HR professionals fail to support financial wellbeing
Four out of 10 HR professionals feel ill-equipped to offer support to employees with financial problems, according to a new survey. Fintech lender Neyber found that almost half of the HR people...
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Smarterly hires former JLT chief executive
Howorth was chief executive of UK Employee Benefits and international chairman at JLT. He is currently chairman at ITM and a director at Smart Pensions. Smarterly says Howorth will provide strategic input...
Tech firm launches ‘advance pay’ app for employers
Salary Finance has launched a new ‘Advance pay app’ offering employees up to 50 per cent of their salary in advance. The company, co-founded by the former head of Google, is aiming...
Work-related stress cases up by 13pc year-on-year
New figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a significant rise in work-related stress among UK workers. According to the HSE 15.4m working days were lost due to stress last...
Smarterly launches first corporate Lifetime Isa
Smarterly has launched the first payroll-deducted Lifetime Isa These savings plan are particularly popular for younger employees as they allow access to savings to fund a deposit on a first home. Savings...
Opperman paper backs health & wellbeing
Opperman has urged UK employers to invest in the health and wellbeing of their staff in a hard-hitting report ‘All Hands on Deck’, co-authored by employment lawyer Laura Farris, where he argues...
New employee benefits consultancy launches
Alan Fergusson has launched a new employee benefits consultancy service, known as Beneficia. This consultancy aims to offer ‘in-house’ resources to employers, working with brokers and providers to deliver a range of...
Financial problems ‘hidden epidemic’ in workplace wellness
More than half of employees with financial worries say they underperform at work, according to new research. MetLife said this showed these financial problems were causing significant problems for employers and were...
Companies to offer more flexible pension options
The number of companies offering more flexible pension choices is expected to triple within the next three years. Willis Towers Watson’s latest pension strategy survey found that just 9 per cent of...
Nest trials new ‘sidecar’ savings scheme
Nest Insight has launched its new ‘sidecar savings’ trial in a bid to boost employees’ financial resilience. The first employer in this trial will be Timpson, who will use the scheme with its...
