March 2021 - Corinthian

Are health cash plans still a useful benefit?

What are health cash plans? Health cash plans are schemes that allow you to pay a monthly fee and in return you are entitled to have your routine medical and dental expenses covered. For example, you might pay £10 a month and that could cover up to £100 of dental costs, £100 of physio appointments

30th March 2021 — Read this story in full.

Do you keep track of your pensions?

According to the Association of British Insurers, around 1.6 million pension pots worth £19.4 billion are unclaimed due to savers failing to contact their pension provider when they move house. Only 1 in 25 people contact their pension provider when they move house which causes many people to lose significant amounts of money which they

9th March 2021 — Read this story in full.

The future of flexible working post lockdown

Employers claims that certain roles can only be fulfilled from the office may themselves be made redundant with almost half (45%) of British office workers believing that the pandemic will result in a ‘permanent change’ to their employers approach to flexible working. O2s ‘The Flexible Future of Work’ report, conducted by the telecoms giant in

4th March 2021 — Read this story in full.

Furlough Update

The Chancellor confirmed in his budget earlier today that the furlough scheme will now run until September 2021. The furlough scheme is also called ‘The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme’. Employees on furlough will continue to get 80% of their salary for hours not worked, up to £2,500 per month. From July 2021, employers will be

3rd March 2021 — Read this story in full.