Boost employees’ financial wellbeing by linking benefits to salary
PROMOTED | Last year, more than a third (36%) of UK employees admitted to having financial worries...
Recruiters push for IR35 reform delay to avoid ‘damaging’ growth
Recruitment firms are pressing for the government to delay introducing private sector IR35 tax changes until 2021, which they say...
Proposed salary increases not enough say teaching unions
The government has provided more information on pay increases for teachers since it announced the biggest sustained uplift in pay...
Aldi remains highest paying supermarket
German supermarket chain Aldi says it has maintained its position as the UK’s highest-paying supermarket after announcing hourly rates which...
BBC presenter Sarah Montague wins £400k equal pay settlement
Radio presenter Sarah Montague has won a £400,000 equal pay settlement after the BBC admitted it had underpaid her for...
Health workers’ unions suspend strikes in Northern Ireland
New NI minister of health secures funding for pay parity with NHS England.
Businesses focus on emotional and financial wellbeing
Emotional and financial wellbeing programmes are gaining impetus in terms of companies’ strategic focus.
Pensions
Employee Benefits Awards 2020 entry deadline fast approaching
Time is running out to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2020, as the entry deadline of 17 January is fast...
Dominic Chappell ordered to pay £9.5m to BHS pension funds
The Pensions Regulator has ordered former British Homes Stores owner Dominic Chappell to contribute £9.5m to two pension schemes connected...
Firefighters to remain members of ‘more favourable’ pension scheme
Thousands of firefighters will be able to return to their pre-2015 pension schemes, an employment tribunal has clarified, after an...
Minimum wage
Six employment law cases that will shape 2020
We look at six important employment law cases that will get the headlines in 2020, covering significant issues such as...
2020 employment law: Eight action points for HR
The new year begins with a new government, the prospect of Brexit and a number of employment law developments already...
Tougher deterrents needed to end minimum wage underpayment
Sanctions for failing to pay staff the national minimum wage are not tough enough and there needs to be a...
Equal pay
BBC presenter Sarah Montague wins £400k equal pay settlement
Radio presenter Sarah Montague has won a £400,000 equal pay settlement after the BBC admitted it had underpaid her for...
BBC issues more than £3m in payouts to avoid further claims, reports say
The BBC has paid out more than £3m to a number of employees in a move it hopes will avoid...
BBC loses equal pay case with Samira Ahmed
Journalist Samira Ahmed has won her equal pay claim against the BBC, having proved that the work she did was...
Benefits
Employee Benefits Awards 2020 entry deadline fast approaching
Time is running out to enter the Employee Benefits Awards 2020, as the entry deadline of 17 January is fast...
British Airways and Nesta to headline Employee Benefits Connect 2020
Air travel organisation British Airways and innovation foundation Nesta will deliver the two keynote sessions at Employee Benefits Connect 2020....
Three in five parents work unpaid overtime to cope with workload
Flexible working is unable to deliver the work-life balance that parents need, according to a report that finds three in...
