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Hybrid staff are ‘happiest’ and report best work-life balance
Hybrid working delivers the healthiest work-life balance for UK employees, according to The Britain At Work Report, published by Health...
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Why marketing will define tomorrow’s reward leaders
Employers invest heavily in benefits but if the story doesn’t land with employees the spend is wasted. Reward teams need...
Steve Herbert: The art of the deal?
Could a low-cost universal wellbeing tax break bring benefits for the UK government, employers and employees? Steve Herbert, co-host of...
Lorna Ferrie: hybrid is not a loophole, remote teams can’t ignore the pay transparency push
As the UK edges towards ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting, and with the EU Pay Transparency Directive setting a...
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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
Pensions industry urged to lead on solving small pots cost and confusion by 2030
The UK pensions industry should take the lead in consolidating the large number of small pensions by 2030, according to...
Millions of over-60s feel unprepared for retirement, research shows
Fewer than half of UK workers in their 60s feel ready to retire, raising questions about the support available to...
Why marketing will define tomorrow’s reward leaders
Employers invest heavily in benefits but if the story doesn’t land with employees the spend is wasted. Reward teams need...
Employers brace for Budget restrictions on pension salary sacrifice
More than 90 percent of employers believe the chancellor will restrict pension salary sacrifice schemes in next month’s Autumn Budget,...
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HEALTH & WELLBEING
Hybrid working delivers the healthiest work-life balance for UK employees, according to The Britain At Work Report, published by Health Shield Friendly Society. Research outlined in the report found that 74 percent of hybrid workers rated their work-life balance as good or very good. In comparison, among people working entirely...
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SMEs are investing in health and wellbeing benefits but research shows they do not offer some of the services rated most effective by peer employers. A survey of 550 HR decision-makers at companies with 1 to 249 employees showed that 82 percent provide access to one or more insurance-based health...
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Insurance firm Markel has launched a Domestic Abuse Support Framework for UK employees. Domestic abuse “doesn’t stop at the front door,” said chief people officer Jo Browning, adding that her organisation is “acutely aware of the role that employers can play in supporting employees”. The framework is designed to raise...
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