New rights for fixed term employees
Over a million fixed-term employees have new rights to equal treatment on pay, pensions, holidays, sick pay and training, from 1st October. The new rights will also stop the practice of using successive fixed-term contracts in what are effectively permanent posts. Alan Johnson MP, Employment Relations Minister, said: "Fixed-term contracts can provide flexibility for both […]
Young managers anxious about pension provision
According to research by the Chartered Management Institute, adverse publicity has left 63 per cent of young managers questioning their pension provision, and whilst they dream of an early retirement, 41 per cent are far from confident that their provision will provide adequate financial support for their future. 34 per cent of survey respondents do […]
Employees don’t understand pensions
A SURVEY by recruitment consultancy Joslin Rowe has revealed that just under 60 per cent of professionals surveyed confessed to not understanding their current pension scheme. 300 people working in the UK financial services sector were questioned in the survey about their pension plan and in particular details surrounding the type of scheme and contribution […]
Men and women differ on the value of perks
A battle of the sexes is underway in UK workplaces when it comes to perks of the job as men would still rather have a company car than an office crèche, according to research carried out by pension firm Virgin Direct. Virgin's second annual Desk Divide survey looks at what workplace perks UK employers offer […]
TUC calls for three more bank holidays a year
Britain's workers not only get the least statutory annual leave in Europe but have to manage on the lowest number of bank holidays as well, according to a TUC report released today (Friday). Banking on your holiday? says British workers enjoy only eight bank holidays a year compared to 12 in Italy, 13 in Austria […]
Big Brother star Craig tells how to make charities the winners
Big Brother star, Craig Phillips, today joined forces with Treasury Minister, Melanie Johnson, to plunge the taxman into a bath of cold, baked beans at the launch of a Government campaign to double the amount of money given to charities through the payroll. Whether it's bungee jumping or sitting in a bath of beans, people […]
Payroll Giving: Background Information
The Government aims to double the amount of money given through the payroll to more than £60 million a year by April 2003. It also aims to increase the number of employers operating Payroll Giving schemes and to widen access to the scheme from one in five employees to one in three by 2003. Most […]