Economic inactivity “remains a concern” as research from the CIPD shows recruitment is expected to slow, prompting calls for employers to maintain or boost flexible work options. The CIPD’s...
Read moreDetailsThe Covid-19 pandemic helped to increase access to home and flexible working for all ethnicities and genders, however, research from King’s College London has found that certain groups are...
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Read moreDetailsInsurer Zurich UK has published its socio-economic pay gap to help "chip away at the class ceiling” in the UK. The employer’s median pay gap between employees from professional...
Read moreDetailsFourteen MPs have backed the shift to a four-day working week in the UK by tabling an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill. Under the new clause, a Working...
Read moreDetailsA study of 2,000 UK employees found 19 percent are ‘quiet quitting’, doing the bare minimum required, because their skills and cognitive strengths are not being recognised or used...
Read moreDetailsUK employers are more transparent on pay than their counterparts in Europe, according to data from Indeed’s job listings. The data showed that 71 percent of UK job adverts...
Read moreDetailsThe number of workplace sexual harassment cases reported to Acas has risen sharply since the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 was introduced in October 2024....
Read moreDetailsAs the deadline for rises in the national minimum wage approaches, an employment lawyer has warned employers that the “penalties for non-compliance are severe” with fines of up to...
Read moreDetailsThe trend for greater pay transparency is growing in the EU, the UK and even in Donald Trump’s USA. For anyone thinking that compliance deadlines are still a way...
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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.
