Employers under pressure to agree pay rise demands

Employers are feeling the heat from staff demanding pay rises to offset rising fuel costs.

Tips not to be used to form minimum wage

The Government announced that it will close the legal loophole that allows companies in the hospitality industry to use tips to top up salaries.

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Government plans to extend minimum wage and flexible working

The Government has said it will lower the age threshold for the adult national minimum wage from 22 to 21.

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Minimum wage increase welcomed

The adult national minimum wage (NMW) has been increased from 5.52 to 5.73, enforceable from October this year.

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Public sector turmoil climaxes today

The public sector sees its very own Black Friday for industrial action today (Friday 29), as two brewing disputes come to a crescendo when staff at the Department for Transport (DfT) picket for the...

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Unpaid overtime amounts to thousands of pounds a year

The TUC has named tomorrow (Friday 22) as Work Your Proper Hours Day as evidence emerges that some UK employees are losing thousands of pounds a year in unpaid overtime.

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New funding for ACAS to simplify disputes

ACAS will receive up to an extra 37 million of funding from government in an effort to simplify the dispute resolution system, minister for employment relations Pat McFadden has announced.

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MPs agree to below-inflation pay rise

MPs have today accepted a below-inflation pay increase of 1.9%.

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In demand HR directors can earn 140,000-plus

HR professionals salaries are exceeding 140,000, according to a new FSS salary survey.

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Up front: Work stats - The gender gap is wide in HR pay

The HR function does not seem to be practising what it is preaching.

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The single currency tends to highlight the differences

How will the arrival of the single currency affect pay and reward considerations around Europe? Stefan Stern speaks to three well-placed observers

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