Nearly half of mid-market businesses are exploring how salary sacrifice could help them counter the hit of employer national insurance tax rises, a survey has found. Research with 500...
Read moreDetailsThe 2024 Autumn budget has put salary sacrifice in the spotlight, and the advantages, for many, are there for all to see, says Steve Watson, director of policy and...
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Read moreDetailsA fall in UK gross domestic product (GDP) has prompted calls for the government to reverse its hike in employer national insurance contributions (NICs), unveiled in October's budget. Data...
Read moreDetailsClose to half of professionals hoping for an end of year bonus will be disappointed, salary data has revealed. Robert Walters' Salary Survey with employers found that 45 percent...
Read moreDetailsMore than three-quarters (77 percent) of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are reviewing their employee benefits with plans to boost packages, research has found. The research from Howden...
Read moreDetailsEmployers that have said they will not hire younger people or take on apprentices as a result of the rise in employer national insurance (NI) could be making their...
Read moreDetailsAlmost a third of business owners have said they will need to make redundancies in the year ahead. Research from Evelyn Partners conducted in the run-up to the Autumn ...
Read moreDetailsEmployer plans for pay awards in the public sector have overtaken those in the private sector for the first time since Autumn 2020. Previously, the public sector had the...
Read moreDetailsA private medical insurer (PMI) might be expected to answer employee calls for health benefits by giving staff access to its own brand of PMI, however, Rebecca Pearson, general...
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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.
