Simplyhealth has expanded its employee benefits offering with the launch of Simply Dental, a workplace dental plan designed to help tackle rising oral health challenges and improve workforce wellbeing....
Read moreDetailsOver the past decade, diversity and inclusion have travelled from the margins of HR policy into the centre of corporate strategy. What began as a values-led conversation is now...
Read moreDetailsMore than one in three employers expect employee engagement to get harder, according to new research from Towergate Employee Benefits. The study found that found that 37 per cent...
Read moreDetailsUK SMEs in the financial services and health sectors have come in third, 77 per cent, in companies offering comprehensive wellbeing benefits, according to research by Unum. But IT...
Read moreDetailsThe Government, health insurers, benefit providers and employer groups have welcomed the recommendations made in final report from the Keep Britain Working review, although questions have been raised as...
Read moreDetailsWould you walk across a bridge that hasn’t been stress-tested? Or trust power grids and data centres without being sure they can withstand pressure? But ask most companies when...
Read moreDetailsEmployees are increasingly using private health insurance for routine medical problems, rather than serious conditions, according to the latest claims data from VitalityHealth. Its 2025 Health Claims and Insights...
Read moreDetailsMental health claims made through private health insurance have more than doubled in just five years, according to new data from Vitality, underscoring the growing demand for workplace mental...
Read moreDetailsHR professionals are facing mounting pressure and declining wellbeing as workloads increase and resources shrink. Research has revealed that HR teams across the UK are reaching breaking point, with...
Read moreDetailsVitality has reported promising early results from its medicated weight management pathway, with members losing an average of 9.3 percent of their body weight in three months. The insurer...
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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.
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.
