Employee Benefits

MARCH 9, 2022

New research has found the gender pension gap between men and women’s contributions is 35% for employees aged between 50 and 54, almost double the gap for 35 to 39 year-olds (18%). Due to auto-enrolment (AE) thresholds, an employee earning £30,000 who opts to reduce their hours by 40% would see their pay reduce by 40%.

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MARCH 27, 2023

What is a group personal pension (GPP)? A group personal pension is a defined contribution (DC) arrangement whereby an employer agrees to make monthly contributions into a scheme, but the contract is between the employer and the pension provider. The income is taxable. They can choose to do a combination of these.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Auto Enrolment Pension Staging Date: A Guide for Employers Whether you’re exploring the possibility of establishing a new auto enrolment pension for your company, or if you’ve already got one in operation pension auto enrolment staging dates might puzzle you. Why does auto enrolment for pensions matter?

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MAY 28, 2024

About 1,000 Unite union members working at two Morrisons warehouses have undertaken strike action for three days over a cut in company contributions to their pensions. She said: “Unite will not stand for such behaviour from any employer, let alone one like Morrisons which is raking in massive profits in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 17, 2024

While automatic-enrolment has resulted in more individuals saving for retirement, it has created a separate issue that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) describes as ‘the proliferation of small pots’: the creation of multiple deferred pension pots , often low in value, when employees change employer.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 25, 2022

Workplace savings fintech firm Cushon has acquired financial services business Creative’s workplace pension scheme. This is Cushon’s third workplace pension acquisition in two years, in line with regulatory goals to drive further consolidation in the market.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 7, 2022

New research has revealed that 82% of young employees aged between 18 and 22 believe that individuals in employment should start saving for their pensions and retirement before the current default age of 22. The post 82% of young staff want to save for pensions before turning 22 appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

One effective way in which employers can help drive employee engagement with pensions is by ensuring ease of access, so they can engage more easily and more regularly. In order to minimise jargon surrounding pensions, communication strategies should be easy to understand, inspiring, engaging and informing.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

lost pension pots in the UK, worth around £26.6 billion WEALTH at work explains how employees can track down lost pensions and provides guidance on whether to consolidate The total value of lost pension pots has grown from £19.4 find-pension-contact-details). find-pension-contact-details). billion in 2022.

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Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A buy-in is a contract between a defined benefit pension scheme and an employer that removes longevity, market, interest and inflation risks. The parties involved include a sponsoring employer, a scheme trustee, advisers to the trustees and the insurer. With this in mind, what is a pensions buy-in and how is it conducted?

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Employee Benefits

JULY 24, 2024

Newcastle Building Society has received living pension employer accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation. Through auto-enrolment, employers must contribute at least 3% and employees pay 5%. Existing employees will be advised on how to increase their contribution in line with the standard if they wish to do so.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Global technology organisation Siemens, which employs approximately 7,000 employes in the UK, believes it is important for its younger employees to understand that pension saving is most effective when they start early on. “We also use our internal social platform Yammer to promote pension messages within Siemens.”

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Choosing a pension provider that offers easily accessible and age appropriate investment education can increase employees’ confidence on the topic. Investment fund choices for employees with specific needs or beliefs ensure wider needs are met. Internal surveys can provide an insight into what they know and would like to learn.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 17, 2023

When law firm Herbert Smith Freehills was approached about taking part in the living pension pilot, it was keen to support what it saw as a vital initiative not just for its own employees, but for society in general. The living pension voluntary savings target is 12% of a worker’s annual salary.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Given cost of living worries and the notion this may be impacting pension savings, WEALTH at work conducted research* with employees to find out their thoughts into what’s happening in reality. It’s therefore more important than ever to ensure employees are engaged with their pensions.

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 14, 2023

Need to know: Change will happen when it comes to employers’ pensions plans. An employer should really get to know the audience of employees and meet them where they are. In many situations, it is good news for employees. Employees will appreciate honesty, he adds. Being upfront about bad news is vital.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 4, 2023

A quarter (26%) of large employers have seen an increase in the number of pension scheme opt-outs among employees in the face of the cost-of-living crisis , according to research by Cushon. The majority (84%) of those with a workplace pension agreed that increased financial education around pensions would be helpful.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

BBC v Christina Burns concerns the ability of employers to amend their old-fashioned and prohibitively expensive defined benefit pension schemes to make cost-saving changes. Often this is done by closing a scheme to future accrual, so members no longer earn any further benefits in it.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Private medical insurance (PMI) has become the most important perk that employees look for in their benefits package, according to new research by Zest. They also ranked PMI ahead of benefits that could help them with the cost-of-living crisis, such as employer support for home energy costs (25%) and workplace savings schemes (21%).

