Inflation

As the cost of living surges, a campaign group has launched a petition to get ethnicity pay gap reporting back on the government agenda.

Almost a third of public sector key workers have considered leaving their profession or have already tried to leave, according to a poll.

The latest annual survey of hours and earnings figures show a decline in real average weekly earnings despite nominal growth.

Median pay rises are set to reach 5% in the 12 months to the end of August 2023, a level not seen since 1992, a report from XpertHR has forecast.

Inflation in the year to September 2022 rose by 10.1%, up from August’s figure of 9.9%, continuing the pay challenge for employers.

Rhiannon Byers, head of workplace programmes at The Money Charity, provides practical insights on the impact of financial wellbeing.

The Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham this week has produced plenty of headlines about political infighting, but what about the policies?

According to Mercer, executive pay in the FTSE 350 has returned back to near pre-pandemic levels, but investor activism and inflation suggest a tough year ahead.

Employers may have welcomed some growth elements of the mini-Budget, but employees have been alarmed by talk of pensions failing, mortgages rising, pay stagnating and the inequality gap widening.

'Millions' of UK workers have taken on multiple jobs or longer hours as living costs soar.

CIPD resourcing report warns that offering better salaries is unsustainable and that flexibility and career development are increasingly important.

The TUC and Labour party reject the chancellor's handling of the UK economy as interest rates rise to highest level in 14 years.

Pay awards continued to lag severely behind inflation in August 2022, according to XpertHR analysis.

More than three-quarters of low-paid workers feel that this is the worst financial period they have ever faced.

The rate of inflation has unexpectedly flattened – primarily due to falling fuel prices – despite predictions it would soar...