Employers that have said they will not hire younger people or take on apprentices as a result of the rise in employer national insurance (NI) could be making their...
Read moreDetailsNegative attitudes to flexible working could be an obstacle to the government’s ambitious Get Britain Working (GBW) reforms, research has suggested. Earlier this week, the government published its GBW...
Read moreDetailsNetworking has always been a necessary and useful tool to climb the career ladder, but could women-only networks be more of a hindrance than a help, asks Lee Higgins,...
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Read moreDetailsPlans to launch a Bitcoin workplace savings scheme have been revealed by pension and investment advisory firm Cartwright. The eponymously named Cartwright Bitcoin Employee Benefits will enable employers to...
Read moreDetailsEmployers face a large tax bill if the chancellor levies national insurance (NI) on employer pension contributions and scraps "unfair" tax breaks on electric vehicles, in this month’s budget,...
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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 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.
