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  • Date:
    22 January 2025
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends January 2025: pay awards likely to decline this year

    As we enter 2025, pay awards are looking like they will continue to decline after sustaining high levels for the last two years.

  • Date:
    8 January 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Pay transparency - do the right thing

    We know the price of things in a shop. We have prices on menus and we have laws around weights and measures so we know what we're getting for our money, whether we're buying apples or apple brandy. So why is it still acceptable to advertise a job without stating a salary or salary range? Jane Vivier has a theory.

  • Date:
    6 January 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law 2025: Six key tasks for HR

    In 2025, HR professionals face the unique challenge of dealing with business-as-usual employment law changes, such as increases in statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay, while also beginning their preparations in earnest for the looming Employment Rights Bill. We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year

  • Date:
    3 January 2025
    Type:
    News

    Cost of employing low-wage staff to hit record high

    The cost of employing low-wage workers will hit a record high in 2025, according to an analysis by the Centre for Policy Studies.

  • Date:
    19 December 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends December 2024: a look back at the year

    With 2024 coming to an end, we explore pay awards implemented this year and assess how settlements have varied across different sectors of the economy.

  • Date:
    18 December 2024
    Type:
    News

    Most employees not expecting Christmas bonus

    Most employees (60%) are not expecting a Christmas bonus, while just 8% anticipate a bigger payout this year.

  • Date:
    18 December 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six tips to get your rewards right

    With reward programmes making up such a large percentage of your organisation's budget, it's no surprise that HR needs to be able to explain and prove their ROI. You need to get them "right". Easy, not! To help you meet this challenge, award-winning HR leader and consultant and bestselling author Debra Corey sets out six things you need to think about and address.

  • Date:
    12 December 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The impact of the NICs increase on 2025 pay reviews: Stories from HR

    The announcement of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) increases in the October Budget has had an impact on many organisations' 2025 pay rise plans. We look at the expected effect on pay award budgets.

  • Date:
    9 December 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: December 2024 pay and labour market update

    Our regular update of the economy, labour market and pay-setting environment will help organisations prepare for their 2025 pay and benefits reviews.

  • Date:
    27 November 2024
    Type:
    News

    RPC warns of lower pay and fewer jobs under Employment Rights Bill

    Some of the government's impact assessments of the Employment Rights Bill were 'not fit for purpose' and the policies could lead to lower wages and fewer jobs, according to a statement published by the Regulatory Policy Committee.

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