Pay day - but employees struggle financially if their pay cheque is not paid on time

Staff are living "pay cheque to pay cheque" and are unable to cope financially if their salary is not paid on time, new research finds.

Minimum Wage hike for Scottish agricultural apprentices

The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has introduced an increase to the minimum hourly rate of pay for agricultural apprentices.

Women in HR face a long wait before their pay equals that of male colleagues

Equal pay for HR professionals is 107 years away, new research claims.

HR lessons from the recession: Make sure the contractual wording on bonus entitlement is crystal clear

The global financial crisis has spawned a number of interesting cases on the subject of bonus entitlement. Most of these highlight the problem of not paying sufficient attention to contractual...

A rise in bonuses for FTSE 100 executives shows total reward packages have increased year-on-year

While FTSE 100 companies are showing restraint when setting executive salaries and providing more transparent disclosure on the structure of packages, total actual reward packages have increased...

Institute of Payroll Professionals warns of damaging effect of two-year pay freeze for public servants

The two-year pay freeze for public servants with a salary of more than 21,000 announced in June's Emergency Budget will have detrimental effects on the sector, new research warns.

Drop in adult age minimum wage rate could cost employers 50 million more

The adult age for the National Minimum Wage has dropped to 21 but the decision is expected to cost employers an additional 50 million in wages.

Court ruling clarifies legitimacy of caps on redundancy payments to employees nearing retirement age

Most contractual redundancy schemes apply some form of reduction for employees who are approaching retirement age, either through a tapering provision or a cap. There has been some concern that such...

Employees remain disengaged as pay and conditions fail to improve with move out of recession

Employee engagement has reached an all-time low as the effect of UK's move out of recession has failed to filter down to the workplace.

Employers can provide the tools for employees to plan and keep control of their finances

For 21st-century workforces, a lifetime of ?nancial security is now less of a certainty than ever. But, as more and more employees struggle to plan or keep control of their ?nances, employers can help...

The teething problems of the new expenses system for MPs show the importance of fairness, consistency and communication

The House of Commons has run into problems with its new expenses system run by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). Its chairman, Sir Ian Kennedy, has admitted to 'teething...

Workers who took a pay cut to keep their jobs are still waiting to have it re-instated

As many as 8,680,000 employees who took a pay cut during the recession, in order to avoid redundancy, have still not had their pay re-instated.