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Bah! | Pay frozen for Father Christmas in 2025 - as Elves reach higher shelf
Pay rates for people working as Old Saint Nick have remained flat at £15 per hour from 2024 to 2025,...
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'Bad decision' | Asda considers tougher sick leave rules as part of ongoing turnaround
Asda is weighing up major changes to its sickness absence policy that would make it easier for managers...
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‘Stealth pay reduction’ | BP axes paid rest breaks & some bank holiday bonuses for 5,400 workers
BP will cut benefits as it prepares to raise minimum hourly pay for workers under the real living wage...
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‘Save As You Earn’ | Wickes staff net £14.1m windfall through 'brilliant' Sharesave scheme
CEO David Wood said he was 'absolutely delighted' to see colleagues rewarded for their...
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‘Crunch time’ | Christmas crisp crisis warning as Hula-Hoops workers approve strike over pay
GMB claimed KP has halted the approval of holiday requests while it evaluates the possible impact of...
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LIVE UPDATES | Budget 2025 brings major shifts for HR, including wage rises & salary-sacrifice reforms
HR Grapevine highlights what today's Budget announcements mean for HR leaders keeping an eye on pay,...
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‘Intrusive & exploitative’ | Uber faces legal battle over use of AI to set driver pay
Uber refutes a University of Oxford study, which found that 82% of UK drivers are earning less under...
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'Not hired for years' | At Klarna, AI drives pay rises and replaces departing employees
Klarna says AI has allowed it to raise staff salaries by nearly 60% over three years, even as the buy...
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'Insulting offer' | Tate Gallery workers to strike for a week over pay
Employees at the Tate Galleries have voted overwhelmingly for a week of strike action in a dispute over...
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Off your bike | Government plans to curb high-value Cycle To Work scheme purchases
The Government is preparing to scale back the tax perks available to employees buying costly manual and...
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‘Big Brother’ | Lloyds questioned over use of employees' banking data in pay negotiations
Lloyds Banking Group used information from the personal bank accounts of over 30,000 employees during...
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'Everyone's upset' | KPMG scraps overtime pay for junior auditors amid cost-cutting drive
KPMG has scrapped overtime pay for its junior auditors in the UK, a move that has angered staff and comes...
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Labour market | 'Quiet but urgent crisis': jobless rate climbs amid mounting pressure on employers
Britain's jobs market show fresh signs of strain as new data from the Office for National Statistics...
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Rachel Reeves | Pre-Budget speech sets stage for tax rises - what does it mean for employers?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves used a rare pre-Budget speech to lay out the “principles and choices” shaping...
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Unpaid work | Employment lawyer raises concerns after autistic man loses voluntary Waitrose role following pay request
An employment lawyer has warned that Waitrose may have breached employment laws after a severely autistic...
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£6m repaid | Nearly 500 employers named for minimum wage breaches against 42,000 workers
Gov orders £6m to be repaid to 42,000 employees & issues fines totalling £10.2m...
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‘Appalling’ | UK slot machine operators criticised for tying staff bonuses to gamblers' losses
Merkur said its bonus structures incorporate a range of 'operational and compliance metrics', amid...
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£12.3m wage bill | Anthropic's plan to win battle for UK's top AI talent? Splash the cash!
Anthropic's staff costs soared from £3.6m to £24m in 2024 alone - while former PM Rishi Sunak recently...
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KPMG, REC report | Jobs market shows signs of stabilisation, but hiring confidence remains weak
The UK labour market continued to cool in September...
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Nothing beats a Jet2 payday | Jet2 dishes out £58m to employees in shares plan bonuses
More than 5,000 workers to share airline's massive payout...
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