Supermarket chain Lidl GB will increase pay for thousands of employees from 1 September 2025 as the employer confirmed its fifth wage uplift in just two years, which it...
Read moreDetailsAlmost two fifths (39 percent) of people in the UK could struggle to cover their basic needs in retirement, with workers in Northern Ireland and the North East facing...
Read moreDetailsRecruitment firm Reed has enhanced its employee benefits and green credentials with a new electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme, which it has promoted with its annual ‘golden ticket’...
Read moreDetailsAlmost one in four (37 percent) workers aged 55 plus would consider leaving their job if flexible hours were significantly reduced, according to a report from the Standard Life...
Read moreDetailsUK gross domestic product (GDP) continued to increase in the second quarter of 2025, although growth has slowed from the first quarter of the year. Figures from the Office...
Read moreDetailsNHS England data shows 2.16 million people sought mental health support in June, with the majority being working age adults. The data shows that 1.44 million people contacted adult...
Read moreDetailsPIB Employee Benefits has bought Atwood Benefits UK (Atwood) as it continues to expand its global employees benefits business. The addition of Atwood, a consulting firm that specialises in...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of organisations in the pensions industry run apprenticeship programmes, according to the Society of Pension Professionals (SPP). A poll of SPP corporate membership, which spans actuaries,...
Read moreDetailsTwo in five employers admit they take a passive approach to promoting benefits and leave it to employees to initiate take-up. Grid, the industry body for the group risk...
Read moreDetailsMarks & Spencer has confirmed changes to its People Leadership Team, as the retailer's long-serving people director Sarah Findlater is set to leave the business in the autumn after...
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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.
