Can certain perks help attract and retain staff with disabilities?

Many companies unintentionally overlook the unique needs of employees with disabilities when planning benefits packages, despite the fact that 24% of the population lives with a disability, according...

How can AI enhance employee benefits delivery?

Offering a range of employee benefits can bolster reward and drive engagement, but can be a challenge to deliver. Could AI be the solution?

How to find accurate and reliable data for informed reward decisions

Data quality varies wildly. So how can HR professionals get accurate and reliable data, to enable informed compensation, benefits and rewards decisions?

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What can HR learn from the Sue Gray salary row?

Sue Gray, Downing Street chief of staff, has been at the centre of conflict after the BBC reported on 18 September that she asked for and received a pay rise to £170,000 following the election of the...

Unpredictable hours disproportionately impact working mothers, study finds

Working mothers are disproportionately impacted by unpredictable hours, a study exclusive to HR magazine has found. The research findings were published as news broke about the government's plan to...

How can HR departments support younger employees to save money? 

Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.

When should employers offer a pay rise?

As Amazon announces a pay rise for employees, following its ongoing dispute with the GMB trade union, we asked HR: when should employers be offering a pay rise?

Private sector lags behind public sector on maternity pay

Three quarters (75%) of companies in the private sector provide enhanced maternity pay, compared with 97% of public sector companies, research by HR data and insights provider Brightmine revealed (4...

Should HR introduce savings account benefits?

With employees reporting that they are increasingly concerned about their finances, we asked whether HR should offer employees saving account benefits.

Why won’t more employers use early wage access?

A survey of payroll professionals revealed that 7% of organisations are using an early wage access (EWA) scheme, which allows employees to access a percentage of the pay they have earned before their...

Next loses equal pay tribunal after basing pay on market rates

Retailer Next has lost a six-year equal pay claim after a tribunal ruled that it should not have relied on market rates when deciding on employees' pay. What can HR learn from this?

Nearly 60% of employers unaware of employee wellbeing needs

Most employers (58%) do not have an in-depth understanding of their employees’ health and wellbeing needs, according to research commissioned by the insurer Towergate Health and Protection (20...