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- Date:
- 7 November 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 31 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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?
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- Date:
- 30 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Date:
- 30 October 2024
- Type:
- News
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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- Type:
- Legal timetable
As announced in the Autumn Budget 2024, the rate of employer national insurance contributions increases from 13.8% to 15%.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The hourly rates of the national minimum wage increase.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
With pay awards continuing to fall, alongside cooling inflation, we examine whether this trend will continue into 2025. Our latest survey explores anticipated pay awards for the next 12 months and the factors influencing these decisions.
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- Date:
- 24 October 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
We look at the latest data on pay increases and share our forecasts for the likely direction of pay awards in 2025.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2024
- Type:
- News
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:
- 4 October 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Pay awards across the economy have fallen over the past year, but how have individual sectors and industries fared? We breakdown our pay settlement data to provide a detailed look at pay award activity.