Workplace stress is costing businesses millions, with 52.6% of UK workers admitting they have made mistakes due to stress and one in four calling in sick at least once,...
Read moreDetailsSupporting neurodiversity in the workplace is becoming more important than ever. Neurodiversity means recognising that people experience and interact with the world in many different ways. These differences are...
Read moreDetailsA West Midlands Railway employee has been received a wellbeing champion away for her work supporting mental health in the workplace. Customer experience manager Samantha Passmore received the award...
Read moreDetailsHR professionals are facing mounting pressure and declining wellbeing as workloads increase and resources shrink. Research has revealed that HR teams across the UK are reaching breaking point, with...
Read moreDetailsWorkers in the construction sector are claiming more employer-provided health benefits as they struggle to access basic public health care. Health cash plan claims rose 6 percent last year,...
Read moreDetailsSome of the world’s most valuable companies are failing to take workplace mental health seriously, according to data from the CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark Global 100+. The benchmark...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of UK employees (53 percent) say they feel the need to take time off work to deal with personal administrative tasks, research has revealed. The survey...
Read moreDetailsAlmost nine in ten employers (88 percent) offer preventative health and wellbeing support to staff, with mental health initiatives emerging as the most beneficial. This was the main finding...
Read moreDetailsGreater awareness of neurodiversity alone won’t plug the employment gap, say inclusion experts. So how can employers attract and retain neurodivergent talent through more inclusive reward and benefits strategies?...
Read moreDetailsParents worried about their children’s mental health are now one of the top three reasons employees contact workplace employee assistance programmes (EAPs). Data from the Employee Assistance Professionals Association...
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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.
