National minimum wage, in focus
The Government’s evidence to the Low Pay Commission (LPC), which will be used to help decide the level of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) from October 2015, has been submitted today.
| Published: 20 October 2014
No substitute for human touch
Professional memberships, conferences and exhibitions still top of HR and Payroll Managers list for keeping current with their industry.
| Published: 17 October 2014
New remuneration rules on pay and bonuses
Corporates have been focussed on ‘quick wins’, rather than undertaking more wholesale reviews of their remuneration policies.
| Published: 17 October 2014
Why Interim management?
When considering interim management, it is important to distinguish between interim and two other forms of temporary employment: consulting and contracting. Article from Chris Williams, Alium Partners.
| Published: 17 October 2014
Employee gains from save as you earn soar
Recent changes doubling contribution ceiling could encourage more people to use SAYE Profits employees have made through the Save As You Earn ("SAYE") employee share option scheme have more than doubled in the last year, up by 141 percent from £360 million to £870 million, says Pinsent Masons, the international law firm
| Published: 17 October 2014
The unchecked financial risks of international business
Almost 85 percent of UK SMEs who operate internationally do not check the credit history of potential overseas customers or suppliers to verify whether a company is reputable, according to new research by Experian®, the global information services company.
| Published: 16 October 2014
Dealing with the challenge of maternity leave
Employment law and commercial litigation expert Jane Crosby from law firm Hart Brown, outlines what employers, and expectant mothers, should know, when it comes to maternity leave regulations
| Published: 16 October 2014
Attracting top performers and staff retention
Reality HR has recently won the national Working Mums Top Employer Award for Talent Attraction and Managing Director of Reality HR, Laura Davis, provides some useful tips on how to attract top performers to your business and the need to develop a strategy for long-term staff retention.
| Published: 14 October 2014
How successive Government policy carousel has damaged UK skills base
After 61 Secretaries of State, 13 Acts of Parliament and 10 Departments in three decades, the City & Guilds Group calls on all parties to shun short-term election pledges.
| Published: 14 October 2014
Why is food and drink off the career radar?
71 percent of young people are not aware of the career opportunities available in the food and drink industry.
| Published: 14 October 2014