While UK small to medium enterprises (SMEs) primarily voiced concerns about rising costs and inflation (40%), people-focused issues centre around workforce mental health (15%), according to research by Nucleus...
Read moreDetailsTechnology solutions business TVD Group has transferred to majority employee ownership, with staff taking a 51% stake in the business. Founders Mat and Dan Brown retained a 49% share,...
Read moreDetailsHealth and wellness business Holland & Barrett has increased pay for its retail employees by 9%, and for its distribution staff by 7%. The pay deal starts from 1...
Read moreDetailsRetail chain Asda has launched a financial wellbeing and flexible salary scheme for its more than 145,000 employees across its 600-plus store locations. Asda signed up to financial wellbeing...
Read moreDetailsThree years after signing up to the Age Friendly Charter, the Isle of Wight Council has achieved recognition as an age-friendly employer. As of May 2020, 42.5% of the...
Read moreDetailsPrimark has introduced a 12% pay rise for around 26,000 UK shop-floor employees from this month (April). Retail assistants will now earn an hourly rate of £11 nationally and...
Read moreDetailsSLC Rail has introduced financial wellbeing support for its 80-plus employees nationally as part of a new cost-of-living benefits package. The Birmingham, UK-based rail consultancy firm is offering staff...
Read moreDetailsEmployers and workplace employee assistance programmes (EAPs) are more essential than ever in providing mental health support, new figures suggest. A survey of Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA UK)...
Read moreDetailsBenefact Group has implemented an electric vehicle salary sacrifice for its employees in the UK as one of several measures introduced by the firm to reduce carbon emissions. The...
Read moreDetailsAlmost half (49%) of UK workers believe a good social life significantly affects their mental health and overall job satisfaction, a Glassdoor analysis has found. The figures showed that...
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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.
