Pay & benefits

WRC describes decision by University College Cork to dismiss Wim Naudé as ‘astonishing’, adding its HR director had no authority to do so.

April 2024's most popular FAQs on Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, include queries around minimum wage rules and holiday pay.

The introduction of a new tipping law has been pushed back from July to October. A statutory code of practice has been published.

Firefighters and fire control employees receive maternity pay improvements and increases to basic and on-call pay.

A National Audit Office report has revealed that testing the free childcare hours rollout could have avoided some risks.

The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of March dropped slightly to 4.8%, according to...

Up to £6,000 will be available for teachers working in key STEM subjects as part of drive to recruit and retain the best staff.

P&O wages: Ferry operator will comply with new French regulations requiring it to pay £9.96 an hour minimum to workers.

More than half of employees would like their company to invest in more sustainable benefits such as electric vehicles and sustainable pensions, a survey has revealed.

About 40,000 extra staff are needed if the government is to fulfil its pledge to offer 30 free hours of childcare to all pre-school children by September next year.

Low pay is putting job seekers off green jobs or those that have a positive impact on society, research by Indeed has found.

Unemployment and economic inactivity both increased at the beginning of this year, April 2024 labour market figures show.

The best way of improving diversity within companies is by improving culture, not by imposing quotas, writes Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, commenting on problems at Goldman Sachs.

Tesco will pay a ‘thank you’ bonus to more than 220,000 workers after soaring profits last year.

A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned.