Pay award data shows slight rise in settlements
Pay awards for the three months to the end of September grew slightly, from 5% to 5.4%, new figures have revealed. Research carried out by XpertHR found that while...
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Benefits sway one in three UK employees to accept a job
More than a third (34%) of UK workers have admitted being swayed to take a job because of an employee benefit or company policy. Research by Canada Life found...
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HMRC offers three-day working week and more pay during summer
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is giving staff the chance to work a three-day week and get a pay rise from next summer in a move it hopes will...
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Ethnicity pay gap reporting rises by 14%
The number of employers reporting their ethnicity pay gap has risen by 14% since 2022, according to new findings. This year’s Race at Work Charter survey revealed that 44%...
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Boots raises pay rates for pharmacists by 5%
Boots has agreed to give its pharmacists a 5% pay rise from 1 November, followed by a one-off bonus payment in August 2024. The company and Pharmacists’ Defence Association...
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Amazon increases starting salaries in £170m pay investment
Amazon has revealed plans to increase pay rates for frontline operations staff in the UK from this month as part of a £170 million investment in wages. Depending on...
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Research highlights discrepancies in paternity provisions
New research has highlighted discrepancies in paternity provisions for UK fathers. A study by Reassured, which surveyed 250 new dads, showed that one in six (17.1%) were able to...
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AXA launches global employee health and wellbeing support
AXA has unveiled a new employee health and wellbeing programme which aims to support its 110,000-strong global workforce. The insurer and asset manager’s ‘We Care’ scheme includes new policies...
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Employers enhancing pay and benefits despite budget pressures, study shows
Organisations in the UK are improving their pay and benefits package despite facing pressure on budgets, new research has found. The study by Gallagher showed that more than one...
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Chancellor confirms rise in living wage rates
National living wage rates for workers aged over 23 will rise to £11 an hour from April 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed. The plans to increase pay from...
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BENEFITS UNBOXED PODCAST
Benefits Unboxed
The podcast from Benefits Expert, the title for HR, reward and benefits professionals.
Seasoned professionals examine the challenges and innovations in today’s employee benefits, reward and HR sector. Every episode, they will unbox a key issue and unpack what it really means for employers and how they can tackle it.
The regulars are Claire Churchard, editor of Benefits Expert; Carole Goldsmith, HR director at the Royal Horticultural Society, and Steve Herbert, consultant and rewards & benefits veteran.
Benefits Unboxed – Hybrid work: reality versus rhetoric
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.
We look at what this means for HR, from balancing employee flexibility with business needs, to ensuring benefits packages remain fair and accessible. We discuss the pinch points, and the opportunities, in building the new normal of work.
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