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Pay and benefits

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  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2022

    Soaring inflation has helped to push annual pay rises to their highest level for 13 years. We investigate whether this trend will continue over the remainder of the year, and how organisations are planning their reward decisions.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Reward planning and priorities: HR & Compliance Centre survey 2022

    Employee reward and benefits are key tools being used to tackle the recruitment and retention challenges many organisations are facing. As they handle increasing rates of labour turnover, we look at how employers are planning to embed reward into their workforce strategy in 2022.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2022: Higher pay awards still fall short of inflation

    XpertHR's headline pay award is unchanged from the previous rolling quarter when it reached its highest level since 2008 and continues to fall behind inflation.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Employment allowance increases

    The employment allowance increases to £5,000 per year.

  • Date:
    22 March 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR careers and roles - what our surveys reveal

    Noelle Murphy, senior HR practice editor at XpertHR, explores the findings from XpertHR's recent HR careers survey including the impact of the pandemic and hybrid working practices on HR professionals and discusses priorities and challenges on the HR agenda.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Engineering and metals

    Updated to include the details of two new pay awards across the sector.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Finance

    Updated to include the details of three new pay awards across the sector.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Central government

    Updated to include the details of eight new pay awards across the sector.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: Facilities, security and support services

    Updated to include the details of two new pay awards across the sector.

  • Date:
    14 March 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2022 employment law changes: Six tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".

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