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?
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...
With employees reporting that they are increasingly concerned about their finances, we asked whether HR should offer employees saving account benefits.
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...
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?
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...
Earned wage access schemes are becoming an increasingly popular employee benefit. But how can HR professionals manage the risks, and implement these schemes responsibly?
Younger employees are more likely to value health benefits than older employees, research by health plan provider Simplyhealth has shown.
Leaders of Rolls-Royce announced that they will give each of its employees £700 worth of shares in the company, after reporting profits of £1.1 billion in the first half of 2024, the BBC reported (2...
Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, has said he will “look at all options” to recover pay from newsreader and presenter Huw Edwards, who this week pleaded guilty to accessing indecent photos of...
Nearly half (47%) of UK employees do not think their current salary is enough to live comfortably on, a survey by loan company Viva Money revealed yesterday (1 August).
Less than half (47.7%) of job adverts featured salary information in June 2024, the lowest recorded figure since job postings platform Adzuna started tracking the metric in 2016.
