Bonus caps legal action sends out wrong message

Treasury's legal challenge to EU capped bonuses comes in same week NHS workers told about potential pay freeze.

Shrinking wage gap will re-shape global business, PwC study finds

The narrowing wage gap between the UK and emerging economies such as China, India and the Philippines will have major implications for business, according to research by PwC.

NHS pay increase 'unnecessary' and 'unaffordable', says NHS Employers

The NHS Employers organisation is urging pay review bodies to recommend freezing pay scales for NHS staff in 2014/15.

FTSE 100 executive bonus payments decline

Annual bonus payouts to FTSE 100 executive directors have fallen as shareholders are taking a stronger position on pay by shifting remuneration towards longer-term incentives, Deloitte research has...

Wages increasing for employees in small businesses, FSB study finds

About half of small businesses with employees on the minimum wage have either increased or are considering raising pay to the lowest paid workers.

US employers could be forced to disclose what CEOs are paid as ratio of average wage

American employers could be required to disclose the pay packets of senior management and chief executives as a ratio to that of the average worker, under a proposal outlined yesterday by the US...

Crown Prosecution Service spends £1.1 million on two 'golden goodbyes'

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spent £1.1 million in the past four years on golden goodbyes for two departing employees.

FTSE employers rein in bonuses for chief execs

The average bonus for a FTSE 100 chief executive is 7% lower than it was a year ago, according to data published by PWC.

One bad apple doesn’t rot HR barrel

BBC pay off scandal and Lucy Adams plight highlights problems with remuneration culture, not the death of HR.

Global executive pay up 5.5% in a year

Executive pay for CEOs of some of the world's largest companies increased by 5.5% last year, research by executive search firm Pedersen and Partners has found.

Migrant workers are 'keeping pay down', says former Morrisons HRD

Some of Britain’s largest companies offer jobs on, or just above, minimum wage because they can employ migrant workers willing to accept lower-paid roles and ‘flexible’ contracts, according to the...

Nearly 5m workers earn below living wage, says study

There has been a sharp rise in the number of workers earning below the living wage, research has found.