Bonuses

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Basic pay and benefits

  Updated with various changes, including the increase in the rate of employer national insurance contributions and changes to the van benefit and car and van fuel charge.

• 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:

  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.

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  Bonus payments for staff: 2023 survey

  We examine bonus payments and policies for employees, and the main differences by industry, job level, job function group, age and gender.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter announcing bonus for workforce to help with cost of living

  A model letter to announce to your workforce that they will receive a bonus payment to help with the increase in the cost of living.

• Type:

  Survey analysis

  Bonus payments for staff: 2022 survey

  With the main bonus season of the year now behind us, we take a look at the popularity of this reward type and the typical payments made.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter awarding staff bonus

  A model letter to advise employees that they are receiving a bonus payment.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Bonuses policy

  A model bonuses policy, which deals with eligibility, payment of bonuses, nominations for a bonus, organisation-wide bonuses and production-based bonuses.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How should employers include bonuses paid to part-time employees when calculating their gender bonus gap?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is bonus defined for the purposes of reporting an organisation's gender pay gap and gender bonus gap?