Mercer | Research

An overview of Mercer research in the UK:

ESG is trickling into employee experience and benefits A growing number of companies are embedding their environmental, social and governance ambitions into their rewards and benefits.
21 November 2022
Lowest-paying employers least likely to have financial wellbeing strategies Workers with the lowest salaries are in danger of being left behind, when it comes to support with their financial wellbeing.
31 August 2022
Firms struggle to act on ethnicity and gender pay gaps As they struggle to make major progress on gender and ethnicity pay gaps, employers are worried about the situation on talent attraction and retention.
02 February 2022
Employers feel under-supported despite benefit spending hike Even as employers increased investment in benefits during pandemic, many employees did not feel supported.
13 January 2022
Pension funding levels steady at end of bumpy year Pension funding has rallied at the start of the year, after months of uncertainty around the Omicron variant had previously grown the pension deficit of the FTSE350.
07 January 2022
Deteriorating mental health and cybersecurity top HR risks Companies in the UK have ranked deteriorating mental health of their staff as their top human resources risk.
17 August 2021
Pension funds placing more focus on ESG and climate risks The proportion of pension schemes which consider climate change risk is rising rapidly, according to a new study.
17 September 2020
Poor employee health sees £92 billion productivity loss The UK economy lost almost £92 billion in 2019 as a result of ill-health related absence and presenteeism in the workplace.
12 March 2020
Firms pay lip service to gender equality but have no plan to improve As the world prepares to mark the contributions of women to public life and call for global gender equality on International Women’s Day 2020, a new study suggests businesses are failing to walk the
06 March 2020
UK workers do not feel employers care about their well-being Sick staff cost British firms billions annually in lost productivity, meaning businesses are rushing to beef up their digital health offerings in a bid to boost the condition of their staff.
17 February 2020
UK bosses failing to support stressed staff While 39% UK workers experienced symptoms of poor mental health related to work in the last year, bosses are struggling to deal with the issue.
09 October 2019
Majority of UK defined benefit plans are cash-flow negative Almost three quarters of UK defined benefit plans are cash-flow negative, placing them in a precarious position amid a volatile geo-political and economic environment.
08 July 2019
Mega cities must improve quality of life to attract talent The levels of safety, healthcare, child care, green spaces, access to public transport and cultural amenities are the key factors people consider when moving to a new city.
12 June 2019
Mental health of LGBT+ staff neglected by workplaces Mental health in the workplace is perpetually in the spotlight, but the mental health of minorities in the workplace has rarely factored in that conversation.
05 April 2019
High UK employment masks troubled economy With mounting geo-political tensions and slowing economic growth, the global market has seen a long period of stability come to an abrupt end over the last 12 months.
12 March 2019
Inclusion of young workers and women key to averting talent crisis Demand for workers is set to rise in the future, with the pool of available workers shrinking in an ageing population.
01 March 2019
70% of managers blocked from providing mental health support With mental health ailments reaching all-time highs among the UK workforce, companies will need to take radical new approaches to maintain the wellbeing of their workforce, or risk dire consequences
20 February 2019
Part-time parents penalised when vying for promotion Parents who expect flexibility to help them balance work and life commitments are being penalised by many employers, according to a new report.
06 February 2019
Competitive pay and flexibility key for staff to thrive With an increasingly competitive market for talent in the UK and across the Western world, companies are constantly on the look-out for new human resourcing techniques to help obtain and maintain sta
09 January 2019
UK cost of living for expats falls as Brexit hits pound value A new study has found that London has become one of the cheapest major cities in Europe for overseas workers since the Brexit referendum.
31 December 2018
Culture issues derail M&A transactions at an alarming rate Some 43% of merger and acquisition activity is either hindered or prevented altogether by a lack of cultural cohesion, according to a new study.
23 November 2018
Third of pension schemes in surplus but have not agreed long-term targets According to a new study, 37% of pension schemes are currently enjoying a funding surplus.
05 November 2018
London sees unlikely fall in cost of expat living ahead of Brexit Expats sent on international assignments often find themselves in new worlds, with a host of new cultural and economic realities.
18 July 2018
Climate change increasingly seen as material threat to asset funds Large numbers of people rely on their pensions for retirement, and, while current pension funds total tends of trillions of dollars, concern around their sustainability is mounting.
17 July 2018
The largest actuarial and pension consulting firms in the UK The UK’s actuarial and pension consulting firms brought in a combined revenue of almost £2 billion in 2017.
14 May 2018
UK cities offer poor life quality for expats compared to mainland EU Continental Europe continues to dominate the index of the world’s most liveable city for expatriates.
11 April 2018
Women in business to be disproportionately hit by digital disruption Despite multiple calls from political, economic and societal experts to promote the inclusion of women in business, the future of many women in the workforce is uncertain, according to a new study.
26 February 2018
Employers with better wage offering likely to attract talent more easily Employers are likely to face a tighter labour market, particularly in technical fields, as access to talent becomes increasing scarce on the back of strong growth.
08 February 2018
UK companies on board with gender pay gap reporting legislation New gender pay reporting legislation has come into force in the UK, requiring companies with more than 250 employees to yearly release statutory calculations showing how large the pay gap is between
04 December 2017
UK workforce monitor notes workforce projection mismatches Migration continues to be an area of acute uncertainty for the UK, as Brexit threatens to make the nation a hostile environment for European emigrants.
17 October 2017
Financial stress of employees costs US $250 billion in lost time A yearly estimate of around $250 billion in lost pay can be attributed to the effects of financial stress, according to new research.
03 October 2017
De-risking sees European pension assets move to bonds from equities De-risking has seen European pension investment shift dramatically from equities into bonds and alternative assets according to research by Mercer.
07 September 2017

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