Compensation & Bonuses
Financial wellbeing | 76% of pay awards rose last year in bid to ease cost of living pressures
More than three quarters of pay awards in 2023 were higher than 2022 levels, as employers bid to alleviate...
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‘An own goal’ | BrewDog axing real living wage is a 'disastrous employee relations misstep'
BrewDog's move to scrap its real living wage offering could be a "tactical error", an employment law...
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Communication & transparency | 1 in 4 employees don't trust their CEO - here's why
Concerns about the honesty of business leaders, and the impact these doubts have on employee experience,...
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£32m scandal | Ex-BP chief pays heavy price for failing to disclose workplace relationships
The former CEO of BP has paid a heavy price - £32 million in fact - for failing to tell the board about...
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Landmark ruling | Supreme Court ruling on holiday pay 'a victory for underpaid workers'
This article explores a new Supreme Court decision that could affect the holiday pay entitlements of...
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'Tight market' | Pay awards fall for second consecutive quarter
This article looks at new data on average pay awards in the last quarter, and include expert insights...
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Racial pay gap | Leaked files reveal Google's Black staff earn £16K less than colleagues
Black employees at Google are paid nearly £16,000 less than their White or Asian colleagues, new leaked...
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'Talent doesn't have a radius' | Employee takes £28k pay cut to continue working remotely
Research continues to show little shift in employee attitudes to remote and hybrid working - they love...
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'Grotesque extremes' | UK's top CEOs received 16% pay rise, think tank reveals
The CEOs of some of the UK's largest companies received a 16% pay increase in the last year, the think...
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Bidding wars | Employers turn to counteroffers to keep wantaway staff from leaving
This piece looks at new research on how the war for talent is ramping up, with many firms desperately...
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ONS stats | Wages have highest annual growth since records began
UK unemployment has grown in the three months to June as the average pay of workers reaches record levels,...
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Brits' favourite work perk | Over half of workers would sacrifice benefits to WFH
Three years after the pandemic changed the world of work virtually overnight, debates are just as heated...
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Show me the money | One in three workers feel underpaid, but men most likely to ask for a pay rise
Women were less likely than men to have requested a salary increase this year despite being equally affected...
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UK research | First-generation graduates have higher starting salaries - are they more motivated?
First-generation university graduates have higher starting salaries than graduates who have a family...
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Troubling times | Cost-of-living crisis and paying wages among biggest concerns for UK firms
Business leaders across the UK say the cost-of-living crisis is the leading risk to their performance,...
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'Do the minimum' | Worker goes viral by leaving work at 5pm after pay rise rejection
Peeved by their request for a raise being rebuffed, an employee's plan to stop going above and beyond...
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'Stark reminder' | WHSmith & Argos among firms who didn't pay minimum wage
Major British firms have cited technical and admin errors as the reasons for not paying staff the legal...
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Sacked | Worker 'breaks confidentiality' after discussing pay rise with co-workers
Talks about pay rates with colleagues allegedly led to an employee being dismissed...
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