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...
Read moreDetailsMore 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...
Read moreDetailsThe 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...
Read moreDetailsAs predicted before the chancellor’s spring statement, Rachel Reeves offered no update on the second phase of the government’s landmark pensions review. This is despite a major government focus...
Read moreDetailsChancellor 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...
Read moreDetailsTwo-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...
Read moreDetailsNext month's increases in the minimum wage make opening up auto-enrolment to employees under 22 “even more pressing”, according to Kate Smith, head of pensions at Aegon. Her comments...
Read moreDetailsFive major sports broadcasters and media production firms broke the law on fixing freelance pay rates and have been fined £4 million in total by the regulator. A Competition...
Read moreDetailsThe risk that employers will fail to comply with regulations will increase when the national minimum wage (NMW) rates rise in April, experts have warned. A survey from accountancy...
Read moreDetailsPay awards have stabilised at 3 percent ahead of the increase in employer national insurance in April, indicating a break with the higher payouts seen last year. Awards remained...
Read moreDetailsEmployers and employees agree that state funded healthcare is inadequate, according to research from Grid. The industry body for the group risk sector found that 63 percent of employers,...
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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.
