Age diversity in the workplace: the advantages and how to promote it
Seven in ten senior British business leaders say their organisation benefits from having different generations working together. Yet only 18% include age in their equality,...
What sick pay tells us about the benefits employees really value
Latest research from Ciphr puts company sick pay at the top of employees’ benefits priorities. But the bigger lesson for employers may be that the benefits people value most are...
Bereavement support for employees: what to offer beyond leave
It's Monday morning and one of your team rings to say their mum has died at the weekend. Your policy gives them five days off. Research from MetLife UK found that 55% of bereaved...
How to reduce private medical insurance premiums without cutting employee cover?
It's renewal time again. The private medical insurance (PMI) quote has landed, the premium has gone up, and your budget is exactly where it was last year. Sooner or later, someone...
Financial stress and mental health: how money worries affect employees
Nearly a third of UK employees (31%) say money worries have negatively affected their performance at work, according to the CIPD's Good Work Index 2025. Almost one in five have...
How employee benefits support your DEI strategy
Most DEI strategies focus on hiring, progression and culture. Benefits rarely get a mention. Yet for many employees, the benefits package is one of the clearest signals of whose...
How to make employee benefits communications more relevant to your people
How often does someone in HR hear: “I didn’t know we had that”?
Employee benefits implementation: a practical guide for HR teams
Most HR teams don’t wake up wanting to change their benefits platform. They get pulled into it, by admin that’s grown too heavy, engagement that’s stalled, or a board asking...
Employee mental health support: what managers need to know
In 2024/25, 964,000 workers in Great Britain were suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, resulting in 22.1 million working days lost(HSE). Mental ill health is...
Six pensions communication ideas to increase employee engagement
Stop building your pensions communication around your scheme and build it around your people instead.
How to build a benefits communication strategy employees respond to
Only 29% of UK reward and HR decision-makers feel very confident communicating their organisation's benefits to employees, according to CIPD's Reward survey: Focus on employee...
Proving the value of recognition: why retention is the number that wins the budget conversation
Ask most HR and Reward teams how their recognition scheme is performing and you'll hear about participation: how many people are using it, how often, how many points have been...