family benefits

Long-term sickness absence is high on the agenda as we hurtle towards general election polling day (4 July, 2024). The role of employers in tackling this high profile issue...

Wellbeing is a science and measuring it and improving it offers a wealth of employer benefits from enhanced productivity and innovation to a 20 percent stock market bump, according...

Swing voters in England are more likely than average to view affordable, available childcare as a top priority ahead of the general election on 4 July, 2024, according to...

The average age of a first-time mother was 26.4 years old 50 years ago.  Now, most people believe 28 is the ideal age for a woman to start a...

The NSPCC is renowned for its work protecting and supporting children. What is less well known is that the organisation’s reward and benefits policies have been enhanced to promote...

Not for profit organisation the Vulnerability Registration Service (VRS) has launched a new ‘flag’ service to help unpaid carers get the financial support and recognition they need. People can...

The UK group risk industry paid out a record £2.49 billion in claims in 2023, representing an increase of £278.4 million from 2022, according to data from industry body...

Three years of record inflation, peaking at 11.1 percent in October 2022, has changed behaviour as people in the UK now spend less and save more, research from the...

Action to stop the scandal of carer’s allowance overpayments and delayed clawback is required urgently, MPs warned, adding that overpayments “remain a significant issue” for unpaid carers that also...

The post-pandemic uptick in job moves, dubbed ‘the great resignation’ by some, is well and truly over, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) report. As the...