The Benefits Expert Guide to Cash Plans January 2025
DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO CASH PLANS JANUARY 2025 In the evolving world of employee health and wellbeing benefits, cash plans are a rising star offering employers a...
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British employers lag global average for productivity-boosting staff appreciation
Nearly 9 in ten British employees said they work harder when they are appreciated for the work they do, but British employers are lagging other countries when it comes...
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Global AI skills surge amid ‘pronounced’ gender divide
AI is the fastest-growing skill in the UK and globally, but data from five million learners has revealed an emerging gender skills gap that must be addressed if the...
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Case for statutory miscarriage leave ‘overwhelming’, say MPs
MPs and the CIPD have called for miscarriage bereavement leave to be included new employment laws as a report from the government's Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) found that...
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Flexible working and wellbeing ‘paradox’ is major HR challenge in 2025
HR teams are struggling to reconcile flexible working with their efforts to ensure workplace wellbeing, research has found. And the wellbeing of younger workers represents a particularly complex challenge...
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HR must be ‘at forefront’ of planned AI skills revolution
The government has moved to “turbocharge” UK productivity with plans to boost AI skills, infrastructure and investment in the UK. With its 50-point AI Opportunities Action Plan, the government...
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Major supermarket chain to match real living wage despite lower inflation
Sainsbury’s will increase pay for its 118,000 hourly-paid staff by five percent this year as part of the employer's ‘Next Level’ plan. The raise means that total salary for...
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Majority of professionals ‘actively’ job hunting in 2025
More than three quarters of professional employees are actively job hunting as 2025 gets underway. This is in spite of a drop in confidence in labour market opportunities. Research...
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Half of employers look to salary sacrifice ahead of NI hikes
Nearly half of mid-market businesses are exploring how salary sacrifice could help them counter the hit of employer national insurance tax rises, a survey has found. Research with 500...
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Bigger pension contributions top 2025 benefits wish list
Three in ten (30 percent) employees want higher employer pension contributions this year, increasing to 41 percent among people over 55, putting this top of people’s benefits wish list...
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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.
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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GUIDE TO CASH PLANS
