Employers are offering pay rises to keep top talent within their workforces, research by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has revealed. The HR and people development...
Read moreDetailsSpecialist wine retailer Majestic Wine employs around 1,350 people and operates more than 200 stores across the UK. In April this year, the company restructured its pay and reward...
Read moreDetailsThousands of council workers in Scotland have voted to strike over pay, Unite has confirmed. The union says its members, who work in education and early years services across...
Read moreDetailsBritish Airways (BA) staff have secured a 13.1% wage increase and a one-off payment of £1,000, which will benefit around 24,000 employees. According to Unite, the pay rise will...
Read moreDetailsTesco is giving all 300,000 of its employees the right to request flexible working with immediate effect – almost a year ahead of the introduction of a new law....
Read moreDetailsShoosmiths is extending its range of family-friendly provisions from 1 September. The law firm, which has 1,500-plus employees across 14 UK locations, will be enhancing its leave package for...
Read moreDetailsNew research from the Living Wage Foundation has found that 10% of UK workers – around 3.4 million people – are in low-paid and insecure jobs. The survey, carried...
Read moreDetailsDespite evidence that some black and ethnic minorities face multiple disadvantages in the workplace and pressure from campaign groups, the government has stopped short of making ethnicity pay gap...
Read moreDetailsAvon Fire & Rescue Service (AFR&S) has reported its gender pay gap for 2023, showing a growth from 0.18% in favour of women to 3.37% in favour of men...
Read moreDetailsTeachers in England have accepted a government pay deal and called off strikes in the autumn after 86% of NEU members agreed to a 6.5% wage increase. The UK...
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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.
