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HR leaders urged to address ‘menopause support gap’
HR leaders are being urged to put in place better menopause support, after research found almost a third of women...
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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
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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M&S appoints new pensions and benefits manager
Marks & Spencer has appointed Tom Smith as its new pensions and benefits manager. Smith has almost 20 years experience...
Trouble brewing for salary sacrifice?
The Budget changes to salary sacrifice don’t just mean higher NI bills for employers — for some they could cause...
New digital consolidation service helps employees manage old pension pots
Wealth at work has launched a new digital pension consolidation service, to help employers empower their workforce to better manage...
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...
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HR leaders are being urged to put in place better menopause support, after research found almost a third of women aged 40 to 65 are considering leaving the workplace as a result of related health issues. The survey of 2,000 women, found 47 per cent have had to change the...
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Almost half of managers in medium-sized businesses struggle to discuss mental health in the workplace, despite this being a leading cause of absence in SMEs. Research from Unum found that mental health problems contributed to the £29bn lost to sickness-related productivity drops each year. Overall 47 per cent of decision...
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The UK’s healthcare system is under unprecedented pressure. NHS waiting lists remain at record levels and continue to grow faster than capacity can withstand. Health conditions that could have been treated early are progressing to more complex stages, with a signficant socio-economic impact. Long-term sickness is at its highest in...
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