OC&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...
Read moreDetailsWhy should employers provide total reward statements? Now that salaries are struggling to keep up with inflation, leveraging rewards and benefits is key to retaining top talent and enhancing...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are failing to provide adequate employee benefits for those most vulnerable within their workforces, a new study has shown. Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB) data – which surveyed 17,500-plus...
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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.
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.
