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.
The current Individual Learning Accounts scheme has collapsed amid a fiasco of criminal allegations and recriminations. But many training professionals hope that its principles can be salvaged from the wreckage to rebuild a better structure. Elaine Essery reports
Phil
Boucher answers your most Frequently Asked Questions about studying for – and
achieving – CIPD qualifications.
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can I...
Pip Thomas, 35, explains how her brand of emotional intelligence will boost her role as training and development manager at One 2 One Retail
Blowing the budget on HR IT systems in time of recession may not sound like good business sense, but suppliers armed with ever-more sophisticated tools are making the case for investing now to get ahead in the human capital game. By Keith Rodgers
General Motors University was launched to close the 'human-to-technology' gap. Four years on, it forms the hub of the company's global development programme and is set to become a centre for its knowledge management
What does it take to get an open learning centre used and
accepted? Lex Multipart believes the local partnerships can...
Allowing managers to import outside ideas into their organisations can threaten the established culture, yet also bring massive benefits. Training and development professionals can help broker such changes - but, say Catherine Bailey and David Butcher, it takes courage
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This month’s news in brief
Reps push open learning
Product support specialist Lex Multipart is promoting its recently launched
open...
Global
management consultancy KPMG had to respond rapidly to its clients’ needs for
new e-business skills and knowledge. If it...
Political
conflict and lack of funds block training and development in Africa and the
Middle East, says Alan Hosking
While...
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We have invested a significant amount of money in developing an e-learning
solution but...
With skill shortages a major problem for many employers,
those with "hot" skills can command ever-higher salaries throughout
the whole...
As we head into the flu vaccination season, we provide a list of essential information sources
The Government aims to create a learning society. But many training and
development experts complain of “initiatives”, and even a...
