Corbyn vows to “rebalance power” in the workplace
Labour will “rebalance power in the workplace” if the party wins power, Jeremy Corbyn said in his speech closing the...
Record number of workers on national minimum wage being underpaid
HM Revenue and Customs identified a record £15.6m in national minimum wage underpayment in 2017/18.
More than 200,000 workers were...
Labour plans compulsory employee share ownership
A future Labour government would require all companies with 250 or more employees to give shares to their workers worth...
How rethinking executive pay can act as a catalyst for change
Ahead of the introduction of executive pay ratio reporting regulations next year, Jason Stockwood looks at how CEO pay could...
Employee assistance calls for mental health issues rise by nearly a third
Calls made to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) by workers seeking help for a mental health issue have risen by almost...
Younger staff want employers to put more emphasis on health and wellbeing
Six in 10 younger workers think their current working conditions have an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing, highlighting...
Only one in three understand what the gender pay gap is
Almost two-thirds of the British public incorrectly identified what the gender pay gap is and confused it with the issue...
Pensions
Personnel Today Awards 2018 shortlist: Managing Change
As finalists and judges gather this evening in London for the 2018 Personnel Today Awards Shortlist Party, over the next...
Samuel Smith brewery fined over failure to report to Pensions Regulator
Brewery Samuel Smith and its chairman, 73-year-old Humphrey Smith, have been fined nearly £28,000 after admitting failure to supply information...
How to engage employees with pensions
Collectively employers spend billions on employee pensions each year, but how can they ensure staff understand the value of this...
Minimum wage
Record number of workers on national minimum wage being underpaid
HM Revenue and Customs identified a record £15.6m in national minimum wage underpayment in 2017/18.
More than 200,000 workers were...
Low-income families’ earnings do not cover basic needs
Families with two parents working full time at the national living wage are 11% (£49 per week) short of the...
Sleepover exemption: At which point do sleep-in shifts stop counting as work?
XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal ruled that a care...
Equal pay
Only one in three understand what the gender pay gap is
Almost two-thirds of the British public incorrectly identified what the gender pay gap is and confused it with the issue...
Morrisons faces £1bn equal pay claim
Morrisons has become the latest supermarket to face an equal pay claim from its shop floor workers, which if successful...
Tesco staff file 1,000 equal pay claims
One thousand former and current Tesco employees have lodged claims for equal pay, according to the law firm handling the...
Benefits
Corbyn vows to “rebalance power” in the workplace
Labour will “rebalance power in the workplace” if the party wins power, Jeremy Corbyn said in his speech closing the...
Younger staff want employers to put more emphasis on health and wellbeing
Six in 10 younger workers think their current working conditions have an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing, highlighting...
Top 10 HR questions August 2018 – Brexit and executive pay ratios
While progress has been made in some areas of the Brexit negotiations, including agreement on the rights of EU citizens...
