Five major sports broadcasters and media production firms broke the law on fixing freelance pay rates and have been fined £4 million in total by the regulator. A Competition...
Read moreDetailsMore than two-thirds (69 percent) of employers in the UK now offer a responsibly invested company pension, research from Scottish Widows has revealed. However, the pension provider found that...
Read moreDetailsClick here to join now Benefits Unboxed Live! Thursday 20 March, 2025, 10am-12pm (register here) The first ever Benefits Unboxed Live! webinar from Benefits Expert is going live at...
Read moreDetailsThe risk that employers will fail to comply with regulations will increase when the national minimum wage (NMW) rates rise in April, experts have warned. A survey from accountancy...
Read moreDetailsResearch has revealed that 46 percent of UK employees have taken extended sick leave, classed as more than two weeks off sick, in the past five years. Extended sick...
Read moreDetailsPay awards have stabilised at 3 percent ahead of the increase in employer national insurance in April, indicating a break with the higher payouts seen last year. Awards remained...
Read moreDetailsEmployers and employees agree that state funded healthcare is inadequate, according to research from Grid. The industry body for the group risk sector found that 63 percent of employers,...
Read moreDetailsWith widespread talk of cuts to the government’s benefits budget, research has revealed 79 percent of disabled employees have experienced burnout, which is almost double the rate of their...
Read moreDetailsOn Thursday 20th March World Oral Health Day is celebrated across the world with the aim to empower people with the knowledge, tools and confidence to secure good oral health. Poor oral health...
Read moreDetailsJudges in two US states have ordered federal agencies to rehire probationary employees terminated as part of President Trump’s government downsizing. In a legal case brought by unions 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.
