The UK’s National Living Wage (NLW) has delivered sharp pay rises for low-paid workers but could create long-term challenges for employers and the economy, research has found. A study...
Read moreDetailsGovernment plans to reintroduce employment tribunal fees for workers that want to bring a claim risk worsening backlogs and raising costs for employers, employment lawyers have warned. Labour ministers...
Read moreDetailsGreater awareness of neurodiversity alone won’t plug the employment gap, say inclusion experts. So how can employers attract and retain neurodivergent talent through more inclusive reward and benefits strategies?...
Read moreDetailsParents worried about their children’s mental health are now one of the top three reasons employees contact workplace employee assistance programmes (EAPs). Data from the Employee Assistance Professionals Association...
Read moreDetailsThe financial impact of parenthood on women’s earnings has been revealed, reigniting debate around the ‘motherhood penalty’ and what employers can do to mitigate it. Fresh analysis from the...
Read moreDetailsNearly one in three cancer patients in the UK have had to dip into savings and 29% face extra costs of over £1,000 a month, according to Zurich UK...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are set to be asked to take on a much greater role in tackling long-term sickness and workforce inactivity, according to Sir Charlie Mayfield. The former John Lewis...
Read moreDetailsGlobal health and performance platform GoJoe has partnered with benefits and wellbeing hub Epassi UK to combine their digital and physical wellbeing services. Employers across the UK and Europe...
Read moreDetailsMore than a quarter of UK adults have paid for private medical treatment in the past five years, spending an average of £6,000 each, research has revealed. The findings,...
Read moreDetailsHealth secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed there will be no VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming Budget, stating: “It’s not happening.” His intervention followed reports that the chancellor...
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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.
