Global travel technology company FlixBus employs around 5,500 people in 42 countries across Europe, America and Brazil. With more than 20 offices around the world, it’s perhaps unsurprising that...
Read moreDetailsPub and brewery group Greene King has announced a new flexible working policy and enhancement of its leave offering. According to the company, which has more than 39,000 employees,...
Read moreDetailsWe all know the benefits of taking a break, but are your managers making sure holiday is being taken by their staff? As HR professionals, it's important to keep...
Read moreDetailsWave has introduced new employee benefits technology to help improve access and visibility for staff. The national water retailer teamed up with Zest to implement a platform that provides...
Read moreDetailsDespite UK’s evident auto-enrolment success, there is a massive 60% defined contribution pension gap, according to Aon. This is a shocking figure, which is more than twice the already...
Read moreDetailsUnum UK is offering staff the chance to request flexible working from their first day of employment. The employee benefits provider launched the policy to support employees’ work–life balance...
Read moreDetailsLidl GB has become joint top-paying UK supermarket, alongside rival Aldi, in terms of wages offered to employees. From today (1 September), the supermarket giant is raising pay for...
Read moreDetailsGreencore employees are set to walk out in a row over “poverty-levels of pay” after the company failed to improve its offer, Unite has announced. More than 500 workers...
Read moreDetailsThe end of June may have seen many of us grappling with the benefit-in-kind reporting requirement of form P11D. During this period, HMRC published its annual benefit-in-kind statistics for...
Read moreDetailsStandard Chartered is rolling out enhanced global parental leave provisions to make them more inclusive for its employees. From next month (1 September), the bank plans to standardise the...
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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.
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.
