Pay and benefits

New and updated

• Firms should contribute to self-employed pension auto-enrolment scheme

  Date:

  26 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  Organisations that use self-employed labour should pay a tax that would help fund a pension auto-enrolment scheme for freelance workers, a think tank has suggested.

• How to prevent wellbeing from becoming a box-ticking exercise

  Date:

  26 April 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Employee wellbeing benefits don't require large budgets - listening to what employees want and getting regular feedback on existing benefits packages will go a long way towards fostering a healthy and happy workforce, explains Marianna Roach.

• How technology can transform employee healthcare

  Date:

  25 April 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Healthcare is moving from reactive to preventative as new technology allows for speedier diagnoses than ever before. This is good news for employers and employees, writes David Bourne.

• CDC pensions: Could going Dutch be the future?

  Date:

  24 April 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Final salary pensions are now a rarity, with most employers opting for defined contribution schemes where the employee takes all the risk of poor stock market performance. But there may be another way. Stephanie Hawthorne investigates.

• Bonus payments for professional staff: 2018 survey

  Date:

  23 April 2018

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Our analysis of XpertHR Salary survey data shows which job roles are receiving bonuses, and the value of the payments made.

• Majority of employers don't offer financial support to staff

  Date:

  19 April 2018

  Type:

  News

  According to a report more than two-thirds of organisations do not offer any form of financial support to their staff, despite employees facing mounting financial pressure.

• Consultation on draft guidance in relation to the tax exemption for workplace electric charging facilities

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on draft guidance that sets out when employer-provided charging facilities for electric and hybrid vehicles will be exempt from tax.

• Form for an employee to apply for a loan

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Loans policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Long-service awards policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.