Chronic illness has overtaken unemployment as the primary reason for economic inactivity across the UK, according to data analysis by employee benefits provider YuLife. Using 2024 data from the...
Read moreDetailsFor all the investment in employee benefits, too many staff remain in the dark about what's really on offer and where they stand financially, both now and in the...
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 moreDetailsNearly half of UK firms are using digital tools to retain critical institutional and leadership knowledge as Baby Boomers and Gen X near retirement. The research, with 500 business...
Read moreDetailsVitality has launched a feature within its UK app to increase employee physical activity and productivity. The Employee Challenges tool is available for companies with Vitality cover, giving employers...
Read moreDetailsMoney-related stress is driving absence, side hustles and despair, but smarter, more personalised financial wellbeing benefits could help turn the tide, writes Claire Churchard For many employees today, financial...
Read moreDetailsMore than half of call centre workers say they care about their company and are engaged in their roles, yet rising levels of stress are prompting many to consider...
Read moreDetailsMore organisations have connected to the pensions dashboard programme as Nest, Smart Pension and consultancy firm XPS Group become the latest in the list. Under this first stage of...
Read moreDetailsEmployers will have a vital role in ensuring the government’s plan to reinvent the NHS leads to meaningful health improvements across the UK, commentators have said. The aim of...
Read moreDetailsPension finding platform Raindrop located £218 million worth of lost pensions in the first six months of 2025. This unclaimed money was sitting across close to 20,000 lost pensions...
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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.
