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- Date:
- 22 November 2024
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- Date:
- 20 November 2024
Professionals from working-class backgrounds across the UK are effectively no longer being paid for their work from today until the end of the year because of the class pay gap.
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- Date:
- 14 November 2024
The Government has decided to allow a local authority to proceed with its four-day working week arrangement after a minister in the previous administration had threatened to block it.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2024
Annual wage growth continued to fall in the three months to September, but not as fast as was expected, according to official labour market statistics.
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- Date:
- 6 November 2024
Almost one in six 'sandwich carers' find it difficult to cope financially and a high proportion are on low incomes, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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- Date:
- 30 October 2024
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed there will be a rise in employers' national insurance contributions to 15%, a lower figure than anticipated.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
With the new government rolling back key sections of the 1992 and 2016 Trade Union acts, some employers may be nervous about a potential power shift towards employees. But, finds Adam McCulloch, the newly launched consultation on the proposals puts the focus more on modernisation and streamlining processes than on absolute rights.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2024
With the Treasury reportedly considering an increase in national insurance contributions for employers in the upcoming Budget, what does this mean for HR and payroll teams?
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- Date:
- 10 October 2024
The Employment Rights Bill 2024, unveiled today, includes a maximum nine-month statutory probation period among 28 reforms, as the government reveals draft legislation 'to boost pay and productivity'.
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- Date:
- 2 October 2024
Cracks are starting to form in the UK financial service sector's "class ceiling", with the number of people from lower socio-economic backgrounds in senior positions showing a small increase.