FAQs

All items: Pay-related incentives

Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, are agency workers entitled to bonuses that are payable to direct recruits?
How should employee share schemes deal with employees who leave due to retirement?
Are long-service awards incompatible with the Equality Act 2010?
Where it is a company's policy to give a small gift to employees who have completed periods of service of multiples of 10 years could this be discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010?
Is it permissible to award greater holiday entitlement to employees who have, for example, 10 years' service?
Must an employer pay commission to an employee on maternity leave where this was earned before they went on leave?
Where an employer wishes to pay employees a "loyalty bonus" when it relocates office, will the payments be subject to tax and national insurance?
Is it ever permissible for an employer to withhold bonus payments?

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Frequently asked questions and answers on pay-related incentives.