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From Pay Freezes to Safety Gaps – A Wake-Up Call for EX Leaders
This week’s insights reveal how economic pressures are reshaping the employee experience.
Inside This Issue:
It’s been a tense few weeks across the workplace landscape. Rising costs and shrinking budgets are testing employers’ ability to maintain both pay progression and morale.
HR leaders are again being asked to do more with less—balancing business realities with employee expectations. Meanwhile, safety and wellbeing remain under scrutiny, highlighting how operational risks and people strategy are more connected than ever.
This week’s stories explore what happens when cost pressures collide with culture—and how EX leaders can stay one step ahead.
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Featured Insights:
Hiring freezes and postponed pay reviews are now on the agenda for many UK employers. With inflation still eating into margins, companies are struggling to reward and retain talent without jeopardising financial stability. For HR leaders, it’s a stark reminder that communication and trust become even more valuable currencies during lean times.
A surprising 80% of business fleets still operate without a road safety policy, leaving both employees and employers exposed. Beyond compliance, this is a cultural issue: how can organisations claim to prioritise wellbeing while overlooking one of the most basic aspects of worker safety?
From Our Vault
Throwing more money at wellbeing doesn’t always drive engagement or resilience. Sometimes, it’s about alignment and intent—not the size of the spend.
The Extra Point
If this quarter feels like a balancing act, you’re not alone. Many EX teams are quietly revisiting their 2025 strategies, cutting what doesn’t serve culture, doubling down on communication, and finding creative ways to make “less” feel like “enough.”
Now’s a good time to audit what truly adds value to your people experience.
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