Japanese multinational video game and entertainment business Sega Corporation has committed to increase average monthly base pay for its more than 3,200 employees, effective from 1 July 2023. To...
Read moreDetailsThe Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called for tax exemptions to apply equally whether a benefit is paid for directly by the employer or reimbursed to employees at...
Read moreDetailsAgainst a backdrop of high inflation driven by spiralling energy, food and petrol prices, worker shortages, train strikes, increased working from home, and ‘the great resignation’, how we work...
Read moreDetailsThere is a statutory right to request flexible working after 26 weeks of service, but flexible working is so much more than just part-time hours. Employers must recognise the...
Read moreDetailsTedaisy Insurance Group has launched a new Perks platform for employees with pets. Staff at the Salisbury, UK-based company are now able to sign-up for access to hundreds of...
Read moreDetailsNew research from Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has found that just one in five (18%) of employees say they have access to payroll giving at work. Released to coincide...
Read moreDetailsEmployee benefits app Engage has enhanced its health, wellbeing and financial services offering. HIVE360, the company behind the service, introduced the changes in a bid to address the main...
Read moreDetailsFrom "the great resignation" to "quiet quitting", the latest in a string of headline-grabbing buzzwords is "quiet hiring". This describes a range of practices – stretching staff to use...
Read moreDetailsNearly two in five (39%) employees value finishing work early on Fridays above other workplace perks, new research has revealed. The survey of 5,000 working adults by global recruiter...
Read moreDetailsHigh excess deaths figures are a “stark warning” and highlight a need for workplace death-in-service benefits, according to the industry body representing the group risk sector. Grid believes that...
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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.
