Last month's top stories in numbers

73% of respondents in EMEA actively communicate with staff about their compensation and benefits packages, according to research by Aon Hewitt.
20,000 BT employees will receive a payout from the maturity of a five-year sharesave scheme.
£203 million The amount John Lewis employees will share in a bonus payout.
24 The number of countries in which Telefonica will eventually offer its global recognition programme.
15% of respondents said their main reason for providing a defined contribution pension scheme is to ensure their employees save for an adequate retirement, according to research by Towers Watson.
£27.8 million The amount nearly 143,000 Asda employees will share as part of an annual bonus scheme.
10% of Bayer’s 9,000 active pension scheme members have increased their pension contributions since the organisation rebranded its pension communications.
130 million The number of days lost due to sickness absence in the UK in 2013, according to research by the Office for National Statistics.
0.8% of auto-enrolled employees opted out of Links of London’s new group personal pension plan since its staging date.
0.75% The average annual management charge for trust-based defined contribution pension schemes, according to research by the Department for Work and Pensions.