As 2015 draws to a close and attention inevitably turns to what lies ahead in 2016, it can be easy to forget to take a minute to stop and reflect on the year we’ll soon be leaving behind.
Yet, when life is rushing past at what can feel like a million miles an hour, I believe it’s important to take stock of everything we’ve achieved over the past 12 months.
In the past 12 months, we’ve seen:
- The most far-reaching pension reforms in recent history come into effect
- The first employers reach pensions auto-re-enrolment
- The introduction of shared parental leave – and subsequent announcement that this will be extended to grandparents
- The creation of a new national living wage
- Employers, such as LinkedIn, introducing unlimited holiday
- The rise of wearable technology in health and wellbeing strategies
- Organisations, including SurveyMonkey and Visa, introducing genetic testing as a benefit for staff
- And of course, Employee Benefits got a whole new look!
I look forward to seeing what 2016 will have in store. I'm sure it will be equally eventful!
Hope you all have a wonderful festive period and a happy, healthy new year.
See you in 2016!
Debbie Lovewell-TuckEditorTweet: @DebbieLovewell
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck is a business journalist with 20 years’ experience specialising in pay, reward and HR. She joined Employee Benefits as a reporter in 2003, before becoming editor in 2015. Debbie is also responsible for editorial content across Employee’ Benefits events, including Employee Benefits Live and the Employee Benefits Awards, as well as hosting Employee Benefits’ webinars.View full profile
