Most UK employers expect to keep budgets for salary increases flat for 2026, with the average rise expected to remain at 3.6 percent, matching pay increases for 2025. This...
Read moreDetailsThe government has unveiled plans to give employees the right to bereavement leave following pregnancy loss at any stage, including before 24 weeks. The change will be included in...
Read moreDetailsEmployers will have a vital role in ensuring the government’s plan to reinvent the NHS leads to meaningful health improvements across the UK, commentators have said. The aim of...
Read moreDetailsWorkers on average earnings could see their retirement savings grow by up to £29,000 under landmark reforms in the government’s Pension Schemes Bill, the government has said. The legislation,...
Read moreDetailsUK pension schemes cut carbon as politics blows hot and cold CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE WORKPLACE PENSIONS 2025 The majority...
Read moreDetailsVirgin Group has launched a refreshed benefits package shaped directly by employees in London and New York. The employer said the revamp challenges traditional workplace support and reflects employee...
Read moreDetailsYounger generation Z employees are facing serious financial pressure and are increasingly looking to their employers for meaningful support, research from benefits provider Boostworks has found. The nationally representative...
Read moreDetailsThe government has published a roadmap for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, which sets out a staggered timeline to allow businesses time to adapt. April 2026 is the first...
Read moreDetailsPension finding platform Raindrop located £218 million worth of lost pensions in the first six months of 2025. This unclaimed money was sitting across close to 20,000 lost pensions...
Read moreDetailsAlmost half (47 percent) of employers report increased workforce productivity when their employees’ health and wellbeing is supported, according to new research with 500 UK HR decision-makers. The research,...
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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.
