Benefits risk ‘stagnation’ without better ROI data, warn researchers
A third of proposals to change and invest in employee benefits are being blocked by management teams due to a lack of evidence that the plans would achieve the...
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Bupa: How can businesses enhance employee wellbeing while also promoting environmental sustainability?
Over half of the world’s population now live in cities, including many of our employees. They are experiencing the growing health impacts of a changing climate, with cities now...
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HR professionals indicate ‘some dissatisfaction’ with pay
Supporting employees is the top reason people like working in HR, but pay for people professionals is less satisfactory, research has indicated. A poll of 300 HR professionals found...
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Retain your talent with a smarter approach to pay progression
When employees see little room for pay growth, talent retention suffers. But by refocusing pay progression, employers can maximise investment and keep key people engaged, says Holly Coe, senior...
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Risk of healthcare sector ‘talent drain’ as benefits fall short
The majority (87 percent) of healthcare sector workers want their employer to invest more in employee benefits this year, research has found. However, the same research shows that just...
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Full extent of cancer carers’ time off hidden from HR
More than a million workers are caring for someone with cancer alongside their job, forcing them to take up to an average of six and a half days off...
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Scottish Widows launches pension default fund to ‘maximise’ savings
Financial provider Scottish Widows has evolved its workplace pension default fund to help “maximise” savings growth for employees. A pension default fund is the option employers offer employees that...
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Spring statement 2025: £1bn investment fails to address employer concerns
The chancellor’s spring statement failed to address key workplace challenges that employers are facing, according to the CIPD and the boss of the ManpowerGroup UK. The CIPD said that...
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Spring statement 2025: Reeves earmarks £1bn for employment support as welfare cuts loom
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government will invest £1 billion to provide guaranteed, personalised employment support to help people back into work as she presented her spring statement...
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Employers review payroll providers and job cuts as economic pressures bite
Two-thirds (67 percent) of UK companies are considering cutting jobs as a result of economic uncertainty, according to research with 500 senior business decision-makers. More than three quarters (76...
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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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