The government has set out new plans to overhaul the minimum wage system, with the ambition of delivering a “genuine living wage” and ending what ministers call discriminatory age...
Read moreDetailsIndependent employee benefits specialists Parallel Employee Benefits (Parallel) have unveiled a no-cost platform designed to give small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) access to technology and efficiency used by large...
Read moreDetailsLess than half of people know how their pension investments are performing, according to research from Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). A survey of 1,500 people carried out by Opinium on...
Read moreDetailsExercise is key to illness prevention and productivity improvement. But, for women, it won’t land without a rebrand, says Pippa Andrews, director of corporate business at Vitality At a...
Read moreDetailsMore than a third of British workers aren’t using their workplace health benefits, while many workers who do use them face significant access barriers, according to research from Simplyhealth....
Read moreDetailsWorkplace pension participation reached record levels in 2024, with 89 percent of eligible employees now saving, according to new government figures. However, the rate of new joiners opting out...
Read moreDetailsNationwide Building Society has launched a free telephone benefits calculator service to help people identify unclaimed state support and combat digital exclusion. The initiative, launched in partnership with social...
Read moreDetailsInternational group IFM Investors has called for united action across the investment chain to tackle modern slavery, warning that it is still deeply embedded in the global economy and,...
Read moreDetailsA number of industry bodies have called on MPs to back key amendments to the Employment Rights Bill put forward by the House of Lords last week. The amendments...
Read moreDetailsAs incoming employment rights spark further concerns about rising business costs, Duncan Brown asks, what’s the real cost of failing to treat people with dignity, respect and fairness at...
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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.
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.
