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Why should fertility should be an important workplace issue.

The sandwich generation often fly below the radar, which is why HR and reward leaders need to create benefits programmes that help these workers get through the most challenging life stages with confidence and dignity.

By making employers more accountable, the new legislation aims to accelerate the pace at which the pay gaps close.

It’s difficult enough to juggle life when you’re in the sandwich generation but when bereavement occurs, that burden gets just that little bit heavier.

For years, HR has focused on optimising benefits and culture strategies aimed squarely at single employees, but how many of us now make decisions about wellbeing, benefits and company loyalty on our own?

A well-designed eldercare support package can cut down on absences, improve retention and boost engagement.

Organisations that invest early in fertility support will garner trust, boost retention and nourish culture across their teams.

Children remember how Christmas felt, not how perfect it looked. Taking the pressure off, focusing on balance and connection, and embracing moments of calm can help create a sense of safety and belonging that lasts long after Christmas ends.

Demographic shifts are creating more workers in the so-called sandwich generation, responsible for childcare as well as eldercare.

A wellbeing strategy built around life stages flexes with life’s realities meeting people where they are in life with what they need at that time.

Trauma in the workplace can often go unseen. When managers recognise and understand its effects, they can respond far more effectively.

Women’s and family health is rising rapidly up the business agenda.

Employers are under increasing pressure to offer policies that reflect the realities of modern family life.

People are living longer than ever before. Yet, there’s one consequence of living longer that many of us still dread: ageing.

Caroline Harwood, BDO LLP partner and national head of employment tax and Gareth Hills, BDO employment tax associate director, take a close look at the provision of workplace nurseries and what employers need to watch out for to remain compliant.