Millions of employees face ‘major earnings instability’ as their wages fluctuate by more than a quarter multiple times a year, research has found. Analysis from the Resolution Foundation showed...
Read moreDetailsBereaved employees are being forced to return to work before they're ready, according to research from provider MetLife UK. The survey found that 21 percent of employees felt that...
Read moreDetailsNearly two thirds (63 percent) of HR professionals have called the push to have UK employees in the office five days a week “unhelpful”. A survey of 145 senior...
Read moreDetailsClose to one in 10 unpaid working carers said they have been treated unfavourably by their employer, according to research from Carers Scotland. Two-fifths of unpaid carers in Scotland...
Read moreDetailsAlmost a third of employers plan to increase self-funding for health and wellbeing benefits, prompting warnings from Grid that employers considering this approach will “need deep pockets”. A survey...
Read moreDetailsThe gender pay gap is 13.1 percent, meaning women work for free for nearly seven weeks a year compared to the average man, analysis from the TUC has revealed....
Read moreDetailsEconomic 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 moreDetailsResearch has found that 45 percent of UK adults have experienced workplace discrimination. A survey of 4,000 UK adults revealed that discrimination at work or when job hunting, with...
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...
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...
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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.
