Financial benefits

National living wage rates for workers aged over 23 will rise to £11 an hour from April 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed. The plans to increase pay from...

Employers are being encouraged to take part in the #GreatPensionTreasureHunt, a free initiative to empower their workers by using communication tools to find hidden pension savings which is targeting...

A McDonald’s franchise has become the first to launch a mental wellbeing programme for employees in the UK. The Fishponds, Bristol branch, which has around 110 staff members, introduced...

Pressure to return to the office is forcing parents out of the workplace, with one in two (50%) expecting to quit their jobs, new research has revealed. A study...

The pandemic forced many of us to think about ‘what if the worst happens?’. What if we or our loved ones get sick, or we lose our job, or...

The UK’s lowest-paid are facing severe financial struggles and need more workplace support, a new report has highlighted. Entitled Life on Low Pay, the Living Wage Foundation’s survey found...

Nearly three in four employers (72%) offer enhanced maternity pay, while fewer than two in three (64%) provide enhanced paternity pay, new research has revealed. According to the Parental...

Tesco has launched new entitlements for kinship carers which are in line with those given to adoptive parents, as well as a number of updates to its existing policies....

Employers are being encouraged to help staff develop financial resilience, after a report highlighted an “increasing sense of insecurity amongst UK households”. Building Resilient Households by the Chartered Insurance...

Kellogg’s has unveiled a new policy to support staff impacted by domestic abuse, which includes up to 10 days of extra paid leave. The food giant is also offering...