Monthly Archives: July 2012

Employee engagement levels

I was not surprised to see that the recent, and much documented, corporate scandals in the UK may have further dampened employee

Quarter Of NHS Sites Fail To Provide Adequate Care

A significant number of NHS hospitals, care homes and dental practices are falling short of recommended standards of care, a new report

Man bites dog (again)

As Lord Northcliffe, arguably the inventor of the modern journalist, once apparently said:

“it’s not news when a dog

Minimum Income Standards

You may well have heard some coverage recently following the publication of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on The Minimum

HSE

Whilst the UK enjoys one of the lowest levels of workplace fatal injuries in Europe, no business can afford to be complacent, weather

[sigh] - yet more changes to Auto Enrolment…

I almost can’t believe that I am writing this, but we have yet another tweak to staging dates. I have not had a chance to look at

A brief history of time (in pensions that is)

For anyone who wonders how we got to the point where Auto-Enrolment (AE) was needed, and possibly why it’s all as complex as

When should you cease benefits?

Following the recent abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), and not withstanding the complications of the Seldon judgement

Throwing stones?

I am not an avid reader of the national press, but chose to buy The Guardian on Tuesday to see if they had any coverage on a recent report

The Whitehall Studies & employee benefits: Your views…

I am horribly aware that I have not been updating the blog with my usual diligence over the last couple of months. In my defence, I have