A large majority (84 percent) of workers think employers should support them with the cost of living crisis. But only half of employees believe their employer cares about the...
Read moreDetailsProvider Simplyhealth has partnered with a digital physiotherapy firm to offer on-demand virtual physio sessions as figures for January 2024 show there are more than 300,000 patients on a...
Read moreDetailsA select committee has called for reforms to statutory sick pay (SSP) as the benefit is “failing in its primary purpose” as a safety net for ill employees. In...
Read moreDetailsAs employers face a world of work in “full metamorphosis”, one expert says it’s high time for a corporate immune system check up. In these unsettled times, a shot...
Read moreDetailsThe minimum wage has reversed the UK’s trend of rising pay inequality and increased wages for millions of the lowest paid workers by up to £6,000 a year. The...
Read moreDetailsToxic managers poison the workplace culture for a third of UK staff, according to a report based on Opinium research published by Corndel. HR is very aware of the...
Read moreDetailsAviva has launched an innovative pension scheme with ride hailing app Bolt to offer registered drivers a pension the duo have called “an industry first”. Previously, drivers may have...
Read moreDetailsUK savings firm Plane Saver Credit Union has partnered with benefits provider Vivup to offer lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits to its 26,000 members and 36 members of staff....
Read moreDetailsAXA Commercial, which provides advice on insurance and risk management to SMEs, has appointed Paul Tombs as director of its SME intermediary business. Tombs will take up the role...
Read moreDetailsWith 2.7 million UK adults out of work due to ill health, a report has warned “the rise shows little sign of slowing”. The Resolution Foundation report, which examined...
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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.
