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Pay levels and awards

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  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    National minimum wage increase

    The hourly rates of the national minimum wage increase.

  • Date:
    24 March 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2023 employment law changes: Four tasks for HR

    HR professionals must ensure that their organisation is on top of the raft of employment law developments in April 2023. These changes include rises in national minimum wage rates, gender pay gap reporting deadlines, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and maternity pay.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Forecasts for pay awards in 2023

    In early 2023 pay awards reached a 32-year high on the back of a tight labour market and cost-of-living crisis. Our latest survey looks are how organisations are planning to compensate their workforce this year.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: 23 March 2023

    The latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends March 2023: Median pay award pegged at 6%

    XpertHR's headline measure of basic wage awards remains at 6% over the three months to the end of February 2023.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: 23 February 2023

    The latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends February 2023: Median rises to 6%

    XpertHR's headline measure of basic pay awards has risen to 6% over the three months to the end of January 2023, one percentage point higher than in the previous rolling quarter, reaching a 32-year high.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay awards: 19 January 2023

    The table below summarises the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

  • Type:
    Survey analysis

    Pay trends January 2023: Median holds steady at 5%

    As 2023 dawns it appears likely that pay awards will continue to lag behind inflation over the next 12 months, with the resulting cut in real wages set to hit employees hard.

  • Date:
    13 January 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

    We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

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