Employers urged to be flexible during teacher strikes
Employers are being urged to offer flexibility as more than 100,000 teachers go on strike today (1 February) in a row over pay. The walkout is the first of...
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Poundstretcher staff pay rises to complement existing benefits
A 10% pay rise for staff announced by Poundstretcher will complement its existing employee benefits offering, according to the company. The high street retailer, which is awarding the increase...
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UK firefighters vote to strike over wages
UK firefighters have voted to strike over pay after rejecting a below-inflation offer of a 5% increase in November last year. The decision is the result of two separate...
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Jet2.com and Jet2holidays award more pay and shares for staff
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is giving all employers a pay rise of 9% this April, as well as an extra 1% of profits for those in its share scheme, to reward “the...
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Amazon strikers deserve more pay, says GMB
The GMB union has insisted Amazon bosses must help staff make ends meet after workers staged their first ever UK strike yesterday (25 January). Hundreds of employees at the...
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HC-One launches cost-of-living benefits package
UK care home provider HC-One has unveiled a number of reward and benefits initiatives to help employees with the cost-of-living crisis. The new provisions include a reward platform which...
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Most London employers offering crisis support beyond pay
Two in three employers in London are providing additional employee benefits to help staff manage the cost-of-living crisis, a new survey has revealed. Business campaign group BusinessLDN found that...
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Spotify offers severance pay and healthcare as it slashes workforce
Music streaming business Spotify has pledged to continue offering healthcare and provide severance pay after announcing plans to cut 600 jobs globally. In a blog post to staff, its...
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Google parent Alphabet allows laid-off US staff to retain benefits
Alphabet Inc, the parent company of Google, has told employees in the US they will be allowed to keep some of their employee benefits as they cut 12,000 jobs...
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Claire O’Sullivan, Millwall Football Club: Managing expectations is a constant juggling act
Based in at The Den in Bermondsey, south London, Millwall Football Club was established in 1885. It has suffered reputational damage over the years with supporters often associated with...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
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.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
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.
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