Prime minister Keir Starmer has “laid the groundwork for tax rises” with talk of a “painful” October Budget, according to financial experts. Starmer said that since taking office, the...
Read moreDetailsMore than three quarters of employers in Scotland do not have sufficient mental health support for staff, according to a report from Howden Employee Benefits. The report, titled ‘Employee...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are lagging behind employee demand and expectation when it comes to offering salary sacrifice schemes for electric vehicles (EVs). Research from Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) Fleet found that...
Read moreDetailsAs working parents struggle to afford childcare, employers will be tempted to take advantage of nursery schemes offering employees tax/NIC free care, and rightly so. Shawn Healey, an employment...
Read moreDetailsCaroline Harwood, partner and national head of employment tax at BDO, says that while many of Labour's proposals from its 'new deal' remain unchanged, some have been watered down....
Read moreDetailsA third of UK employers who plan to review their company car policy in the year ahead also expect to introduce more green vehicles as part of that. The...
Read moreDetailsEnhanced employment rights, investment in jobs and skills, and, to the surprise of many, the Pensions Bill, were included in the King’s speech today, which sets out the government’s...
Read moreDetailsPensions 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...
Read moreDetails“If Labour gets the keys to Number 11, they’ll need to hit the ground running. They might be exhausted after the relentless campaign, but they can’t afford to rest...
Read moreDetailsThe 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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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.
