‘Know Your Numbers Week’ is a prime opportunity for employers to champion preventative health checks for employees. The blood pressure awareness week (8-14 September) highlights the importance of health...
Read moreDetailsThe explicit inclusion of new menopause rules for employers in the Employment Rights Bill has prompted experts to urge employers to act now or face “real risks”. Government analysis...
Read moreDetailsThe Poverty Strategy Commission, led by Baroness Stroud, has urged employers to ensure wages prevent poverty and support staff health, wellbeing and financial resilience. The call comes in its final...
Read moreDetailsThe UK’s competition watchdog has published fresh guidance warning HR and reward professionals against anti-competitive behaviour in recruitment and pay-setting. The new guidance follows a high-profile case in March...
Read moreDetailsWellbeing provider Wellhub has acquired Urban Sports Club (USC) in a $600 million (£443.5m) deal set to create a combined corporate wellness platform serving 5 million employees. The provider...
Read moreDetailsUK employees are taking almost two working weeks off sick each year on average, according to fresh data from the CIPD and Simplyhealth. Researchers warned that employers must take...
Read moreDetailsPhoenix Group will rebrand as Standard Life plc in March 2026 to provide greater clarity to clients and employees. The group said that the change brings “our most trusted...
Read moreDetailsA year after the merger of benefits firms Perkbox and Vivup in 2024, the company has rebranded as Perkbox and launched a fully unified platform to offer the best...
Read moreDetailsThe popular 50/30/20 budgeting rule, used in employee financial education, has been described as “terrible advice” that was built for a different economic era. 50/30/20 no longer reflects the...
Read moreDetailsUnum UK has entered the health cash plan market with the launch of Health Plan 360. The employee benefits provider said its digital-first cash plan has been designed to...
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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.
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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.
