TSB employees to share bonus of £29.8m
The chief executive of TSB is set to receive £782,000 while the rest of the workforce have been awarded bonuses worth nearly 12% of their 2022 pay after the...
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MP warns employment packages are ineffective without support for parents
Siobhan Baillie MP believes costly employee benefits could be a waste of money if parents aren’t offered support at work when going through a separation or divorce. Speaking in...
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CBI chief says bosses secretly want employees back in office
Most employers want their workforces back in the office, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s director-general. Tony Danker thinks that, as a result of the pandemic, the...
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Amazon strikers deserve more pay, says GMB
The GMB union has insisted Amazon bosses must help staff make ends meet after workers staged their first ever UK strike yesterday (25 January). Hundreds of employees at the...
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Spotify offers severance pay and healthcare as it slashes workforce
Music streaming business Spotify has pledged to continue offering healthcare and provide severance pay after announcing plans to cut 600 jobs globally. In a blog post to staff, its...
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Government decision to reject menopause leave short-sighted
The government’s refusal to make menopause a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and its rejection of a large-scale pilot of menopause leave in England have been met...
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Leonard Bowman: A very different DB pensions landscape
What’s the current situation with DB pensions? We've all seen the big economic shocks of the last 12 months, but what’s interesting for UK DB pensions is the wide...
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Elon Musk: From hero to HR zero?
The $44 billion (£35.6 billion) takeover of Twitter by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in October 2022 was closely followed by announcements that he intended to make radical changes to...
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Google parent Alphabet allows laid-off US staff to retain benefits
Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, has told employees in the US they will be allowed to keep some of their employee benefits as they cut 12,000 jobs...
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SAD: Beating the blues
Everyone’s heard of the ‘January Blues’ – the period after the festive season when the rush has ended, there’s a seemingly endless wait until payday and the weather seems...
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Benefits Unboxed
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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.
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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