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Category Archives: Articles and technical
Tax Breaks for Medical Interventions…
Delegates at our Jelf Employment Seminar on Friday will recall that amongst my topics for the day was the subject of tax-break for healthcare treatments, as suggested in George Osborne’s budget statement recently. And coincidentally, that same day the following article was issued … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 8:22 AM in Articles and technical, Group risk, Healthcare, Jelf in the news, Steve Herbert
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Pensions: That was the week that was…
It’s been a while since I was able to put a conversational post on here, as we are in peak seminar season now, and I’m just not getting the ‘desk time’ needed. But to wrap up the week, I thought I … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 3:57 PM in Articles and technical, Pensions, Steve Herbert
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Automatic small pension pots transfer…
Many followers of this blog will be aware that the above conversation moved on a little further earlier this week. As you will see from the links below, the proposal appears to be to automatically transfer small deferred money purchase pension … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 4:07 AM in Articles and technical, Pensions, Steve Herbert
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Record low growth in average wages…
In between the blanket coverage of Lady T’s funeral yesterday, I did hear one snippet of relevance to both this blog and our audience. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the lowest increase in average weekly … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 11:44 AM in Articles and technical, Group risk, Healthcare, Pensions, Seminars and events, Steve Herbert
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Defined Ambition moves on…
Some followers of this blog will remember that I have been talking about a new concept in pension savings, Defined Ambition, for more than a little while now. In simple terms, it’s a way of providing some level of pension guarantee … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 6:30 AM in Articles and technical, Pensions, Steve Herbert
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5 good reasons to keep Childcare Vouchers…
For more on this one, see my previous posts on this topic, or this article that I penned for the HR Bullets website… http://goo.gl/9edkC In summary, I would strongly recommend that employers think carefully before removing the Childcare Voucher offering … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 5:38 AM in Articles and technical, Healthcare, Steve Herbert
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UK Workers Show Support For Auto Enrolment Scheme
With Auto enrolment well underway for the UK largest business, we will begin to gain a more accurate view of the success of engagement for employees. According to a new report from the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), the majority of … Continue reading
Number Of Expats In Shanghai On The Rise
With the number of expats continually increasing, and the number of geographical areas they move to expanding, there has been a significant rise in areas where historically there has not been the need to understand legislation and regulation, such as … Continue reading
Posted by Fiona Spencer at 12:26 PM in Articles and technical, International healthcare
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Cost Of UK Absenteeism Down In 2012
Presenteeism is a word becoming more and more prevalent in the workplace. But what exactly is presenteeism? It is employees turning up to work but being unable to perform their duties, as they are unfit for work. During the winter … Continue reading
Posted by Fiona Spencer at 12:06 PM in Articles and technical, Group risk, Healthcare
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The budget (2): Pensions
At first glance there does not appear to be any huge changes to the framework of most SME pension offerings this time (and certainly no new attack on the tax-reliefs inherent in most pension plans which is good news). I … Continue reading
Posted by Steve Herbert at 4:10 PM in Articles and technical, Pensions, Steve Herbert
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