Fat Cat Friday: Does HR only have itself to blame?

While poor corporate governance and boards have been blamed for the CEO-worker pay gap, HR should look to its own management processes and ask if employees as a whole are losing out

HRDs earn almost £25k less than FDs

Recent figures obtained from top executives across the UK show that finance directors earn significantly more than HR directors

Sadiq Khan publishes guide to tackling gender pay gap

The mayor of London has published a toolkit for employers as the latest data on gender pay in the city reveals a “varied picture”

Fat Cat Friday marks widening of CEO-worker pay gap

The UK’s top bosses make more in three days than a typical full-time worker will make in a year, according to research from the High Pay Centre and the CIPD

Iceland NMW case raises questions over benefits schemes

?Supermarket Iceland has said it plans to challenge a £21 million demand from HMRC in a case that raises questions over the enforcement of minimum wage law

The 12 months of 2018: June

It's been an eventful year for HR-related issues hitting the headlines. Our 12 Days of Christmas countdown revisits each month's most notable happenings

Improve benefits to help low earners, report urges

Many organisations are failing to maximise the value of employee benefits for low earners, according to research from the Work Foundation

Imposter syndrome stops female grads requesting more money

Imposter syndrome means the gender pay gap begins at graduation, according to research by Milkround

HR overestimates benefits satisfaction

?HR professionals in large UK enterprises tend to overestimate employee satisfaction when it comes to rewards and benefits programmes, research by Hawk Incentives has found

Autumn Budget 2018: What’s in store for HR?

Ahead of Hammond’s Autumn Budget on Monday, we outline what the HR community can expect to see

Bin the bonuses for a happier workplace

Bonuses are a blunt instrument that can unintentionally reward negative behaviour

Volatile pay the norm for UK workers

Eighty per cent of workers experience fluctuating pay packets, with low-paid workers most at risk, according to research from the Resolution Foundation