Research has revealed an urgent need for employers to support gen X employees in enhancing their retirement savings. Born between 1965 and 1980, gen X started work when defined...
Read moreDetailsEmployee benefits specialist, consultant and podcast co-host Steve Herbert has taken on the role of brand ambassador for Occupational Health Assessment. With a long career in the benefits and...
Read moreDetailsEmployer plans for pay awards in the public sector have overtaken those in the private sector for the first time since Autumn 2020. Previously, the public sector had the...
Read moreDetailsRules that will govern how pensions dashboards are run have been published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The rules, which apply specifically to firms operating commercial pensions dashboards,...
Read moreDetails“I was getting very frustrated that the first round of redundancies were midlife women. They were always, it seemed to me, the first to go,” says Jacquie Duckworth, co-founder...
Read moreDetailsA private medical insurer (PMI) might be expected to answer employee calls for health benefits by giving staff access to its own brand of PMI, however, Rebecca Pearson, general...
Read moreDetailsHR has been warned not to put too much faith in the answers generative AI offers up, but to learn to repeatedly question and argue with it and demand...
Read moreDetailsA record 4.7 million people were covered by private medical insurance (PMI) through their employer in 2023, and employee PMI claims were also up, according to data from the...
Read moreDetailsThe environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of benefits providers have become increasingly important to employers, according to Grid. The industry body said that this is impacting decisions when...
Read moreDetailsLloyd’s of London has appointed a new chief people officer to take over from Sara Gomez, who will be retiring at the end of the year. Nathan Adams will...
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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.
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.
