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Draft regulations on mandatory gender pay reporting published
What will the new rules mean for employers?A second consultation paper was issued recently containing draft regulations and outlining more details on what employers will need to do to comply with new...
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Increases in employment and hours worked fail to translate into more pay, ONS...
CIPD urges employers to focus on boosting productivity to enable wage risesEmployment increased by 205,000 to 31.42 million in the three months to December 2015 from the previous quarter, according the...
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Britain ‘one of the most frugal’ for work benefits in Europe, survey finds
Glassdoor study looks at sick pay and maternity leaveA pan-European study of benefits including sick pay and maternity leave has revealed that the UK has one of the “most frugal” benefits offerings out...
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Teaching shortages worsen as ex military recruitment scheme dubbed ‘a flop’
Skills issues persist as applicant numbers for ‘Troops to Teachers’ drops offAs the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed candidates for teaching jobs were in short supply last week, a government...
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Car accident warehouse worker was disabled and needed ‘reasonable adjustments’
Case indicates ‘normal activities’ can include lifting heavy loads at workWhat is meant by ‘normal day to day activities’ has been the subject of a lot of disability discrimination case law. The...
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NHS trust’s cash for pension opt-out ‘undermines auto-enrolment’
Deal could be referred back to pensions regulator by NHS Pensions BoardPensions minister Ros Altmann has criticised an NHS trust for offering nurses cash if they agreed to opt out of the NHS pension...
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Row over ‘discriminatory’ pay as Met Office weather forecasters plan walkout
Wage negotiations prompt industrial action that could disrupt global servicesEmployees at weather forecasting institution the Met Office plan to strike over a pay deal the Prospect union has described...
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Cyber security and job cuts top agenda for UK banking chiefs, finds PwC
UK finance bosses have ‘markedly’ different expectations to global peersLooking ahead to 2016, UK banking chief executives expect an increase in cyber-attacks, headcount reductions, and tougher...
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Public sector exit payments set to change from 1 April
Will the rules keep costs down but drive talent to the private sector?The government recently closed a consultation on new draft regulations to cap public sector exit payments. These are the sums...
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MidlandHR brings HR and analytics experts to your doorstep with Tour24
MidlandHR, the leading supplier of talent management, HR, payroll and business analytics solutions, has announced the first round of dates and venues for its new Tour24 events.Starting in Edinburgh on...
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Brexit: What will it mean for jobs and immigration?
Campaigners debate whether UK economy is safer in or out of EUPrime minister David Cameron has hit out at pro-Brexit cabinet ministers for claiming that leaving the EU would reduce immigration.If...
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Appeal rejected in landmark holiday pay case
Unison defends ruling at EAT to secure money for workers on commissionAn appeal in a landmark case on holiday pay has been rejected by the Employment Appeal Tribunal today, meaning people who earn...
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Foreign graduates command 30 per cent pay premium
Employers in finance, IT, compliance and data analysis hire most overseas graduatesAn analysis of 32,000 university graduates working in the UK has revealed employers are paying a premium of up to 30...
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How to manage maternity for mothers at a more senior level of their career
Employers need to grapple with different legal and practical issuesSenior Marks & Spencer director, Laura Wade-Gery, tipped to be its next chief executive, stunned the stock market last year by...
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You be the judge (But only once you’ve taken professional legal advice)
HR is increasingly the first line of legal defence – so we asked the experts how to respond to the most pressing queries, and how to tell when a case is too hot to handleIt’s a little-known fact, and...
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Opinion: Collaborative hiring worked for Steve Jobs and it could work for you
A new TV programme on BBC Two, called Who’s The Boss?, is about to show you how and why, says Kevin GreenOne of the strategies that made Apple so successful was Steve Jobs’ belief in asking people from...
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UK promotes transgender recruitment guidelines
All people deserve to be free from discrimination at work, says equalities ministerAs countries around the world make progress on LGBT rights, the UK has stepped up to the plate to promote its...
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Cost of national living wage will put ‘significant pressure’ on struggling...
LGA says financial benefits of council tax hikes will be mitigated by NLWLocal authorities planning to raise council tax to pay for social care will see any financial benefits depleted by the...
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Could HR solve... Mrs Doubtfire
A high-performing employee is deceiving his manager by working in disguiseThe problem Daniel Hillard is struggling to bring his whole self to work, posing instead as an elderly British woman to remain...
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Research: Big personalities lead to dysfunctional groups
Strong leaders might be a virtue in some situations, but ask them to work in teams and they could thwart each other’s productivity and cause delays to decision-making, according to research from the...
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