People aged 40-75 who are yet to fully retire expect they will need an income of £30,525 a year when they stop working, which means individuals need to fill...
Read moreDetailsThe UK has a pensions adequacy problem. Many people are not saving enough into their workplace pensions for a comfortable retirement, and a significant proportion won’t have enough to...
Read moreDetailsTesco’s efforts to appeal against a major equal pay case with around 55,000 claimants have been delayed by an "elephant behind a screen", according to judges at the hearing....
Read moreDetailsThe government has reinstated the Pensions Commission to address concerns that many people retiring in the future will be worse off than pensioners today, with almost half of working...
Read moreDetailsAcas dealt with more than 117,000 early conciliation cases in Great Britain in 2024-25. This is the highest number of conciliation cases since the pandemic and represents an increase...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s Pensions Review, which will look at ways to expand workplace pensions auto-enrolment, could be launched before parliament’s summer recess next week (22 July 2025). The review centres...
Read moreDetailsThe UK gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest level since 2017 as progress towards equal pay grows, according to figures from PWC. The average (mean) hourly gap...
Read moreDetailsMore than a million UK workers have quit their jobs since the beginning of 2024 due to a lack of flexible working options, CIPD research has revealed. The findings...
Read moreDetailsCLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO WORKPLACE PENSIONS 2025 Younger savers saw an average return of more than 15 percent from their default defined contribution (DC)...
Read moreDetailsAs the UK basks in another scorching heatwave, Google searches for “sickness absence” have spiked 113 percent in the past 24 hours. Provider YuLife, which first spotted the surge,...
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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.
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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.
