Commentary and insights

All items: Pay and benefits

  • Pay transparency - do the right thing

    Date:
    8 January 2025

    We know the price of things in a shop. We have prices on menus and we have laws around weights and measures so we know what we're getting for our money, whether we're buying apples or apple brandy. So why is it still acceptable to advertise a job without stating a salary or salary range? Jane Vivier has a theory.

  • Employment law 2025: Six key tasks for HR

    Date:
    6 January 2025

    In 2025, HR professionals face the unique challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also beginning their preparations in earnest for the looming Employment Rights Bill. We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year

  • Six tips to get your rewards right

    Date:
    18 December 2024

    With reward programmes making up such a large percentage of your organisation's budget, it's no surprise that HR needs to be able to explain and prove their ROI. You need to get them "right". Easy, not! To help you meet this challenge, award-winning HR leader and consultant and bestselling author Debra Corey sets out six things you need to think about and address.

  • The impact of the NICs increase on 2025 pay reviews: Stories from HR

    Date:
    12 December 2024

    The announcement of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increases in the October Budget has had an impact on many organisations' 2025 pay rise plans. We look at the expected effect on pay award budgets.

  • Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting - five tips to help organisations improve their data and outcomes

    Date:
    25 November 2024

    Although the formal Bill is yet to be published, the Government has outlined plans to require organisations with 250 and more employees to report their ethnicity and disability pay data. To prepare HR leaders for this change, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion to address the practical and cultural challenges of expanded pay gap reporting.

  • What Another Trump Administration Means for HR in the US

    Date:
    7 November 2024

    This resource summarizes how another Trump presidency may affect key employment law issues that directly impact HR, including EEO, wage and hour and payroll among others.

  • Strategies for a competitive and cost-effective employee benefits package

    Date:
    31 October 2024

    Employee benefits have evolved significantly over the past few years, going beyond basic offerings such as health insurance and annual leave. Today, they can range from perks like wellness programmes to complex offerings such as matching contribution pension schemes. But with budgets stretched and costs rising, how do you make your organisation's money go further - and make sure employees really feel the benefit?

  • Employment experts react to Rachel Reeves's Budget

    Date:
    30 October 2024

    The Budget, the first in the UK by a female chancellor, was designed to fill a public spending black hole, boost public services, secure financial compensation for victims of scandals, and maintain defence spending. Labour has sought to stand by its manifesto commitments and not apply extra taxes to 'working people'. However, as our panel of experts says, businesses will see considerable added costs.

  • New allocation of tips rules: What the hospitality, leisure and services sectors need to know

    Date:
    25 September 2024

    From 1 October 2024, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and its accompanying statutory code of practice introduce rules that require employers to be fair and transparent in how they manage and distribute tips. What do employers in the affected sectors - including restaurants, hotels, hairdressers and other similar services industries - need to know about the new legislation?

  • Gender pay gap: findings from 2023 reporting

    Date:
    5 April 2024

    This year marks the seventh time that organisations have had to report their gender pay and bonus gaps. While many still leave this to the very end of the reporting year, is progress nonetheless being made on closing these gaps? We look at the latest data.

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