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Top tips for boosting employees’ pensions knowledge 

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Employers can tailor content and communication channels to different employee groups to help with their pensions knowledge. Losing the jargon will make the language of pensions easier to understand and more relevant to staff. They could invest in financial coaching for a more personal approach to pensions education.

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How to Keep Personal Information Safe

Money Talk

Widespread data hackings are increasingly common, whether it is a credit bureau (Equifax in 2017), a hotel (Marriott in 2018), an online game producer (Zynga in 2019) a federal government agency (OPM in 2015), or an Internet media company (Yahoo! bank and investment accounts, pension, Social Security) should have a two-factor (a.k.a.,

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Ten Upsides of Inflation

Money Talk

What often gets lost in conversations and media reports about inflation are the ways that some people can benefit from it. This includes Social Security recipients, retirees with COLA-adjusted pensions, and workers with COLAs stipulated in their job or union contracts.

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Court of Appeal upholds High Court ruling on Virgin Media pension scheme

Employee Benefits

The Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court’s ruling that a written actuarial confirmation was required where an alteration to the Virgin Media scheme’s rules affected pension benefits for past or future service benefits. What evidence might be sufficient to demonstrate that a compliant actuarial confirmation was, in fact, provided?

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5 pillars of a successful HR strategy

Achievers

Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) : Employers must make contributions to CPP and EI on behalf of their employees. Social media representation : Assess how your company is portrayed on social media platforms, both through official company channels and individual employee profiles.

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The Caravan and Motorhome Club plans full pensions communication schedule for 2022

Employee Benefits

The Caravan and Motorhome Club Pension Plan was established in 2009 and now has around 1200 active members. Pensions manager Sarah Reynolds has planned a series of monthly communications this year, with the help of provider Aegon and adviser Punter Southall Aspire.

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Top tips on how employers can reduce the gender pensions gap

Employee Benefits

Women need to be aware of the impact of career breaks and part-time working on their pensions, and how they may be able to mitigate the impact. Online ‘Mind the gap’ calculators, using video, animation and social media can help to promote relevant messages. Perhaps decisive policy action is needed to address the pension gender divide.

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