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Employee Benefits

JULY 11, 2023

Flexible Work Arrangements A healthy work-life balance is crucial for both employers and employees. A shift from the traditional 9-to-5 work routine to a more flexible work model enhances employee morale and productivity. The cost for employers to enable remote work is usually a provision of up to £30 per employee.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Higher pay rises for men than women could result in a gender pensions gap of £142,603, according to new findings. Using assumed workplace pension contributions of 8% of an employees’ salary, this disparity could leave men with £142,603 more in their pension pots than women.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 17, 2023

As a voluntary savings target, the living pension initiative sets out the minimum annual contribution needed to afford basic living costs in retirement. Employers should ensure that employees who increase their contributions in line with this are not saving at a rate they cannot afford. Enter the living pension initiative.

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Employee Benefits

MARCH 6, 2024

WEALTH at work, a leading financial wellbeing and retirement specialist has run financial education workshops for staff in hundreds of organisations and is encouraging people to consider using this saving in National Insurance if they can, to increase their monthly pension contributions. When made into a pension contribution it is worth £206.39

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In its blog published 4 November, AE has come a long way, but we all have further to go, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) recognises the successes of automatic-enrolment in encouraging retirement saving. It also acknowledges that it could do more to enforce employer compliance with AE obligations. appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

JUNE 26, 2023

With interest rates on the rise, we often get asked at our financial education sessions, is it best to pay off your mortgage or pay into your pension? He concludes, “Many employers offer financial education in the workplace, to help their staff to understand their finances so they are better prepared to make decisions like these.”

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 14, 2023

When Ford Motor Company moved to a master trust in April 2022, explaining the changes to people at pensions roadshows was a priority. Oliver Payne, international pensions and data analytics manager at Ford and founder of the Reinventing Pensions event, explains: “The reason for that is you get people’s focused attention.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 25, 2023

Transitioning to a superior provider is no longer a hassle: If you’re contemplating changing your current workplace pension scheme, the process isn’t as challenging as you might think. Many pension companies (we’re one of them!) What is a workplace pension? are prepared to assist you with the heavy lifting.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has reported a mean gender pay gap for 2022 of 5.9%. Awareness and support of those with caring responsibilities is embedded into all our HR policies and our commitment to this is strengthened by DWP’s membership to the Employers for Carers forum. “We

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 26, 2023

Need to know: The Department for Work and Pensions announced a delay to the delivery of the pensions dashboard programme in March 2023. Employers should use this additional time to make sure they have their data up-to-date, in order and correct. What do employers need to do? Who will oversee the dashboards?

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Pension scheme members may get a similar feeling if their scheme has a mandatory forfeiture rule and the trustees inform them their pension is less than it should have been. It is clear from recent cases that these rules will be effective to deprive members of benefits. Requesting your full pension when you retire is not enough.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 31, 2023

billion pension to cut future benefits for plan members but can make other changes without employees’ consent. The case explored the treatment of future service benefits under the BBC pension scheme, which provides retirement benefits on a defined benefit (DB) basis for BBC employees who joined before 1 December 2010.

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HR Lineup

MARCH 13, 2022

In a defined benefit plan, an employer pays a predetermined amount at either termination of employment or retirement. The employer breaks the sum into annual payments, which they deposit as savings to provide the benefits prescribed by the program’s terms. SOP – Employee stock ownership plans.

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Employee Benefits

MAY 20, 2024

Health provider Novus Health has received living pension employer accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation. The employer delivers free audiology, physiotherapy and dermatology services on behalf of the NHS. The employer pays in at least 7%, or £1,630.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 22, 2024

In our newest report, ‘Zooming in on Gen Z’, we compiled our findings from ‘ The Benefits Factor ’ to discover what Gen Z expects from employers. Here, we’re sharing the five benefits your organisation must provide to become a Gen Z magnet. H2; Gen Z in the Workplace — What Do They Want? out of 10 in importance for Gen Z.

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Employee Benefits

JANUARY 17, 2024

Credt: P Maxwell Photography/Shutterstock The pension pots-for-life plan take the onus off of employees to keep track of their pensions as they move jobs. Clarification is needed on how employers would manage the process of putting employees’ contributions into many different pension pots. Opinions differ.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 23, 2024

Half (51%) of employees want to see their employer invest more in sustainability, rising to 61% among younger workers aged 18-34, according to research by employee benefits technology provider Zest. The post 51% of employees want their employer to invest more in sustainability appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Almost half UK employers have been touting statutory requirements or basic rights as workplace benefits in their job adverts, according to a new analysis by Rippl. The employee benefits platform looked at employers’ recruitment advertising on the largest job listing sites. Free fruit appeared 675 times.

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