Employee benefits

Employers want to benefit from the best talent available. This can be achieved by attracting, retaining and motivating employees through employee benefits schemes and offering benefits over and above the usual entitlement.

Employee benefits are stringently regulated, involving a complex mix of company, tax and financial services legislation. It is therefore essential to obtain expert legal advice when considering granting and implementing benefits to employees.

How Hill Dickinson can help

Hill Dickinson's employee benefit lawyers can advise on the most effective, flexible and cost-efficient packages and provide expertise in the following areas:

  • Auditing existing policies to identify defects
  • Designing and implementing bonus schemes and commission schemes
  • Share option schemes
  • Dealing with operational issues arising out of employee benefit schemes
  • Pension schemes

 

Key contacts

Andrew Ashley Taylor
Head of Pensions
Andrew Ashley Taylor
Telephone
+44 (0) 161 817 7322
Email
andrew.ashleytaylor@hilldickinson.com
Jeff Middleton
Head of Practice Group: Employment and Pensions
Jeff Middleton
Telephone
+44 (0) 161 817 7260
Email
jeff.middleton@hilldickinson.com
Nicholas Humphreys
Partner
Nicholas Humphreys
Telephone
+44 (0) 20 7280 9246
Email
nicholas.humphreys@hilldickinson.com

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