Employers are set to be asked to take on a much greater role in tackling long-term sickness and workforce inactivity, according to Sir Charlie Mayfield. The former John Lewis...
Read moreDetailsGlobal health and performance platform GoJoe has partnered with benefits and wellbeing hub Epassi UK to combine their digital and physical wellbeing services. Employers across the UK and Europe...
Read moreDetailsMore than a quarter of UK adults have paid for private medical treatment in the past five years, spending an average of £6,000 each, research has revealed. The findings,...
Read moreDetailsHealth secretary Wes Streeting has confirmed there will be no VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming Budget, stating: “It’s not happening.” His intervention followed reports that the chancellor...
Read moreDetailsPay transparency is moving fast from debate to reality. The EU directive is reshaping the rules, UK reporting on ethnicity and disability is on the horizon, and individual US...
Read moreDetailsPension provider Nest has partnered with award-winning animation studio Aardman to launch a new advertising campaign designed to make pensions more engaging and relatable for employees. The campaign, which...
Read moreDetailsThe long-awaited pensions dashboards are making steady progress towards launch, with more than 50 million scheme memberships already linked to the central digital architecture. Speaking at the Corporate Adviser...
Read moreDetailsA significant number of older workers said they would consider cosmetic surgery and other augmentations to compete in a labour market marred by ageism, a poll has found. The...
Read moreDetailsOneFamily has launched its first Menopause Café event to raise awareness and "help remove the stigma" around this key life stage. The financial services group, which includes life and...
Read moreDetailsAtom Bank has strengthened its family-friendly credentials by increasing maternity and paternity leave from day one of employment. Under the new policy, maternity leave now provides six months on...
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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.
