Global travel technology company FlixBus employs around 5,500 people in 42 countries across Europe, America and Brazil. With more than 20 offices around the world, it’s perhaps unsurprising that...
Read moreDetailsPub and brewery group Greene King has announced a new flexible working policy and enhancement of its leave offering. According to the company, which has more than 39,000 employees,...
Read moreDetailsWave has introduced new employee benefits technology to help improve access and visibility for staff. The national water retailer teamed up with Zest to implement a platform that provides...
Read moreDetailsSalience has introduced a financial wellbeing platform to support its workforce through the cost-of-living crisis. The marketing company’s employees now have access to professional coaches and bespoke money management...
Read moreDetailsStandard Chartered is rolling out enhanced global parental leave provisions to make them more inclusive for its employees. From next month (1 September), the bank plans to standardise the...
Read moreDetailsXPO Logistics has enhanced paternity pay for staff in the UK and Ireland as part of a suite of family-friendly policies. The transport and logistics business, which employs around 5,000...
Read moreDetailsJust one in six (15%) employees say they have been offered help with the cost of living by their employer, new research has revealed. The survey, commissioned by the...
Read moreDetailsIn 2019, the World Health Organisation officially recognised ‘work burnout’ as an occupational hazard. Today, wellbeing in the workplace is as important as ever, with the promotion of health...
Read moreDetailsWhen an employee knows that they are likely to have a child or alternatively needs time to care for that child, there are plenty of options open to them....
Read moreDetailsFacilities management company Churchill Group has become an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Churchill Group said the decision to transition to an EOT was taken based on the “multiple benefits...
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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.
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.
