Emma O’Connor: Managing holiday requests
We all know the benefits of taking a break, but are your managers making sure holiday is being taken by their staff? As HR professionals, it's important to keep...
Read moreDetailsWe all know the benefits of taking a break, but are your managers making sure holiday is being taken by their staff? As HR professionals, it's important to keep...
Read moreDetailsPoloWorks has launched a new flexible benefits platform for its workforce. The company, which provides support services to the insurance market, introduced a solution from Zest to help with...
Read moreDetailsWave has introduced new employee benefits technology to help improve access and visibility for staff. The national water retailer teamed up with Zest to implement a platform that provides...
Read moreDetailsSalience has introduced a financial wellbeing platform to support its workforce through the cost-of-living crisis. The marketing company’s employees now have access to professional coaches and bespoke money management...
Read moreDetailsLearning and development (L&D) popularity among employees is rising as schools reopen after the summer holidays and people are feeling recharged, new research has revealed. According to BrightHR, usage...
Read moreDetailsUnum UK is offering free period products across its UK sites from today (5 September) to support staff health and wellbeing. Through a new partnership with the Hey Girls...
Read moreDetailsShine Catering Services has awarded pay rises to all staff as part of its commitment to becoming a UK living wage employer. The family-run company, which is based in...
Read moreDetailsSeven in 10 pension savers have not spoken to a financial adviser about their future retirement plans, according to new research. Canada Life surveyed 2,000 people – including 1,212...
Read moreDetailsEDF has introduced a new salary sacrifice scheme for electric vehicles (EVs) for small- and medium-sized (SME) employers. Through the salary sacrifice scheme, EDF’s customers’ employees can save up...
Read moreDetailsScottish Water employees have backed strike action in a row over a new reward system including pay and grading structure. Around 500 frontline staff took part in a consultative...
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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.
