Complex workforce challenges arise across all organisations and at every stage of a company’s lifecycle. These challenges can be created or exacerbated by changing global legislation and evolving market practices and, if not addressed, can lead to compliance and reputational issues.
To navigate these complexities, your business needs problem-solving at pace. It also needs to implement practical and sustainable solutions, manage risk and create efficiencies across the workforce.
“New challenges are constantly emerging, from complying with global regulations and ensuring workplace fairness to attracting and motivating a more complex workforce. Technology can help solve these challenges and organisations need a partner they can trust to solve multidisciplinary problems quickly and effectively.”
Kate Harris, Workforce Partner, PwC UK
Whatever the topic or issue, the breadth of our Workforce team at PwC means we can help. The examples below highlight some key ways we help our clients drive meaningful change across their HR function and beyond.
DE&I action planning
We work with clients to tackle a range of challenges as part of their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) action plans. One example is helping clients address gender pay disparities. We work closely with organisations to analyse their pay gaps and workplace cultures, using data-driven insights to create effective action plans that sustainably reduce these gaps over time.
Pensions data
Ensuring the accuracy of pension scheme data is critical, but the complexity of merging historical data with current systems often results in inconsistencies and gaps. Compliance with evolving regulatory requirements adds even more complexity, and creates the need for continuous monitoring and adaptation.
We are working with a range of companies, trustees and company administrators to solve the ever increasing pensions data challenges. With our actuarial expertise, technology and specialist data team, we cleanse and remedy data, including GMP equalisation and dashboard creation, to ensure member outcomes are delivered and schemes fulfil their strategic objectives.
Employment legal issues
We support employers on the full range of employment law issues in a progressively more complex and high stakes environment.
We are working with a number of clients managing high value risks related to employment law compliance and workplace culture. This includes providing end-to-end management of staff grievances, whistleblowing, bullying and harassment complaints; conducting confidential equal pay reviews combining our legal expertise and market leading data modelling software; supporting people transformation programmes in a way that minimises risk; and managing the complexities of global employment law compliance. We also support employers with managing their industrial relations strategy to secure successful outcomes.
“Tackling complex workforce challenges is key to staying compliant, boosting productivity, and achieving lasting success. Whether it's navigating the intricacies of DE&I, ensuring the accuracy of pensions data or tackling employment tax and legal complexities or a wide range of other issues, we are committed to delivering impactful results across the breadth of Workforce issues.”
Gareth Henty, Head of Pensions, PwC UK
If you want to find out more about how we can help you solve complex issues and lay the foundations for transformation, please get in touch with us. You can also read about how we can run certain activities on your behalf with our workforce managed service offering, and deliver broader HR transformation.
Contact us
Partner, UK Employee Incentives leader, PwC United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)7718 968937
