Employee benefits: car allowances now more common than company cars

The majority of UK employers provide either a company car or a car allowance to at least some of their employees. However, for the first time, employers are now more likely to offer their employees a car allowance rather than a company car, according to XpertHR's survey of benefits and allowances packages in 356 organisations. 

• XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2012: travel and healthcare benefits We look in detail at travel-related arrangements for employees and summarise our main findings on healthcare provisions. 
• XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2012: subsistence and other allowances This article examines: subsistence allowances; the payments made to employees who undertake call-out or standby work; payments made to qualified first-aiders; and allowances for tools. 

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XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2012 Run this saved search to access all the reports covering our 2012 survey of benefits and allowances. 

Full data from the 2012 XpertHR benefits and allowances survey on benefits and allowances offered and changes to benefits and allowances packages is available on XpertHR Benchmarking.