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Top 10 Employee Benefits Certifications for Professionals in 2024

HR Lineup

These credentials cover a broad range of HR topics, including employee benefits. Key Benefits: Provides a holistic understanding of HR, with an emphasis on employee benefits and total rewards. It’s ideal for professionals who want to specialize in retirement benefits and pensions.

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Employee Benefits Providers: What Employers Need to Know

Empuls

This not only highlights the importance of employee benefits in fostering loyalty and satisfaction but also underscores the potential risks for companies that fail to prioritize this aspect of their compensation strategy. What are employee benefits providers? This reduces the administrative burden on HR departments.

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Arthur J Gallagher acquires benefits provider Buck

Employee Benefits

HR, pensions and employee benefits consulting, technology, and administration services provider Buck has 2,300 employees across the US, Canada and the UK. Its team will work under William F Ziebell, head of Gallagher’s employee benefits consulting and brokerage operations.

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Lexmark completes £46 million pension buy-in

Employee Benefits

Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Printer and image product manufacturer Lexmark has completed a £46 million pension buy-in for its UK division’s pension scheme. Now that we have increased the security of our members’ benefits, we look forward to an orderly transition to Canada Life.”

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Understanding Service Rewards and Taxation Benefits in the US

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Canada The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has similar guidelines for the taxation of service awards, with some variations: Cash Awards : Cash awards are generally considered taxable income and subject to income tax withholding, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions, and Employment Insurance (EI) premiums.

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Golden handcuffs: Should employers use them on top talent?

Business Management Daily

That’s because deferred benefits provide employees with a ‘carrot on the stick’ situation, which can keep them in their positions for decades. It’s also important to note that these incentives, such as flexible working conditions, are only sometimes financial.

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EXCLUSIVE: 80% rise in worker Covid death pay outs

Employee Benefits

Between 1 January and 31 December 2021, 1,578 lump sum death benefit claims were settled, while the figures also include the capitalised value of 24 dependants’ pension claims where Covid-19 was recorded as the primary or secondary cause of death on the death certificate, or reported on the insurance claim form.

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