Mental health claims made through private health insurance have more than doubled in just five years, according to new data from Vitality, underscoring the growing demand for workplace mental...
Read moreDetailsWorkplace health and wellbeing have never mattered more. With sickness absence levels rising and the NHS under growing strain, employers are rethinking how they look after their people and...
Read moreDetailsDental insurance remains a key gap in workplace wellbeing packages as two in three employees would like dental cover as part of their benefits but only one in three...
Read moreDetailsOne in six businesses would face insolvency if the government pushes forward with plans to increase employer auto-enrolment pension contributions, according to new research. This survey, from pension consultants...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are significantly overestimating how much employees value their workplace benefits, according to new research from industry body Grid. The study found that while 92% of employers believe staff...
Read moreDetailsTowergate Employee Benefits appointed Sarah Webb as senior project manager within its benefit technology team. Webb with be responsible for overseeing the employee benefits technology projects, processes, and working...
Read moreDetailsThe United Kingdom has entered the top ten most financially inclusive markets globally, moving up to 10th place out of 42 countries in the 2025 Global Financial Inclusion Index...
Read moreDetailsWhile minimal progress on the gender pay gap has been hard-won, another inequality continues to deepen in its wake: the gender pension and wealth gap. Largely avoiding mainstream media...
Read moreDetailsCigna Healthcare’s Global Health Benefits (GHB) business has expanded its partnership with Carrot Fertility to offer end-to-end support for fertility, family-building and hormonal health to eligible employees and covered...
Read moreDetailsEmployers risk higher burnout, disengagement and absenteeism if they fail to support neurodivergent employees, according to Heka. According to Heka’s 2026 Employee Wellbeing Report, there’s been a sixfold increase...
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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.
