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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to include additional information on occupational pensions in Northern Ireland.
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- Date:
- 13 November 2024
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- News
Annual wage growth continued to fall in the three months to September, but not as fast as was expected, according to official labour market statistics.
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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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- Type:
- Economic data
Updated to include the latest headline pay data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2024. The next ONS release date is November 2025.
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- Type:
- Economic data
Updated to include the latest headline gender pay gap data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2024. The next ONS release date is November 2025.