Pay & benefits

Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR)...

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

Following a diagnosis of cancer, it is vital employers step up to support those caring for their loved one. Effective...

The current system of parental leave in the UK has “fundamental failings”, according to a new report from the Women and Equalities Commission.

The rising cost of providing employee benefits is focusing the minds of employers, as businesses grapple with economic uncertainty and...

Nurses in health service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland begin voting in consultative ballot on 3.6% pay rise.

While 68% of workers say their employer is supportive of their family needs, this rises to 90% for those with back-up childcare.

Six water companies have been banned from paying bosses bonuses under new legislation.

Government introduces Pension Schemes Bill, which is designed to make pensions easier to understand and manage.

UCU members at Edinburgh University to strike for one day this month and for five days during 'welcome week' in September.

Providing your overseas employees with a cash lump sum may seem the obvious – and simplest – way to cover...

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.

Half of people (50%) living with multiple sclerosis (MS) say they have left a job because of factors relating to...

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

Ministers have confirmed the new Pension Schemes Bill, which loosens rules around how surplus pension funds can be extracted from defined benefit (DB) schemes.