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Employees who are confident about their retirement are less likely to be distracted by money worries.

Financial worries among employees can affect productivity, engagement and absenteeism but employers can help alleviate the stress.

Having access to lifetime-focused benefits can encourage employees to engage with short and medium-term finances.

Retailer Kingfisher partnered with WEALTH at work to help employees manage their Sharesave options and utilise better a workplace ISA on offer.

New research reveals the changing face of benefits as employees struggle with costs and employers adapt to developing workplace needs.

Jonathan Watts-Lay, director, WEALTH at work answers some questions on the key things employers who offer share plans should help their employees understand.

WEALTH at work offers some advice on how share plan participants can do to mitigate their tax liability when their shares mature.

Writing in REBA’s Financial Wellbeing Research 2024, Oluyomi Okunowo, senior vice-president, total reward and people operations at Wella Company, details how raising financial literacy and equalising access gives people the tools they need to make informed choices.

More improved company benefits and increased freedoms around pensions and savings means employees may be looking for more guidance and advice services from experts.

The life sciences company offers a range of financial benefits to encourage employees to save for retirement 

Employees that have bought into their companies’ save as you earn plan could face an unexpected tax bill, warns WEALTH at work

With the cost of living crisis hitting hard, what can employers do to help employees?

I’ve always been a strong advocate for employee share schemes (ESS), having benefited from a Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme at a previous employer. Yet, the latest figures from HMRC suggest that the number of companies using these schemes is beginning to stagnate and in some instances drop.

A vision for the future. Every company has one. But how do you translate that vision into the enthusiasm needed to drive staff to help your business achieve it? How do you get them to care – and care enough to see it through?

Employee share save schemes can be an excellent way to engage employees with the success of an organisation, as well as enabling them to build up a savings pot. However, often take-up has been poor as employees are unsure of how to get involved, or lack knowledge about how they work.

Your business is unique. Your culture is unique. Your staff are unique. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution. So how do you go about setting up a share plan designed to engage, align and retain employees across the world?

The coronavirus pandemic. Changing workforce demographics. Brexit. The issues faced by organisations and their employees in 2021 are a world away from those experienced 10, five or even two years ago. The world has changed – as have workforce expectations. It follows that employers need to change too. At the heart of this is one simple question: are your current benefit programmes still delivering what your people need?