Employees who are dismissed for long-term absence will find it easier to successfully claim discrimination because the Equality Act places increased obligations on employers to deal with the sickness issues, warns Canada...
The State Pension Age will rise to age 66 by 2020, the government confirmed in last month’s comprehensive spending review.Women’s SPA is currently scheduled to increase from 60 to 65 between 2010...
Corporate advisers are predicting low proportions of their client base will choose to introduce Nest to staff members without existing pension provision going forward.In an exlusive survey of more than 40 advisers...
Face-to-face benefit communication strategies are one of the hallmarks of highly engaged companies, according to research from Unum.The research shows that 91 per cent of companies with the highest recorded levels of...
Multinationals could boost the effective take-home pay of European employees by up to 12 per cent by restructuring reward packages, says Taxand the tax adviser.Multinationals and their employees are missing out because...
Bupa Health Assurance’s management team will transfer to Friends Provident following Resolution’s proposed acquisition of the organisation.The £165.15 million deal is intended to strengthen Friends’ group risk proposition, as well as bolstering...
The majority of European companies are facing difficulties in attracting and motivating the critical-skill talent needed to help them rebound and prosper in the wake of the economic crisis, according to the...
Actuaries face a host of new challenges to ensure they are ready for Solvency II and could see their roles redefined, delegates a plenary session of the Actuarial Profession’s General Insurance Research...
Pensions professionals have welcomed the introduction of an annual contribution limit for higher rate tax relief of £50,000, and a lifetime limit of £1.5m, frozen until 2015.But PwC says double the government’s...
There has been some debate recently about the suitability of lifestyling as an investment strategy for DC schemes. It’s often suggested that one drawback of lifestyling is that it only targets the...
