A number of questions and clarifications remain on what the upcoming Employment Rights Bill will mean in practice.
Pay & benefits
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Salary sacrifice schemes offer employees the chance to save between 30% and 60% on electric vehicles by paying for them through a pre-tax salary arrangement.
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Median pay rises in the UK remain at 4% for the three months ending in August, according to new figures from Incomes Data Research (IDR).
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Allocation of Tips Act: Rules on how gratuities and service charges are fairly distributed among workers come into force on 1 October.
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Former pensions minister suggests Treasury likely to raise billions through a national insurance charge on employer pension contributions.
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National Education Union (NEU) members overwhelmingly vote to accept the government's 5.5% wage increase offer for teachers in England.
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Six in 10 millennials are struggling to save for retirement thanks to childcare responsibilities, Phoenix Group has revealed.
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Council workers in Scotland to be balloted on industrial action after pay offer rejected by Unison was imposed.
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Recruitment and retention in higher-paid public sector jobs is suffering due to 15-year real-terms pay cut, according to think tank.
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Patrick Ismond, head of diversity and inclusion at the RSPCA, will present a session on inclusivity at Employee Benefits Live 2024.
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Pay offers by train companies and Network Rail have been accepted by members of the RMT union, averting further industrial action.
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A study that analysed over 4,000 LinkedIn job adverts across various sectors found that more than half (53%) did not include salary details.
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Almost half of employers offer the same range of benefits to all staff, despite 76% saying staff have requested more targeted perks.
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Card Factory blames a slump in profits on its escalating costs, including a hike in national minimum wage rates.
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New York-based earned wage access provider DailyPay announces expansion into the UK, its first market outside the US.