Commission is dead, long live commission!
Posted on 7th September 2016
From April 2016, workplace pensions no longer pay commission to advisers. This means corporate advisers have had to negotiate fees with their clients to manage their company pension scheme. With the advent of Auto Enrolment, and the automatic process of enrolling employees, the role of the adviser can seem surplus to requirements. New employees no longer need to be “signed…
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Employee Benefits for High Earners
Posted on 2nd September 2016
Employee Benefits for High Earners We are seeing increased demand from our clients to help them understand the range of options that they have for rewarding higher earners. For the purposes of this blog we’ll define a high earner as anyone who has reached, or will shortly reach, the Lifetime Allowance figure of £1m in their pension pot. This…
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Employee engagement and Generation Z?
Posted on 22nd June 2016
It was the year that Titanic won Best Picture at the Oscars, Tony Blair was settling in to no.10 and The Spice Girls, All Saints and Robbie Williams topped the charts. It was also the year that today’s college and school leavers were born. They are known as Generation Z – and they are starting to enter…
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It’s on my radar to think outside the box
Posted on 20th June 2016
Management speak is something that all of us in business are guilty of participating in every now and again. For some, it’s become their new language, whilst for others it can be a major turnoff. So, let’s run an idea up the flagpole and see who salutes – instead of having the traditional “swear jar”, why not have a “jargon…
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Is it all about the money, money, money?
Posted on 20th June 2016
It’s understandable that companies will throw cash at the problem of the disengaged employee. Here is someone who you believe is essential to your business. They are bright, hard working, and eminently capable. They have a good CV and, at interview, they did better than anyone else. So when this employee tells you that they don’t want to work for…
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The Performance Review – positive and valuable or a pain in the proverbial?
Posted on 26th May 2016
Let’s face it, most managers and employees look forward to conducting performance reviews about as much as a hole in the head. Why? A number of reasons come to mind: time pressures; fear of confrontation – feedback can be difficult to give as well as to take; a lack of belief in what they actually achieve, and so on. In…
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Pension scams on the rise
Posted on 11th May 2016
When it comes to company pensions, many employers believe their job is done when their colleagues reach retirement and head off into the sunset. However, many employers are now taking steps to ensure their older employees are aware of the rising number of pension scams being reported in the media. After all, the last thing any employer wants is for…
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Ink MD joins Corporate Adviser debate
Posted on 26th April 2016
Ink MD, Billy Johnson joined Corporate Adviser’s ‘Wired’ webinar recently to discuss how to work smarter with SME’s, in particular how to better serve small business customers with data integrated people solutions. See the full video here. CA Wired: Working smarter with SMEs – Serving small business customers with data integrated people solutions…
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The New State Pension – Good news for all?
Posted on 26th April 2016
From 6th April 2016, changes to the State Pension will affect everyone reaching State Pension Age (currently 65) on or after this date. However, recent news reports reflect the conversations Ink has with employees every day – that people aren’t quite sure how this will affect them. Although the headlines refer to a simpler and fairer State Pension, this hides…
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Swindon Town FC receives a red card from The Pensions Regulator
Posted on 26th April 2016
In another example of the Pensions Regulator’s stance on companies who fail to comply with their Auto-Enrolment (AE) responsibilities, Swindon Town Football Club have been fined £22,900 for not enrolling eligible employees into a pension and non-compliance with other AE duties. Charles Counsell, executive director of Automatic Enrolment at the Pensions Regulator, said: “This case illustrates what can happen when…
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