All articles by Employee Benefits – Page 133
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Secondary annuity market: Advice will be required
With three official Budget statements from The Chancellor in 2015 – and pensions being a key political topic – it’s been a long year for workplace savings.But if you cast your mind back to the March Budget you may recall George Osborne announcing an extension to the Pension Freedoms project. ...
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Employer-supported volunteering: An objective view
Earlier this year we wrote about the Conservative Party manifesto commitment to introduce a new employment entitlement for employees connected with employer-supported volunteering (ESV). This new rule is intended to extend to all employees in organisations with more than 250 workers, and will be for up to 3 days leave ...
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VIDEO: Happy Christmas 2015 from Health Shield
Click on the picture above to play our Christmas message. Wishing all our members, intermediaries and everyone associated with Health Shield a Happy Christmas for 2015.Alternatively for more information about our Health Cash Plans call us on 01270 588 555.
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Domestic and General’s reward programme engages international workforce
Less than a year on from launching its employee recognition programme, Domestic and General, the UK's leading appliance care specialist, has reported that more than 50% of its 2,700 international employees have engaged with the campaign.The programme launched in October 2014 in partnership with incentive and reward experts Red Letter ...
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Millennials: what do they want?
Employers are facing a new challenge in the workplace: there’s a whole new breed of employee that has begun to enter the workforce. And they have different needs and require more attention; in short they want it all and they want it now.There were Baby Boomers, then Generation X, and ...
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Workplace wellbeing: a problem for all employers…
“Health and wellbeing is still too often viewed as an individual issue, to be dealt with by the employee themselves through support outside of the workplace, rather than one that is central to business success and therefore a necessary concern of the business owner-manager.”The above text is taken directly from ...
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Under the radar – Fit for Work and sickness absence
Earlier this month we sat in on a presentation delivered by the Fit for Work service, and this session did highlight one small but important change to the offering that we must admit had slipped under our radar.The Sickness Absence Review published in 2010 suggested that the Independent Assessment Service ...
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Artemis’ Cormac Weldon: Earnings will start growing in the US next year
The head of Artemis’ US team explains why he is holding cyclical stocks (like semi-conductors) while also investing in growth (videogame producers, Amazon).
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The unintended consequences of the pension freedoms
As an employer, you could be forgiven for not being overly interested in what your staff are doing outside of your workplace pension scheme. However, some HR managers are discovering that when their staff take benefits outside of their scheme there are some significant unintended consequences and by then it’s ...
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A look at health cash plans in 2015
Alternatively for more information about our Health Cash Plans call us on 01270 588 555.
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Global equities: Resolution for a new year?
After a volatile 2015, Peter Saacke considers the prospects for a (smooth) recovery in 2016.
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European equities: good going – up and down
Paul Casson, the manager of the Artemis Pan-European Absolute Return Fund, expects to benefit from a (patchy) recovery in Europe and more profit warnings in 2016.
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Artemis US Smaller Companies: Economy supportive – of the strong
In 2016, Cormac Weldon expects the economy in the US to favour selected smaller companies in housing, airlines and technology.
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Artemis’ Mark Tyndall looks at the crystal ball
Most investors are better off than they were 12 months ago despite the summer’s volatility. Will next year bring the (delayed) global slowdown? Artemis’ senior partner weighs up the factors.
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Artemis’ Simon Edelsten: Running with the best
The fastest growers in the Artemis Global Select Fund this year were also the largest companies, Amazon and Nike. Simon is looking to buy more like them in 2016.
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Autumn Statement 2015: what you need to know
The Autumn Statement was a late addition to the main announcement scheduled for 25 November; the outcome of the latest five year spending review covering £4,000bn of government expenditure. Although the planned reforms received little attention when announced back in July, they represented just over half of the £9.075bn additional ...
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Auto-enrolment: do you have it covered?
It’s essential that your business complies with auto-enrolment, so we’ve created some steps that you can follow to help you ensure that everything is covered.Make sure you know when your staging date is for auto-enrolment. If you are an SME with under 30 members of staff, then it is likely ...
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Help your employees get happy
Insurer SunLife’s Cash Happy report, a study focusing on the UK’s spending and saving habits, has found that budgeting really can make you happier!What’s the issue?Apparently, Britons check their bank balance very regularly – 23% do it every day; but is that because we’re good at budgeting or because we’re ...
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Autumn Budget Statement – a few things caught our eye
As predicted, there was not too much of note for the world of Employee Benefits in the Autumn Statement on 25 November (which is something of a relief!) – but one point did catch our eye. The Chancellor said: “Over 5 million people have already been auto-enrolled into a pension ...
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Pensions auto-enrolment arrests
Earlier this month we highlighted that the number of enforcement notices and fines for non-compliance with auto-enrolment duties was starting to climb rapidly. That post can be read here.If that were not enough to convince employers of the need to comply with the new pension rules then this story most ...