Pensions
Pensions are becoming ever more a part of employers’ benefits packages, now that pensions pensions auto-enrolment is being rolled out.
Employers must comply with the auto-enrolment requirements from their “staging date”, depending on their size.
‘Historic’ CDC pensions schemes given green light by DWP
The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation to shape new legislation around collective defined contribution pension schemes,...
Women’s state pension age rises to 65
Women qualify for their state pensions at the same age as men – currently 65 – from today. The pension...
Lloyds ordered to pay up to £150 million to female pension scheme members
The High Court has ruled that Lloyds Banking Group must pay up to £150 million to female members of its...
Money worries have knock-on effect on staff health, a quarter of employers say
One in four organisations have seen employee health issues arise because of money concerns, yet almost half do not plan...
Personnel Today Awards 2018 shortlist: Managing Change
As finalists and judges gather this evening in London for the 2018 Personnel Today Awards Shortlist Party, over the next...
Samuel Smith brewery fined over failure to report to Pensions Regulator
Brewery Samuel Smith and its chairman, 73-year-old Humphrey Smith, have been fined nearly £28,000 after admitting failure to supply information...
How to engage employees with pensions
Collectively employers spend billions on employee pensions each year, but how can they ensure staff understand the value of this...
Half of people at state pension age plan to delay retirement
Half of people due to reach state pension age this year are planning to stay in employment rather than retiring,...
Carillion culture was “rotten” and directors failed to act, says report
The board of directors at failed construction firm Carillion were “both responsible and culpable” for its failure, according to a...
Pensions Regulator sets out plan to beef up operations
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has announced plans that it said would enable it to become more effective when dealing organisations...
Unions react to sweeping BT job cuts
BT today announced plans to cut 13,000 jobs over the next three years – 13% of its global workforce –...
Firms should contribute to self-employed pension auto-enrolment scheme
Organisations that use self-employed labour should pay a tax that would help fund a pension auto-enrolment scheme for freelance workers,...
CDC pensions: Could going Dutch be the future?
Final salary pensions are now a rarity, with most employers opting for defined contribution schemes where the employee takes all...
Younger staff ‘don’t know how pensions work’
Employees, especially younger staff, do not understand their pensions and could be putting their financial wellbeing at risk. Ashleigh Wight...
DPD to offer self-employed drivers sick pay and annual leave
Parcel delivery company DPD is to give self-employed drivers access to benefits such as paid annual leave, sick pay and...
