Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s indefinite shelving of predecessor Liz Truss’ proposed childcare reforms in January 2023, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for an £8.9bn investment...
Read moreDetailsIn the face of ongoing industrial action over NHS pay, wellbeing and performance provider GoodShape has warned that the issue goes beyond compensation, and that NHS employers should be...
Read moreDetailsAround 30 estates workers employed by the University of Dundee have received a total £16,500 reimbursement of unpaid holiday pay. The disputed holiday payments arose following the ruling in...
Read moreDetailsAgainst a backdrop of high inflation driven by spiralling energy, food and petrol prices, worker shortages, train strikes, increased working from home, and ‘the great resignation’, how we work...
Read moreDetailsHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a campaign urging those working in the UK to check they were paid correctly last year, following research which uncovered thousands of...
Read moreDetailsEmployees at universities across the UK, who are members of trade unions Unite, the University and College Union (UCU), Unison, and the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS), have either...
Read moreDetailsIn a letter to the chair of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC), Minister for Pensions Laura Trott MBE MP has stated the government’s aims to create a metric...
Read moreDetailsJust under half (47%) of organisations collect data on employee health and wellbeing, and within this, only 26% review it regularly, according to research by the Chartered Institute of...
Read moreDetailsApproximately 522,000 economically inactive 50 to 64-year-olds are looking for work, including 25,000 of those who were previously retired, according to Just Group’s analysis of labour market statistics from...
Read moreDetailsRyanair has launched a new employee engagement app to keep its 19,000-strong workforce informed, engaged and connected. The Workvivo platform will allow the airline group to boost collaboration among...
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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.
As the professionals responsible for helping their organisations navigate NI hikes, rising employee stress levels and looming redundancies, the pressure on HR, reward and benefits teams has never been greater.
HR is expected to lead with strength and compassion. But who is supporting the supporters?
In this episode of Benefits Unboxed, co-hosts Claire Churchard, Carole Goldsmith and Steve Herbert explore the emotional and ethical pressures HR face today, from managing redundancies to implementing complex legislation. They discuss why HR’s own wellbeing may not be the first topic of conversation, the risks that poses to employers, and the practical steps businesses can take to better support the wellbeing of the people who support everyone else.
This conversation shines a light on the resilience of the profession and why looking after HR is not just the right thing to do, but a business imperative.
