Open letter urges ministers to tackle women’s health gaps at work
The government and employers have been urged to launch a review of the support for women’s health and reproductive challenges at work in a bid to keep more women...
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Six in ten SMEs rethink benefits as NI hikes come in
Six in ten (61 percent) small to medium-sized employers (SMEs) plan to change their approach to benefits as a result of rises in employer national insurance on 6 April,...
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Productivity fears drive 28% of employer flexible work rejections
More than a fifth (21 percent) of employees have successfully requested flexible working since the Flexible Working Act was introduced in April 2024. However, the same proportion (21 percent)...
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Money worries hit work performance for one in three people, finds CIPD
Almost a third (31 percent) of workers have admitted that money worries had negatively affected their work performance. A survey of around 5,000 employees, conducted in February 2025 and...
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Opt-out workplace savings trial ‘dramatically’ boosts employee participation
Employee participation in workplace saving increased “dramatically” during trials of an opt-out payroll savings scheme from Nest Insight. Researchers from the research and innovation centre ran the first major...
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Perkbox Vivup secures strategic leader that ‘shifted the dial’ for civil service benefits
Natalie Jutla, former benefits guru at the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), has joined Perkbox Vivup to lead its financial wellbeing and workplace strategy. At Defra,...
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The Benefits Expert Guide to Helping Employees Save 2025
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY OF THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO HELPING EMPLOYEES SAVE The number of employees saving into non-pension workplace schemes has grown significantly in the...
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Trump’s tariffs: great but terrible
Veteran HR and employee benefits expert Steve Herbert provides a personal perspective on the latest Trump tariffs. One of my all-time favourite film quotes is that of Mr Ollivander...
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Bupa: How can businesses enhance employee wellbeing while also promoting environmental sustainability?
Over half of the world’s population now live in cities, including many of our employees. They are experiencing the growing health impacts of a changing climate, with cities now...
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Octopus Money and Benifex partner to boost money coaching access
Octopus Money and Benifex have teamed up to increase employee access to personalised money coaching. Under the collaboration, Benifex will integrate Octopus Money coaching services into its platform, enabling...
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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 – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
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.
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