Why marketing will define tomorrow’s reward leaders
Employers invest heavily in benefits but if the story doesn’t land with employees the spend is wasted. Reward teams need to adopt the skills of great marketers to make...
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Employers brace for Budget restrictions on pension salary sacrifice
More than 90 percent of employers believe the chancellor will restrict pension salary sacrifice schemes in next month’s Autumn Budget, research has revealed. A survey of 505 C-suite executives...
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The Benefits Expert Guide to Protecting Your Workforce, September 2025
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO PROTECTING YOUR WORKFORCE 2025 The UK’s group risk protection market is still growing, as employers seek workforce resilience, exclusive data...
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‘Optimism bias’ masks health risks as employers urged to champion check ups
‘Know Your Numbers Week’ is a prime opportunity for employers to champion preventative health checks for employees. The blood pressure awareness week (8-14 September) highlights the importance of health...
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Expert warns employers ‘get ahead of new menopause rules or face real risks’
The explicit inclusion of new menopause rules for employers in the Employment Rights Bill has prompted experts to urge employers to act now or face “real risks”. Government analysis...
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£74bn savings gap sparks call for new workplace social contract
The Poverty Strategy Commission, led by Baroness Stroud, has urged employers to ensure wages prevent poverty and support staff health, wellbeing and financial resilience. The call comes in its final...
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CMA guide warns HR over illegal pay-fixing after collusion scandal
The UK’s competition watchdog has published fresh guidance warning HR and reward professionals against anti-competitive behaviour in recruitment and pay-setting. The new guidance follows a high-profile case in March...
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Pensions firm Phoenix Group to rebrand as Standard Life
Phoenix Group will rebrand as Standard Life plc in March 2026 to provide greater clarity to clients and employees. The group said that the change brings “our most trusted...
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Perkbox rebrand and unified platform launch ‘just the start’
A year after the merger of benefits firms Perkbox and Vivup in 2024, the company has rebranded as Perkbox and launched a fully unified platform to offer the best...
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Financial education 50/30/20 budgeting rule dubbed ‘terrible advice’
The popular 50/30/20 budgeting rule, used in employee financial education, has been described as “terrible advice” that was built for a different economic era. 50/30/20 no longer reflects the...
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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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GUIDE TO PROTECTING YOUR WORKFORCE
