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17 November 2022

A million-plus hospitality employees are paying unnecessary NI

Employees in hospitality are paying unnecessary National Insurance (NI) contributions on their tips, according to new research conducted by IRIS Software Group (IRIS), in partnership...

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29 October 2022

How will Supreme Court ruling on holiday pay impact part-year workers?

New research by WorkNest has revealed that 88% of employers and HR professionals don’t fully understand how the Supreme Court’s ruling in Harpur Trust v...

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1 October 2022

Employees accessing their pay early has doubled

The number of employers signing up for “on-demand pay services” around the world has risen, and withdrawal patterns suggest UK workers are using these tools...

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Housing crisis shows no signs of abating, as inflation soars to 40-year high

Pay and Reward

6 September 2022

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5 August 2022

Freelancers suffer as businesses struggle with cashflow

With contract and freelance work on the rise, new data reveals that over a quarter of small to medium sized businesses who use freelance workers...

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2 August 2022

Incentive payments boost performance, but only short-term

Receiving periodic incentive payments temporarily boosts employees’ performance outcomes, research from ESCP Business School reveals....

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30 June 2022

How employers can drive down employee turnover in 2022

Results of spring 2022 UK Reward Management Survey, highlights the challenges employers currently face when it comes to balancing rising inflation and costs with the...

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Rising inflation may widen the UK’s gender pay gap

Pay and Reward

4 April 2022

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12 March 2022

Prime Minister “wrong to rebuke Andrew Bailey on pay restraint”

"People have written-off the governor’s comments as ‘Marie Antoinette insouciance’, ‘misjudged’, and ‘socially-oblivious’. But against all the odds - they might pay off" - CEO...

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9 February 2022

Half of pay awards worth 3% or more in 2022

Employees are typically receiving pay rises worth 3.0% in 2022, up from a median pay award across the whole economy of 2.0% overall for 2021,...

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1 February 2022

What employers need to know before cutting sick pay for unvaccinated staff

After several employers have cut sick pay for unvaccinated employees, experts at AdviserPlus warn of the risks to cutting sick pay based on vaccination status....

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Three percent pay rise on the cards as business confidence improves

Pay and Reward

24 November 2021

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