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Our back to basics series brings you top tips from industry experts on the bread and butter areas of HR

Hestia launches paid leave for domestic abuse victims

Domestic abuse charity Hestia has become the first charity to offer paid leave to staff who have personally experienced domestic violence

Heathrow workers to walk out over pay

?More than 4,000 workers at Heathrow airport, including customer service, engineering and security staff have voted to strike over pay

Legal-ease: Enhanced SPL pay

It's not discriminatory for employers to offer enhanced maternity pay but not enhanced Shared Parental Leave (SPL) pay

Gender pay obligations across EMEA

While HR professionals may feel they've now got to grips with gender pay reporting, similar legislation is being introduced in other countries. So HR must understand regional variations

Hot topic: Peer-to-peer bonuses, part two

A growing number of businesses have introduced peer-to-peer bonuses, otherwise known as ‘microtippping’, according to the BBC

Pakistani and Bangladeshi staff face worst ethnicity pay gaps

Campaigners have called for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) exposes sluggish progress on BAME workers' pay

Hot topic: Peer-to-peer bonuses

A growing number of businesses have introduced peer-to-peer bonuses, otherwise known as ‘microtippping’, according to the BBC

Art Markman: Understand cognitive science to work better

Neuroscience can help people better understand themselves and colleagues, according to academic and author Art Markman

What to do when you hit 'The Wall'

In a series of wellbeing columns Karen Beaven offers advice to others in HR

Scrapping bonuses: The legal lowdown

As economic and political uncertainty continues to grip the nation, some firms are considering making savings by scrapping or withholding bonuses

Job quality rated higher at co-operatives

Co-operatives and employee-owned businesses may be more resilient in times of crisis because they have higher job quality and better management practices, according to research