Pay & benefits

Trade unions representing health and social care staff ask members to vote on a new 2023-24 pay offer from the Northern Ireland Executive.

According to the latest monthly jobs market data from Adzuna, vacancies fell below 900,000 in January for the first time since April 2021.

Most of the organisations that took part in a 61-company, six-month trial in the UK of the four-day week, have...

The Department for Business and Trade yesterday published a list of 524 employers who have collectively left 172,000 workers a combined £16m out of pocket.

The decline in inflation, which stood at 10% in January last year compared with 4% this year, was seen as a key driver in the fall in pay awards.

The Office for National Statistics recorded 3.7 million UK jobs paid below the real Living Wage in April 2023, 200,000 more than a year earlier.

Research finds the amount of holiday entitlement and the number of annual leave days taken fell in 2023 compared to previous year.

One in five parents with a child under five has had to withdraw money from their pension to cover the cost of childcare.

Unison believes that statutory maternity pay should increase to £364.70 a week, as many mothrs are facing financial hardship.

UK inflation in the year to January 2024 remained unchanged and below pay growth, after many analysts had expected a slight rise.

Pay growth barely continued to outpace inflation at the end of 2023, February 2024 labour market figures have shown.

Two in five working parents are looking to switch jobs in 2024, according to the latest Modern Families Index.

One in five HR professionals expect significant problems with filling vacancies in early 2024, the CIPD finds.

The apprentice minimum wage is not sufficient, according to a report that says pay should be increased for apprentices aged 18 and over.

New CBI president Rupert Soames says the Labour party's proposals for workers' rights should be watered down.