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  • Date:
    30 April 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Bonus payments for staff 2024

    We explore bonus payments given in the year to January 2024, analysing the payments awarded based on a variety of factors, including industry, job level, age and gender.

  • Date:
    25 April 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends April 2024: Pay awards remain lower than 2023

    As we enter the busiest time of year for pay awards, we report on the pay settlement landscape so far in 2024 and examine the first April deals coming into effect.

  • Date:
    11 April 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: HR & Compliance Centre Brightmine Compensation Planning Spring pay and labour market update 2024

    In this webinar Sheila Attwood shares details of where organisations have been pitching their pay reviews so far in 2024, and where others planning for later in the year think they will land.

  • Date:
    5 April 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Gender pay gap: findings from 2023 reporting

    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.

  • Date:
    2 April 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    How will the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages affect global employers in 2024?

    Global employers operating in the EU will have seen the flurry of member states increasing their minimum wages at the beginning of the year. Is 2024 the year for fairer minimum wages in the EU? How should global organisations prepare?

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Pensions auto-enrolment - categories of worker

    Updated to reflect the pensions auto-enrolment thresholds for 2024/25. 

  • Type:
    FAQs

    Are apprentices who are aged 21 or over entitled to the national living wage?

    Updated to reflect that the national living wage extends to workers aged 21 and over from 1 April 2024.

  • Date:
    26 March 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2024 employment law changes: Eight-point checklist for HR

    With a raft of employment law changes taking effect in April 2024, we provide a final reminder for HR professionals of what their organisation needs to do to comply with the new and amended employment laws. This April, the challenges for HR include: the introduction of carer's leave; reforms to the right to request flexible working; and updated rules on timing and notice to take paternity leave.

  • Date:
    21 March 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2024

    With inflation falling, will pay awards maintain the 32-year high we recorded in 2023? We explore pay forecasts data to provide insight into where pay awards are expected to be for 2024 and the factors that are likely to have an effect on these decisions.

  • Date:
    21 March 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2024: Slowdown in pay awards continues

    Our latest analysis of pay awards shows a continuing slowdown in pay growth as more 2024 deals come into effect.

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