Almost all defined contribution (DC) pension savers, 97 per cent, support investing their retirement savings into affordable housing, seeing it as a critical social issue, according to research from...
Read moreDetailsFour in five UK employees received smaller pay rises in 2025 than 2024, as data shows that pay increases remained at 3 percent for the seventh consecutive rolling quarter....
Read moreDetailsThe UK has a pensions adequacy problem. Many people are not saving enough into their workplace pensions for a comfortable retirement, and a significant proportion won’t have enough to...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s revived Pensions Commission, led by Baroness Drake, is set to re-examine auto-enrolment and the state pension age (SPA). One of the commission’s aims is to build cross-party...
Read moreDetailsPay gap reporting isn’t just about numbers, it’s about accountability, trust, and driving real change, says Liisa Antola, manager of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and customer outcomes at...
Read moreDetailsTesco’s efforts to appeal against a major equal pay case with around 55,000 claimants have been delayed by an "elephant behind a screen", according to judges at the hearing....
Read moreDetailsThe government has reinstated the Pensions Commission to address concerns that many people retiring in the future will be worse off than pensioners today, with almost half of working...
Read moreDetailsThe government’s Pensions Review, which will look at ways to expand workplace pensions auto-enrolment, could be launched before parliament’s summer recess next week (22 July 2025). The review centres...
Read moreDetailsThe UK gender pay gap has fallen to its lowest level since 2017 as progress towards equal pay grows, according to figures from PWC. The average (mean) hourly gap...
Read moreDetailsThe House of Lords has rejected proposals in the Employment Rights Bill to introduce a day one right to claim unfair dismissal in favour of a six-month qualifying service...
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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.
