension savings over the past three months, according to research by Aon. This edition included responses from 132 UK DC pension schemes.

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