A third of employers have reduced planned salary increases for 2025 as a result of rises in employer national insurance from April. A survey with 200 UK employers revealed...
Read moreDetailsThe HR leaders who work the longest hours reside in southern England, but they also earn the most, analysis of ONS data has found. An analysis of regional pay...
Read moreDetailsInsurer Zurich UK has published its socio-economic pay gap to help "chip away at the class ceiling” in the UK. The employer’s median pay gap between employees from professional...
Read moreDetailsAs the deadline for rises in the national minimum wage approaches, an employment lawyer has warned employers that the “penalties for non-compliance are severe” with fines of up to...
Read moreDetailsThe trend for greater pay transparency is growing in the EU, the UK and even in Donald Trump’s USA. For anyone thinking that compliance deadlines are still a way...
Read moreDetailsWomen diagnosed with endometriosis can expect to see their monthly pay fall on average compared to the levels they received before the condition was spotted, according to data from...
Read moreDetailsThe UK gender pay gap will not close until 2065, 40 years from now, in spite of reporting requirements introduced in 2017. Data analysis has revealed that 23 percent...
Read moreDetailsSainsbury’s will increase pay for its 118,000 hourly-paid staff by five percent this year as part of the employer's ‘Next Level’ plan. The raise means that total salary for...
Read moreDetailsAfter the excesses of the festive period, many people see the New Year as a good time to review their finances and get spending back under control. Financial wellbeing...
Read moreDetailsNearly half of mid-market businesses are exploring how salary sacrifice could help them counter the hit of employer national insurance tax rises, a survey has found. Research with 500...
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