Millwall Football Club has introduced an electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme to enable its employees to make environmentally friendly choices. The initiative is available to all staff earning more...
Read moreDetailsJobseekers want more pay, greater career opportunities and better home working options, research has revealed. The Job Satisfaction Survey study by Lanes Group of more than 2,000 UK workers...
Read moreDetailsEthnicity pay gap reporting should become mandatory “without delay”, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The union body is urging ministers to introduce reporting legislation following the publication...
Read moreDetailsPandora has increased its hourly pay rate for 2,400 employees in the UK and Ireland by up to 14% from this month (April). The global jewellery retailer made the...
Read moreDetailsThree in four (75%) people in the UK don’t know how much they have saved in their pension pot, new research has highlighted. The analysis by Standard Life discovered...
Read moreDetailsNearly three in 10 (29%) of UK employers are planning to cut employee benefits, while more than a quarter (27%) are likely to implement pay freezes this year. The...
Read moreDetailsThe Pensions Regulator (TPR) has authorised the Royal Mail Collective Pension Plan, the first collective defined contribution (CDC) pension scheme in the UK. The Pension Schemes Act 2021 established...
Read moreDetailsAsda is giving employees the chance to take a paid day off work to mark the coronation of King Charles on Monday, 8 May. The supermarket giant’s hourly paid...
Read moreDetailsArcadia Care Homes has given all staff a 30% pay rise from this month (April). The Wales-based company, which operates Aria Care Home in Newport, decided to implement the...
Read moreDetailsFinancially vulnerable employees under 40 could stop contributing to their workplace pensions, potentially leading to a “pensions time bomb” of almost £4 billion, Outra has warned. The data science...
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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.
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.
