Pay & benefits

In November 2023, overall UK job advertisements fell 2.72% compared with October, and are down 8.55% compared with last year.

Perceptions of equal pay vary between women at work depending on their position – with certain groups being more likely to take legal action.

A trial of a four-day work week in Portugal found that almost all employers that took part rated the experience positively.

The right to request flexible working from day one of employment, as well as several other regulations, will take effect on 6 April 2024.

After it was announced the national living wage would go up by almost 10%, some businesses have called the rise unsustainable. But should they be paying more anyway?

Pay growth slowed as vacancies continued to fall, December 2023 labour market figures from the ONS show.

The first strike in Oxfam's history has been suspended while union members consider a revised pay offer.

Firms are being encouraged to offer 'midlife MOTs' to help employees aged 50 and over take stock of their wealth, wellbeing and careers.

Civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week.

Supermarket Aldi has announced new pay rates that could make it the first retailer of its kind to pay all store and warehouse colleagues at least £12 an hour nationally.

Years of wage stagnation have cost the average UK worker £10,700 a year in lost pay growth, a report has claimed.

Ikea is set to award its salaried employees a 5% pay rise in 2024, as well as adopting the new Living Wage rates for its hourly-paid staff.

Poopular topics last month includes the carry-over of annual leave, irregular hours workers, working time record-keeping, and TUPE.

Matt Hancock: ‘Having higher sick pay… would encourage employers to do more to look after the health of their employees.’

MPs vote through a new bill that allows for national insurance changes in January 2024.