Measuring mental health intervention ROI

Talking about new attitudes to mental health may feel the right thing to do, but there needs to be hard numbers on return on investment

HR overestimates benefits satisfaction

?HR professionals in large UK enterprises tend to overestimate employee satisfaction when it comes to rewards and benefits programmes, research by Hawk Incentives has found

Why co-working spaces are on the rise

The kinds of places people want to spend time in, and how HR can integrate workers’ preferences for these environments

Letters to work Santa

Some festive rewards can go down like a lump of coal. So when it comes to gifts perhaps its time you read your employees' Christmas lists

Harnessing social care funding reform to enhance employee benefits

Adult social care vouchers would empower working-age people to save for their future care needs

Do employees want trust or toys?

Some may argue that combining work, play and sleep in the office is actually bad for wellbeing

Sadiq Khan reveals plans to support working parents of premature babies

The mayor of London has announced plans to introduce premature and neonatal leave at City Hall, and has called on other employers to match his policy

Flexible and part-time workers outperform full-time counterparts

The percentage of top performance ratings for part-time and reduced-hours workers is higher than across all staff, at 34% vs 14%, according to Working Families

PwC launches Flexible Talent Network

The firm said it hopes to take flexible working to the 'next level' to tap into diverse talent

British workers reject nine to five working

More than half of UK adults (58%) want to move away from traditional working patterns, according to research by McDonald's

Employers unsure how to hire for cultural fit

Firms recognise the potential of hiring for cultural fit but are struggling in practice, risking introducing bias into the recruitment process

Employees unaware of death in service benefits

Misconceptions around death in service benefits could be leaving employees in a vulnerable financial position, according to research from Direct Line Group