Chancellor Rachel Reeves congratulated the Lord Mayor of London Alastair King for progress on the ‘Employer Pension Pledge’, in her Mansion House speech last night. More than 20 UK...
Read moreDetailsMore than a million UK workers have quit their jobs since the beginning of 2024 due to a lack of flexible working options, CIPD research has revealed. The findings...
Read moreDetailsInsurers that provide employer-sponsored group risk protection for employees paid £2.68 billion in claims in 2024, according to data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Group Risk...
Read moreDetailsMore than half (55 percent) of senior HR, reward and benefits professionals are more worried about the economic situation than they were on 2 April, 2025, when the US...
Read moreDetailsDefined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the UK are bucking the global trend of retreating from environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, as research revealed a 34 percent increase...
Read moreDetailsAlmost half of UK employers offering car allowances have no visibility of how that money is spent, raising compliance and cost concerns, salary sacrifice car scheme provider Tusker has...
Read moreDetailsAs the UK basks in another scorching heatwave, Google searches for “sickness absence” have spiked 113 percent in the past 24 hours. Provider YuLife, which first spotted the surge,...
Read moreDetailsNine in ten British managers (90 percent) have said that paid bereavement leave should be a legal entitlement for all employees, a survey has revealed. The research from the...
Read moreDetailsThe UK’s defined contribution (DC) pensions landscape is set for major change, as research has revealed that 80 percent of businesses currently offering a DC scheme plan to change...
Read moreDetailsDemand for more visible and accessible rehabilitation support at work is high among employees, according to research from Aviva. This offers employers “a major opportunity” to increase wellbeing, trust,...
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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.
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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.
