Inflation

Civil service union PCS has called a pay rise for civil servants of 2% to 3% “derisory” and an “insult to members who helped to keep the country running during the pandemic”.

Job vacancies posted in the UK fell to their lowest since mid-January, suggesting that the hiring spree seen since last summer has diminished.

The national living wage will increase to £9.50 an hour from 1 April 2022.

Investors have urged Sainsbury's to pay the 'real' Living Wage to all workers as energy prices and living costs soar.

Graduate turnover has reached its highest level in more than a decade, with the Institute of Student Employers warning that stagnating salaries could accelerate attrition.

The government will publish a new statutory code on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics in a bid to clamp down on unscrupulous employers.

Employers must start offering greater financial wellbeing support to help staff achieve a decent standard of living, the CIPD has said.

Around half of organisations are yet to publish their 2021/22 gender pay gap, as the deadline for the current reporting year looms.

Employers have been urged to consider how to mitigate the impact of inflation on pensions.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a National Insurance threshold rise and cut to income tax in his spring statement.

As inflation in February 2022 soars, the chancellor is coming under pressure to ‘get wages rising’.

B&Q and Screwfix employees are to receive a pay rise in April, as their parent company seeks to attract and retain staff in a competitive labour market.

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has joined a call for the government to develop a GP workforce plan ‘as a matter of urgency’.

French, Dutch and Irish crews retained as questions grow over legality of P&O Ferries’ decision to axe 800 crews.

Wage growth in the UK continues to fall behind the cost of living, official statistics for November to January have...