Lidl joins Aldi as top-paying UK supermarket
Lidl GB has become joint top-paying UK supermarket, alongside rival Aldi, in terms of wages offered to employees. From today (1 September), the supermarket giant is raising pay for...
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Greencore workers to strike over pay
Greencore employees are set to walk out in a row over “poverty-levels of pay” after the company failed to improve its offer, Unite has announced. More than 500 workers...
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Equal pay law to be reinstated, government confirms
Equal pay legislation that was scrapped post-Brexit will be reinstated, the UK government has confirmed. The protection means that women will keep the right to the same pay and...
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Standard Chartered boosts global parental leave benefits
Standard Chartered is rolling out enhanced global parental leave provisions to make them more inclusive for its employees. From next month (1 September), the bank plans to standardise the...
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EAPs top health benefits list for fourth year
Employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are the most common health benefits provided by employers for the fourth year in a row, new research has revealed. A benefits and allowances survey...
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Three in five parents say flexible working options inadequate
Nearly three in five working parents think their employer's flexible working arrangements are inadequate, a survey has found. Research by From Another revealed that seven in 10 (70%) mothers...
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Vivup EAP gains first UK accreditation
Vivup’s employee assistance programme (EAP) has become the first in the UK to gain accreditation from the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA). The EAPA standards were created to strengthen...
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Lem-uhn allows employees to work from anywhere
Lem-uhn has launched a new scheme which allows employees to work from anywhere for up to 45 days a year. The PR agency is now offering its staff the...
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XPO Logistics enhances paternity pay
XPO Logistics has enhanced paternity pay for staff in the UK and Ireland as part of a suite of family-friendly policies. The transport and logistics business, which employs around 5,000...
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One in six say employer has offered no cost-of-living support
Just one in six (15%) employees say they have been offered help with the cost of living by their employer, new research has revealed. The survey, commissioned by the...
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Benefits Unboxed
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.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
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.
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