Employee benefits and wellbeing provider Vivup has appointed Wayne Story as the firm’s new chairman. Story has held a number of CEO roles, including heading up the financial services...
Read moreDetailsBenefits provider Unum UK has made significant enhancements to its carer's leave policy. The updated policy now provides all employees with caring responsibilities the opportunity to access up to...
Read moreDetailsHospitality company Accor has launched a new employee wellbeing option for its 4,500 employees in the UK. This new wellbeing scheme is offered via employee benefits specialists Vivup, and will...
Read moreDetailsNew research has shown that individuals between the ages of 50 and 64 are more inclined to take sick leave from work than any other age group. Conducted by...
Read moreDetailsProfessor Dame Carol Black, one of the pioneers of today's approach to workplace wellbeing, has been given a rare honour in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. Black wrote the...
Read moreDetailsB&Q will be awarding pay rises to employees from January 2024, increasing hourly rates to £11.31 as part of a £4 million investment. At the same time, the DIY...
Read moreDetailsMore than one in two (53%) of UK employees have worked while on annual leave in the past 12 months, a new study has found. These people spent an...
Read moreDetailsParents and carers are in line for new working rights from 6 April 2024, it has been confirmed. The date was set for a number of family friendly regulations...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are failing to adequately support grieving employees at work, with one in seven people (15%) not offered any help at all following a bereavement. The study by MetLife...
Read moreDetailsThe retail industry has ranked highest for supporting employee wellness in the UK. A study by Until found that the financial services and higher education sectors came second and...
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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.
The US retreat from diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is making waves far beyond the country's borders. In the wake of President Trump’s executive order abolishing DEI across federal government departments, global firms like Goldman Sachs and Accenture have rapidly dialled down their own efforts.
The influence is being felt in the UK too. However, the UK operates under a different legal framework. It has stronger workplace protections and a government actively looking to enhance employee rights through its Make Work Pay agenda. But as US firms reposition their approach to DEI, UK subsidiaries could find themselves caught between conflicting priorities.
In the latest Benefits Unboxed podcast, co-hosts Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert, Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, industry veteran and reward and benefits consultant, discuss how the US DEI rollback might impact UK businesses.
