This article explores how organisations can move beyond passive, one-size-fits-all communication to deliver relevant, timely, and simplified benefits experiences that reflect employee needs and life stages.
Understand the growing divide between organisations that effectively support working parents and carers — and those that don’t.
This session shows how to turn employee experience data into a clear business case, linking care-related pressures to performance, retention and workforce stability.
There has been much talk about the ‘gig economy’ – an environment in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. However, ‘gig’ working is nothing new. Organisations have been hiring interim professionals on temporary contracts for years now, and as short-term deliverers of a service, they are well-placed to be part of the ‘gig economy’.
Private sector pay awards rose to 3.4 percent at the start of 2026 as more employers approved higher settlements amid continuing cost-of-living pressures.
Payroll teams face data and system gaps ahead of new HMRC rules, raising concerns about readiness for tighter compliance and supply chain accountability.