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Morrisons warehouse workers strike over pension contribution change

Employee Benefits

Its flagrant profiteering and then cutting our members’ take-home pay is a disgrace.” Workers had been paying in 3% of their pay into pensions while Morrisons put in 5% until March 2024, but Morrisons has moved to a policy of employees and employer paying 4% this financial year.

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Pay growth expectations at lowest level since 2022

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James Cockett, senior labour market economist for the CIPD, said: “Our survey suggests that many public sector employers did not expect the level of pay rises that have been put in place by the government for the rest of 2024. Falls in expected pay rises were anticipated now inflation is within a tolerable range for employees.

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Half of UK deskless workers live pay cheque to pay cheque

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Half (50%) of UK deskless workers live pay cheque to pay cheque and are without spare cash once monthly bills are paid, according to research by OC Tanner.

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Fiscal drag: how can employers offset the challenges of a difficult economy?

Employee Benefits

This can contribute to fiscal drag, which occurs when taxpayers are ‘dragged’ into paying tax, or a higher tax rate. Jeanette Makings, head of workplace financial wellbeing at Close Brothers Asset Management, says: “Employees will need help understanding the impact in relation to their take-home pay.

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How employee benefits offer value for money

Workplace Insight

With 40 percent of employees experiencing money worries, according to the 2024 Drewberry Workplace Satisfaction Survey, salary sacrifice is a great way to help your team with larger purchases and save tax in the process. This type of pension gives pension pots a little boost, and can even increase employee take-home pay at the same time.

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What is a dependent care FSA?

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Big savings potential Lets say you enrolled and contributed $5,000 per year into a dependent care FSA in 2024. You also pay the average American tax rate of 24.8 Use our FSA calculator to see how FSAs can help you pay less taxes and increase your take-home pay. How can I calculate how much I will save?