Rising levels of workplace absence are becoming a major concern for UK employers, with new research suggesting that short and long-term sickness is creating significant financial strain across businesses...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are being urged to offer more targeted mental health support for staff at different life stages, after Aviva research found particular younger and mid-life employees faced particular difficulties....
Read moreDetailsEmployers must take evidence-based, proactive responsibility for workforce mental health through early intervention, personalised support and psychologically safe workplaces. Speaking at the Benefits Expert Summit, Yorkshire Water head of...
Read moreDetailsFlexible working is now a core feature of modern employment, but its success depends on trust, consulting employees and a "focus on output rather than presence". Speaking at a...
Read moreDetailsThe Society of Pension Professionals is calling for smaller employers to be included in new ethnicity pay reporting standards, to improve transparency and narrow the ethnicity pay gap. The...
Read moreDetailsEmployers will be offered a more simplified benefits administration system with Unum’s new digital platform. This will connect both its group risk and cash plan products on a single...
Read moreDetailsPayroll-based emergency savings schemes can overcome common barriers to saving, help employees build short-term financial resilience and increase long-term retirement contributions. Speaking at the Benefits Expert Summit, Nest Insight...
Read moreDetailsBritish Airways has overhauled its approach to pay and benefits after identifying a gap between pay perception and total reward value. It launched a financial empowerment strategy to help...
Read moreDetailsMore than a quarter (26 percent) of UK employees believe their employer is responsible for their wellbeing, but just 29 percent feel their employer actually cares. Research from Reward...
Read moreDetailsHR tech platform Employment Hero has launched a major upgrade to its integration with Indeed as part of efforts to give employers enhanced hiring tools. The upgrade includes free...
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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.
