Among employers with overseas employees only 35 percent benchmark their benefits to ensure they comply with local legislation, research has found. Legal requirements to provide employee benefits vary across...
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 moreDetailsMinisters are set to announce changes to statutory sick pay (SSP) that will see the lowest paid workers receive 80 percent of their average weekly earnings or the rate...
Read moreDetailsAlmost half (48 percent) of UK employees believe their job puts their eye health at risk as experts warn that employers “underestimate” employee exposure to eye damage. UK employers...
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 moreDetailsEmployee use of digital health services has rocketed by 79 percent year on year, according to L&G Retail. In its latest ‘Chief Medical Officer report’, the provider said that...
Read moreDetailsMost UK employers (82 percent) acknowledge the critical role they have in addressing long-term sickness absence and getting people back into work. However, with 2.8 million people classed as...
Read moreDetailsWith 7.54 million cases on NHS waiting lists in March 2024, and 71,000 appointments that require people to wait for more than a year, it is clear why more...
Read moreDetailsMore than three-quarters (77 percent) of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are reviewing their employee benefits with plans to boost packages, research has found. The research from Howden...
Read moreDetailsEmployer disability reporting has improved but this data “must be put to good use” for an organisation and its employees to see the benefit. Office for National Statistics data...
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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.
