Siobhan Baillie MP believes costly employee benefits could be a waste of money if parents aren’t offered support at work when going through a separation or divorce. Speaking in...
Read moreDetailsMost employers want their workforces back in the office, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s director-general. Tony Danker thinks that, as a result of the pandemic, the...
Read moreDetailsAround 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...
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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.
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.
