Employee Benefits

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Think salary sacrifice is just for pensions? Think again

By Robin Watkins and Adam Bexson Salary sacrifice (also known as salary exchange) is often viewed through a pensions-only lens. But the opportunity is far wider. For employers under cost pressure (and employees...

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Why financial education is key to a productive, resilient workforce 

By Kelly Parsons, Head of DC Pensions Proposition Financial stress is a significant challenge facing today’s employees, and as a result, performance is suffering. Research shows that&nbsp...

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Employee absence management: How employers can reduce cost and improve return-to-work outcomes

By Jamie Burdess, Principal Consultant For many employers, absence management has quietly become one of the hardest workforce challenges to control.  Employee absence is no longer just an HR issue. I...

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Is your employee benefits platform working as well as you think? Why good governance could be the missing piece.

By Craig Williams, Director Employee Benefits Technology Today’s employee benefits platforms promise a slicker, smarter, more personalised experience for employees. But there’s one uncomfortable tr...

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Salary sacrifice for pensions: why it still pays to act now

By Adam Bexson, Senior Consultant  Salary sacrifice – often called salary exchange – isn’t new but it’s back in the spotlight following the November 2025 Budget. For employers, salary sacrifice is a strategic...

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World Cancer Day 2026: How Employers Can Support Early Cancer Detection

Cancer is an issue that touches almost every workplace, whether through employees’ own experiences or those of their families and colleagues. For UK employers, it is also an increasingly significant f...

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Employee benefits: The challenges ahead and how to overcome them 

By Sharon Harwood-Davis, Kelly Parsons, Craig Williams, and Emily Jones Our latest survey asked employers what they expect to be their biggest employee benefits challenge in 2026. The response...

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Businesses plot expansion of company-funded PMI schemes to support health of employees 

Over one in 10 businesses that don’t currently provide PMI benefits to employees say they definitely plan to introduce PMI in next 3 years, with a further fifth...

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Smart ways employers can balance rising healthcare costs and employee expectations

By Sharon Harwood-Davis, Head of Corporate Healthcare Pricing Rising medical costs, shifting workforce expectations, and increasing reliance on private healthcare have created a difficult question ...