Group risk market thrives despite cost-of-living crisis
UK group risk market premiums reached a record high in 2022, exceeding £3 billion for the first time, according to Swiss Re. Swiss Re’s Group Watch report revealed an...
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Superdrug and Savers roll out new wellbeing benefits
Superdrug and Savers are rolling out a host of wellbeing benefits throughout the year to support employees financially through the cost-of-living crisis. The brands, which are part of the...
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Atradius gives employees second cost-of-living payment in six months
Atradius is giving employees a £2,000 cost-of-living payment, following on from a £1,600 pay-out last October. The Cardiff, UK-based trade credit insurance company, which employs 426 workers in the...
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Huge rise in employers offering household bills support, study finds
The number of job advertisements offering support with household bills was 68 times more in 2022 than in 2021, according to new data. Research carried out by Totaljobs found...
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Sodexo equalises parental leave and enhances benefits
Sodexo UK and Ireland is equalising parental leave and enhancing employee benefits for its workforce. The company plans to boost maternity, adoption and paternity paid leave for its frontline...
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Part-timers could face £119,000 pension penalty
Part-time workers could face a pension penalty of up to £119,000, a new analysis has revealed. The study carried out by Standard Life found that full-time employees earning £25,000...
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One in four say hybrid working helps physical and mental health
More than one in four (27%) of hybrid workers say it has a positive effect on their mental health, according to new research. A survey by TravelPerk found that...
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Southeastern awarded menopause-friendly accreditation
Rail transport business Southeastern has been accredited as a menopause-friendly employer by industry body Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace. Henpicked’s Menopause Friendly Accreditation sets out a number of standards...
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Thomson Reuters creates global minimum standard parental leave policy
Data and information business Thomson Reuters has introduced a minimum policy of 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents across its global operations, as part of a...
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Unum finds 30% of health appointments relate to mental wellbeing
Employee benefits provider Unum UK has reported that 30% of appointments booked through its health and wellbeing app Help@hand in January and February 2023 were related to mental health....
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
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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