MPs defy Lords for second time on "shares for rights" scheme

MPs have again backed the Government's controversial "shares for rights" scheme, defying the House of Lords, who had earlier rejected the bill for a second time.

UK pay rises wiped out by highest inflation in Western Europe, Towers Watson research reveals

UK employers are planning to increase salaries by an average of 3% in 2013 for the second year running, however with inflation expected to run at 3.3% this year – nearly half a percentage point higher...

HRD calls for transparency around senior management pay in the NHS

There should be full transparency around how much senior managers in the NHS are paid, HR director at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Graham White, has said.

Generation Y choose greater flexibility over financial reward, PwC study reveals

Generation Y would choose workplace flexibility, work/life balance and the opportunity for overseas assignments over financial rewards, a study published by PwC has found.

'Shares for rights' scheme reinstated after House of Commons vote

MPs have backed the Government's plans to allow businesses to offer shares to their employees in return for reduced employment rights.

Pay gap closes for in-house UK lawyers

Pay in the UK legal sector remains buoyant despite low UK economic growth, according to professional services firm Towers Watson's legal salary report.

Employers starting to “wise-up” to the importance of recording absence, research reveals

More than four in five employers (82%) actively record, monitor and manage absence, according to research published by Group Risk Development (GRiD) the trade body for the group risk industry.

MPs to vote on controversial ‘shares for rights’ scheme today

The controversial ‘Employee Shareholder’ clause of the Government’s Growth and Infrastructure Bill is to be put before the House of Commons today.

George Osborne's Budget suggests the Government is serious about tackling sickness absence

Among the number of changes outlined in the recent Budget, it would have been easy to miss one potentially very significant announcement for businesses and HR professionals in particular: the...

Healthcare support workers want regulation and are prepared to pay for it, BJHCA survey finds

Healthcare support workers overwhelmingly back the recommendations about their role made in the Francis report into Mid-Staffordshire, according to a survey published today by the British Journal of...

Nearly half of people in the UK blame work commitments for lack of regular exercise

Some four in 10 people have blamed work commitments for their lack of participation in regular sport and exercise, finds a report published today from Nuffield Health and the London School of...

Telecoms firms ordered to pay £100,000 National Minimum Wage arrears

Two telecommunication companies have been ordered to pay wage arrears of almost £100,000 to 197 of their call centre telesales workers, HMRC has revealed.