HR & Benefits Unboxed

Neil Carberry - the newly appointed CEO of The Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) - speaks to 'Unboxed' about the CIPD's direction of travel under his leadership, supporting HR & Payroll consultants, EDI in a Trump 2.0 world, and the Chancellor's forthcoming Budget statement. 

A must-listen for all those involved in people management.

Steve Herbert is joined by Eve Read to discuss the little known - but really rather important - pensions gap between genders, carers, ethnic groups and others in this lively and useful conversation.

Steve Herbert interviews the newly appointed CEO of The Fair Work Agency - Lisa Pinney OBE - to discuss how the agency will use both carrot and stick to police worker rights, the Making Work Pay agenda, and the National Minimum Wage. 

A must-listen for employers and their HR and Payroll teams.

Steve Herbert looks at the recently launched - and soon to be concluded - Workplace Technologies Monitoring Consultation with experts from Employment Law (Matt Jenkin), Human Resources (Katherine Watkins) and a Trade Union perspective from Kate Jones of Unison.

Steve Herbert is joined by experts including AI cheerleaders and AI cynics in this really interesting and useful deep dive into how AI is - or perhaps isn't - being used well in the recruitment process. 

Guests on this episode include Employment Law expert Matt Jenkin, recruitment consultant Lee Krawczyk-Brown, and Human Resources consultant Gary Franklin. 

Conversations with Katherine Watkins (HR leader), Matt Jenkin (Employment Law expert) and Ian Holloway (payroll guru) on what a change of Prime Minister and/or devolution could mean for the worlds of employment and employee benefits.  

 The recent changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) present multiple challenges for HR and payroll teams. 

Steve Herbert talks to payroll guru Ian Holloway, the learned Matt Jenkin on legal issues, and well-known HR expert Katherine Watkins for the all important people team perspective. 

A must listen.

In this episode we consider the emerging energy and cost of living crisis, and how HR should respond to these challenges.

Steve Herbert is joined by Laura Barratt, Head of Benefits EMEA, at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, and well-known HR Consultant, Katherine Watkins.

In this episode we take an in-depth look at the rise of costs and challenges associated with the National Living and National Minimum Wage.

Steve Herbert is joined by Tim Kellett of pay and benefits benchmarking experts Paydata and Ian Hodson, Director of People & Culture at employer Housing21.  

Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality? 

In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.

We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.