Pay & benefits

After a group of companies were fined for pay collusion, the CMA explains why it's important to take an independent approach to setting pay.

The introduction of six weeks’ well-paid leave for fathers in their baby's first year would boost economic growth and better support working families.

BoE: Signs the UK jobs market is slowing because employers are adjusting hiring and salary in response to higher employers' NIC.

Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...

The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 3% in May, with public sector pay awards outstripping the private sector.

When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR...

Low-paid workers could receive up to £1,000 under 'Britannia Card' proposal to provide tax exemptions for non-doms.

Construction worker unfairly dismissed for paying for pottery using company credit card has awarded £26,000, employment tribunal rules.

Businesses play a crucial role in supporting working parents and carers, especially during the school holidays.
In today’s evolving workplace,...

As senior doctors start voting on whether they could strike, we round up the health unions' stance on pay and who might strike again.

Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR)...

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

Following a diagnosis of cancer, it is vital employers step up to support those caring for their loved one. Effective...

The current system of parental leave in the UK has “fundamental failings”, according to a new report from the Women and Equalities Commission.

The rising cost of providing employee benefits is focusing the minds of employers, as businesses grapple with economic uncertainty and...