One-third of pension schemes are prepared to set funding targets below the ‘trigger’ levels set out by the Pensions Regulator...
Pay & benefits
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Four new members appointed to Low Pay Commission to advise on the national minimum wage
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryTrade and industry secretary Alistair Darling has appointed four new members of the independent Low Pay Commission, which advises the...
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Three new staff have joined international payroll software and services firm Patersons, in the company’s drive to cement its global...
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A specialist provider of professional temporary and interim personnel has broke all previous daily, weekly and monthly credit control records...
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HR professionals working in the South can earn up to £40,000 more per year than their counterparts up north, research...
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After 10 years as prime minister, Tony Blair is expected to announce his resignation this week. But will the world of business be bidding him a fond farewell?
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In Tony Pettengell’s ‘Off Message’ about fat people (Personnel Today, 10 April), he fails to mention one of the benefits...
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Half of final salary/defined benefit pension schemes could be closed by 2011
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryHalf of employers with final salary or defined benefit schemes could be closed to future accruals by 2011, trebling the...
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Personnel Today readers have expressed their shock at the £500,000 salary package on offer to the new director-general of the...
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Pay rates for learning and development (L&D) staff in England vary widely with those in London by far the best...
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Health and wellbeing benefits are being used to attract and retain top HR staff
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEmployers are increasingly using health and wellbeing benefits to attract top HR candidates, rather than higher salaries, according to a...
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Tyre giant Michelin to close UK final salary pension scheme to existing staff members in bid to plug £250m shortfall
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryTyre manufacturer Michelin is to close its final-salary pension scheme to existing members in the UK and transfer staff to...
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Almost a quarter of nursery places are now unfilled as a result of more flexible parenting rights which enable mothers...
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A survey by recruitment site CareerBuilder.co.uk found that 37% of staff live for pay day and struggle to survive on...