REBA opinion

Statutory sick pay reform is long overdue and could play an important role in supporting employees' wellbeing as the cost of living crisis bites

The pandemic not only accelerated technology adoption in the workplace, it also acted as a catalyst for innovation

According to new research from Bupa, remote working can be detrimental to employees’ health on an equal level to smoking.

There is huge change on the employee benefits design horizon

The Queen's Speech left many disappointed this week due to the omission of the employment bill

Did you know that proportionally more people who earn between £70,000 and £100,000 are in financial crisis or are financially vulnerable than those earning less?

Law firm Stephenson Harwood has announced that employees who chose to work from home permanently can only do so with a 20% pay cut, a move that has caused controversy and sparked debate around pay and benefits.

Questions about an individuals’ salary history may seem innocent enough, but they can create inequalities by perpetuating pay gaps

Employees who are also sandwich carers – which means they have care responsibility for both children and vulnerable adults – are being overlooked at work, as many struggle with their wellbeing.

If you could forgo your annual family bank holiday Monday BBQ so you could take a different, more 'significant' day off, would you?

Pressure from shareholders has lead supermarket giant Sainsbury's to increase the pay of its directly employed staff

As we are all well aware, today the cost of living rises really begin to take hold.

As ever, the reward and benefits community is in full pivot mode, with reward and benefits packages being adjusted to offset some of the impact of the cost of living crisis.

On International Women's Day 2022, Twitter's Gender Pay Gap Bot highlighted how employers need to walk the talk when it comes to pay equality.

Wednesday’s Spring Statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak has potentially put organisations with limited funds to reward employees between a rock and a hard place. With the cost of living rapidly rising, the Chancellor’s address to the House of Commons promised an increase in the National Insurance threshold and a skills reform, but this does not curtail rising inflation.

There are many reasons for a lack of diversity at leadership level. In my view, it is organisations which are thinking differently about the whole picture of work where we are going to see the most positive changes towards greater diversity.

Employee wellbeing and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategies are becoming strongly intertwined

The longstanding call for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting, similar to gender pay gap reporting, has been firmly kicked into the long grass. Despite hopes that it would be made compulsory, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will instead publish guidance to employers on voluntary reporting this summer.