Firms’ salary secrecy means ‘they lose out on talent’
100% success for latest large-scale four-day week trial
Businesses that took part said they were able to maintain service levels and key performance indicators while observing several benefits for employee wellbeing.
NHS 10-year Health Plan sets out vision for better trained, homegrown staff
The government’s newly published 10-Year Health Plan for England envisages a workforce that is ‘better treated, more motivated, have better training and more scope to develop their careers.’
Top 10 HR questions June 2025: Redundancy consultation
June's top 10 features employers' questions about when and how to carry out redundancy consultation.
Living wage pushes up spring pay settlements
Pay settlements nudged up slightly in the three months to May, research has suggested, primarily driven by this year’s rise...
Why bosses must set pay independently
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.
Ethnicity and disability pay gaps: Ready to report? (webinar)
17 July 2025 | Register now for our webinar on the reporting requirements in the pipeline for ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
Pensions
Pensions regulator: make sure summer staff don’t miss out
Employers and agencies who hire summer staff must remember their pension obligations, the regulator has warned.
The Pensions Regulator (TPR)...
Pension Schemes Bill should be ‘hugely beneficial’ for savers
Government introduces Pension Schemes Bill, which is designed to make pensions easier to understand and manage.
Pension reforms could put savings at risk, group warns
Ministers have confirmed the new Pension Schemes Bill, which loosens rules around how surplus pension funds can be extracted from defined benefit (DB) schemes.
Minimum wage
Living wage pushes up spring pay settlements
Pay settlements nudged up slightly in the three months to May, research has suggested, primarily driven by this year’s rise...
Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?
Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...
Employment Rights Bill: peers propose change to work experience rules
An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.
Equal pay
Living wage pushes up spring pay settlements
Pay settlements nudged up slightly in the three months to May, research has suggested, primarily driven by this year’s rise...
Ethnicity and disability pay gaps: Ready to report? (webinar)
17 July 2025 | Register now for our webinar on the reporting requirements in the pipeline for ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
Co-op equal pay claims move onto next stage
Co-op workers have made a significant step forward in their long-running equal pay battle.
Benefits
100% success for latest large-scale four-day week trial
Businesses that took part said they were able to maintain service levels and key performance indicators while observing several benefits for employee wellbeing.
Top 10 HR questions June 2025: Redundancy consultation
June's top 10 features employers' questions about when and how to carry out redundancy consultation.
Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn a year
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.
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