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Sports broadcasters fined £4m for collusion on freelance pay rates
Five major sports broadcasters and media production firms broke the law on fixing freelance pay rates and have been fined...
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Menstrual health impacts your workforce. Don’t be scared of it
Workplace efforts to destigmatise mental health are to be lauded, now it’s time to do the same for menstrual health,...
HR has key role in breaking down tech’s silent barriers for women
Employers and HR have a responsibility to show young people that diversity is not only possible at the highest levels...
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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.
The US DEI Rollback: What It Means for UK Employers
The US retreat from diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is making waves far beyond the country's borders. In the wake of President Trump’s executive order abolishing DEI across federal government departments, global firms like Goldman Sachs and Accenture have rapidly dialled down their own efforts.
The influence is being felt in the UK too. However, the UK operates under a different legal framework. It has stronger workplace protections and a government actively looking to enhance employee rights through its Make Work Pay agenda. But as US firms reposition their approach to DEI, UK subsidiaries could find themselves caught between conflicting priorities.
In the latest Benefits Unboxed podcast, co-hosts Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert, Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, industry veteran and reward and benefits consultant, discuss how the US DEI rollback might impact UK businesses.
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PENSIONS
Employees want responsible pensions, but don’t know how to switch
More than two-thirds (69 percent) of employers in the UK now offer a responsibly invested company pension, research from Scottish...
NMW rise puts more employers in ‘compliance danger zone’
The risk that employers will fail to comply with regulations will increase when the national minimum wage (NMW) rates rise...
Salary sacrifice offers ‘lifeline’ ahead of employer NI rises
Employers have been urged to leverage pension salary sacrifice to potentially save thousands of pounds ahead of the rise in...
Spring statement likely to ‘pass on pensions’
Pension provider Aegon has predicted that the government’s spring statement will be “silent” on pensions. However, other announcements in the...
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HEALTH & WELLBEING
Workplace efforts to destigmatise mental health are to be lauded, now it’s time to do the same for menstrual health, says Julie Burns, manager of the Endometriosis Friendly Employer scheme at Endometriosis UK. Aged 19, I was told to have a baby to cure the debilitating endometriosis symptoms that were...
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Research has revealed that 46 percent of UK employees have taken extended sick leave, classed as more than two weeks off sick, in the past five years. Extended sick leave was found to be particularly high among younger workers, with 66 percent aged 18-24 taking more than two weeks sick...
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Employers and employees agree that state funded healthcare is inadequate, according to research from Grid. The industry body for the group risk sector found that 63 percent of employers, and 54 percent of employees believe there is a dearth of government support for the health and wellbeing of UK workers....
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