Employers have been urged to rethink their approach to managing mental health absences as 5.3 million people, 16 percent of the UK working population, have been signed off sick...
Read moreDetailsA digital skin health checker, available via a cash plan app, has helped identify 1,000 clinically validated cases of skin cancer for treatment since it launched in 2020. Medicash,...
Read moreDetailsAs the Cycle to Work Scheme marks its quarter century this year, Chris Last, chair of the Cycle to Work Alliance since 2023, is passing on the leadership baton....
Read moreDetailsResearch has found a “stark chasm” between the benefits and wellbeing programmes UK employers offer their workforces and what people want and need in their everyday lives. Employee wellbeing...
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 moreDetails“I’ll never forget it. I was coming into my 48th year, and I was sitting in my kitchen writing an email, and I couldn't write some of the most...
Read moreDetailsOlder savers, people aged 50+, are failing to plan for potential shocks in retirement, according to research from consultancy Barnett Waddingham. The study shows that workers aged 50+ consistently...
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 moreDetailsAround 100 major employers have backed a campaign to boost financial wellbeing this winter. The businesses, including Asda, SUEZ, Next and Brakes, have signed up to the Winter Warmers...
Read moreDetailsAn employment tribunal has ruled that a Goldman Sachs employee was unfairly dismissed after taking six months of paternity leave and was subjected to direct sex discrimination. Jon Reeves,...
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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.
