Managing annual leave: five common employer pitfalls
Mismanagement of annual leave can have a dramatic impact on a company’s business, as demonstrated by Ryanair’s cancellation of hundreds...
Nursing unions demand 3.9% pay rise and £800
Unions representing more than a million nurses and other NHS staff have written to the chancellor to demand a 3.9%...
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Pensions Regulator in first auto-enrolment prosecution
The Pensions Regulator is bringing the first pensions auto-enrolment prosecution over allegations that a bus company and its managing director...
Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...
No 10 marks end of pay freeze with police and prisons pay rises
The Government has confirmed it will end its 1% annual cap on public sector pay next year and, this year,...
Top 10 HR questions August 2017: GDPR and holiday pay
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will require employers to provide employees with a privacy notice, detailing how their personal...
Pay cap to be lifted for police and prison officers
Police and prison officers are set to be the first beneficiaries of the Government’s decision to relax its 1% public...
Pensions
Pensions Regulator in first auto-enrolment prosecution
The Pensions Regulator is bringing the first pensions auto-enrolment prosecution over allegations that a bus company and its managing director...
10 benefits to include in a flexible benefits scheme
Flexible benefits schemes can help to boost employee recruitment and retention by increasing the range of benefits available to employees....
Supreme Court gives gay man equal pension rights
The Supreme Court has granted an appeal in a case where a worker claimed his same-sex partner should get the...
Minimum wage
National minimum wage: Avoid the pitfalls of pay averaging
Earlier this year it was reported that John Lewis set aside £36 million to compensate for a potential national minimum...
Argos tops HMRC’s latest list of national minimum wage offenders
HMRC has published its latest list of employers that have failed to comply with national minimum wage laws, with a...
Good work or bad? Reaction to the Taylor Review
Any much-anticipated report is likely to divide opinion, and the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices is no different. Rob...
Equal pay
Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...
Asda equal pay case: EAT allows mass claim to proceed
Supermarket giant Asda has failed in its latest bid to block a mass equal pay claim against it.
Cases on...
Pay gaps need to tackle ethnicity and disability as well as gender, urges EHRC
All jobs should be advertised as available for flexible working and fathers should receive ‘use it or lose it’ parental...
Benefits
10 benefits to include in a flexible benefits scheme
Flexible benefits schemes can help to boost employee recruitment and retention by increasing the range of benefits available to employees....
Research on EAPs shows employers are missing out on all the benefits
Research on employee assistance programmes suggests they are valued by employees, but employers are not yet gaining all the potential...
Employee health benefits are more than “bells and whistles” for insurance products
Employee health benefits must be used to cut insurance costs and reduce the risk of ill health at work, argues...
