More than half of employees believe employers should receive tax incentives for providing insurance benefits – including health and income protection cover – to their staff. This is according...
Read moreDetailsNearly 10% of employers introduced support for retaining employees aged over 50 in the past year, new research has revealed. According to Aviva’s Working Lives Report 2023, these initiatives...
Read moreDetailsOC&C Strategic Consultants has equalised paid parental leave for its workforce as it strives to achieve gender equality globally. The international consulting business, which has 12 offices worldwide, introduced...
Read moreDetailsCurrys has unveiled five new measures to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including policies around gender reassignment, fertility, pregnancy loss, premature births and menopause. Announcing the provisions...
Read moreDetailsOldham Active has handed out cost-of-living pay rises and boosted health provisions for workers across its six sites in the UK borough. The not-for-profit leisure business, which has more...
Read moreDetailsSkanska has enhanced the mental health support it offers UK employees. The construction business has partnered with Maximus to provide the Access to Work Mental Health Service, enabling it...
Read moreDetailsThe pandemic was a forcing function that, almost overnight, made flexible working a reality for many employees. Now that the worst effects are behind us, the attempts to return...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are being encouraged to help low-earning staff after a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) revealed that 5.7 million households are having to reduce meals or...
Read moreDetailsInflation remained at 8.7% despite expectations that it would fall, prompting calls for more employer support as the cost-of-living crisis continues. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that...
Read moreDetailsMore than nine in 10 (91%) of UK healthcare employees are failing to make the most of their workplace benefits, according to new research. Findings from benefits provider Sodexo Engage showed...
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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.
As the professionals responsible for helping their organisations navigate NI hikes, rising employee stress levels and looming redundancies, the pressure on HR, reward and benefits teams has never been greater.
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In this episode of Benefits Unboxed, co-hosts Claire Churchard, Carole Goldsmith and Steve Herbert explore the emotional and ethical pressures HR face today, from managing redundancies to implementing complex legislation. They discuss why HR’s own wellbeing may not be the first topic of conversation, the risks that poses to employers, and the practical steps businesses can take to better support the wellbeing of the people who support everyone else.
This conversation shines a light on the resilience of the profession and why looking after HR is not just the right thing to do, but a business imperative.
