Is the 4-day-week as beneficial as some claim?
As more than 200 UK companies signed up to offer workers a permanent four-day working week, one chief people officer has questioned whether such a broad move is really...
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Wellbeing
Majority trust AI to ‘inform’ work as ‘AI arms race’ ramps up
Almost two thirds of people (63 percent) would trust artificial intelligence (AI) to inform important decisions at work, although not necessarily to make the final decision. This was the...
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The Benefits Expert Guide to Workplace Wellbeing January 2025
DOWNLOAD THE BENEFITS EXPERT GUIDE TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING Workplace wellbeing trends are focusing more and more on inclusivity and practical support as major economic and societal changes reshape the...
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Data points to ‘silent mental health crisis’ among older workers
Older workers feel excluded from conversations around mental health and developments in artificial intelligence that could boost workplace wellbeing, research has revealed. A study of 2,500 UK employees found...
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Support neurodivergent staff with benefits that really count
Employers that embrace and support neurodiversity with tailored benefits will unlock the full potential of their workforces, says Jeff Fox, strategic consulting lead at Lockton. Neurodiversity is climbing up...
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Keep Britain Working review launches to tackle long term sickness
A review to examine how businesses and the government can support people with long-term illness and disabilities to get back into work and to stay in work has launched...
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WFH debate: are leaders missing the evidence on productivity?
This week former Asda and M&S boss Lord Stuart Rose said working from home was “not proper work”. In an interview with BBC Panorama, Lord Rose said home working...
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Employers call for government support to tackle long-term sickness
Most UK employers (82 percent) acknowledge the critical role they have in addressing long-term sickness absence and getting people back into work. However, with 2.8 million people classed as...
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‘UK should roll back some DEI’ say nearly 4 in 10 employers
Almost four in ten senior HR, finance and c-suite professionals in the UK agree that the UK should roll back some diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) measures, research has...
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Can HR stop soaring PMI costs draining the benefits budget?
At the start of this year there were 7.5 million people waiting for treatment on the NHS, this has led “a lot of employers to recognise that they can't...
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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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