The benefits leader’s guide to employee financial protection benefits
Private medical cover often gets top billing. Cash plans, gym discounts and wellbeing apps usually follow. And financial protection tends to sit...
Five common career regrets (and how to overcome them)
A 2026 survey by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr found that 79% of UK employees regret some of their career choices or work decisions.
What's new in HR tech: inside Ciphr's May 2026 product showcase
HR software is being rebuilt around real-time data, tighter integration between systems, and AI that can act as well as answer. Ciphr’s May 2026...
Flexible benefits packages that work for everyone
Many flexible benefits packages get built once and left alone. Your workforce changes, life stages shift and cost pressures evolve. But does your...
Employee benefits trends 2026: challenges, priorities and more
As we begin 2026, benefits professionals, HR teams and payroll leaders are being pulled in multiple directions. Employees are feeling the ongoing...
HR payroll compliance: why integration isn't optional anymore
It's 10pm. You've just remembered a payroll change that might not have happened. Tomorrow, payroll runs. The regulator is watching more closely than...
The benefits of AI in HR – and how to put them into practice
HR teams are under more pressure than ever. They need to deliver strategic insight to leaders, support employees and keep on top of compliance. The...
Top 10 prompts to try with Ciphr's HR AI assistant
How much of your working day disappears into answering the same HR questions? Research by McKinsey found that employees spend nearly 20% of their...
Mandatory payrolling BIK 2027: what's changing and why this matters
If you've been involved in voluntary payrolling of benefits in kind (BIK) over the last 10 years, the natural assumption is that mandatory payrolling...