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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Wellbeing
Zurich adds precision cancer service to group risk benefits
Zurich Corporate Risk has launched two new services, Precision CancerCare™ and Second Medical Opinion (SMO), as part of its group risk employee benefits for new and reviewing customers. The...
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HR shows ‘grit’ in challenging 2025, say Ninjas
HR faces a challenging landscape in 2025 as 80.5 percent say national insurance (NI) increases have negatively impacted cost management and workforce planning. More than three-fifths (62.5 percent) report...
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Developments in Italy highlight value of benefits benchmarking
Among employers with overseas employees only 35 percent benchmark their benefits to ensure they comply with local legislation, research has found. Legal requirements to provide employee benefits vary across...
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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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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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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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Benefits risk ‘stagnation’ without better ROI data, warn researchers
A third of proposals to change and invest in employee benefits are being blocked by management teams due to a lack of evidence that the plans would achieve the...
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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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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.
The US DEI Rollback: What It Means for UK Employers
The US retreat from diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is making waves far beyond the country's borders. In the wake of President Trump’s executive order abolishing DEI across federal government departments, global firms like Goldman Sachs and Accenture have rapidly dialled down their own efforts.
The influence is being felt in the UK too. However, the UK operates under a different legal framework. It has stronger workplace protections and a government actively looking to enhance employee rights through its Make Work Pay agenda. But as US firms reposition their approach to DEI, UK subsidiaries could find themselves caught between conflicting priorities.
In the latest Benefits Unboxed podcast, co-hosts Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert, Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, industry veteran and reward and benefits consultant, discuss how the US DEI rollback might impact UK businesses.
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