Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn a year
Bank of England says NIC rise is dampening pay rises
BoE: Signs the UK jobs market is slowing because employers are adjusting hiring and salary in response to higher employers' NIC.
Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?
Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...
Pay awards remain ‘cautious’ in uncertain economy
The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 3% in May, with public sector pay awards outstripping the private sector.
With HR absence rising, is your people team at risk of breaking?
When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR...
Low-paid could receive ‘Britannia’ dividend under Reform’s non-dom tax plan
Low-paid workers could receive up to £1,000 under 'Britannia Card' proposal to provide tax exemptions for non-doms.
Man who used company credit card for himself unfairly dismissed
Construction worker unfairly dismissed for paying for pottery using company credit card has awarded £26,000, employment tribunal rules.
Pensions
Pensions regulator: make sure summer staff don’t miss out
Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR)...
Pension Schemes Bill should be ‘hugely beneficial’ for savers
Government introduces Pension Schemes Bill, which is designed to make pensions easier to understand and manage.
Pension reforms could put savings at risk, group warns
Ministers have confirmed the new Pension Schemes Bill, which loosens rules around how surplus pension funds can be extracted from defined benefit (DB) schemes.
Minimum wage
Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?
Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...
Employment Rights Bill: peers propose change to work experience rules
An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.
Capita and PizzaExpress named for minimum wage underpayments
Capita, PizzaExpress, British Airways and Lidl among 518 employers named by government for national minimum wage underpayments.
Equal pay
Co-op equal pay claims move onto next stage
Co-op workers have made a significant step forward in their long-running equal pay battle.
Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?
Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...
Eight new equality laws in the pipeline
Rob Moss examines eight potential new equality laws, including race and disability equal pay rules and dual discrimination claims.
Benefits
Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn a year
The introduction of six weeks’ well-paid leave for fathers in their baby's first year would boost economic growth and better support working families.
Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?
Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...
With HR absence rising, is your people team at risk of breaking?
When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR...
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