All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 122
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WEALTH at work delivers financial education to students
WEALTH at work has delivered a brand-new series of financial education workshops, specifically for students at The University of Lincoln. The workshops will take place three times a year in order to develop students’ financial knowledge, preparing them for life during and after university.The students will learn how to manage ...
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New tax year sees major changes to the way interest and dividends are taxed
The new tax year saw major changes to the way interest and dividends are taxed. With the introduction of two new allowances, plus increases to existing allowances, the Treasury estimates that 95% of savers will no longer pay any tax on their savings.WEALTH at work, a leading provider of financial ...
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Employee savings in the short medium and long term
Employers must think about the short-, medium- and long-term needs of their workforce, says Jonathan Watts-Lay, director, WEALTH at workFor some time now, people have been thinking about their personal finances with a short-, medium- and long-term view; albeit most people will look at it from a lifestyle and choice ...
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Robo advice Q&A – would you trust a robot with your retirement?
There is a lot of talk at the moment about robo advisers and whether they could be the answer for the increased number of people who now need advice at retirement. Robo advice is very new to the market and is not yet widely available at retirement, but may be ...
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Benefits in action: how Advent took a fresh look at its benefits
In September 2014, Advent conducted an employee survey that highlighted a number of areas where the benefits package was overlooked or was not fully valued by the workforce. Benefits were not regularly promoted impacting on overall awareness. In response to the feedback, Advent appointed Xerox HR Services early in 2015 ...
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Political changes and employee benefits provision
The dust is settling on yet another turbulent political week. Since we last posted we have not only a new prime minister, but also an entirely new cabinet as well. But do these changes suggest a significant alteration for the world of employee benefits provision?The honest answer is that, as ...
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Report suggests slow start for Fit for Work assessment service
With the seminar season and the EU referendum now behind us, it is time to revisit some technical reading. And the first item on the summer browsing list is the 2016 Sickness absence survey produced by EEF in association with Jelf Employee Benefits. (For those who wish to read the ...
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The basics of workplace pensions (part 4): communicating to your employees
This article outlines the fourth step in our five-step guide to auto-enrolment and what you need to do as an employer. Once you’ve got your staging date and you’ve set up your qualifying pension scheme, it is your duty to tell all your employees about what’s happening, why, and how ...
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Artemis Global Select: opportunities in reliable growth stocks ...
Good and growing companies are still to be found, Simon Edelsten, manager of the Artemis Global Select Fund, tells Ross Leckie – even in a world marked by low(er) growth and political uncertainty.
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Avoid losing your pension to scams and fraudsters
WEALTH at work shares some top tips on how to avoid losing your pension to scams and fraudsters. Scams don’t look like scams: Scams look and sound legitimate, which is why people are hoodwinked. They often have very professional looking websites and literature. Whatever you are planning to do with ...
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Artemis European Opportunities: political uncertainty is not deterring us ...
The political uncertainty in Europe is not deterring the Artemis European Opportunities Fund, says manager Laurent Millet. There are still stocks, he tells Artemis’ Ross Leckie, which should thrive.
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Tipping the scales in your favour: tackling obesity in the workplace
The employee benefits industry is fixated with the problem of rising costs. Simon Crew, a consultant in the Xerox HR Services health practice, looks at how addressing obesity issues at work can help manage this increaseThere is a pervasive fear that, with a perpetual increase in premiums, more employers will ...
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SGS launches employee long service awards
SGS United Kingdom, an inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has launched a recognition-of-service programme to thank employees that have been with the organisation for five years or more.In partnership with Lifestyle voucher rewards SGS’s aim for its new award scheme is to show appreciation to all of its workforce ...
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Jelf Employee Benefits launches new online e-learning courses
Jelf Employee Benefits has launched two e-learning courses to help employees get in control of their finances, plan effectively for the future and prepare for retirement:Early Life Financial EducationLater Life Retirement PlanningBenefits for employers and employeesIt is now widely accepted that providing this kind of support for employees is the ...
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See how easily you can double your clients’ cover
Amanda wrote recently about those clients who need a little tough love – the ones who arrive at your door knowing how much cover they want and why they want it. What they seldom know is how much cover they actually need, what type of cover they should choose and ...
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Life cover for life
When someone mentions whole of life plans, most people will think of a niche product that serves as an inheritance tax planning tool for high-net-worth clients. And it’s really not surprising they’ve been pigeonholed in that waybecause before the arrival of RDR in 2013, that’s more or less exactly what ...
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The basics of workplace pensions (part 3): pension contributions
This is the third step in our five-step guide to auto-enrolment, detailing what you need to do as an employer. By your staging date, you will have to put your qualifying employees into the qualifying pension scheme. From this date, you’ll need to pay money into the pension scheme, which ...
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WSB Awards announces Johnson Fleming as 2016 finalists
Johnson Fleming has been announced as a finalist in two categories at the Workplace Savings and Benefits Awards: Employee Benefit Consultant of the Year and Financial Education Provider of the Year.The awards recognise the best providers, based on their ability to help employers and their employees in their provision of ...
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The basics of workplace pensions (part 2): a ‘qualifying pension scheme’
This article is the second step in our 5 step guide to auto-enrolment outlining what you need to do as an employer.A qualifying scheme is a pension which meets both the qualifying criteria and minimum requirements set out by The Pensions Regulator.Qualifying schemes may either be defined benefit or defined ...
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A post-referendum slow-down?
Jelf colleagues have spent much of this week on the road delivering presentations to a diverse range of businesses and different professional audiences. This immediate exposure to the business world post the EU Referendum has provided them with a rather incisive snapshot as to the national mood of the business ...