FTSE 350 improves executive pay structure, but needs to ensure reward is linked to performance, says Deloitte

While FTSE 350 companies have taken positive steps to improve their executive remuneration structures, there is still more work to be done by many to achieve best practice and ensure that reward is...

Staff don't want to discuss salaries - let alone payrises - with employers, according to Scottish Widows

UK employees' salaries are not up for discussion, especially with employers, according to new findings from Scottish Widows’ Dare Not Ask survey, published this morning.

Female executives earn the same as men for the first time - but equal pay for all is still 100 years away, according to CMI

Female executives are earning as much as their male counterparts for the first time since its records began, albeit only at junior executive level, according to groundbreaking research released today...

Take home pay is £1,212 lower on average than two years ago, according to Vocalink

The average annual real take home pay is £1,212 lower than it was two and a half years ago, according to a report published this morning by payments provider Vocalink.

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Pay freezes and pay cuts still abound as cost of living rises, according to CIPD findings

Pay packets are being hit hard with most employees suffering no pay rise in last six months, according to the CIPD.

Total bonus payments at same levels as last year but finance sector sees significant drop, according to ONS

Across the whole economy, bonus payments during the financial year April 2010 to March 2011 totalled £35 billion, the same as the previous financial year, according to the Office of National...

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Sports Direct staff enjoy average £44,000 share bonus each

Staff at retail chain Sports Direct, are set to enjoy an average share bonus of £44,000 each – but will have to wait until 2013 for the bulk of it.

It can be reasonable for employer to ask for pay cut, tribunal finds

ONS figures released today show unemployment figures remain fairly static. Experts say this is due to the fact that employees are accepting pay cuts rather than facing redundancy. Businesses and their...

Earnings gap between public and private sector staff widens, says ONS

The gap in average earnings between employees in the public and private sector has increased since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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Banks will have to give more details on pay and performance

Banks will have to provide far more detail on how they link pay to performance and risk, following the publication of the Basel Committee's Pillar 3 remuneration requirements.

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Barclaycard opens applications process for grants to help lone parents back to work

Barclaycard has today opened its applications process for its Horizons Education programme, which aims to provide funding to help lone parents back to work.

Employees face saving for 18 years to get on the property ladder as salaries are "drastically" out of kilter with house prices

Average house prices are drastically out of step with salaries at almost seven times the annual national wage, mortgage payments are as high as four fifths of gross salary and employees could be left...