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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The case of Chandrashekarappa v Wipro provides a reminder that a discretionary bonus may become legally enforceable once the employer has exercised its discretion in line with the terms communicated to employees and the employee has satisfied those terms. Employers should avoid seeking to impose new approval requirements or caps after that point.
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- Date:
- 19 August 2025
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Fewer employees are receiving bonuses, but for some, the rewards remain significant. We explore how bonus value and access varies across job function and level, organisation sector and location, and individual characteristics like age and gender.
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- Date:
- 18 December 2024
- Type:
- News
Most employees (60%) are not expecting a Christmas bonus, while just 8% anticipate a bigger payout this year.
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- Date:
- 30 April 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
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.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
We examine bonus payments and policies for employees, and the main differences by industry, job level, job function group, age and gender.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
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.
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- Type:
- Survey analysis
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.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to advise employees that they are receiving a bonus payment.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model bonuses policy, which deals with eligibility, payment of bonuses, nominations for a bonus, organisation-wide bonuses and production-based bonuses.
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- Type:
- FAQs