Andrews Sykes completes £30 million pensions buy-in
The Andrews Sykes Group Pension Scheme has completed a £30 million buy-in, securing the benefits of around 440 members, including more than 160 deferred members. In a deal with...
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Fair pay and flexible hours define good job, study shows
Fair pay, flexible hours and job security define a good job, a survey of 5,000 UK workers has found. Indeed's Better Work Report 2023 examined people’s attitudes towards employment...
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Employees urged to trace hidden pension savings
Employers are being encouraged to take part in the #GreatPensionTreasureHunt, a free initiative to empower their workers by using communication tools to find hidden pension savings which is targeting...
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McDonald’s franchise becomes first to introduce staff mental wellbeing course
A McDonald’s franchise has become the first to launch a mental wellbeing programme for employees in the UK. The Fishponds, Bristol branch, which has around 110 staff members, introduced...
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Office returns forcing half of parents to quit jobs, research reveals
Pressure to return to the office is forcing parents out of the workplace, with one in two (50%) expecting to quit their jobs, new research has revealed. A study...
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A sense of security: The safety net provided by group risk benefits
The pandemic forced many of us to think about ‘what if the worst happens?’. What if we or our loved ones get sick, or we lose our job, or...
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EXCLUSIVE: Menopausal women shouldn’t be forced to use disability discrimination legislation, says MP
Menopausal women taking legal action against employers shouldn’t have to rely to disability discrimination legislation to do so, according to Caroline Nokes MP. The chair of the Women and Equalities Committee...
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The Eden Hotel Collection boosts employee benefits
The Eden Hotel Collection has enhanced a range of employee benefits, including financial support to help with ever-increasing childcare costs. From this month (September), all 350 staff members have...
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Rob Woodward: HMRC takes increasingly hard line on historic CJRS claims
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee report on HMRC’s administration of the various employment support schemes was critical of the department's perceived failure to...
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Nearly three in four employers offer enhanced maternity pay
Nearly three in four employers (72%) offer enhanced maternity pay, while fewer than two in three (64%) provide enhanced paternity pay, new research has revealed. According to the Parental...
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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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