Under pensions auto-enrolment, UK employers are legally required to set up a workplace pension for all qualifying employees.
The government introduced auto-enrolment in 2012 to help more people save for their retirement. Since then around 10 million people have been auto-enrolled and are saving for their retirement with their employer’s help. Employers currently contribute a minimum of 3% and employees a minimum of 5% but there are calls for these amounts to increase.
Training at the network computing company Sun Microsystems highlighted the importance of understanding customer needs as it moved from a product- to a solutions-based offering
A lack of simple software training is losing many companies and other organisations valuable time and money. Keith Rodgers looks at ways of implementing strategies to fill the skills gap and improve IT literacy in the workplace
The
HR-XML Consortium is championing standardisation of data exchange to minimise
costs and cut down on the need for constantly...
Cendant Mobility answers questions on intercultural training
How are companies using intercultural training?
When companies began providing intercultural training to...
Traditionally employee benefits have been fixed and non-negotiable. However, times have changed, as the research on page 6 shows
IT has come a long way since the days of green screens. But what part does technology play in the flexible benefits revolution?
What are the drivers for the uptake of flexible benefits? Jane Lewis outlines the advantages and pitfalls, and sets out a six-point guide to best practice implementation
Keith Rogers presents a guide to the HR-XML Consortium, which hopes to bring unity to data exchange within the HR community, and assesses the progress of its major projects
Helen
Rowe investigates just what it takes for a company to make it into the list of
the best employers...
Cendant
Mobility answers questions on intercultural training
How
are companies using intercultural training?
When
companies began providing intercultural training to...
Executive MBAs offer the chance to study part-time for an invaluable degree while experiencing different countries and cultures. Leah Larkin spoke to EMBA grads around the world - and found universal approval
The ‘perfect’ payroll system comes at a price – time and
effort in preparation. Only once a requirement list is...
The entire workforce at Royal Dutch/Shell Group is to be given access to a
range of IT, desktop computing and...
Learning initiatives need to be big, bold and above all, well known, says Stephen Overell
The role of the HR professional has changed beyond recognition in the latter part of the 20th Century. Here we chart the way modern HR functions have evolved to allow outsourcing to come to the fore
