Employee Wellbeing Platforms: Category scope and provider evaluation
Employee wellbeing has become an increasingly broad category. Mental health support, physical fitness, financial wellbeing, counselling, sleep, nutrition and lifestyle services can all sit beneath the wellbeing umbrella: sometimes within one platform and sometimes through multiple specialist providers. That creates a challenge for HR and benefits teams evaluating employee wellbeing solutions. What exactly are they buying? […]
SAVE THE DATE: Join us at the next HR Summit in February 2026!
Don’t worry if you missed this month’s event – you can join your peers and leading suppliers at the first HR Summit of 2027 in Manchester this coming February! February 9th – Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport This unique one-day event allows HR professionals like you to network and build business relationships with key industry suppliers that can help […]
October 2026 is Executive Coaching Month on HR Briefing: Make sure your solutions are part of the story!
Each month on HR Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the human resources sector – and in October we’ll be focussing on Executive Coaching. It’s all part of our new ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help HR industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re an Executive Coaching […]
Employers risk undermining benefits investment through lack of employee engagement
More than a third of employers are leaving employees to take the initiative when accessing workplace benefits, potentially limiting the value of benefits programmes for both staff and businesses. Research from group risk industry body GRiD found that 38% of employers rely on employees to initiate benefits take-up themselves. Among these organisations, 49% said they […]
Leadership Development Programmes: What HR teams should compare
Good managers do not automatically become good leaders. Technical expertise and strong individual performance can help someone progress into management, but leadership introduces a different set of challenges: motivating teams, communicating change, managing performance, making difficult decisions and creating an environment in which other people can succeed. These capabilities can be developed, but effective leadership development […]
Connecting Knowledge: How AI and social learning are transforming L&D
For any small, ambitious business, rapid growth means quickly scaling up employee numbers. Continued success requires these individuals to get up to speed fast and for all employees to work together effectively, building and sharing knowledge. But how can a business achieve consistent onboarding and training when essential knowledge and intelligence is in the heads […]
Employee Discounts Platforms: Choosing a scheme employees will use
Employee discounts can be one of the most immediately visible parts of a reward package. Unlike benefits employees may only use occasionally, savings on groceries, travel, leisure, fitness and everyday purchases can provide frequent, tangible value. The challenge for HR teams is that simply giving employees access to hundreds of offers does not guarantee engagement. […]
Why compliance training is failing manufacturing operations – and how to fix it
Established, process-driven organisations pride themselves on rigour, building their reputations on safety, precision, and regulatory compliance. On paper, that should make compliance training straightforward. Yet in many cases, compliance programmes are quietly underperforming when it comes to staff training. Completion rates are chased. Backlogs build. HR teams spend hours issuing reminders. Training becomes an administrative […]
DOWNLOAD: TST’s 2026 Best-Practice Early Careers Guide
TST’s inaugural Best-Practice Early Careers Guide is here. Built on extensive industry research, trend forecasting, and proprietary performance data collected over TST’s two decades of experience, this comprehensive handbook explores what high performance looks like across the entire Early Careers talent lifecycle. From strategy and attraction through to retention, development, recruitment, and operational excellence, the Guide provides practical, evidence-based […]
September 2026 is Leadership Development Month on HR Briefing: Make sure your solutions are part of the story!
Each month on HR Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the human resources sector – and in September we’ll be focussing on Leadership Development. It’s all part of our new ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help HR industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re an Leadership Development […]