Around 62.5% of UK workers are considering leaving their existing jobs if their employers fail to recognise or help them with their financial difficulties, according to research from Workhuman....
Read moreDetailsThe government has confirmed that auto-enrolment thresholds will be held at their current levels for the next year. The decision was taken to “ensure the continued stability of the...
Read moreDetailsRetiring just two years after the future minimum pension age of 57 could mean an extra £22,000 in pension pots while waiting until age 66 could mean an additional...
Read moreDetailsThe GMB union has insisted Amazon bosses must help staff make ends meet after workers staged their first ever UK strike yesterday (25 January). Hundreds of employees at the...
Read moreDetailsUK care home provider HC-One has unveiled a number of reward and benefits initiatives to help employees with the cost-of-living crisis. The new provisions include a reward platform which...
Read moreDetailsTwo in three employers in London are providing additional employee benefits to help staff manage the cost-of-living crisis, a new survey has revealed. Business campaign group BusinessLDN found that...
Read moreDetailsMusic streaming business Spotify has pledged to continue offering healthcare and provide severance pay after announcing plans to cut 600 jobs globally. In a blog post to staff, its...
Read moreDetailsHybrid workers who split their time between office and home working are less likely to feel burned out than their fully office-based counterparts, new research has found. The study...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s refusal to make menopause a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and its rejection of a large-scale pilot of menopause leave in England have been met...
Read moreDetailsAlphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, has told employees in the US they will be allowed to keep some of their employee benefits as they cut 12,000 jobs...
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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.
