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  • Date:
    22 September 2022
    Type:
    News

    "Real" Living Wage rate increases by 10.1%

    The Living Wage Foundation has announced a 10.1% increase in the "real" living wage for UK employees.

  • Date:
    21 July 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: How to benchmark salaries and benefits in a fast-paced market

    Sheila Attwood shares the latest figures on annual pay reviews, while Penne Cecil Hutton addresses how to benchmark pay and benefits when things are moving so quickly.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter informing workforce of pay rise to help with cost of living

    A model letter to inform your workforce that they will receive a pay rise to help with the increase in the cost of living.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Real living wage increases take effect

    Updated to reflect the real living wage rates, as announced by the Living Wage Foundation, from 22 September 2022.

  • Date:
    23 June 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Six findings from the national living wage review

    The Low Pay Commission's review of the national living wage found it has reduced regional pay inequality and contributed to narrowing gender and ethnicity pay gaps, but it has not led to higher incomes and or any measurable increase in productivity.

  • Date:
    22 March 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR careers and roles - what our surveys reveal

    Noelle Murphy, senior HR practice editor at XpertHR, explores the findings from XpertHR's recent HR careers survey including the impact of the pandemic and hybrid working practices on HR professionals and discusses priorities and challenges on the HR agenda.

  • Date:
    14 March 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2022 employment law changes: Six tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2022. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay, and the end of HMRC's IR35 enforcement "grace period".

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    HR careers: HR & Compliance Centre survey 2022

    XpertHR research looks at what brought UK professionals to HR and how they are advancing their careers in the profession.

  • Date:
    25 February 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: The role of pay and reward in the HR function in 2022 and beyond

    Duncan Brown, independent government and employer adviser, and researcher on reward management issues, discusses the role and content of reward strategies for 2022 and beyond as HR moves into a post-pandemic world.

  • Date:
    8 December 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in 2021. We count down the 10 most important judgments of the year that every employer should know about.

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