The businesses behind estate agent Purplebricks, fashion retailer Jigsaw, and TV chef Rick Stein’s company are among ten organisations named by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for...
Read moreDetailsEmployers 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...
Read moreDetailsMore 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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Read moreDetailsThe 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...
Read moreDetailsThe 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...
Read moreDetailsThe 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...
Read moreDetailsPhoenix 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...
Read moreDetailsA 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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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.
