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Kavitha Sivasubramaniam

Kavitha Sivasubramaniam

Kavitha Sivasubramaniam is an experienced journalist, editor and communications professional who has been working in B2B publishing for more than 17 years. After graduating from Bournemouth University with a degree in Multi Media Journalism, Kavitha started her career in local and regional newspapers, before moving to consumer magazines and later trade titles, as well as PR. Specialising in pay and reward, she has been editor of a number of HR publications including Pay & Benefits, Employee Benefits, Benefits Expert, Reward and CIPP’s membership magazine, Professional. In June 2024, she won Pay, Reward and Employee Benefits Journalist of the Year at the Willis Towers Watson media awards. She was also named one of Each Person’s top 20 influential HR bloggers and managed a highly commended content team of the year in 2019.

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Just 45% of top employers offer equal parental leave on full pay

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 30 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 30 Sep 2024

    Fewer than one in two (45%) “top tier” UK employers are offering their staff equal amounts of fully paid parental leave. 

    • Carers
    • Latest News

    Care workers lost £3.7k in pay last year

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 26 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 26 Sep 2024

    Hundreds of thousands of care workers were short-changed by up to £3,698 in pay last year, new data reveals

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Living Wage

    Card Factory blames soaring wages for profits plunge

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 24 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 24 Sep 2024

    Card Factory blames a slump in profits on its escalating costs, including a hike in national minimum wage rates.

    • Employee relations
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    More than 150 MPs urge Asda bosses to end sex discrimination

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 24 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 24 Sep 2024

    Members of Parliament have written to Asda, urging its bosses to end sex discrimination and provide equal pay to its supermarket staff.

    • Military
    • Latest News
    • Tech sector

    Labour scraps ′outdated’ armed forces recruitment rules

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024

    “Outdated policies” will be scrapped in a bid to tackle the recruitment crisis facing the armed forces, the defence secretary announces.

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Worker sacked for insulting customer wins unfair dismissal payout

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Sep 2024

    An administrator who was sacked for insulting a customer in an email wins a payout of almost £5,500 after claiming unfair dismissal.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Fewer UK employers offering fully remote roles, LinkedIn finds

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024

    New data from LinkedIn highlights a general decline in the number of UK organisations hiring for fully remote positions.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Government relaxes three-day office working rules for civil servants

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024

    The government is not enforcing rules that require civil servants to spend three days a week in the office, reports suggest.

    • Latest News
    • Jobseeking
    • Labour market

    UK workforce shrinking at fastest rate since 1980s

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024

    The UK’s labour force is diminishing at its fastest rate since the late 1980s, the Commission on the Future of Employment Support reveals.

    • Employee engagement
    • Annual hours
    • Latest News

    One third of UK workers admit faking productivity

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024

    More than a third (36%) of UK employees confess they fake working activity feeling under pressure to appear productive, new research reveals.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Amazon orders full-time office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024

    Amazon chief executive tells staff they must return to the office five days a week from January 2025, ending its hybrid working policy.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Economic inactivity due to sickness could hit 4.3 million

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024

    Economic inactivity due to sickness could soar to 4.3 million in the UK by the end of this parliament, a cross-party Commission warns.

    • Business performance
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Worker reforms threat to UK business, say firms

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 16 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 16 Sep 2024

    Employers believe the UK will become less attractive to investors if new employment policies are introduced in their current form.

    • Agency workers
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    • References

    Government publishes guidance on agency use in social work

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Sep 2024

    The government publishes new statutory guidance for local authorities on the use of agency child and family social workers.

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Minimum wage

    UK pay deals fall to two-year low

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Sep 2024

    Pay awards offered by UK employers drop to the lowest percentage in almost two years, according to a new survey.

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