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Why salary exchange is difficult to ignore
SPONSORED ARTICLE Changes to national insurance (NI) and minimum wages make a compelling case for salary exchange, says Susan Hope,...
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Retain your talent with a smarter approach to pay progression
When employees see little room for pay growth, talent retention suffers. But by refocusing pay progression, employers can maximise investment...
Is BCorp culture the key to better wellbeing?
Fixing the organisation, not just the individual, is vital to improving employee wellbeing, argues Colin Fitzgerald, distribution director at L&G’s...
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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.
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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Why salary exchange is difficult to ignore
SPONSORED ARTICLE Changes to national insurance (NI) and minimum wages make a compelling case for salary exchange, says Susan Hope,...
Scottish Widows launches pension default fund to ‘maximise’ savings
Financial provider Scottish Widows has evolved its workplace pension default fund to help “maximise” savings growth for employees. A pension...
Spring statement 2025: silence on second phase of Pension Review
As predicted before the chancellor’s spring statement, Rachel Reeves offered no update on the second phase of the government’s landmark...
Minimum wage hike underscores ‘pressing’ need to extend auto-enrolment
Next month's increases in the minimum wage make opening up auto-enrolment to employees under 22 “even more pressing”, according to...
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Supporting employees is the top reason people like working in HR, but pay for people professionals is less satisfactory, research has indicated. A poll of 300 HR professionals found that 50 percent said supporting employees was a key element in enjoying their job, while 47 percent said recruiting people and...
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The majority (87 percent) of healthcare sector workers want their employer to invest more in employee benefits this year, research has found. However, the same research shows that just 18 percent of healthcare employers plan to invest more in the next 12 months, which makes it the sector least likely...
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More than a million workers are caring for someone with cancer alongside their job, forcing them to take up to an average of six and a half days off work a month, according to research from Reframe Cancer. However, employers are only informed that three and a half of these...
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