Inflation data prompts fresh calls to cut interest rate
ONS figures out today confirm that inflation remains at 2 percent, prompting calls for the Bank of England (BoE) to lower interest rates to take the brakes off growth. ...
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Dearth of GenAI governance stymies workplace potential
The potential of generative AI (GenAI) to improve business outcomes is well understood by employers, but a lack of comprehensive governance policies around using it at work is holding...
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Labour’s top three employment law proposals set to have ‘biggest impact’
A survey of HR professionals has identified the top three employment law proposals from the new government expected to have “the biggest impact” for employers. More than half (54...
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GE24: Pensions changes could ‘move quickly’; question mark over pot for life
Pensions provider Aegon has called on the new Labour government to establish an independent ‘Pensions and Savings Commission’, after the party secured a sweeping victory in the 2024 general...
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GE24: ‘Strong partnerships’ required for seismic policy change, say CIPD and CBI
Labour’s landmark victory in the 2024 general election means major reforms are in the pipeline for reward, benefits, skills and employment policy. With such seismic policy shifts ahead, the...
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Who is on your payroll? Would you pass HMRC scrutiny?
The time of ‘light touch’ penalties for employers that fail to comply with Off-Payroll Working rules for IR35 are over, warn tax experts from BDO. Nick Duffin, employment tax...
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Greece’s move to six-day week ‘backward step’, warns CIPD
Certain private sector employees in Greece could be asked to work a six-day week following legislation that came into force on 1 July, 2024. The rules that allow employers...
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Bereavement: how HR can help people through the administrative struggles
The rules around bereavement leave may well change with the next government, and Mark Wood, chairman of Everest, says it presents an opportunity for employers to better educate, engage...
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Voters ‘eager’ for meaningful pension review, survey finds
There is substantial support among voters for the next government to conduct a comprehensive pension and savings review, according to a poll by online pension provider PensionBee. The survey...
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Employer bodies call for pensions overhaul to avert ‘retirement poverty’
As the main political parties started rolling out their election manifestos this week, calls for a systemic overhaul of private and state pensions have come in an open letter...
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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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