Perkbox rebrand and unified platform launch ‘just the start’
A year after the merger of benefits firms Perkbox and Vivup in 2024, the company has rebranded as Perkbox and launched a fully unified platform to offer the best...
Read moreDetails
Financial benefits
Unum launches Health Plan 360 in cash plan market shake up
Unum UK has entered the health cash plan market with the launch of Health Plan 360. The employee benefits provider said its digital-first cash plan has been designed to...
Read moreDetails
New Nest Invest board chair to ‘enhance pension investment strategy’
Major workplace pension provider Nest has beefed up its investment board with the appointment of chair Sally Bridgeland. The provider manages the savings of its 13 million members with...
Read moreDetails
Half of employers risk falling behind on pension value-for-money checks
UK employers risk compliance headaches, wasted benefits budgets and weaker retention if they fail to keep workplace pensions under regular review. Yet less than half of employers have reviewed...
Read moreDetails
Payroll’s AI ‘paradox’: why manual tasks are soaring and what HR can do about it
Payroll faces a "paradox" as manual processes surge despite AI simultaneously transforming the work of the function. A survey of UK payroll professionals showed that 73 percent expect AI...
Read moreDetails
Aldi boosts pay again for 28,000 store staff
Aldi is set to give more than 28,000 hourly paid store colleagues a slightly bigger-than-expected pay rise from 1 September 2025. In July, the retailer said pay for store...
Read moreDetails
The tipping point for pay transparency is near, are you prepared?
Pay transparency has surged up the HR and reward agenda, fuelled by new rules and rising employee expectations. The EU Pay Transparency Directive is helping to reshape the landscape,...
Read moreDetails
FCA clarifies rules on workplace payroll savings in ‘important step’
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has moved to clear up confusion around workplace savings schemes, offering employers reassurance that payroll savings can be implemented without falling foul of regulation. ...
Read moreDetails
Official figures ‘understate low pay’ as HR warned to rethink benchmarking
Official data "significantly underestimates" the extent of low pay and the gender pay gap in the UK, according to research published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations. As...
Read moreDetails
Talk of pensions tax-free cash cut resurfaces ahead of Budget
Fresh speculation that the Treasury could reduce the pensions tax-free cash allowance in the upcoming Autumn Budget has prompted concern from industry experts about the potential impact on savers’...
Read moreDetails
BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
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.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
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.
Search Results placeholder
GUIDE TO CASH PLANS
