The Chancellor’s suggestion that office working should be the “default” location for employees ignores the value of remote working, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned....
Read moreDetailsKreston Reeves is improving its maternity and adoption leave policy to offer employees 21 weeks of leave on full pay. Effective from 1 June 2023, the accountants, business and...
Read moreDetailsPublic sector employers are boosting wages in response to staff shortages and the cost-of-living crisis, according to a new report. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)’s research...
Read moreDetailsCommunity Integrated Care is extending its four-day working week policy and implementing a range of flexible working options for frontline staff. The UK social care charity initially introduced the...
Read moreDetailsUK car finance and loan business Zuto employs around 450 people based across two sites in Macclesfield and Manchester, with many working in a hybrid way. In May 2022,...
Read moreDetailsIt's been two years since the IR35 off-payroll legislation was revised. From April 2021, medium and large-sized organisations became solely responsible for determining whether a contractor(s), engaged via a...
Read moreDetailsMore than half (52%) of gig economy workers do not earn the minimum wage, a new report has highlighted. The study, led by the University of Bristol, discovered that...
Read moreDetailsPAM Group has improved its employee benefits package as part of its recruitment and retention strategy. The occupational health and wellbeing firm, which has 700 employees across the UK,...
Read moreDetailsBank of New York Mellon has expanded its global parental leave policy to offer new parents 16 weeks of paid leave. Employees at the investment bank who foster, adopt...
Read moreDetailsThinkprint UK is now employee owned following the establishment of an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The move by the Cheshire, UK based print management and marketing services firm was...
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