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Pay and benefits

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  • Date:
    26 September 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Review of pay awards 2024: Pay bargaining calendar

    In this resource we analyse the peaks and troughs of the pay bargaining year, unveiling the most and least common months for organisations to implement an annual pay review.

  • Date:
    25 September 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    New allocation of tips rules: What the hospitality, leisure and services sectors need to know

    From 1 October 2024, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and its accompanying statutory code of practice introduce rules that require employers to be fair and transparent in how they manage and distribute tips. What do employers in the affected sectors - including restaurants, hotels, hairdressers and other similar services industries - need to know about the new legislation?

  • Date:
    24 September 2024
    Type:
    News

    Employers failing to target benefits by age and gender

    Almost half of employers offer the same range of benefits to all staff, despite 76% saying staff have requested more targeted perks.

  • Date:
    23 September 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Boosting employee engagement - helping HR get a better ROI on benefits

    Justine Woolf, director of consulting at Innecto Reward Consulting, offers tips for HR to boost employee engagement and ensure that organisations get a better ROI on their benefits.

  • Date:
    28 August 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Evolving your EVP to meet the needs of a multigenerational workforce

    Andrew Walker, new business development director with Personal Group, joins us to discuss the significant changes and trends shaping the future of work, and to explore strategies to evolve your employee value proposition (EVP) to meet the diverse needs of a multigenerational workforce.

  • Date:
    22 August 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Optimising reward structures for fair pay decisions

    In this webinar our experts, Jennie Jakubowski and Swetha Viswanathan, touch on the theory before showing you in practice how the Brightmine solutions can help drive better compensation outcomes for your organisation.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends August 2024: Pay awards drop back

    The latest Brightmine analysis shows a slowdown in pay growth overall, with the median pay award returning to the lowest level seen this year.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Duty on employers to give all tips to workers without deductions

    Updated to reflect the publication of the statutory code of practice on distributing tips fairly, which will come into force on 1 October 2024.

  • Date:
    25 July 2024
    Type:
    News

    DWP fleshes out welfare reform plans

    The Department for Work and Pensions has set out its blueprint for getting people back into work, after a report by Labour adviser Alan Milburn called for the long-term sick to be forced to seek work.

  • Date:
    25 July 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends July 2024: Recent changes to national living wage keep pay awards close to 5%

    As we reach the halfway point of 2024, the median pay award has consistently remained below 5% in the year so far. The latest Brightmine analysis explores the impact of the recent national living wage rises on pay awards, as well as discussing how the proposals made by the new Labour Government may affect 2025 pay awards. 

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