More this one in four employers using salary sacrifice currently use these national insurance savings to fund additional pension contributions or other employee benefits. Employee experts are warming firms...
Read moreDetailsThe issue of Shariah-compliant pensions is little discussed when it comes to workplace benefits. While many schemes will offer a Shariah investment option, little thought has often been given...
Read moreDetailsEmployers are adjusting benefits in response to financial pressures but provision and employee uptake remain inconsistent, according to Broadstone. According to the second UK Employee Benefits Landscape report, produced in...
Read moreDetailsAviva has partnered with HealthHero to offer a new employee assistance programme (EAP), which will now be available to all group protection customers. Previously its EAP, offered through Care...
Read moreDetailsOver the past decade, diversity and inclusion have travelled from the margins of HR policy into the centre of corporate strategy. What began as a values-led conversation is now...
Read moreDetailsThe Government has dropped its plan to allow full employment rights, including the right not to be unfairly dismissed, from day one, replacing it with a six-month qualification period....
Read moreDetailsThe Chancellor’s plan to cap salary sacrifice pension contributions at £2,000 a year could leave the largest UK employers facing additional tax bills of up to £1.5m annually, according...
Read moreDetailsThe Government has announced an inflation-busting increase to the minimum salaries employers must pay their workers, ahead of today’s Budget. These increases, particularly for younger workers, have been criticised...
Read moreDetailsEmployers must step up support for men’s health after new data shows workplace provision is still lagging behind need, according to Howden Employee Benefits. Its call comes as England’s...
Read moreDetailsMore than one in three employers expect employee engagement to get harder, according to new research from Towergate Employee Benefits. The study found that found that 37 per cent...
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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.
