Category: Cost of Living
Five ways you can use health cash plans more and PMI less
Jenny HInde, Chief People Officer | 18 September 2025
Levelling the playing field for frontline deskless employees is high on the agenda for many organisations. Stats such as “only 43% of UK deskless workers feel seen and appreciated at work, versus 61% of desk based employees” (according to thehrdirector.com) are increasingly common.
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Minimum Wage, Maximum Quandary
Simon Cook | 27 March 2025
Flexible working | HR Technology | Cost of Living | Employee Value Proposition | Employee Benefits
With the April hikes looming in both the National Living Wage (6.7%) and Employer’s National Insurance contributions, employers and HR professionals certainly face an uphill struggle in balancing the books and remaining competitive in the talent market.
Cost of living: A blend of measures to help navigate your way through
22 September 2022
Reward | Flexible Benefits | Cost of Living
Post-Covid, we are experiencing the largest spike in inflation for 30 years, forecast to peak close to 11 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. Earnings are expected to rise by six percent this year but, with prices settling at a higher level relative to incomes, real household incomes are forecast to fall by 2.5 percent in 2022. More telling still, they will probably remain 7 percent below where they were pre-Covid until 2026 or beyond.
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How to provide adjustments without breaking existing pay structures
14 July 2022
Pay & Reward | Pay Structure | Pay Review | Reward | Pay Data | Cost of Living
Linkedin is an extremely powerful tool for engagement but it is creating new headaches for employers already struggling in a tricky market.
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