Employee Benefits Articles

Barnett Waddingham appoints new employee benefits partner
May 2013
Pension consultant Barnett Waddingham, has appointed Damian Stancombe as a Partner to lead its Employee Benefits and Defined Contribution (DC) team. Damian will head the firm’s growing employee benefi...

Barnett Waddingham comments on Government's ban on consultancy charging in automatic enrolment schemes
May 2013
Commenting on the news that the Government has banned consultancy charging in automatic enrolment schemes, Clive Grimley, partner, Barnett Waddingham says: “The announcement suggests that consultancy ...

Barnett Waddingham running life planning seminars
August 2012
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) issued a press release earlier this month about financial education in the workplace. The CIPD conducted a survey of more than 2,000 employe...

Barnett Waddingham lobbies for auto-enrolment tax trap to be removed
August 2012
Barnett Waddingham has set up an e-petition to amend auto-enrolment legislation to exclude those with Enhanced Protection and Fixed Protection, so that unwarranted tax charges are avoided. Responding ...

Clive Grimley, Barnett Waddingham, comments on TPR's guidance to employers on compliance and enforcement of auto-enrolment
June 2012
Commenting on The Pension Regulator’s guidance to employers on compliance and enforcement of auto-enrolment, Clive Grimley, partner at Barnett Waddingham, said: “The Pensions Act 2008 introduced the r...

Barnett Waddingham comments on The Pensions Regulator’s six principles.
June 2012
Commenting on the six principles The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has outlined for good design and governance of workplace DC pension provision, Mark Futcher , partner at Barnett Waddingham, said: “The pr...

Barnett Waddingham Launches Specialist Employee Benefit Service from Liverpool Office
February 2012
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries and administration consultants, is launching a specialist employee benefits practice from its Liverpool office. The service will be l...

Clive Grimley comments on the DWP’s statement on the revised timetable for auto-enrolment staging dates
January 2012
Speaking regarding the DWP’s statement on the revised timetable for auto-enrolment staging dates, Clive Grimley, partner, Barnett Waddingham said: “Barnett Waddingham generally welcomes the revised ti...

Barnett Waddingham announces “Preparing for Auto Enrolment” Seminars
August 2011
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s leading independent firm of actuaries and consultants, has announced a series of seminars to be held in September and October 2011 on the topic of “Preparing for auto-enro...

Does the Government have a plan B should auto-enrolment fail to deliver the desired results?
June 2011
Speaking at the CBI Pensions Conference in Gleneagles, Scotland yesterday (14 June 2011) Barnett Waddingham Consultant Malcolm McLean told delegates there was a risk that the planned introduction of a...