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Employers cautious as recruitment steadies and temp hiring rises
Temporary hiring in the UK rose for the first time since June 2024 and permanent placements continued to fall, though...
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Alex Elliott: New limits on NDAs, what’s ahead for employers?
A clampdown on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), included in the Employment Rights Bill (ERB), may protect victims, but it risks turning...
Luke McClaran: prevention pays, why employer health checks matter
With low uptake of NHS health checks, employers are stepping into the gap, says Luke McClaran, chief people officer at...
From ‘boat people’ to boardrooms: HR can help reshape migration mindsets
The story of Vietnamese refugee Trinh Tu, who rose to become an MD at Ipsos, underlines how migrants, when given...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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PENSIONS
Better communications needed to address pensions gender gap: report
Women would need to work nearly two decades longer than men to achieve the same retirement savings, according to a...
Chancellor ponders £4bn tax raid on salary sacrifice schemes
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly eyeing a £4bn tax grab by tightening the rules around salary sacrifice schemes on pensions....
Public split over allowing first-time buyers to dip into AE funds
Public opinion is sharply divided over whether people should be allowed to dip into auto-enrolment pension pots to help buy...
New guidance offered on use of AI to simplify pension administration
Pensions managers and those running workplace schemes are being warned about the potential risks of using AI to help with...
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HEALTH & WELLBEING
Just over a third of HR teams receive whistleblowing training, despite being central to handling misconduct and wrongdoing in the workplace, according to new research from Safecall. The study found that fewer than one in three or 31% line managers are trained even though they are often the first point...
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The government is being urged to offer tax incentives to smaller businesses to encourage them to invest in health and wellbeing, helping to reduce the £29bn that is lost due to staff sickness and related productivity losses each year. Research from insurer Unum said that health and wellbeing remains “chronically...
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A former HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) employee has been ordered to pay £20,000 in legal costs after an employment tribunal found his claims of disability discrimination were “vexatious” when he refused to return to the office after pandemic-related home working. The tribunal, held in Liverpool, heard that Martin Bentley...
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