Group Income Protection as a priority benefit
Since the arrival of automatic enrolment, more people are joining a company pension scheme.
| Published: 12 August 2016
Salary sacrifice car schemes as a retention strategy
Salary sacrifice car schemes are an employee benefit that should not be overlooked for those businesses competing for talent and wishing to both attract and retain a high calibre of employee.
| Published: 18 July 2016
What does it really mean to sacrifice your salary?
Sleeping pods, treadmill desks and indoor ball pits are just some of the ways that big companies keep their employees engaged and help maintain a positive atmosphere.
| Published: 8 June 2016
What’s the value of your salary sacrifice scheme?
A really great salary sacrifice scheme can deliver fantastic value for your employees and your organisation: attracting new employees, helping to retain those already in the business, improving motivation and productively levels, and enhancing employees’ lives by providing them with goods and services at a reduced cost.
| Published: 20 May 2016
Best paying jobs in finance
It is no secret that the Finance industry is among the most lucrative and best paid. However, it is worth researching and selecting a career with caution as there is a huge pay range within the sector.
| Published: 18 May 2016
Women lag behind on rights at work
The gender pay gap may be the narrowest it has ever been but women still lag behind their male counterparts when it comes to standing up for their rights.
| Published: 8 April 2016
The impacts of the National Living Wage
New research by the Social Market Foundation, in partnership with Adecco Group UK & Ireland, reveals that a quarter of private sector employees will be directly affected – over double the proportion of public sector employees.
| Published: 16 February 2016
Salaries forced up by talent shortage
Jobseekers seeking salaries 3 percent higher than last year. Advertised pay up 2.6 percent to £39,576 - the annual equivalent of £709 extra for the average UK worker. Manufacturing, Accountancy and Marketing sectors driving salary growth. Central London, Liverpool and Birmingham among best places for pay in UK. Vacancies up 9 percent year-on-year according to January’s Reed Job Index.
| Published: 8 February 2016
Radical new changes in executive remuneration
Board pay is always in the headlines and 2016 will be no exception. The Investment Association (representing large institutional investors) has established an Executive Remuneration Working Group and is expected to publish its proposals for a radical simplification of executive pay in the spring of 2016, in time for companies to put their pay policies to shareholders in 2017.
| Published: 2 December 2015
Salespeople more focused on salaries and benefits than any other profession
Sales people are more single-minded when it comes to achieving their goals than any other profession, according to research conducted by specialist recruiter Randstad Sales, Marketing and Retail.
| Published: 3 November 2015