Employer National Insurance contributions will increase from 13.8 percent to 15 percent from April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed in the first Budget from the Labour government. The...
Read moreDetailsThe National Living Wage (NLW) will rise from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour from 1 April 2025, chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed last night ahead of her Budget speech today. ...
Read moreDetailsA government investment of £240 million to tackle economic inactivity and help disabled people and long-term sick into work has been welcomed as “joined up thinking”, by the CIPD....
Read moreDetailsTwo providers have teamed up to launch a group income protection (GIP) scheme that uses gamification to combat increasing workplace absenteeism. The partnership, between employee benefits insurer MetLife UK...
Read moreDetailsGovernment pledges that tax hikes will not appear in the payslips of “working people” were repeated at the weekend, but with an increase in employer national insurance (NI) expected...
Read moreDetailsUK pay rises have stalled at 4 percent in the third quarter of 2024, according to Brightmine, with further data suggesting that compensation will to continue to fall next...
Read moreDetailsGlobal employers are missing the mark on workforce pay effectiveness, with less than half delivering on core business objectives, research has revealed. A global employer survey, from WTW, examined...
Read moreDetailsEmployers face a large tax bill if the chancellor levies national insurance (NI) on employer pension contributions and scraps "unfair" tax breaks on electric vehicles, in this month’s budget,...
Read moreDetailsEmployer costs could rise dramatically if the government goes ahead with proposals to remove national insurance contribution pension relief, data analysis has found. Employers could face a £500 bill...
Read moreDetailsThe nights are drawing in and mince pies have started appearing on the shelves, but while demand for festive season jobs is at a six year high, employer recruitment...
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Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
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