Is the 4-day-week as beneficial as some claim?
As more than 200 UK companies signed up to offer workers a permanent four-day working week, one chief people officer has questioned whether such a broad move is really...
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Majority trust AI to ‘inform’ work as ‘AI arms race’ ramps up
Almost two thirds of people (63 percent) would trust artificial intelligence (AI) to inform important decisions at work, although not necessarily to make the final decision. This was the...
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Data points to ‘silent mental health crisis’ among older workers
Older workers feel excluded from conversations around mental health and developments in artificial intelligence that could boost workplace wellbeing, research has revealed. A study of 2,500 UK employees found...
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End of an era as benefits provider Towergate set to rebrand
The benefits brand Towergate is set to end as Ardonagh Advisory begins its rebrand to Everywhen. Towegate provides a number of employee health and lifestyle benefits, and insurance, and...
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Keep Britain Working review launches to tackle long term sickness
A review to examine how businesses and the government can support people with long-term illness and disabilities to get back into work and to stay in work has launched...
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WFH debate: are leaders missing the evidence on productivity?
This week former Asda and M&S boss Lord Stuart Rose said working from home was “not proper work”. In an interview with BBC Panorama, Lord Rose said home working...
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Employers call for government support to tackle long-term sickness
Most UK employers (82 percent) acknowledge the critical role they have in addressing long-term sickness absence and getting people back into work. However, with 2.8 million people classed as...
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Rising NI costs boost contract hiring as employers warned ‘beware off-payroll tax rules’
Tax experts have warned employers to avoid falling foul of off-payroll labour tax rules as more businesses shift to using contract workers ahead of changes to employer national insurance...
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‘UK should roll back some DEI’ say nearly 4 in 10 employers
Almost four in ten senior HR, finance and c-suite professionals in the UK agree that the UK should roll back some diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) measures, research has...
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Can HR stop soaring PMI costs draining the benefits budget?
At the start of this year there were 7.5 million people waiting for treatment on the NHS, this has led “a lot of employers to recognise that they can't...
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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 – Wellbeing: HR is supporting everyone, but who’s supporting HR?
As the professionals responsible for helping their organisations navigate NI hikes, rising employee stress levels and looming redundancies, the pressure on HR, reward and benefits teams has never been greater.
HR is expected to lead with strength and compassion. But who is supporting the supporters?
In this episode of Benefits Unboxed, co-hosts Claire Churchard, Carole Goldsmith and Steve Herbert explore the emotional and ethical pressures HR face today, from managing redundancies to implementing complex legislation. They discuss why HR’s own wellbeing may not be the first topic of conversation, the risks that poses to employers, and the practical steps businesses can take to better support the wellbeing of the people who support everyone else.
This conversation shines a light on the resilience of the profession and why looking after HR is not just the right thing to do, but a business imperative.
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