Broadway Insurance is set to branch out into offering employee benefits group protection. The firm’s expansion into this area of business will be led by director Stuart Lowe, who...
Read moreDetailsAn analysis of AI companies operating in the UK has flagged that “too many” focus on improving existing business processes rather than pursuing exciting innovations that could change people’s...
Read moreDetailsThe government and employers have been urged to launch a review of the support for women’s health and reproductive challenges at work in a bid to keep more women...
Read moreDetailsZurich Corporate Risk has launched two new services, Precision CancerCare™ and Second Medical Opinion (SMO), as part of its group risk employee benefits for new and reviewing customers. The...
Read moreDetailsHR faces a challenging landscape in 2025 as 80.5 percent say national insurance (NI) increases have negatively impacted cost management and workforce planning. More than three-fifths (62.5 percent) report...
Read moreDetailsSix in ten (61 percent) small to medium-sized employers (SMEs) plan to change their approach to benefits as a result of rises in employer national insurance on 6 April,...
Read moreDetailsAmong employers with overseas employees only 35 percent benchmark their benefits to ensure they comply with local legislation, research has found. Legal requirements to provide employee benefits vary across...
Read moreDetailsMore than a fifth (21 percent) of employees have successfully requested flexible working since the Flexible Working Act was introduced in April 2024. However, the same proportion (21 percent)...
Read moreDetailsAlmost a third (31 percent) of workers have admitted that money worries had negatively affected their work performance. A survey of around 5,000 employees, conducted in February 2025 and...
Read moreDetailsEmployee participation in workplace saving increased “dramatically” during trials of an opt-out payroll savings scheme from Nest Insight. Researchers from the research and innovation centre ran the first major...
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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.
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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.
