Just one in five employees can access payroll giving
New research from Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has found that just one in five (18%) of employees say they have access to payroll giving at work. Released to coincide...
Read moreDetailsNew research from Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has found that just one in five (18%) of employees say they have access to payroll giving at work. Released to coincide...
Read moreDetailsEmployee benefits app Engage has enhanced its health, wellbeing and financial services offering. HIVE360, the company behind the service, introduced the changes in a bid to address the main...
Read moreDetailsThe Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the government to scrap the 25% tax-free lump sum in a report published today (6 February), which also suggests including pension...
Read moreDetailsThe biggest day of strike action in the history of the NHS is taking place today (6 February) in a row over pay. Nursing and ambulance staff in England...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are being urged to provide more workplace health support and promote what is available in the employee benefits package ahead of World Cancer Day this Saturday (4 February)....
Read moreDetailsMore than seven in 10 line managers believe they are capable of supporting employees with health and wellbeing at work, a study has found. Research from Working To Wellbeing...
Read moreDetailsEE is introducing flexible bank holidays for employees in its consumer division. The deal means that anyone working on the five non-festive bank holidays will ne able to take...
Read moreDetailsNearly two in five (39%) employees value finishing work early on Fridays above other workplace perks, new research has revealed. The survey of 5,000 working adults by global recruiter...
Read moreDetailsVeitchi (Holdings) Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme has completed an £8 million full buy-in for members of its pension scheme. The specialist service provider to the construction industry worked with...
Read moreDetailsAxa Health has told chancellor Jeremy Hunt he should implement a tax cut for employers providing private medical insurance (PMI) and wellbeing services in next month’s Budget. The submission...
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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.