Pay & benefits
Gender pay gap: little progress made in second year
Almost eight in 10 organisations still pay men more than women, the latest round of gender pay gap reporting has revealed.
Risk of errors high in UK gender pay gap reporting
New research has cast doubt on the accuracy of about 15% of the gender pay gap information being collected by organisations. The failure to provide links to company reports has also been flagged.
Why it’s time to compel all employers to publish parental policies
Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...
Unpaid hours and presenteeism blight UK workforce
UK employees work an average of 6.3 hours per week without pay, a new report has found, just as employers must start adding more information about time worked to payslips.
How progressive firms look to beat the skills gap
Fluid work practices, flexibility and agile reward schemes are the chosen route to beating the skills gap for a growing number of forward-looking businesses, according to a new study.
High Court rules that firefighters’ extra hours are pensionable
Firefighters in Wales have won a landmark pay and pensions case that could have implications for other employers in the...
Better working conditions needed to improve chef retention
Chef training and working conditions need to be reformed to help restaurants retain the estimated 10% of chefs that leave...
Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
Starbucks to pay for employees’ degrees
Starbucks has announced it will fund UK employees through a Bachelor’s degree, in an expansion of its US education programme....
A Great British success story: the national minimum wage
Last October, chancellor Philip Hammond, trumpeting the end of austerity in his Budget address, told MPs that the national living...
HMRC intensifies crackdown on employee benefit trusts
HMRC has launched around 12,000 investigations into employee benefit trusts (EBTs) in the past five years, according to law firm...
O2 increases paid paternity leave to 14 weeks
Mobile network O2 has increased paid paternity leave for all permanent staff to 14 weeks, which it claimed is among...
National minimum wage: What are employers getting wrong?
Two decades after its introduction, many employers are still getting caught out by the rules surrounding the national minimum wage....
Workers between 21 and 24 missing out on £200m a year
As the national minimum wage celebrates its 20th anniversary, the TUC has claimed that young workers could be missing out...
Graduate gender pay gap: Men earn 15% more than women
The gap between male and female graduate pay has continued to widen, with men earning 15% more than women five...
