ICICI Securities recommends reduce on Zydus Wellness, target price Rs 1,300Synergies from acquired portfolio, wider distribution network and negligible tax rates in the near term would allow Zydus to report 26% ear...
80% of companies want tax friendly retirement plans: India Retirement Benefits Response StudyWhile 70 per cent of companies feel that increased employee education is the need of the hour, 59 per cent suggest making access to plans s...
56% Indian employees fear they will be worse off during retirement compared to their parentsWhen questioned about their current financial state, as many as 46% of employees express concerns and more than 1 in 3 stated financial pro...
Companies weigh options on EPF contributions, ask staff to waitExperts have advised companies to consider restructuring the compensation package, by allowing employees to limit their PF contributions wi...
Indian employees inadequately prepared for retirement: SurveyMillennials in India are inadequately prepared for their post-retirement life as retirees are facing challenges in form of rising consumeri...
Bombay Stock Exchange: Top 100 listed Indian companies' employee benefit liabilities rise to Rs 4.22 trillionThe amount of money spent by top 100 listed Indian companies towards employee benefits, stood at Rs 4.22 lakh crore, a 17% increase over th...
Unfunded employee benefit liabilities decrease in BSE100 companies: Towers Watson ReportAccording to the report, the overall funding of total defined benefits liabilities has increased from 80% in 2011 to 86% in 2012.
Top 100 companies employee benefit liabilities rise to Rs 3.6 lakh croreThe findings are part of professional services firm Towers Watson's 'Employee Benefits Accounting and Risk' study of the financial statemen...
- Employee retirement benefit costs up 45% at top-100 cos: Study
Indian companies seem to be facing a sharp rise in their liabilities towards employees' retirement benefits.
- Combined estimated liabilities for employee benefits across BSE 100 companies increases 45%: Towers Watson
The combined estimated liabilities for employee benefits across BSE 100 companies has increased by 45% at Rs 2,90,000 crore as on March 31,...
- 9.5% on PF? Private trusts cry foul
Private trusts, which manage employees provident fund schemes, are finding it difficult to match 9.5% return that EPFO announced for 2010-1...
- Indian companies using health cover for hiring, retaining employees
Despite hike in the health premium costs, over 40 per cent of Indian companies consider health care cover as a value differentiator for emp...
- Companies may switch to 'flexible' wage model to control costs
In their bid to maintain a tight lid on wage costs, pruned during the downturn, companies could move toward offering flexible employee bene...
- 32% of staff benefit liabilities of top cos 'unfunded'
According to advisory firm Watson Wyatt's annual study of employee benefits disclosures in India, "32 per cent of total superannuation Defi...
- Falling bond yields to raise corporates' pension cost
When government bond yields dropped last week to all-time lows (4.86% on 10-year paper on Monday), the general cheer over falling interest ...
- Job losers may miss gratuity & leave encashment too
Many domestic companies do not keep money under a separate trust to meet the obligation. Working from home? I Planning for pink slip | Proj...
'Set up trusts to fund future benefits’Kulin Patel, who heads the Indian arm of Watson Wyatt - a global employee benefits, insurance and financial services consulting firm - spok...