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  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    New resource: Dates for your diary

    Plan for important deadlines and awareness-raising events and celebrations with our new Dates for your diary resource.

  • Date:
    22 February 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends February 2024: First pay awards of 2024 see slight decline

    With the first settlements of 2024 having come into effect, we are beginning to see how organisations are responding following the 2023 unprecedented pay award levels.

  • Date:
    31 January 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: How to prepare for Generation Alpha joining the workforce

    Rebekah Martin, senior vice president of reward, inclusion and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, joins us to talk about the changing motivations and requirements of the workforce - connection to purpose, skills-based learning, recognition and more.

  • Date:
    30 January 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Should you trust forecasts?

    With so much information at our fingertips, working out which data to trust can be an overwhelming task. To help you, we have put away our crystal ball and taken a look back to explore the reliability of our research and to understand retrospectively how accurate our pay forecast analyses have been.

  • Date:
    25 January 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends January 2024: A first look at new year deals

    As 2024 dawns, we round-up all 2023 pay settlements and set the scene for the year ahead with a look at the first deals recorded.

  • Type:
    FAQs

    When does overtime have to be included in holiday pay?

    Updated to reflect amendments to the Working Time Regulations 1998 confirming the elements of pay to be included when calculating holiday pay.  

  • Date:
    9 January 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Rebuilding in 2024: Strategies for reshaping worker expectations

    This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?

  • Date:
    21 December 2023
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends December 2023: Pay awards remain at 6%

    In what has been an unprecedented year for settlements, pay awards have not slowed down. For the eighth time in 2023, the median pay settlement value hits 6% and since autumn, public-sector deals have continued to surpass the private sector.

  • Date:
    15 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Where's my bonus? A multi-country perspective

    A little something "extra" in the pay packet at the end of the working year may be a global expectation, but it is one that is met in a variety of ways depending on where in the world you find yourself. Here, we provide some 2023 bonus payment statistics from the UK and offer a summary of bonus payment requirements in 15 other jurisdictions.

  • Date:
    1 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six strategies to attract talent and remain competitive in 2024

    Organisations are struggling to attract talent, but it doesn't have to be that way. Based on our survey findings, we explore ways to help employers address the skills shortage and stand out from the competition.

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