Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that the first phase of the landmark pensions review will focus on four areas. These include driving the scale and consolidation of defined contribution...
Read moreDetailsHR, reward and benefits professionals can expect more questions about the value of their employee benefits from within their organisations in the next 18 months, according to David Kirk,...
Read moreDetailsThe Resolution Foundation has warned that the UK’s economic bounce back following last year's recession is “where the good news ends”, particularly on living standards. Recession in the last...
Read moreDetailsUnum UK has reported a 91 percent surge in registrations for its digital health and wellbeing app Help@hand in the past 12 months compared with the previous year. The...
Read moreDetailsEmployee benefits platform provider Zest has reported a 20 percent growth in its direct customer revenue in the first half of 2024 as employers invest in new ways to...
Read moreDetailsAsset managers Schroders and global advertising firm Havas are the latest employers to partner with provider Heat Scheme to offer employee benefits designed to help cut their bills at...
Read moreDetailsEmployer Heineken UK has held an event for its 2,100 staff called ‘Brewing inclusion’ to highlight the business benefits of embracing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and encourage greater...
Read moreDetailsPredictions that wage growth would continue to slow have been borne out by the latest figures from the ONS as they confirmed the lowest annual pay growth seen since...
Read moreDetailsWorking parents face greater cost pressures during the summer holidays as their childcare spend rises dramatically, according to research from Phoenix Group. The research showed that the average monthly...
Read moreDetailsAnticipated wage growth for the next twelve months fell last quarter from 4 percent to 3 percent, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) report from the CIPD....
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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.
