One in four employers have increased spend on employee assistance programmes (EAPs) as a result of COVID-19

Workers are already suffering from health issues due to the switch to remote working, according to an Institute for Employment Studies (IES) interim survey

Younger employees appear to be actively opting out of pension scheme contributions, which could be to the detriment of their later lives.

The government-sanctioned lockdown will impact young workers the hardest, according to a new report for Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

It's been an eventful month for HR, with many professionals facing difficult conversations and challenges daily.

On 26 March the UK government published its official guidance for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, but it has caused some confusion for employers

From 6 April a new employers’ class 1A National Insurance contribution (NIC) of 13.8% will be chargeable on any termination payments in excess of £30,000

Nearly 500,000 people in the UK have applied for universal credit following the coronavirus outbreak, and self-employed workers have had to do so without the support of HR

Ninety-four per cent of employers have reported facing challenges when providing a workplace pension according to a study by Smarterly

The UK government has introduced a year-long suspension of gender pay gap reporting to ease the already increased burden of duties for organisations during the Coronavirus pandemic

Freelancers have criticised the UK government saying that its latest Coronavirus wage support package will not offer them sufficient financial aid

The UK government has announced it will pay up to 80% of employees’ wages who are unable to work because of the Coronavirus pandemic